After the heartwarming return of the world of Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sesshomaru’s in the shape of the sequel series Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, and it gets a positive global response, creator Rumiko Takahashi’s one of the latest work MAO will debut in Viz Media for fans worldwide on September 14.

Announcement: Mao, Vol. 1, releases Fall 2021! Rumiko Takahashi’s latest work takes us back to a Taisho era Japan infested with demons, and only an exorcist named Mao can end them! pic.twitter.com/vqOxyhppR0

— VIZ (@VIZMedia) February 19, 2021

Previously in February, VIZ assured to bring MAO Vol 1 in Fall 2021, with already a confirmed anime adaptation announcement of the same in the works last year.

As reported by CBR, in an official press release, Viz Media shared a number of differences between the protagonist of Takahashi’s newest series and arguably her most popular in Inuyasha:

“1. Protagonists are both modern-day schoolgirls, yet in Mao the protagonist Nanoka discovers she is an ayakashi

2. Unlike falling down a well into the Edo era, Nanoka walks through a Torii gate into the Taisho era
3. Instead of finding the Shinko Jewel shards, Mao and Nanoka venture out to find the byoki, who cursed them in order to reverse it.”

サンデー本日発売です。MAO108話掲載しています。

暗殺者・蓮次の後を追う摩緒たち。苛火虫に導かれて辿り着いたのは、「とある場所」で…
今回は、呪術を扱うものたちに潜む仄暗い感情が垣間見える回です。 pic.twitter.com/qcG1QOlL0d

— 高橋留美子情報 (@rumicworld1010) September 8, 2021

Takahashi’s MAO released its 108th chapter on September 8 in the 41st issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday.

VIZ Media describes MAO as:

Nanoka passes through a portal into the Taisho era, where exorcist Mao reluctantly rescues her from the jaws of a grotesque yokai. When Nanoka gets back to the present, she discovers she has some new, incredible abilities. She returns to the past looking for answers, only to get caught up in Mao’s investigation of a series of gruesome murders. As her questions about herself multiply, Nanoka learns that Mao is cursed by a cat demon named Byoki—and so is his sword. If anyone but Mao attempts to wield it, they are doomed. But when Mao’s life is in jeopardy, Nanoka picks up his blade and swings!

Source: VIZ Media via CBR