Sq. Enix has confirmed that they don’t have any plans to cancel the serialization of The Apothecary Diaries manga regardless of the current conviction of its artist, Nekokurage. This was revealed to ITmedia NEWS on July 24, 2024.
“We’re not contemplating discontinuing the serialization of ‘The Apothecary Diaries’.”
The assertion got here after Fukuoka District Courtroom handed down a responsible verdict on the identical day to the manga’s artist, Nekokurage, for violating the Revenue Tax Regulation.
Nevertheless, it was not specified if the manga can be occurring a hiatus or not.
The Fukuoka District Courtroom sentenced the artist to 10 months in jail, with a three-year suspended sentence, and imposed a superb of 11 million yen.
The courtroom discovered Nekokurage responsible of failing to report roughly 260 million yen in revenue from 2019 to 2021, ensuing within the evasion of roughly 47 million yen in revenue tax. The artist didn’t file tax returns by the deadline, resulting in the tax evasion costs.
Decide Takeda identified that Ikeda’s manga gained sudden reputation, resulting in important revenue, however she prioritized her rapid work and private life over fulfilling her tax obligations.
Though, the artist had paid the total quantity, together with any relevant late charges, she had a sample of submitting her tax returns late, combining a number of years’ price into single submissions.
She had continued this regardless of her editor and the unique writer of The Apothecary Diaries had urged her to deal with her tax obligations.
The Apothecary Diaries manga adaptation by Itsuki Nanao and illustrated by Nekokurage started within the 2017 sixth challenge of Sq. Enix’s Month-to-month Huge Gangan, launched on Could 25, 2017. Sq. Enix has compiled its chapters into particular person tankobon volumes.
The primary quantity was revealed on September 25, 2017. As of March 25, 2024, 13 volumes have been revealed.
Supply: ITmedia Information, Livedoor Information
