TY - BOOK AU - Hyūga,Natsu AU - Nekokurage AU - Nanao,Itsuki AU - Shino,Tōko AU - Goniwich,Julie AU - Blakeslee,Lys TI - The apothecary diaries SN - 9781646090723 AV - PN6790.J33 N47513 2020 v.3 PY - 2021///] CY - [United States] PB - Square Enix Manga KW - Herbalists KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Eunuchs KW - Courts and courtiers KW - Japan KW - Young adult fiction KW - China KW - History KW - Historical comics KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery comics KW - Romance comics KW - Graphic novel adaptations KW - Comics (Graphic works) KW - Manga N1 - Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left; "First published in Japan in 2018 by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD."--Colophon; Based on The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto), a Japanese light novel series written by Natsu Hyuuga and illustrated by Touko Shino; Rated T, for Teen N2 - "After putting on a successful and sensual(?) show of food tasting at the garden banquet, Maomao is the talk of the palace! But she soon discovers that notoriety isn't the only thing the party has granted her! Her collection of hairpins from the event brings the young herbalist a brief window of freedom beyond the palace walls, as she returns to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months! But while reunions with her father and her friends await, so too does another mystery..."--page [4] of cover ER -