Jinshi
Age: 18 (real) / 23 (as eunuch); varies slightly across versions
Height: 181 cm (5'11")
Hair color: Black (WN) / Dark Purple (LN)
Eye color: Black (WN) / Pink (LN)
Jinshi is the deuteragonist of Kusuriya no Hitorigoto—a strikingly beautiful eunuch who oversees the inner palace and has a habit of pulling Maomao into its various mysteries, dangling rare medicines as incentive. He's drawn to her precisely because she couldn't care less about his looks or charm, which he finds both refreshing and entertaining. What starts as playful curiosity on his part eventually tips into something more romantic, though it's largely one-sided.
With an almost otherworldly face, Jinshi has the kind of beauty that turns heads regardless of gender. He uses that to his advantage in palace life, though his actual intelligence and political awareness run far deeper than his pretty exterior might suggest. He's charming and manipulative when he needs to be, but there's genuine amusement behind his interactions with Maomao—she's maybe the one person in the palace who sees past the aesthetic.
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