Mai Shishikusa

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Tomonari Shishikusa: Father

Shizune: Adoptive sister

Kaori Onidzuka: Cousin (Mother's side)

Ryou's Sister: Aunt (Mother's side)

Other unnamed members of her clan

> "Mother... do you smell *blood* on me?" ―Mai to her mother
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Mai Shishikusa (獅子草 舞), regarded as "The Demon's daughter," is a character from the Onibi series.

She was the daughter of Ryou Shishikusa, belonging to the Shishikusa Clan. She was later affected by Akari's curse, resulting in her killing every single member of her Clan before being beheaded by Shikyou.

## Appearance

Mai is an 18-year-old girl who is regarded as beautiful by many; she has two designs:

In the first and most commonly used one, Mai has green shoulder-length hair with a dark red bow on top of her head and green eyes that turn red when she is under the effects of Akari's curse.

She wears a beige kimono with gray sashes, black thigh-high tabi socks, and a red skirt.

In Kimikage Enbukyou -Kitsune no Yomeiri-, she appears the same, but with white tabi and kimono, blue sashes, and a longer skirt.

In her canon design, Mai has the first appearance, but now she has brown hair tied in a braid with the red bow.

## Appears in

* 狐の嫁入り (*Kitsune no Yomeiri*/*The Fox's Wedding*)
* 鬼美影演舞狂-狐ノ嫁入リ- (*Kimikage Enbukyou -Kitsune no Yomeiri-*/*The Beautiful Shadow Of The Demon's Frenzied Dance Performance -The Fox's Wedding-*)
* 死凶天邪鬼 (*Shikyou Amanojaku*/*Shikyou the Amanojaku*) [A minor appearance as a doll]
* 首無演舞狂 (*Kubinashi Enbu Kyou*/*Beheading Dance Performance*)
* 姫百合演舞京 (*Himeyuri Enbukyo*/*Star Lily Dance Performance*)
* 悪鬼夜行 (*Akkiyagyou*/*Demons March*)

## Personality

Mai was described as a sweet, cheerful, and charming girl who had many suitors after her. She was also seen to be rebellious, being said to break her curfew, sneak outside, and cause trouble. She was generally well-meaning and well-liked before the incident.

She may have had cannibalistic urges before the curse due to her getting a desire to eat three men who were abusing her when she was little, and the curse made the urges worsen.

## Background

### Early life

Mai was a member of Shishikusa clan and the daughter of Ryou and Tomonari Shishikusa. She had an adoptive sister named Shizune.

The Shishikusa Clan was the richest in their Castle Town, and there were rumors about being cursed with many misfortunes after disrespecting or upsetting them.

These rumors began when four people passing by Castle Town made fun of Mai when she was little. Three of the men went missing, and one ran away from Castle Town.

Mai, according to many of the townspeople, was a very sweet and cute girl, and she's very well-liked due to her status as the only biological daughter of the clan and her attractiveness.

Mai liked to sneak out of her overprotective home when she had the chance and would get caught up in many shenanigans before Akari's curse affected her.

### The Fox's Wedding

Before her eighteenth birthday, she was affected by Akari's curse after the events that happened in the Shishikusa clan's underground theater, which resulted in her becoming a cannibal. One example of the effect of this curse was when the cook of the household, Toki, was found dead in one of her closets and had deep wounds that indicated she had been eaten.

Mai, according to Ryou, had been acting very strange on the day of her birthday. When a member of the clan went missing during her birthday party, Mai lied about "going to the bathroom" when guards claimed she was nowhere to be seen. Bloodstains were found in her room as well, so her parents confronted her. Mai confessed to having eaten the person and proceeded to eat her parents as well.

### The Beautiful Shadow Of The Demon's Frenzied Dance -The Fox's Wedding-

At some point, she met Akari, whom she fell in love with. It's unknown whether or not her feelings were returned.

Mai and Akari's meeting had enraged Shikyou since she and Akari were supposed to have never met, and it was said that their meeting would have caused great calamity.

A few days after the incident of Mai eating her parents, she was spotted by a close friend of the Shishikusas, and he claimed she was seen at the underground performance stage.

### Beheading Dance Performance

At an unknown point, Mai had been beheaded by Shikyou, with her head apparently being given to Akari.

## Relationships

### Ryou Shishikusa

Ryou was Mai's mother, and she adored her daughter to bits, spoiling her and giving her plenty of her undivided love and attention, whereas Mai seemed to feel the same.

### Tomonari Shishikusa

Tomonari was Mai's father and seemed to love Mai a lot. Most of his decisions to murder people for money were made so Mai could have a comfortable life.

### Shizune

Mai's adopted sister. Mai may be able to look past the fact that Shizune wasn't related by blood, as she was completely frozen in shock upon seeing her get smashed up by a giant. However, this reaction might exclusively be fear from seeing a murderous giant, as opposed to shock from losing Shizune.

### Daiji

He was Mai's bodyguard. Ryou and Tomonari planned for Mai to marry him.

### Akari Oborodzuka

Not much is known about their relationship, but it can be seen that Mai was very infatuated with Akari.

## Trivia

* Her favorite food was Hanami Dango, but it's now her second favorite because it had been replaced by human flesh.

## Gallery

Canon design shown in The Fox's Wedding (Kitsune no Yomeiri).Mai in The Beautiful Shadow of the Demon's Frenzied Dance Performance -The Fox's Wedding-.Mai in Beheading Dance Performance (Kubinashi Enbu Kyou).Chibi Mai (Himeyuri Enbu Kyou).