The Apothecary Diaries

薬屋のひとりごと

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

Which season did you finish?

After Season 2 · 2025 · 24 episodes

Read Volume 5 of the light novel

Light novel

Volume 5

Open the light novel · Volume 5

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

Continuation is always a chapter or volume in the source — never the next season.

How long each version has been running — from first chapter or episode to 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 shows come from a novel, some from a comic, some from both — and some are original.

Work	Role	Ran	Status
Light novel The Apothecary Diaries 2012–present · 14 years in service	Primary	2012–present 14 years in service	ongoing
Manga The Apothecary Diaries (Nekokurage) 2017–present · 9 years in service	Side / adaptation	2017–present 9 years in service	ongoing

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.