The highly-anticipated The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 premiered earlier this month, and with three episodes already released, fans are looking forward to find out what's next for Maomao. In the previous episode, Jinshi investigated the death of Concubine Jin, and Mamao learned from Guen about Tao, a palace woman who vanished before her retirement. Mamao links a poisonous fungus to the case, and with the eunuch's help, she is able to uncover Jin's buried corpse and revealed that Tao had been impersonating her.
The official website of the romance anime has unveiled a teaser video, preview stills, and an official synopsis for The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 4 (Episode 28 overall), which is titled Mirrors, and the episode synopsis reveals that the foreign envoy presents a large mirror to the four concubines. The episode is expected to introduce a rare medicinal material that Maomao acquires. The mysterious Lady Loulan is also expected to debut. Additionally, the unresolved threats within the Imperial Palace will likely develop in the next episode. Watch the teaser trailer for the next The Apothecary Diaries below:
Here's the English-translated official synopsis for The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 4:
Check out the preview stills for The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 4 in the image gallery below:
OLM and TOHO Animation studios returned to produce The Apothecary Diaries Season 2. Norihiro Naganuma, who directed the first season, is directing Season 2 with the same main staff, which includes Akimi Fudesaka as a director, and Wataru Nakagawa as assistant director, and Yukiko Nakatani as the character designer. The talented trio of Kevin Penkin, Arisa Okehazama, and Satoru Kosaki are in charge of the anime's music.
Where to Watch The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 4
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Episode 4 is scheduled to premiere in Japan on Friday, January 31 at 11:40PM JST. The new episode will be released on Crunchyroll with English subtitles in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS following its broadcast.
In Japan, the Romance/Mystery anime series will broadcast on local TV channels such as AT-X, Nippon Television, Animax, Movie Channel Neco, each following its own schedule. The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 will have a total of 25 episodes, so we can expect 22 more new episodes to release this year.
What is The Apothecary Diaries about?
The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) anime is based on the mystery romance light novel series written by Natsu Hyuga and illustrated by Toko Shino. Since 2011, the drama series has been serialized on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website before it was acquired by Shufunotomo, who initially published it as a novel with a single volume in 2012 and then as a light novel series in 2014.
The series also received a couple of manga adaptations in 2017: one published by Shogakukan in Monthly Sunday Gene-X, and the other published by Square Enix in Monthly Big Gangan. J-Novel Club licensed the light novel series digitally in North America, and Square Enix licensed it in print. Square Enix also licensed the manga illustrated by Nekokurage.
Crunchyroll's description of The Apothecary Diaries reads:
For the latest information about The Apothecary Diaries Season 2, check out the official website of the anime.