Id: 8

Title: The Apothecary Diaries

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance

Context: Maomao is an apothecary who is kidnapped and brought into the inner palace as a maid. She quickly rises to poison taster after revealing her ability to read and her knowledge of poisons. This is her recollecting her youth of making and testing poisons on herself.

This story actually started off as a light novel in 2011 before getting two different manga adaptations by different companies. This manga in particular is the one the anime is based off of

Publisher: Square Enix

Writer: Natsu Hyuuga

Illustrator: Nekokurage

Compilation: Itsuki Nanao

Character Design: Touco Shino

Published: 2017