Maomao is the main protagonist of Hyūganatsu's light novel series The Apothecary Diaries. Set in a fictional country based on Imperial China during the Tang dynasty, Maomao is a girl working as an apothecary in a red-light district, who was kidnapped and sold to the Imperial Palace as an indentured servant, and gradually rises to the station of court pharmacist. Even though she intended to remain anonymous, her actions catch the attention of Jinshi, an influential eunuch. She then undertakes the solving of mysteries for the royal court.
- Occupation
- apothecary, maid, lady-in-waiting, courtesan
