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All series / The Apothecary Diaries / Arc 9

Arc 9 of 15 in The Apothecary Diaries

Arc 9: 西都編

I’ve watched through

Season 1 Part 1 stops before this arc.

Season 1 Part 2 stops before this arc.

Season 2 Part 1 stops before this arc.

Season 2 Part 2 stops before this arc.

What happens

In the western capital, Maomao studies crops, medicine and the people who control them while the court tries to understand an expanding agricultural disaster. Old histories, local customs and competing accounts make the investigation as political as it is practical.

Where it sits

Arc 9 in The Apothecary Diaries
FormatVolumesUnitsLanguage
Web novel—Chapter 9, episodes 1–49Japanese
Light novelVol 10, 11Volume 10, prologue – volume 11, epilogueJapanese
Light novelVol 10, 11Volume 10, prologue – volume 11, epilogueEnglish

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