Sq. Enix has confirmed that there aren’t any plans to cancel the serialization of the manga The Apothecary Diaries, regardless of the current conviction of its creator, Nekokurage. This info was revealed to ITmedia NEWS on July 24, 2024.
“We aren’t contemplating ceasing serialization of ‘The Apothecary Diaries,’” the assertion stated.
This announcement follows the responsible verdict of the Fukuoka District Courtroom on the identical day, convicting Nekokurage of violating the Revenue Tax Regulation. Nevertheless, it was not specified whether or not the manga will probably be on hiatus.
The Fukuoka District Courtroom sentenced Nekokurage to 10 months in jail, suspended for 3 years, and fined him 11 million yen. The court docket discovered the artist responsible of failing to report roughly 260 million yen in earnings from 2019 to 2021, ensuing within the artist evading roughly 47 million yen in earnings taxes. The costs stemmed from the artist’s failure to file his tax returns by the deadline.
Choose Takeda famous that the manga had all of the sudden change into standard and offered her with a major earnings, however that Nekokurage prioritized her fast work and private life over assembly her tax obligations.
Regardless of paying the total quantity owed, together with any relevant late charges, the artist had a historical past of late tax filings, typically combining a number of years of tax returns right into a single submission. She continued this follow even after her editor and the unique creator of The Apothecary Diaries urged her to handle her tax obligations.
The manga adaptation of The Apothecary Diaries, created by Itsuki Nanao and illustrated by Nekokurage, started serialization within the 2017 sixth problem of Sq. Enix’s Month-to-month Massive Gangan, which was launched on Might 25, 2017. Sq. Enix has collected its chapters into particular person tankobon volumes, with the primary quantity being printed on September 25, 2017. As of March 25, 2024, a complete of 13 volumes have been printed.
