When Handsome Jinshi Cross-Dressed... Shocking Before & After Has Viewers Saying "Just Lipstick Alone Could Topple a Nation" – Anime "The Apothecary Diaries"

What if Jinshi (CV: Takeo Ōtsuka), the eunuch so beautiful he's said to be "a nation-toppler if he were a woman," actually became a stunning beauty...? In the anime "The Apothecary Diaries," when Jinshi cross-dressed, viewers were left buzzing with comments like "Just lipstick alone could topple a nation."

In Episode 17, Jinshi needed to go into town while concealing his identity. He asked Maomao (CV: Aoi Yūki), who usually wears makeup to hide her beauty, to apply makeup that would make him look the complete opposite of noble. Maomao dirtied Jinshi's hair and applied heavily pigmented white powder to his face. Suddenly, Maomao thought, "There's not even a hint of facial hair or visible pores. If I applied women's makeup, how would..." and experimentally applied rouge to Jinshi's lips.

The result was the birth of a "peerless beauty" so shocking it stunned everyone present. Maomao felt relieved that the nation hadn't been toppled, thinking "Thank goodness it was just the three of us (myself, my attendant, and the lady-in-waiting)... If anyone else had been here, it would have been a disaster," and hurriedly wiped the rouge from Jinshi's lips.

Online reactions to Jinshi's appearance, which could have been catastrophic if things had gone differently, included: "His face was already well-proportioned, so I knew it would happen (lol)," "He definitely shouldn't wear makeup," "If many people saw Jinshi-sama cross-dressed, the nation might collapse from civil war lol," and "Just lipstick alone could topple a nation."