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No, the author of Apothecary diaries does not hate Jinshi. Stop with the misinformation

This is a piece of misinformation that personally really annoys me mostly because this comes from anti-Jinmao fans who want to just credit the ship and want to make it seem like it’s something that was forced to be because they personally don’t like it

Personally, I don’t mind if people don’t like Jinmao it’s totally valid if someone does not like something and I respect that

What I do not respect is people spreading misinformation or twisting words of the author to fit their own narrative

I think people misunderstand that the author of apothecary diaries Natsu is a rather playful and sarcastic and comedic author in much of what she says, is in a very joking, funny manner, and people take that and run with it to take it as if she’s being very serious

This whole idea that Natsu hates Jinshi is something something that has been greatly mischaracterized overtime

The author of apothecary diaries is not really that serious when she's talking about her "hatred" for Jinshi. Natsu Hyuuga, initially had a playful "dislike" for Jinshi.

This is not a hatred for a fictional character but rather a meta-commentary by the author.

Hyuuga has stated that Jinshi is the most difficult character to write due to his complex background, royal status, and dynamic personality.

This difficulty is often described by fans as the author "hating" the character, sometimes even making jokes about "cursing his existence" or drawing him falling off a cliff. Her favorite character is Guen btw because she finds him easy to write.

Her "hatred" is more a frustration who the complexities with his character. She has also expressed an annoyance for people who focus ONLY on the romance as there are many other important aspects of both Jinshi and MaoMaos story that are equally as important.

Despite the jokes, Hyuuga actually likes Jinshi and poured many traits she finds attractive in men into his character, such as loyalty, strength, and beauty.

Honestly, with people who say that let’s just like think for five seconds if an author truly hated a character to that degree they most likely would not have continued pouring good character, traits and good personality traits are kept them as a main character for that long of the series. Apothecary diaries is up to nearly light novel 16 at this point if she truly hated him, she would have not spent this much time investing into his character.

The "hate" is largely a running gag about the challenges of writing a popular-complex character who has taken on a life of his own beyond what she imagined.

This misinformation is usually accompanied by some form of the commentary of “ apothecary diaries was never going to be a romance story. The author was forced to make it one”

This is usually again mostly spread by Jinmao-anti’s but this is once again a piece of information that got twisted from the original commentary into something it wasn’t

This likely started from Natsu saying that Jinshi was not supposed to be a major character or the love interest this led people to believe that Apothecary Diaries was not supposed to be a love story

In actuality as confirmed by Natsu at Boston comic con in 2026 Apothecary diaries was always intended to be a romance story

Natsu said that the idea to the story came to her in a dream where she wanted to write a love story in a interesting setting

What wasn’t her intention was to make Jinshi the main character or make him the love of interest. This only happened because of his popularity with fans and even her own family.

Natsu DOES change things on the fly based on what readers want, she's explicitly said so herself. That's why the web novel was quite different from the light novel in the early arcs.

In fact, she’s grateful that fans were so invested in his character because it caused her to further develop his story and invest a lot of time into a character that is in my opinion, one of the best written characters in all of apothecary diaries

So no, please stop with the misinformation. The author of apothecary diaries does not in any sense of reality. Hate the character of Jinshi. Stop with the misinformation