A Collection of Maomao's "Evil Faces"! Voices Say They're "Thrilling" Over the Special Clear File of 'The Apothecary Diaries' Included as a Bonus with Sunday GX March Issue

The official X account of the editorial department of 'Monthly Sunday GX' (Shogakukan) has released information about the GX special Maomao original clear file, a special bonus included with the magazine's March issue.

According to the account's post, the currently on-sale March issue of 'Sunday GX' comes with a special clear file of "The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Rear Palace Mystery-Solving Notebook" as a bonus item. The images attached to the post include panels from the main manga story showing Jinshi visiting Maomao's room alone, as well as actual photos of the bonus clear file.

The clear file features a unique design that deliberately showcases only "Maomao's evil faces," such as her fearless smiles and scheming expressions.

In response to this playful special clear file collecting her "evil faces," many reactions praising the interesting design have been posted on social media, including comments like "I can almost hear someone's screams," "Maomao's evil faces are thrilling but also cool and I love them," and "The evil face file made me lol."

"The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Rear Palace Mystery-Solving Notebook" is a manga adaptation serialized in Shogakukan's 'Monthly Sunday GX,' based on the novel 'The Apothecary Diaries' by Hyuganatsu. The artwork is handled by Kurata Minoji, and it follows Maomao, a girl with an abnormal obsession with poisons and medicines, as she unravels mysterious incidents occurring in the rear palace alongside Jinshi, a beautiful eunuch.

(C)Hyuganatsu, Imagica Infos/"The Apothecary Diaries"Project