A Good Anime Can Change a Manga Forever, and The Apothecary Diaries Proves It
The Apothecary Diarieshas achieved another major milestone withsales of its manga and light novelsurpassing nearly 40 million copies sold in digital and physical formats. With the rise of the anime’s second season, fans returned to the original source en masse, bringing more attention to the series in light of an already successful year. Natsu Hyūga’s,The Apothecary Diaries, was originally released as an online light novel in 2011, and changed hands to an official publisher a year later, remaining an ongoing series with Shufunotomo....