The Apothecary Diaries has officially finished the first season of the anime. This anime has received a lot of love from fans because the story is exciting, unique, full of mystery, and always makes the audience curious about the continuation of each episode of the anime. Apart from having a mystery genre, The Apothecary Diaries also has elements of the historical genre which is set in 15th-century China based on the context of the story, this is a unique and interesting touch for the audience. But unfortunately, currently, the anime has finished its first season. But don't worry, for those of you who enjoy the story of The Apothecary Diaries, there are many anime with similar genres that have historical, mystery, and romance backgrounds that are interesting for you to follow.

Below is a list of the best anime that you can watch if you enjoy stories similar to The Apothecary Diaries. Check out the following list.

Recommended Anime Similar to The Apothecary Diaries

1. Raven of The Inner Palace 

This anime has quite a lot of elements similar to The Apothecary Diaries. Apart from the story setting that highlights palace life, this anime also has a strong female main protagonist and a healer. Tells the story of Liu Shouxue, who has the position of 'Raven Consort' in the royal palace. She was an empress who lived aloof and mysterious. Because she was never summoned to the emperor's chambers and lived a solitary life, she had many rumors about her, many sayings he had mysterious abilities and mystical abilities. The story of this anime is filled with supernatural mysteries from a fantasy world set in the Chinese imperial era which has a story that is exciting enough for you to follow.

2. Yona of The Dawn

If you love anime with royal settings like The Apothecary Diaries, then you will also like this anime. Tells the story of a strong female protagonist named Yona. Yona was raised in the royal palace as a beautiful princess. However, everything she had had to collapse suddenly when a cruel betrayal threatened her entire life, and lost everyone she loved, including a royal princess.

This forces Yona to leave the palace alone with only her childhood friend and loyal bodyguard, Son Hak. Yona must survive in the wild and accept the fact that the palace is no longer the comfortable and safe place it used to be. Yona vows to become strong and destroy her enemies to avenge her. You will see the adventures of Yona and Hak who will grow stronger and meet interesting friends with exciting stories to reclaim their kingdom.

3. Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady With the Lamp

If you like the elements of medical knowledge and medicine in The Apothecary Diaries, then you will also like this anime. Elise is a character who was reincarnated into her first life after previously living as Jihyun, a doctor in the modern world who died in a plane crash. After the accident that happened to her, she returned to her first life as Elise, a noble's daughter who had a bad nature. But this time, Elise vowed to change her life and was determined to return to being a doctor in this life.

Armed with her knowledge of the medical world in the modern world, she emerged from her previous spoiled and naughty child character. You will be treated to Elise's knowledge and intelligence in each story, who never hesitates to help other people. Elise is a friendly person and likes to help other people by treating them with her knowledge of the world of medicine.

4. Moriarty The Patriot

One of the enjoyable elements of The Apothecary Diaries is the element of mystery built into the story. But don't worry because, in Moriarty The Patriot, you can also experience solving a similar mystery. This anime, which is set in the 19th century, focuses on the perspective of Sherlock Holmes' arch-enemy, William James Moriarty, who labels himself as a criminal consultant. Seeing how the social system separates the noble class as people who have power and can oppress ordinary people, Moriarty is determined to destroy this social class system to change the world.

Together with his brothers Albert Moriarty, Louis James, and his colleagues Sebastian Moran and Fred Porlock, William devised a strategy to overthrow this arbitrary power. Everything is done selflessly for the sake of realizing justice and equality. In every crime they commit, there is a variety of information that is enough for you to collect to gain new knowledge about the story. This makes you focus on capturing every moment and clue in the story to uncover every existing problem.

5. Ancient Magus Bride

This anime has a mystery genre that is familiar to The Apothecary Diaries. However, this anime has a strong supernatural element in the story. Ancient Magus Bride tells the story of a young girl named Chise Hatori, who decides to sell herself after losing both her parents and having nowhere to go. She sold herself at auction to have a new place to call home. At this auction, Chise was sold for five million pounds to Elias Ainsworth, a seven-foot-tall humanoid with an animal skull for a head and looking more like a demon than a human. Even though he has a scary appearance, the Magus provides the light of life that Chise has been looking for all this time. She even bathed, fed, and nursed him back to health.

