Just the Ticket

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Animeister. In 2024, even before the anime had finished airing its first season, The Apothecary Diaries was the first series I chose to review for the Month Of Love . So when I found out there was going to be a second season, it seemed obvious that I should keep that trend going this year. So, let's kick off Month Of Love 2026 by looking at The Apothecary Diaries : Season 2. The problem is, everything I said about the first season is still true, so that doesn't leave me with much new to say about it. The Apothecary Diaries is a long-running (fifteen years!) multimedia franchise written by Hyūganatsu (I think her name was originally rendered with a space, so in my first season review, I incorrectly identified her as Natsu Hyūga; she's an extremely private person and uses Hyūganatsu as a one-word pen name), including novels, a light-novel series, and now three manga (a spinoff from the perspective of Xiaolan—Mao Mao's gossiping b...