"The Apothecary Diaries" Episode 40 Synopsis & Preview Images Released! Special Program Featuring Cast Members Set for May 16th
By Koji Uchida, Animate Times - 26 minutes ago - 11:02 | All
The synopsis and preview images for Episode 40 of "The Apothecary Diaries" (Season 2 Episode 15), titled "Festering Malice" have been released!
Additionally, a special program has been scheduled to air on ABEMA's Anime LIVE channel on Friday, May 16. In this first-ever all-male special, the show will feature Takeo Otsuka (voice of Jinshi), Katsuyuki Konishi (voice of Gaoshun), and Tatsumaru Tachibana (voice of Basen).
The second season of "The Apothecary Diaries" is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll.
※ABEMA Anime Live channel is available for viewing overseas, with certain region restrictions.
Episode 40: "Festering Malice"
Synopsis
To assist with the delivery of Consort Gyokuyo, who is suspected of having a breech birth, Luomen, Maomao's mentor in medicine and adoptive father, arrives at the inner palace's medical office. Luomen quickly identifies the current issues within the inner palace and creates a sample document for the court ladies attending the writing practice hall to copy, serving both as practice and as a way to disseminate information.
When Maomao delivers the document to the writing practice hall, she learns from an elderly eunuch that Luomen had done something similar before his expulsion from the inner palace. Suddenly, a sense of unease surfaces in Maomao's mind. To uncover the truth behind this feeling, she decides to seek out a certain individual...
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