MAO

MAO

Episodes

12 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...

New Vessel

EP 07

2026.05.16 (土)·25分

New Vessel

新しい器

In the Taisho era, the young Nanoka from eight years ago appeared before the current Nanoka. Byoki grabbed the young Nanoka in its mouth and flew from the gate of the Five Elements Shopping District to the world of the Reiwa era. Mao, in his beast form, sent a protective shikigami to the modern era to protect the young Nanoka and then lost consciousness.

Hyakka

EP 08

2026.05.23 (土)·25分

Hyakka

百火

Mao and his companions are attacked by Hyakka, a senior disciple who manipulates fire Onmyodo. Hyakka dies once but is immediately resurrected. He too has been living for 900 years. According to Hyakka, 900 years ago, five disciples were summoned to the "Goshikido" by their master.

Kamon

EP 09

2026.05.30 (土)·25分

Kamon

華紋

Mao and his companions rush to the side of Tenko, who was run over by a car driven by Taneyoshi Ibaraki, a man targeting and kidnapping young women. Just then, a man named Kuchinawa, commissioned by the head of the Ibaraki family, appears before them. Although Kuchinawa uses Wood Onmyodo, his true identity is Kamon, Mao's senior fellow disciple.

Taizan Fukun

EP 10

2026.06.06 (土)·25分

Taizan Fukun

泰山府君

Mao feeds a talisman to the attacking shikigami, setting a trap to lure out its user. Just then, a giant composed of fish and water appears. The giant demands that Mao teach them the ultimate secret technique of Onmyodo, "Taizan Fukun," which controls human lifespans.

Mingling of Blood

EP 11

2026.06.13 (土)·25分

Mingling of Blood

血の交わり

The mother of a boy named Shigeru visits Mao's clinic, asking him to examine her son. Mao heads to where the boy is, but it turns out to be a trap to lure him out. An attacking shikigami that manipulates water attempts to capture Mao.

The Water Practitioner

EP 12

2026.06.20 (土)·25分

The Water Practitioner

水の術者

Mao, who was attacked by a water shikigami, recalls the greatest water practitioner of the Goko clan from the Heian period, but is perplexed, unable to believe that practitioner would send an assassin. Meanwhile, Kamon boards a hall on the sea where an onmyoji of the Goko clan is said to be, and reunites with Shiranui.