In Episode 48 of the anime The Apothecary Diaries, which began airing sequentially from July 4, there is a scene where Maomao (voiced by Aoi Yūki) reads a letter from Xiaolan (voiced by Misaki Kuno) and sheds tears. Even without showing Maomao’s crying face, the scene conveys her sadness so deeply that many viewers commented online, “I cried too,” and “Bawled over the letter,” moved to tears by the moment alongside her.