The Apothecary Diaries
2023 · TV Series · TV-14 · 23 min · ★ 8.6
Maomao has a peaceful life as an apothecary—until she’s sold to work inside the emperor’s palace. When imperial heirs fall ill, she uses her sharp knowledge to investigate medical mysteries and hunt for cures, drawing the attention of a palace official who helps propel her into a new life of solving problems for the court.
Based on The Apothecary Diaries
Also known as Apothecary's Soliloquy
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Streaming on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Disney+ +1 more.
19 hours to watch · 48 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- 薬屋のひとりごと
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-10-22
- Network
- Nippon TV, RAB, TVI, YBC, JRT
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 8.6/10 (574 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want cozy, clever palace mysteries with a logical, practical heroine and lots of illness-and-poison intrigue; Not for you if you want fast romance or light, family-friendly viewing—try something like Monster instead.
Pros: cozy palace mysteries; smart heroine; engaging characters | Cons: slow romance payoff; dry court politics; mature themes
Themes
- detective
- affectation
- work
- politics
- female protagonist
- maid
- historical
- royal court
- lady in waiting
- anime
- medical
- ancient china
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Aoi Yuuki
as Maomao (voice)
Takeo Otsuka
as Jinshi (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
as Gaoshun (voice)
- MT
Megumi Toyoguchi
as Hongniang (voice)
- SK
Sayaka Kinoshita
as Shin (voice)
- SK
Shohei Kajikawa
as Eunuch (voice)
- SS
Sumi Shimamoto
as Narration (voice)
- DE
Daichi Endo
as Emperor (voice)
- TT
Tatsumaru Tachibana
as Basen (voice)
- US
Umeka Shouji
as Kanan (voice)
Directed by Tadao Okubo, Misu Yamaneko, Mitsuyo Yokono +17 more
Episodes1 season · 48 episodes
Season 148 episodes
- S1E1Maomao23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E2Chilly Apothecary23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E3The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E4The Threat23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E5Covert Operations23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E6The Garden Party23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E7Homecoming23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E8Wheat Stalks23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E9Suicide or Murder?23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E10Honey23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E11Reducing Two to One23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E12The Eunuch and the Courtesan23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E13Serving in the Outer Court23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E14The New Pure Consort23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E15Raw Fish23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E16Lead23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E17A Jaunt Around Town23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E18Lakan23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E19Chance or Something More23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E20Thornapple23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E21How to Buy Out a Contract23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E22Blue Roses23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E23Balsam and Woodsorrel23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E24Jinshi and Maomao23mDisney+CrunchyrollAmazon Prime VideoHuluNetflix
- S1E25Maomao and Maomao24m
- S1E26Caravan24m
- S1E27Corpse Fungus24m
- S1E28Mirror24m
- S1E29The Moon Fairy24m
- S1E30The Crystal Pavilion, for the Third Time24m
- S1E31The Shrine of Choosing24m
- S1E32The Empress Dowager24m
- S1E33The Late Emperor24m
- S1E34A Ghost Story24m
- S1E35The Hunt24m
- S1E36Ka Zuigetsu24m
- S1E37The Baths24m
- S1E38The Dancing Ghost24m
- S1E39Ice24m
- S1E40Festering Resentment24m
- S1E41The Fox Village24m
- S1E42Lantern Plant24m
- S1E43Festival24m
- S1E44The Stronghold24m
- S1E45Taibon24m
- S1E46Royal Guard24m
- S1E47The Shi Clan24m
- S1E48The Beginning24m