Season 1 Episode 03

Season 1
Episode 3
Japanese	幽霊騒動
Romaji	Yūrei Sōdō
Translated	Spirit Disturbance
Air Date (JP)	October 22, 2023 (1:05 AM)
English	The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit
Air Date (EN)	Subbed：October 21, 2023 Dubbed：November 4, 2023
Blu-ray	Volume 1
Music
Opening Theme	Hana ni Natte
Ending Theme	Aikotoba
Insert Song	Omoi Kaze
Staff
Scriptwriter	Hitomi Ogawa
Storyboard	Norihiro Naganuma
Director	Kyōhei Yamamoto
Animation dir.	Momoka Izumi, Takuya Nishimichi, Toru Yoshida, Tōi Yamamichi, Nozomu Shimazaki
Adapted From
Web Novel	Chapter 10-11
Novel	The Apothecary Diaries (Novel)
Light Novel	Volume 1：Chapter 10-11
Manga	Main：Ch.4 Notebook：Ch.3
Episodes
◄ Previous	Episode 2
Next ►	Episode 4

"The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit" is the 3rd episode of the The Apothecary Diaries anime adaptation.

Tasked with investigating a ghostly woman dancing nightly on the palace walls, Maomao finds a sleepwalking Concubine Fuyou. But with no medicinal cure for sleepwalking, she's forced to dig deeper to find the real reason behind Fuyou's affliction.

Translated blurb from official anime website...

A rumor spread throughout the imperial harem that "a female ghost is dancing on the castle walls." Maomao didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just another ghost story, but when Jinshi asked her about her sleepwalking, she decided to see the ghost's true identity for herself. At night, when she was taken to the castle walls by Gaoshun, one of Jinshi's subordinates, she saw a beautiful woman dancing. Maomao investigates the woman's circumstances and eventually learns an unexpected reason.

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Summary

Maomao investigates rumors of a female ghost dancing on the city walls.

Characters in Focus

Characters in italics debuted here.

• Maomao
• Jinshi
• Gaoshun
• Gyokuyou
• Emperor
• Quack Doctor

• Xiaolan
• Hongniang
• Yinghua
• Guiyuan
• Ailan
• Fuyou

Soundtrack

All the music featured in this episode, in order.

1. Hana ni Natte (Opening song)
2. Fuyou
3. Horror Gong
4. Maomao's Daily Life
5. Sympathy
6. Horror Gong
7. Not on the Same Wavelength
8. Fuyou
9. Investigation
10. Understanding the Situation
11. The March of Events
12. Omoikaze (Insert song)
13. Aikotoba (Ending song)
14. Apothecary (Episode preview)

Changes

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Trivia

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Videos

『薬屋のひとりごと』第３話「幽霊騒動」予告【毎週土曜24：55～ 日本テレビ系にて全国放送中！】

Trailer

『薬屋のひとりごと』第3話挿入歌「想風」（おもいかぜ）【毎週土曜24：55～日本テレビ系にて全国放送中！】

Trailer

『薬屋のひとりごと』ミニアニメ「猫猫のひとりごと」第３話【毎週土曜24：55～日本テレビ系にて全国放送！】

References

External Links

• "Episode 3" Summary - Official Anime Website (in Japanese)
• "Episode 3：The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit" with multi-language subtitles & dubs - Crunchyroll

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