The Apothecary Diaries

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light novelJapanStory ongoing · Anime ongoing

Anime 2023–present · Light novel 2012–present

A pragmatic apothecary is kidnapped into the imperial rear palace and starts solving poisonings the court would rather keep quiet.

Where to keep reading

Select the season you finished to find your continuation.

Light novel

The inner-palace mysteries continue in novel 5. Manga readers can resume after the corresponding court-arc chapters.

Open the light novel

Season 3 is listed as October 2, 2026 · Two-cour continuation. That’s a later season — the chapter above is the continuation now.

Anime

October 2023 – present

3 years in service

Still going

Next: Season 3 · October 2, 2026

Light novel

January 2012 – present

14 years in service

Still going

Manga

May 2017 – present

9 years in service

Still going

Some stories start as a novel, then a comic, then an anime. Pickup below names the medium the recommendation is for.

Work	Role	Score	Ran	Vols	Read
Light novel The Apothecary Diaries 2012–present · 14 years in service	Anime follows this	—	2012–present 14 years in service	—	—
Manga The Apothecary Diaries (Nekokurage) 2017–present · 9 years in service	Earlier / other edition	—	2017–present 9 years in service	—	—

Light novel. The novels are the original story. The anime follows them more closely than any one comic.
Manga. Square Enix manga. A second manga adaptation also exists; the anime does not map 1:1 to either.