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Mao

Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · 2026

Last aired: S2 E13, Yurako's World · 2026-09-26

Nanoka survived a car accident that killed her parents when she was young. Her only memory was a mysterious burning shopping street that didn't match any official reports. Years later, rumors of ghosts, she returns to the site and is transported back to early 20th-century Japan. Where she encounters a mysterious man named Mao, claiming that Nanoka isn't human, but an ayakashi (demon).

Cast

Season 2

Season 1Season 2
E1 The Iron Mask 2026-07-04 · 30 min Around the time rumors spread throughout the imperial capital that "the Onmyoji of the Mikami family, who can extend lifespans, is coming," Yurako appears at a salon frequented by political and business figures. Believing Yurako to be an agent of Shiranui, Kamon pursues her with Mao. Mao is shocked when he sees Yurako's face.
E2 Shiranui 2026-07-18 · 30 min Shiranui appears before Mao, revealing their long-standing feud dating back to the Heian period, and demands that Mao hand over the secret technique of Taishan Fukun, which controls lifespan. However, Mao expresses his anger, asking why Yurako, who looks exactly like Sana, is working for Shiranui.
E3 Hakubi 2026-07-18 · 30 min The man in the iron mask was Hakubi, the senior disciple of the Mikage family. Hakubi, like Hyakka and Kamon, had also been summoned to the Goshikido during the Heian period. Hakubi considered Mao to be the Mikage family's sworn enemy and launched a fierce attack using his golden magic, but Mao transformed into a beast and went berserk.
E4 Maogui 2026-07-25 · 30 min Exhausted from his battle with Hakubi, Mao remains asleep. Yokai seeking treatment keep arriving at Mao's clinic, and Nanaka, Otsuya, and Hyakka struggle to help. Back in the modern world, Nanaka, along with Shiraha, begins investigating the relationship between Onmyodo and cats.
E5 The Undersea Shrine 2026-08-01 · 30 min Natsuno, a senior disciple of the Mikage family, appears before Mao and Nanaka. Natsuno tells them about the past of Mao's senior disciples, Daigo and Sana. Meanwhile, Kamon, who is pursuing Shiranui, performs a "soul summoning" with Mao in order to find the owner of the hair that is rising from the underwater shrine.
E6 Underwater shrine 2026-08-08 · 30 min With Natsuno's help, Mao and the others head towards the underwater shrine. Upon entering the shrine, they learn of Masago's final moments from Shiranui. Kamon confronts Shiranui despite her regrets, but is cornered by his magic.
E7 Sana's Heart 2026-08-15 · 30 min Hanamon vows to retrieve Masago's body, which Shiranui had taken away. Meanwhile, Natsuno tells Mao and the others that the black evil energy that Yurako was emitting is the same evil energy that ripped out Sana's heart 900 years ago.
E8 Souma 2026-08-22 · 30 min Kazuma Kagami, who committed a random street murder, had his mind consumed by a beast that had been housed within the body of each successive head of the Kagami family. Mao took Soma, who was injured in a fight with his brother Kazuma, to the clinic, but Soma managed to sneak away and disappear while Mao wasn't looking.
E9 Risk My Life 2026-08-29 · 30 min Soma drives the puppet needle, given to him by Kagari, into Mao's back. Mao then transforms into a beast. Hyakka, Nanaka, and Otsuya rush to the scene, but Mao, controlled by Hakubi's cursed power through the needle, attacks the three of them.
E10 The Sleepwalking Patient 2026-09-05 · 30 min A patient sneaks out of the hospital every night without eating. Mao, Nanaka, and Otsuya, who follow him, witness the patient eating grave soil and vomiting it up. Mao is astonished by the powerful curse and earth magic. Just then, Natsuno appears.
E11 Traveling Performers 2026-09-12 · 30 min Natsuno comes to investigate rumors that "the village will disappear after a village theater troupe performs." She discovers the village buried in a landslide, but is attacked by mysterious yokai. Natsuno narrowly escapes and seeks help from Kamon.
E12 Ghosts and Rakshasas 2026-09-19 · 30 min Kagari Hosho, who had been causing curse incidents at the girls' school, was an associate of Hakubi. Kagari attacks Nanaka, who had infiltrated the school to investigate. Mao comes to Nanaka's rescue at the time, but... Using a cursed needle, Kagari tracks down Nanaka's location and takes her away to Yurako.
E13 Yurako's World 2026-09-26 · 30 min Yurako begins to tell Nanaka about her past. In the Heian period, Yurako lived in a cave surrounded by talismans as a vessel to absorb the curse unleashed upon the "Mikoshi family," and learned that there was a world outside. And then, she met Mao for the first time...

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