Slowly but surely, the Magus began to tell Chise that he was Sleigh Beggy, a wizard who was able to draw energy from his environment and his body itself could do magic. He also explained that the reason he bought Chise was because he recognized the strength in her when he looked at Chise, so he took care of her and gave her proper training. This series discusses a romantic slice-of-life storyline from a surreal and supernatural perspective that is interesting for you to follow.

6. Gosick

The mystery story from the anime Gosick is no less exciting than every story in The Apothecary Diaries. In this anime, Gosick is set in a fictional country called the Saubure Kingdom in 1900s Europe. The main leads are Victorique de Blois and Kazuya Kujo. Victorique is a girl who spends her daily life in the library reading all the books there are. She has no friends and finds it difficult to get along until finally he meets Kazuya who begins to experience new adventures by solving various kinds of murder cases around him.

What's unique is that the cases that occur involve many legends and ghost stories that are spread in society so they seem a little scary but can always be explained scientifically by Victorique. If you like mystery-solving duos like Maomao dan Jinshi, then you will like the duo Kazuya and Victorique who complement each other's thought processes to take different points of view in every mystery case they solve. The mystery is extraordinary, but the character dynamics are no less interesting than this anime.

7. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi

This romantic comedy and supernatural genre anime tells the story of Aoi Tsubaki, a student who can see Ayakashi, a trait she inherited from her late grandfather. One day, when Aoi walks past the shrine's torii, she sees Ayakashi sitting there and says that he is hungry. However, after giving him food, Aoi is kidnapped by Ayakashi, an Ogre named Odanna. He takes her to the Hidden Realm, the world where all the Ayakashi live.

She tells Aoi that her grandfather owes her a favor, so as compensation, she must now marry him. However, because Aoi didn't want to get married and refused, Aoi instead negotiated with the Ogre and asked to pay off his debt by working at the ogre's inn, Tenjin'ya.

8. Fairies Albums

This supernatural anime series, similar to the story of Traveling Doctor, tells the story of a demon doctor named Tao Yao who goes on a dangerous journey with her friends to cure various creatures who have problems while following their stories of witnessing amazing life stories in the world of magic. She works with spirits and entities, and Tao Yao helps make their work easier, but his power comes at a cost. Similar to Maomao, although she sometimes acts cold, she has a soft heart and cares about a sense of justice. The animation of this anime has beautiful and amazing visuals. The story will give a relaxed, calm, and mysterious impression at the same time which will make you interested in following it.

9. The Story of Saiunkoku

This anime has a fictional and romantic historical background, the story takes place in a fictional country called Saiunkoku which is divided into eight provinces with each province named after a different color. The story of this anime introduces Kou Shuurei, a poor young noblewoman who dreams of becoming a government official to improve the situation. Meanwhile, this country is ruled by Shi Ryuuki, an emperor who is famous for being lazy and not even interested in ruling his country.

To help her country, Shuurei accepts an offer to become the Emperor's consort for six months in the hope of persuading him to take his duties and responsibilities as emperor seriously. This anime will show how an extraordinary woman can work to build a better social construct and improve themselves.

10. Undead Girl Murder Farce

In this world filled with supernatural and magical creatures, the story is set in the 19th-century world where various strange and mysterious creatures such as vampires and werewolves still live, telling the story of a young detective named Aya Rindou. Aya and Tsugaru Shiuchi are detectives who specialize in monsters. Meanwhile, Tsugaru Shuichi is a half-human and half-demon creature. One day, Aya's main body was stolen, leaving her head severed due to the actions of an unknown criminal. You will follow the journey of Tsugaru Shinuchi along with servant Shizuku Hasei, who leaves Japan and begins a journey to find Aya Rindo's stolen body. Even though the plot is a little strange, there are many interesting things that you can enjoy from this story that will solve various mysteries.

So, those are some recommended anime that have a genre, plot, or some similar elements that will remind you of the story of The Apothecary Diaries. This anime recommendation can be a medicine while waiting for the return of The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 which will be coming later.

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