Square Enix has confirmed that they have no plans to cancel the serialization of The Apothecary Diaries manga despite the recent conviction of its artist,
Yeah, it isn’t super clear just from headlines, but it is unlikely she will actually serve time in prison. She was given a suspended sentence. So, as long as she doesn’t commit any similar offenses in the next three years, she will have been considered as having served her time without actually going to prison.
The end of the article mentions she’d paid the due taxes by now, despite that the beginning of the article makes it pretty clear she received ten months of prison sentence on top of a three years suspension.
Yeah, it isn’t super clear just from headlines, but it is unlikely she will actually serve time in prison. She was given a suspended sentence. So, as long as she doesn’t commit any similar offenses in the next three years, she will have been considered as having served her time without actually going to prison.
Different article source.
The end of the article mentions she’d paid the due taxes by now, despite that the beginning of the article makes it pretty clear she received ten months of prison sentence on top of a three years suspension.