IT Media Information reported on Wednesday that Sq. Enix has no plans to cancel the manga The Apothecary Diaries, regardless of latest authorized troubles surrounding its creator, Nekokurage.
The author, whose actual identify is Erika Ikeda, was lately given a 10-month suspended jail sentence and a wonderful of about 11 million yen (about $70,600) for tax evasion.
This suspended sentence signifies that if Ikeda behaves nicely for the following three years, she is not going to obtain a jail sentence. Initially, the prosecution had demanded a harsher sentence, together with the next wonderful of 14 million yen.
Earlier this 12 months, Nekokurage was charged with failing to declare roughly 260 million yen (about $1.6 million) in revenue and evading roughly 47 million yen (about $298,887) in taxes between 2019 and 2021.
The evaded taxes have been used to buy actual property. In court docket, Ikeda admitted to tax evasion and expressed regret, stating that she meant to pay the taxes finally.
She attributed the omission to ignorance and has since addressed the issue by paying her tax money owed and consulting a tax advisor.
The manga, which started in Could 2017 in Sq. Enix’s Month-to-month Huge Gangan journal, remains to be ongoing, with its thirteenth quantity lately printed. An English model can be out there via Sq. Enix Manga & Books.
The collection, initially a lightweight novel by Natsu Hyūga with illustrations by Touko Shino, has been tailored into an anime that premiered in October 2023.
The anime, out there on Crunchyroll, has been well-received and is scheduled for a second season in 2025. Sq. Enix continues to help the manga, regardless of the authorized points.
