The seventh installment of the project " Maomao and the Four Seasons" for the TV anime " The Apothecary Diaries ," based on the light novel by Natsu Hyuga, which was born from the novel submission site " Shosetsuka ni Naro ," has been released. The project is to release new visuals themed on seasonal plants on the 22nd of each month, and the seventh installment is themed on the winter peony, depicting Maomao looking up at the sky as snow starts to fall while covering the winter peony with a snow shield, and XiaoLan and Shisui getting excited watching the snow.
The anime's official website is distributing wallpapers of the same visual, and Official X (Twitter) is running a campaign to give away visual cards.
The light novel version of "The Apothecary Diaries" is published by Hero Bunko (Imagine Infos), and the comic adaptation is also gaining popularity. The total number of copies of the original series has exceeded 38 million. The story is set in the glamorous harem of a certain continent, where a young poison taster named Maomao and a handsome eunuch Jinshi become embroiled in an incident that takes place in the harem, which is full of conspiracies and rumors.
The first season of the TV anime aired on Nippon Television from October 2023 to March 2024. The second season is currently airing on Nippon Television's anime slot "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT (Fura-ani)."
