Seeing Jinshi go unrewarded even in the final episode, reactions online included, “As expected,” “Another cancellation,” “He’s really so pitiful, lol,” “Let him have it in the finale already!” and “Not again, lol.”

Furthermore, after the conclusion of the Season 2 finale, the production of a sequel was announced, leading to a flood of excited reactions online such as, “Yay, I’m looking forward to it!” and “I have high hopes for the sequel too.”

“The Apothecary Diaries” anime is based on the light novel by Hyuganatsu. It has also been adapted into manga, and the series has surpassed 40 million copies in total. The story is a mystery-solving entertainment following Maomao, a pharmacist’s daughter with an abnormal obsession with poisons and medicines, and the enigmatic, handsome eunuch Jinshi, as they confront perplexing incidents within the imperial court.

■Episode 48 “Beginning”
[Synopsis]
Around dawn, after the suppression of the Shi clan, Jinshi visits Maomao, who is sleeping alongside the children evacuated from the fortress. As they worry about each other’s injuries, they each begin to ponder what Loulan risked her life to protect and what was entrusted to them.

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