MAO

MAO

Episodes

6 Aired

Nanoka and Mao

EP 01

2026.04.04 (土)·25分

Nanoka and Mao

菜花と摩緒

Nanoka Kiba is a third-year junior high school student living in the modern Reiwa era. In an unfamiliar world she wandered into through the gates of the Gogyo Shopping District, she encounters a young man named Mao. After exorcising the demon that attacked Nanoka, Mao tells her, "You... you're a demon, aren't you?"

Spider Woman

EP 02

2026.04.11 (土)·25分

Spider Woman

蜘蛛女

Nanoka, who remembers seeing a monster during an accident in the first grade of elementary school, realizes that the world connected to the gate of the Gogyo Shopping District is the Taisho era. Meanwhile, Mao begins to investigate the "headless incident" that seems to be related to the cat demon Byoki, who cursed him.

The Cursed One

EP 03

2026.04.18 (土)·25分

The Cursed One

呪われし者

Nanoka, who does not die even after touching Mao's "Sword of Hagunsei," seems to have been cursed after being splashed with Byoki's blood as a child. Nanoka returns to the modern Reiwa era and begins investigating the accident she was involved in eight years ago.

The Shorinkyo Incident

EP 04

2026.04.25 (土)·25分

The Shorinkyo Incident

鐘臨教事件

Nanoka and Otoya infiltrate the cult of Shorinkyo, which seems to have a connection to Byoki. They find a manuscript of sorcery in the basement, but it doesn't contain a way to manipulate human lifespans. Then, the cult's leader, Shoko, traps the two of them in the basement.

Keystone

EP 05

2026.05.02 (土)·25分

Keystone

要石

Earthquakes occur frequently in Gogyo Town during the Taisho era. Mao and Otoya hear from an ayakashi, who went to check on the collapsed mountain, that a strange Western-style house was built near where the keystone used to calm earthquakes was enshrined. When the two visit the site, they find a church that shouldn't have been there.

Memories of That Day

EP 06

2026.05.09 (土)·25分

Memories of That Day

あの日の記憶

Nanoka confesses to Mao and Otoya that she comes from a world 100 years in the future, but they do not believe her. Returning to the modern era, Nanoka drinks the antidote she received from Mao and remembers the day of the accident eight years ago. Filled with questions, Nanoka heads to the Taisho era to see Mao...