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Fires, poisonings, a dead craftsman's instructions and Lakan's interest connect apparently separate incidents and lead Maomao back toward the court's older secrets." }, { "id": "imperial-court-2", "index": 2, "title": "宮廷編２", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Maomao returns to the Inner Palace as Gyokuyou's pregnancy changes the balance of power. Attempts on Jinshi, the abduction of Maomao and the Shi clan's preparations turn palace mysteries into a crisis that reaches far beyond the court." }, { "id": "city-1", "index": 3, "title": "市井編１", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "In the city, Maomao follows questions about medicine, paper, folk belief and a white-snake immortal while court relationships continue to shape the cases she encounters. The work takes her from familiar districts toward the western capital." }, { "id": "city-2", "index": 4, "title": "市井編２", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Maomao's return journey opens new questions about the clans around the court and about Lishu's position. Personal disputes, hidden identities and the choices of the people around her keep the city cases tied to the larger political story." }, { "id": "shao", "index": 5, "title": "砂欧編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Maomao takes another court-service examination and begins work in a medical office. A new consort, a foreign envoy and a shrine maiden from Shaoh place her knowledge inside a contest over medicine, ritual and succession." }, { "id": "jinshi-1", "index": 6, "title": "壬氏編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Jinshi's public plans bring Maomao into a web of games, court rivalries and reports from distant provinces. A Go contest and the threat of locusts give the court urgent problems while Jinshi's position and Maomao's place beside him become harder to keep separate." }, { "id": "jinshi-2", "index": 7, "title": "壬氏編２", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Maomao works toward the medical knowledge needed to treat Jinshi and prepares for a dangerous journey. Training, family questions and the selection of the people who will travel west turn court duty into a test of what Maomao is willing to learn." }, { "id": "western-capital-1", "index": 8, "title": "西都編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "In the western capital, Maomao studies crops, medicine and the people who control them while the court tries to understand an expanding agricultural disaster. Old histories, local customs and competing accounts make the investigation as political as it is practical." }, { "id": "western-capital-2", "index": 9, "title": "西都編２", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "The western capital's succession questions deepen as Maomao encounters families, travelers and officials with conflicting claims. Jinshi and his companions must choose whom to trust while Maomao follows clues through villages, estates and the road home." }, { "id": "everyday", "index": 10, "title": "日常編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Back in the capital, Maomao's ordinary duties are interrupted by strange deaths, office troubles and requests from people who know her reputation. Even small incidents connect the palace, the medical office and the histories that its residents would rather leave buried." }, { "id": "huatuo-1", "index": 11, "title": "華佗編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "A request involving the named clans brings Maomao into disputes over heirlooms, family lines and old obligations. Her investigations move between the palace, the pleasure district and the estates of people whose public names conceal private histories." }, { "id": "huatuo-2", "index": 12, "title": "華佗編２", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Medical work becomes inseparable from court politics when a serious operation is proposed. Maomao tests what she knows, weighs the wishes of the patient and the people around him, and confronts the cost of making forbidden knowledge useful." }, { "id": "smallpox", "index": 13, "title": "疱瘡編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "Reports of pustules point to a contagious outbreak beyond the court. With quarantine and fear spreading, Maomao searches for practical answers while doctors, officials and families decide how much danger they can accept to protect the people in their care." }, { "id": "aftermath", "index": 14, "title": "後始末編", "official": true, "spoiler": true, "segments": [], "summary": "The outbreak leaves people to deal with its consequences, unfinished obligations and the stories that circulated while the crisis was underway. 