With both beauty and wit, Maiko looks for a man who suits her. One night, she finds Taro, a candidate for the prime minister. Everything goes well as she plans, but he finds out she's actually a "youma" who destroys the country. What's their destiny?
Nao Hasegawa
Maiko Yamamoto
Ryoma Ichihara
Taro Shiomura
Yoshimi Ashikawa
Moro Morooka
Miho Yabe
Ryota Nakanishi
David Ito
Yoshiko Sengen
Aya Sugimoto
With both beauty and wit, Maiko looks for a man who suits her. One night, she finds Taro, a candidate for the prime minister. Everything goes well as she plans, but he finds out she's actually a "youma" who destroys the country. What's their destiny?
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