About this season
Japan may be brimming with mysterious monsters called ayakashi, but they have a special exorcist ninja force to counter the threat! Young exorcist ninja Matsuri spends his days fighting ayakashi to protect his childhood friend Suzu. But when an ayakashi cat named Shirogane shows up, things get turned upside down!
Episodes (12)
1. Matsuri, Suzu, and Ayakashi
7.3Aired 10 January 2023 • 24 min
Matsuri, an exorcist ninja, encounters Shirogane, an ayakashi targeting his childhood friend, Suzu, who seems to have something "special" about her.
2. Girl Friend
7.0Aired 17 January 2023 • 24 min
Having had Gender Swap Awakened cast on him, Matsuri enters high school as a girl. There, Shirogane attacks in a bid to take the God-Sealing Scroll, but the ayakashi Tadare goes after Suzu instead. Matsuri saves her and decides to become on of Suzu's girl friends.
3. The Speedster Exorcist Ninja
6.3Aired 24 January 2023 • 24 min
Suzu makes Suzu-dumplings, trying to become friends with Shirogane. Matsuri sees her and reminisces about the times he admired her for her ability to befriend ayakashi. That's when they get a visit from the Lightning-Fast Exorcist Ninja, Ninokuru Souga.
4. The Melancholy of the Ayakashi Medium
6.7Aired 31 January 2023 • 24 min
Matsuri does his best to fit in as one of Suzu's girl friends, but he doesn't know how to act around Yayoi and Lucy. Yayoi, in turn, wants to get to know Matsuri better too, but she keeps tripping and getting up close and personal, which complciates matters. She believes Matsuri despises her now, but the cause was actually an ayakashi!
5. Omokage
6.0Aired 7 March 2023 • 24 min
The Suzu that showed up in Matsuri's room was actually an omokage shadow, a cloning ayakashi. What's more, it's still wandering around somewhere, which poses a real threat to Suzu's life. Matsuri and Shirogane frantically scour the town for it.
6. Those Who See, and Those Who Can't
6.3Aired 14 March 2023 • 24 min
Lucy shows Matsuri and Suzu a photo she took, which seems to be a spirit photo! Captured in it is an "Ikon" a cluster of human resentment, which then proceeds to possess Lucy herself. Matsuri must find a way to exorcise the ayakashi and protect her!
7. Utagawa Garaku
7.0Aired 22 August 2023 • 24 min
Matsuri and Suzu receive a visit from a traveling artist, and he has a surprise or two in store for them!
8. Her First
6.0Aired 29 August 2023 • 24 min
Suzu's experiment leads to Matsuri's gear malfunctioning, so they decide to pay a visit to expert artisan, Korogi Reo.
9. An Encounter With 'Him'?
6.5Aired 5 September 2023 • 24 min
UFOs, catnip, incense, and alerts galore! After the visit to the Korogi store, Matsuri has high expectations for his new ninja gear. But he doesn't expect what happens while he's trying it out!
10. The Enticing Boy
6.3Aired 12 September 2023 • 24 min
A pretty boy transfers into school and asks Suzu for help with an ayakashi, but things take a scary turn.
11. The Spirit of Harmony
7.0Aired 19 September 2023 • 24 min
The battle with the Jinyo intensifies, and Shirogane has to fend him off with Suzu in tow!
12. Kanade Suzu, the King of Ayakashi
7.3Aired 26 September 2023 • 24 min
Having lost his powers, Shirogane now has a problem he has to deal with, and a proposition for Suzu and Matsuri.