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exact scene-level handoffs are TODO(verify)." } ], "tentative": { "status": "start", "start": { "work": "manga", "unit": "c41", "partway": false, "entry": "c41..c84", "position": { "arc": "imperial-court-2", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "manga-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "8", "available": true, "released": "2021-05-25", "chapters": "Chapters 37–42", "other": { "id": "manga-en", "lang": "en", "volume": "8", "available": true, "released": "2023-07-11", "chapters": "Chapters 37–42" } } } } }, { "format": "manga", "lang": "en", "status": "dataGap", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "gap": { "kind": "unverified", "entries": [ { "work": "manga", "units": "c41..c84", "notes": "Chapters 41–84 remain inside the sourced light-novel volume 3–4 material; exact scene-level handoffs are TODO(verify)." } ], "tentative": { "status": "start", "start": { "work": "manga", "unit": "c41", "partway": false, "entry": "c41..c84", "position": { "arc": "imperial-court-2", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "manga-en", "lang": "en", "volume": "8", "available": true, "released": "2023-07-11", "chapters": "Chapters 37–42", "other": { "id": "manga-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "8", "available": true, "released": "2021-05-25", "chapters": "Chapters 37–42" } } } } } ], "stop": { "arc": "imperial-court-1", "point": "end" } }, { "part": { "id": "season-2", "work": "anime", "kind": "season", "label": "Season 2", "aired": { "from": "2025-01-10", "to": "2025-07-04" }, "upcoming": false }, "lastUnit": "s2e24", "skipped": [], "cells": [ { "format": "web-novel", "lang": "ja", "status": "dataGap", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "gap": { "kind": "unverified", "entries": [ { "work": "anime", "units": "s2e13..s2e24", "notes": "The second half of season 2 follows the volume 4 material; exact episode-level cuts are TODO(verify)." } ], "tentative": { "status": "start", "start": { "work": "wn", "unit": "ch04c01", "partway": false, "entry": "ch04c01..ch04c27", "position": { "arc": "city-1", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "wn-ja", "lang": "ja", "available": true, "online": true } } } }, { "format": "light-novel", "lang": "ja", "status": "dataGap", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "gap": { "kind": "unverified", "entries": [ { "work": "anime", "units": "s2e13..s2e24", "notes": "The second half of season 2 follows the volume 4 material; exact episode-level cuts are TODO(verify)." }, { "work": "ln", "units": "v05c01..v05c18", "notes": "Volume-level correspondence; exact handoff inside the published rewrite is TODO(verify)." } ], "tentative": { "status": "start", "start": { "work": "ln", "unit": "v05c01", "partway": false, "entry": "v05c01..v05c18", "position": { "arc": "city-1", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "ln-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "5", "available": true, "released": "2016-04-30", "chapters": "Chapters 1–18", "other": { "id": "ln-en", "lang": "en", "volume": "5", "available": true, "released": "2022-05-09", "purchaseUrl": "https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/product/9781646093243?preview=yes", "chapters": "Chapters 1–18" } } } } }, { "format": "light-novel", "lang": "en", "status": "dataGap", "readFirst": [], "notes": [], "gap": { "kind": "unverified", "entries": [ { "work": "anime", "units": "s2e13..s2e24", "notes": "The second half of season 2 follows the volume 4 material; exact episode-level cuts are TODO(verify)." }, { "work": "ln", "units": "v05c01..v05c18", "notes": "Volume-level correspondence; exact handoff inside the published rewrite is TODO(verify)." } ], "tentative": { "status": "start", "start": { "work": "ln", "unit": "v05c01", "partway": false, "entry": "v05c01..v05c18", "position": { "arc": "city-1", "point": "start" } }, "edition": { "id": "ln-en", "lang": "en", "volume": "5", "available": true, "released": "2022-05-09", "purchaseUrl": "https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/product/9781646093243?preview=yes", "chapters": "Chapters 1–18", "other": { "id": "ln-ja", "lang": "ja", "volume": "5", "available": true, "released": "2016-04-30", "chapters": "Chapters 1–18" } } } } }, { "format": "manga", "lang": "ja", "status": "dataGap", "readFirst": [], "notes": [ "anime s2e13..s2e24 is marked TODO(verify).", "manga-notes v08..v22 is marked TODO(verify)." ], "gap": { "kind": "startInsideEntry", "work": "manga-notes", "units": "v08..v22", "from": { "arc": "imperial-court-2", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "city-1", "point": "end" } } }, { "format": "manga", "lang": "en", "status": "dataGap", "readFirst": [], "notes": [ "anime s2e13..s2e24 is marked TODO(verify).", "manga-notes v08..v22 is marked TODO(verify)." ], "gap": { "kind": "startInsideEntry", "work": "manga-notes", "units": "v08..v22", "from": { "arc": "imperial-court-2", "point": "start" }, "to": { "arc": "city-1", "point": "end" } } } ], "stop": { "arc": "imperial-court-2", "point": "end" } } ] }, "notes": "The spine follows the named sections of the official Narō web novel. The Hero Bunko light novels, both main manga adaptations, the Xiaolan side-story manga and the anime map onto that spine. The web novel is the original work; the light novel and anime use the published light-novel continuity." }