Gender Bender Comedy, ‘Ayakashi Triangle’, Confirms 2023 Anime Adaptation

Ayakashi Triangle has a deceptively simple premise with an exorcizing ninja, Matsuri, but his fate will leave you in splits soon. The poor boy all but tried to protect his best friend and ended up as a girl due to the curse of Shirogane, a jealous ayakashi.


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Of course, you will have a lot of questions like “why does revenge consist of a genderbending curse?”, “why is an ayakashi even jealous of teen love?” The answers to all these queries will be provided in the series’ upcoming anime adaptation.

The Ayakashi Triangle anime has been greenlit for an anime, and it will be released in 2023.

Gender Bender Comedy, ‘Ayakashi Triangle’, Confirms 2023 Anime Adaptation
Ayakashi Triangle | Source: Official Website

In the declaration image, you can see Matsuri in his male as well as the female forms. Behind him is Suzu, his childhood best friend who draws in ayakashi due to her high affinity towards them.

If you are a fan-service lover, you can expect a lot of it from Ayakashi Triangle. Still, how much of it gets animated will depend on the studio.

The anime will show Matsuri trying to discover his new body while also chasing the ayakashi who laid the curse on him. In his attempt to save Suzu, he might have to embrace his new body permanently.

Gender Bender Comedy, ‘Ayakashi Triangle’, Confirms 2023 Anime Adaptation
Ayakashi Triangle | Source: Crunchyroll

Shirogane is more cunning (and cute) than Matsuri had anticipated and escapes every attempt to capture him. Can our hero break his curse, or will we just have to accept a wickedly sweet heroine?

About Ayakashi Triangle

Ayakashi Triangle is a manga series by Kentaro Yabuki which was first published in June 2020. Both Viz Media and Shueisha publish the manga digitally in English.

The story focuses on Kazamaki Matsuri, a teen ninja exorcist who fights ayakashi. When his childhood best friend, Suzu, is in danger of being devoured by a spirit, he stands as a barrier and gets cursed.

Due to the curse, his body transforms into that of the girl. Now, Matsuri has to get accustomed to his new body while trying to protect Suzu and undo the curse.

Source: Official Twitter

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