The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 is currently airing in two cours or parts. Part 1 is already out, while Part 2 is all set to begin airing from April 4th. The series takes place in a fictional country based on Tang dynasty Imperial China and follows Mao Mao, a young girl working as an apothecary in the red-light district who is later kidnapped and sold to the Imperial Palace as an indentured servant.
But when strange events unfold in the Rear Palace, Mao Mao begins investigating and catches the attention of Jinshi, a beautiful eunuch who puts her skills to work.The series announced a high school spinoff, complete with a trailer from Toho, titled The Apothecary Diaries – School Diaries on April 1st, and fans couldn’t have been more excited. The spinoff seemed like a typical visual novel but featured The Apothecary Diaries characters and their official voices in an academy setting.
Unfortunately, before viewers could get too hyped up, the trailer explicitly announced the whole thing to be an April Fool’s joke. You can check this prank trailer out below.The Apothecary Diaries’ Spinoff PrankBut while The Apothecary Diaries’ school setting spinoff was confirmed to be a prank, that’s not what fans wanted to hear.
Unlike series like One Punch Man news that had fans heaving a sigh of relief when a rapidly circulated redraw announcement by a fan account was quickly dismissed, The Apothecary Diaries decided to prank their fans with something they would actually want. And now.
