{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e74e2f50ee9acbfdbead281f","clusterId":"c_71ef880eea8a51b325151fd8","slug":"apothecary-diaries-author-natsu-hyuuga-hospitalized-withdraws-from-overload-nz-appearance","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Apothecary Diaries Author Natsu Hyuuga Hospitalized, Withdraws From Overload NZ Appearance","summary":"Natsu Hyuuga, the author of The Apothecary Diaries, will not attend the Overload NZ Anime \u0026 Manga Convention in New Zealand on Sep 26-27. The official series X account cited health reasons, and Hyuuga said she is hospitalized with blood test results not yet at a satisfactory level. She will still take part in a live online Q\u0026A during the convention.","whyItMatters":"The author's health setback lands weeks before the first cour of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 begins airing on Oct 2, 2026, with the theatrical film set for December and the second cour in April 2027.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe in-person book hand-over sessions are cancelled as well, and attendees who booked one will instead receive a card signed by Hyuuga plus an original sticky note with The Apothecary Diaries artwork. The Overload committee says it will contact affected attendees directly.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHyuuga apologized on her own X account for the inconvenience and to those who had waited to meet her. The series account said her health and recovery come first and that a revised convention program is being prepared.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hyuuga will still do the Overload NZ online Q\u0026A while hospitalized. The convention gets the author's voice without the author, which is the arrangement health forces on a working writer.","twitterPost":"Hyuuga keeps the Overload NZ online Q\u0026A but drops the trip. Remote access is now the fallback for authors who cannot travel.","threadsPost":"Hyuuga is dropping the Overload NZ trip but keeping the convention's live online Q\u0026A. That split is the part worth watching: the guest appearance survives as a screen, and the convention still gets the author without the flight.","newsletterBlurb":"Natsu Hyuuga, author of The Apothecary Diaries, is hospitalized and will not appear in person at Overload NZ on Sep 26-27. She will still take part in a live online Q\u0026A, and attendees who booked a hand-over session get a signed card and an art sticky note instead. Season 3 cour one starts Oct 2, 2026, the film follows in December, and cour two airs April 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Animehunch\",\"url\":\"https://animehunch.com/the-apothecary-diaries-author-natsu-hyuuga-gets-hospitalized-withdraws-from-new-zealand-event/\",\"title\":\"The Apothecary Diaries Author Natsu Hyuuga Gets Hospitalized; Withdraws From New Zealand Event\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4425,"outputTokens":618,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1790001865,"createdAt":"2026-09-21T14:38:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T14:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T14:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_71ef880eea8a51b325151fd8","canonicalTitle":"The Apothecary Diaries Author Natsu Hyuuga Gets Hospitalized; Withdraws From New Zealand Event","representativeArticleId":"a_8d652c6c554064c095db2345","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"The Apothecary Diaries\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Natsu Hyuuga\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-21T12:03:42.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-21T12:03:42.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T14:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Animehunch","url":"https://animehunch.com/the-apothecary-diaries-author-natsu-hyuuga-gets-hospitalized-withdraws-from-new-zealand-event/","title":"The Apothecary Diaries Author Natsu Hyuuga Gets Hospitalized; Withdraws From New Zealand Event"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["The Apothecary Diaries"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Natsu Hyuuga"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}