{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-27T17:16:50.055Z","story":{"id":"r_e757bfaea6d746468147a061","slug":"mao-episode-8-raises-questions-about-its-thousand-year-timeline","url":"https://yomimono.id/mao-episode-8-raises-questions-about-its-thousand-year-timeline","headline":"MAO Episode 8 Raises Questions About Its Thousand-Year Timeline","summary":"Anime News Network's review of MAO episode 8 praises the series for engaging with its historical setting more than Rumiko Takahashi's earlier works, but flags a logical problem: characters who knew the protagonist as a human have apparently ignored him for a thousand years without crossing paths, a stretch the reviewer finds hard to accept.","why_it_matters":"The review highlights a growing tension between MAO's ambition to use its historical backdrop meaningfully and the implausibility of its long-running character dynamics.","published_at":"2026-05-27T14:45:40.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Anime News Network"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"MAO Episode 8","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mao/episode-8/.237850"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["MAO"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false}}}