The Apothecary Diaries
2023 · TV Series · TV-14 · 23 min
★ 8.6(614)unSUB Rating
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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~21 hours to watch · 99 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 (input)
- 8.6/10 (614 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)
Yui Ishikawa
as Lihua (voice)
Hina Kino
as Lishu (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
as Hongniang (voice)
Sayaka Kinoshita
as Shin (voice)
Shohei Kajikawa
as Eunuch (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
as Narration (voice)
Daichi Endo
as Emperor (voice)
Directed by Wataru Nakagawa, Mayu Tanimoto, Akinori Fudesaka +23 more
Episodes1 season · 99 episodes
Specials50 episodes
- S0E1The Maomao Diaries: White Face Powder2m
- S0E2The Maomao Diaries: Chocolate1m
- S0E3The Maomao Diaries: Fuyou1m
- S0E4The Maomao Diaries: Steam Bath2m
- S0E5The Maomao Diaries: Ginger and Orange Candy2m
- S0E6The Maomao Diaries: Things a Person Cannot Eat2m
- S0E7The Maomao Diaries: A Cure for Drowsiness???2m
- S0E8The Maomao Diaries: Charcoal2m
- S0E9The Maomao Diaries: Heavenly Bamboo1m
- S0E10The Maomao Diaries: Aconite Flower and Syrup2m
- S0E11The Maomao Diaries: Azalea2m
- S0E12The Maomao Diaries: Caterpillar Fungus2m
- S0E13The Maomao Diaries: Pheromones2m
- S0E14The Maomao Diaries: Wheat Flour2m
- S0E15The Maomao Diaries: Seaweed1m
- S0E16The Maomao Diaries: Lead1m
- S0E17The Maomao Diaries: Delusion1m
- S0E18The Maomao Diaries: Herbs2m
- S0E19The Maomao Diaries: Ox Bezoar2m
- S0E20The Maomao Diaries: Potatoes2m
- S0E21The Maomao Diaries: Plum1m
- S0E22The Maomao Diaries: Blue Rose2m
- S0E23The Maomao Diaries: Balsam and Woodsorrel2m
- S0E24The Maomao Diaries: Rumors2m
- S0E25Maomao's Soliloquy: Calico Cat2m
- S0E26Maomao's Soliloquy: Datura Metel2m
- S0E27Jinshi's Soliloquy: Mushroom2m
- S0E28Gaoshun's Soliloquy: Bear Gallbladder2m
- S0E29Maomao's Soliloquy: Moths2m
- S0E30Maomao's Diaries 30 (Lizard)2m
- S0E31Maomao's Diaries 31 (Master Jinshi's Diaries)2m
- S0E32Maomao's Diaries 32 (Bell Cricket)2m
- S0E33Maomao's Diaries 33 (Orpiment)2m
- S0E34Maomao's Diaries 34 (Poisoning)2m
- S0E35Maomao's Diaries 35 (Soft-shelled turtle)2m
- S0E36Maomao's Diaries 36 (Dog)1m
- S0E37Maomao's Diaries 37 (Modesty)2m
- S0E38Maomao's Diaries 38 (Magic Mirror and Secrets)2m
- S0E39Maomao's Diaries 39 (Knowledgeable)2m
- S0E40Maomao's Diaries 40 (Moxibustion)2m
- S0E41Maomao's Diaries 41 (Two of a Kind?)2m
- S0E42Maomao's Diaries 42 (Wicked)2m
- S0E43Maomao's Diaries 43 (Side Effects)2m
- S0E44Maomao's Diaries 44 (Composure)2m
- S0E45Maomao's Diaries 45 (Monologuing)2m
- S0E46Maomao's Diaries 46 (Hairpin)2m
- S0E47Maomao no Hitorigoto Special Edition Part 15m
- S0E48Maomao no Hitorigoto Special Edition Part 25m
- S0E49Maomao's Diaries 47 (Friends)1m
- S0E50Maomao's Diaries 48 (Masks)2m
Season 149 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
- S1E49Episode 49