Natsu Hyuga’s The Apothecary Diaries has formally exceeded 45 million copies in circulation. The determine combines gross sales of the unique gentle novels and each manga variations revealed by Sq. Enix and Shogakukan.
The collection’ momentum has accelerated sharply over the previous two years. When the primary TV anime season started airing in late 2023, circulation stood at 24 million. By the tip of that season, the whole had risen to greater than 33 million.
The collection crossed the 40 million mark in February 2025 and has now added one other 5 million following the printed of Season 2, which ended on July 4, 2025.
With the franchise at its strongest but, extra variations are underway. The employees has confirmed that Season 3 of the TV anime will air as a split-cour collection, with the primary cour set for October 2026 and the second for April 2027. A theatrical movie can also be scheduled to premiere in December 2026, that includes a completely new, authentic story written by Hyuga.
In the meantime, Sq. Enix lately launched Quantity 16 of its manga adaptation alongside the primary official side-story assortment, The Apothecary Diaries Gaiden: Xiaolan’s Memoirs, on Nov, 25. Quantity 16 of the sunshine novel is at present the best promoting gentle novel quantity of 2025 in Japan, having bought roughly 199,976 copies.
Created by Hyuga with illustrations from Touko Shino, The Apothecary Diaries (revealed by Hero Bunko) started in 2014.
MAL describes the plot as:
Maomao, an apothecary’s daughter, has been plucked from her peaceable life and bought to the bottom echelons of the imperial courtroom. Now merely a maid, Maomao settles into her new mundane life and hides her intensive information of medication to be able to keep away from any undesirable consideration.
Not lengthy after Maomao’s arrival, the emperor’s toddler kids inexplicably start to expertise grave signs—virtually as if a curse has been solid. The curious Maomao simply solves the thriller and, to stay out of the limelight, makes an attempt to depart an nameless tip. Sadly, the dashing and perceptive eunuch Jinshi sees by means of it and manages to single her out.
In recognition of her expertise, Maomao is promoted to lady-in-waiting for the emperor’s favourite concubine, Gyokuyou. As Maomao continues to treatment the quite a few illnesses afflicting the imperial courtroom, her pharmaceutical experience rapidly proves indispensable.
Supply: Oricon
