The extra illustration for Volume 14 of Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage's manga series Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) has been revealed. Volume 14 is scheduled for release on September 25, 2024. The special edition costs 1,469 yen and includes an art booklet, while the ordinary edition costs 770 yen.
The bonus image shows Maomao, the main character, clutching a hairpin. In addition, there's a frog—a light-hearted allusion that viewers of the show would recognise. View the example below:
Natsu Hyuga and Toko Shino are the authors of the Japanese light novel series The Apothecary Diaries. The anime adaption was animated in 2023 by TOHO Animation and OML. In 2025, the second season is scheduled for release.
Additionally, there are two manga adaptations of the Apothecary Diaries series: Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage's The Apothecary Diaries in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan, and Minoji Kurata's Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Kokyu Nazotoki Techo (The Apothecary Diaries: The Palace Cloister Mystery-Solving Notebook of Maomao), which was serialised in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday Gene-X. Nekokurage's English translation is being published by Square Enix, who outlines the story as follows:
Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!
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