is a Japanese shōjo comedy manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written and illustrated by Hiromu Shinozuka

Hiromu Shinozuka

is a Japanese manga artist. She writes in Ciao magazine. She debuted with Takkyu Shōjo in 1999. Her manga Mirmo! received the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2003 and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 2004, and there is a 172-episode anime adaptation as well.-External...

 about a middle school girl who discovers a devil baby on her bed one day. It was adapted into an anime television series by SynergySP

SynergySP

is a Japanese animation studio founded on May 1, 1998 which originally split off from Toei Animation. In 2005, the company became associated with Shogakukan Productions, a subsidiary of the Shogakukan publishing company.-Produced series:MÄR...

 which began airing in Japan from October 10, 2011.

Plot

Honoka Sawada is a lonely girl who is often picked on by others. One night, a strange baby named Mao appears before her, and she soon learns that this baby is none other than a baby devil.

Characters

Honoka is a fourteen-year-old girl in middle school who lost her parents when she was younger. She is often taken advantage of by her classmates and is always lonely. That is, until the day Mao comes into her life.

A baby devil who suddenly appears before Honoka one day, sporting a tail and wings on his head. Like other devil babies like him, Mao is able to perform magic based on costumes that he wears; for example, a dinosaur costume allows him to breathe fire.

Kyou's friend who helps Honoka out in raising Mao as a substitute father role.

Honoka's childhood friend, who often shirks his responsibilities to watch his favourite anime on time.

The principal of a daycare for devil babies. He is always seen wearing goofy glasses and a fake moustache.

Manga

The original manga by Hiromu Shinozuka

Hiromu Shinozuka

is a Japanese manga artist. She writes in Ciao magazine. She debuted with Takkyu Shōjo in 1999. Her manga Mirmo! received the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2003 and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 2004, and there is a 172-episode anime adaptation as well.-External...

 began serialization in Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

's Ciao

Ciao (magazine)

is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...

magazine from May 2008. Six tankobon volumes have been released so far.

Anime

An anime television series based on the manga was announced in the October 2011 issue of Ciao. The series began airing on Japan's national public broadcasting network, NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

, as part of the Dai! Tensai Terebi-kun program block, starting from October 10, 2011.

Episode list

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