{"status":200,"data":{"id":222,"state":"active","merged_with":null,"canonical_url":"https://mangabaka.org/manga/222/The-Apothecary-Diaries","authors":["Erika Ikeda","Natsu Hyuuga"],"artists":["Erika Ikeda"],"description":"**After breaking a “curse” on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster…and right into the thick of palace intrigue!**\n\nMaomao, 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?!\n\n*Source: SQUARE ENIX USA, Vol. 1*","published":{"start_date":"2017-05-25","end_date":null,"start_date_is_estimated":false,"end_date_is_estimated":null},"status":"releasing","is_licensed":true,"content_rating":"safe","type":"manga","rating":85.8644428571428,"popularity":{"global":{"current":123,"history":{"1d":123,"1w":121,"1mo":118,"3mo":127,"6mo":92,"1y":234}},"type":{"current":93,"history":{"1d":93,"1w":92,"1mo":92,"3mo":109,"6mo":79,"1y":202}}},"publishers":[{"name":"Panini Manga México ","type":"Other","note":""},{"name":"ECC Ediciones","type":"Other","note":"Publisher went defunct in 2025 - series left unfinished after publishing 7 volumes"},{"name":"Devir Iberia","type":"Other","note":"Re-licensed in 2025 following the disappereance of ECC that same year"},{"name":"Ki-oon","type":"Other","note":""},{"name":"Square Enix Manga","type":"English","note":"14 Volumes; Ongoing"},{"name":"J-Pop","type":"Other","note":""},{"name":"Manga UP! Global","type":"English","note":"85 Simulpub Chapters; Ongoing"},{"name":"Square Enix","type":"Original","note":""},{"name":"Editorial Presença","type":"Other","note":""}],"last_updated_at":"2026-09-09T06:51:15.288Z","source":{"anilist":{"id":99022,"rating":8.6,"rating_normalized":86},"anime_planet":{"id":"the-apothecary-diaries","rating":4.5,"rating_normalized":90},"anime_news_network":{"id":23731,"rating":8.11511,"rating_normalized":81},"kitsu":{"id":39631,"rating":8.35,"rating_normalized":84},"manga_updates":{"id":"6y4x7mq","rating":8.69,"rating_normalized":87},"my_anime_list":{"id":107562,"rating":8.68,"rating_normalized":87},"shikimori":{"id":107562,"rating":8.67,"rating_normalized":87}},"rating_count":41058,"final_volume":17,"total_chapters":86,"titles":[{"language":"ko","traits":["official"],"title":"약사의 혼잣말","is_primary":true},{"language":"hu","traits":[],"title":"A gyógyszerész naplója","is_primary":true},{"language":"pt-br","traits":[],"title":"Diários de uma Apotecária","is_primary":true},{"language":"pt","traits":["official"],"title":"Diários de uma Apotecária","is_primary":true},{"language":"de","traits":["official"],"title":"Die Tagebücher der Apothekerin: Geheimnisse am Kaiserhof","is_primary":true},{"language":"vi","traits":[],"title":"Dược Sư Tự Sự","is_primary":true},{"language":"en","traits":["official"],"title":"The Apothecary Diaries","is_primary":true},{"language":"eu","traits":[],"title":"Farmazialariaren monologoa","is_primary":true},{"language":"it","traits":["official"],"title":"I diari della Speziale","is_primary":true},{"language":"id","traits":[],"title":"Keseharian sang Apoteker","is_primary":true},{"language":"ja-Latn","traits":["native"],"title":"Kusuriya no Hitorigoto","is_primary":true},{"language":"fr","traits":["official"],"title":"Les Carnets de l'apothicaire","is_primary":true},{"language":"es-la","traits":["official"],"title":"Los Diarios de la Boticaria","is_primary":true},{"language":"es","traits":["official"],"title":"Los Diarios de la Boticaria","is_primary":true},{"language":"tr","traits":[],"title":"Şifacı Günceleri","is_primary":true},{"language":"pl","traits":[],"title":"Zapiski zielarki","is_primary":true},{"language":"ru","traits":[],"title":"Монолог в аптечной лавке","is_primary":true},{"language":"uk","traits":[],"title":"Щоденник травникарки","is_primary":true},{"language":"ka","traits":[],"title":"ფარმაცევტის მონოლოგი","is_primary":true},{"language":"ar","traits":[],"title":"يوميات الصيدلة","is_primary":true},{"language":"hi","traits":[],"title":"औषधि विक्रेताको अभिव्यक्ति","is_primary":true},{"language":"th","traits":[],"title":"สืบคดีปริศนา หมอยาตำรับโคมแดง เล่ม","is_primary":true},{"language":"zh","traits":[],"title":"药屋少女的呢喃","is_primary":true},{"language":"zh-hk","traits":[],"title":"藥師少女的獨語","is_primary":true},{"language":"ja","traits":["native"],"title":"薬屋のひとりごと","is_primary":true}],"cover":{"raw":"https://images.mangabaka.dev/4/f/4/a/6/a/4/9/b10a/4c30/b286/3f516e4fc329","x150":"https://cdn.mangabaka.dev/imgproxy/plain/x150@1/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMubWFuZ2FiYWthLmRldi80L2YvNC9hLzYvYS80LzkvYjEwYS80YzMwL2IyODYvM2Y1MTZlNGZjMzI5","x250":"https://cdn.mangabaka.dev/imgproxy/plain/x250@1/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMubWFuZ2FiYWthLmRldi80L2YvNC9hLzYvYS80LzkvYjEwYS80YzMwL2IyODYvM2Y1MTZlNGZjMzI5","x350":"https://cdn.mangabaka.dev/imgproxy/plain/x350@1/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMubWFuZ2FiYWthLmRldi80L2YvNC9hLzYvYS80LzkvYjEwYS80YzMwL2IyODYvM2Y1MTZlNGZjMzI5","blurhash":"|TJ+DG?H-q9Z-qR%%MtQxb_4bHpHR6ozR*t7s:jGrIo|n+nmR%s;WBs;WBOUi{%2X6jHt7bbR%oytPxat6IoNGofbIRjf8o#WBs:X5V@t6V@aLR%%fNGWBsqoLoMRjWBbG-poyR%t7t7t8WAWnW.xvWBRjaeM|WBaej]V[","width":1800,"height":2560},"anime":{"exists":true,"start":"Vol 1,Chap 1 (S1)  /Vol 8, Chap 41 (S2) /Vol 16, Chap 86 (S3P1)","end":"Vol 8, Chap 40 (S1) /Vol 17, Chap 85 (S2)"}}}