The Apothecary Diaries

Drugstore Soliloquy

The Apothecary Diaries
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The Apothecary Diaries

Drugstore Soliloquy

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto • The Pharmacist's Monologue • The Pharmacist’s Soliloquies • 약사의 혼잣말 • Монолог в аптечной лавке • 薬屋のひとりごと • Die Tagebücher der Apothekerin - Geheimnisse am Kaiserhof • I diari della speziale • Il monologo della speziale • Zapiski zielarki • يوميات الصيدلة • สืบคดีปริศนา หมอยาตำรับโคมแดง เล่ม • 药屋少女的呢喃 • 藥師少女的獨語 • A gyógyszerész naplója • Щоденник травникарки • Dược Sư Tự Sự • Keseharian sang Apoteker • ფარმაცევტის მონოლოგი • Les carnets de l'apothicaire • Diários de uma apotecária • Los Diarios de La Boticaria • El Monólogo del Farmacéutico • Farmazialariaren Monologoa • Diários de uma Apotecária • Die Tagebücher der Apothekerin • Độc Thoại Của Người Dược Sĩ • Şifacı Günceleri • Записки из лекарской лавки • Монолог травниці • Монолог фармацевта • Монолог фармацевта • औषधि विक्रेताको अभिव्यक्ति • ตำรับปริศนา หมอยาแห่งวังหลัง • ตำรับปริศนา หมอยาแห่งวังหลัง (Animag) • 药师少女的独语
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Origination: Manga
Demographic: Seinen
Published: 2017
Status: 📖 Ongoing
Translation: 📖 Ongoing
Anime Start:Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 8 ,Chap 41 (S2)
Anime End:Vol 8, Chap 40 (S1) / Chap 85 (S2)
Anime:
Ranked: #302
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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?!

Winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019

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Authors: Hyuuga Natsu, Nanao Ikki
Artists: Nekokurage
Genres: Drama, Ecchi, Historical, Medical, Mystery, Romance, Slice of Life, Tragedy
Theme: Crossdressing
Format: Award Winning, Adaptation
Publishers: Square Enix
Anime:
Start:Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 8 ,Chap 41 (S2)
End:Vol 8, Chap 40 (S1) / Chap 85 (S2)

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Elengee avatar

Elengee

7 reviews121 follows

Posted 10:11 AM · Sep 16, 2026

Recommended
7/10
Reviewed through Ch. 86 · 99%

Too much screentime taken up by an irrelevant character

I love the setting, the protagonist Maomao, her fathers (both of them really), and most of the cast, protagonists and antagonists alike Except one Jinshi gotta be the among the most irritating characters to read. Way too much screentime for a narratively and thematically irrelevant character. The whole existence of Jinshi revolves around his penis, his dad's penis, and his brother's penis. He has no narrative value beyond this. Yet he gets so much screentime and plot attention, and every time the story pivot bac...

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