Kemono Jihen Series

Prepare for a monstrously good time with this action-packed mystery about a detective and a supernatural boy investigating the occult–which inspired the anime!

In a quiet rural village, livestock has been dying off in a strange manner. Inugami, a detective of the occult, is summoned from Tokyo to solve the mystery. He meets a boy scorned by the villagers, who call him Dorotabo after a yokai that dwells in the muddy fields. Inugami soon learns that there is more to the boy than meets the eye…and vice-versa.

CAN’T WE ALL GET ALONG?

Kabane and his friends have gone to see the Kyoto foxes to learn more about Inari’s past, and they decide to try and find a member of Genji, the division of the Kyoto Police Department that specializes in kemono investigations. But every member of Genji is human, and it seems that their leader Minamoto Raiden has a “special” place in his heart for tanuki…. As Genji works out a plan to infiltrate a Kyoto fox lair, they suggest a contest against Kabane and company, but can humans and kemono really play together?

AN ENDING IN FIRE…

The assault launched against Reverse Yashima by the two foxes comes to an end when Akagi falls, burned up in the flames of the peace he always longed for. Kabane, his friends, and the Shikoku tanuki all breathe a sigh of relief over this hard-won victory, but the emotional fatigue takes an even greater toll than all their scrapes and bruises. As they discuss what to do with their prisoner Kaede and how to obtain the remaining stones, more sad news comes to Yashima…

THE TANUKI VERSUS FOX BATTLE BEGINS!

To protect the tanuki living behind the illusions at Yashima from their attackers, their leader Tasaburo Tanuki III challenges the foxes alone. Meanwhile, Kabane and his friends finish their training with Fukuhime while on route to Yashima, where they see that Kaede and Akagi have joined together to become a giant fire fox. Wanting to repay the Yashima tanuki for all their help, including trusting him with their treasure, Kabane meets up with Kon, and together they head to battle.

COMING TOGETHER TO STAND AGAINST THEIR FOES!

Kabane and his friends are training in a special space created by Iyohime’s father Tarouta. Meanwhile, Nobimaru visits Inugami and talks about the foxes’ upcoming attack on Yashima and the possibility of working together to stop the mission. However, an unexpected and ominous shadow approaches… What will come of its beautiful yet cruel flames?

PREPARING TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT…

Inari cuts a terrifying figure as she continues her relentless pursuit of the stones, and Nobimaru seems to be up to something behind the scenes… Meanwhile, having defeated Haru at the Ouga Ham factory, Kabane asks Inugami to train him. Shiki and Akira join in, and the four of them make their way to the mountains of Gunma, where they should find an old friend of Inugami’s.

TO SAVE A FRIEND.

A friend, a family member, a lover…everyone has someone they care about. And because of that, sometimes, they will fight desperately not to lose that someone. Inside the Ouga Ham factory, Kabane and Inugami work together in a joint attack against Haru and the other foxes in a battle over the stones, but Inugami is taken hostage by an unexpected opponent. Can Kabane save him?

CAN THE FOX BE DEFEATED?

Now with five kemono stones in her possession, Inari smiles bewitchingly and speaks of monopolizing the food supply. Learning of her evil plot to use the humans under her command as food to control the kemono, Kabane and his friends visit the Ouga Ham factory. They split up into two parties, one to destroy the factory and another to find the stones. But the foxes have arrived first, and our heroes are met by a scene out of a nightmare!

MORE STONES AND MORE FOES…

Having defeated Inari’s assassins Akagi and Kaede in an intense death match, Kabane receives the flowstone from the Orochi clan and now has a total of four stones. Meanwhile, Inugami has gone to Fukuoka in search of the purestone, and has to fight a sumo match against the kappa. Elsewhere, the shadow of a fox creeps near Akira as he travels with Yui…are they in danger?

SEARCHING FOR THE STONES

Kabane and Shiki head to Yatsukubi Village in Shimane Prefecture looking for the kemono stones that are scattered across the country. They find the village deserted, as quiet as the grave, till they’re approached by a suspicious individual claiming to be with the police. Then a girl appears who seems to be in trouble–she’s injured and has a small child with her. What unexpected places will this search take them?

A TRIAL OF TANUKI AND KEMONO STONES!

Inugami, Kabane, and Kon visit Yashima in Shikoku, a well-known home of tanuki kemono. Kabane agrees to undergo a trial in order to gain the tanuki’s illusion stone, but this will be no ordinary trial. Meanwhile, Kon has secret orders to take Kabane’s stone, but a change is brewing inside her…

BROTHERS BOUND BY LOVE AND DESTINY

Although it granted him great powers, Yui’s life force is being drained by the stone that he brought away from their snowy mountain home. When Akira reaches out to take it to save him, he sees a glimpse of Yui’s memories of the sad fate he accepted to protect his younger brother. What will happen to these brothers, and what will the friends learn about the mystery of the kemono stones?

A TROUBLED REUNION FOR BROTHERS FROM THE LAND OF SNOW.

In a snowy village deep in the mountains, twin boys were born. The older, Yui, was strong and gentle, and the younger, Akira, sensitive and a bit of a crybaby. The two were separated when Akira left the village, and now Akira is thrilled to have found his brother again. But Yui has changed, and has strange new powers. What has become of him?

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES LEAD TO FAMILY SECRETS

Kabane and his friends visit the village Shiki lived in as a child to search for clues about Shiki’s missing parents. As they investigate, relying on the fragments of his memories, they learn that his uncle Akio is hiding something… What could it be? And will it lead to learning his parents’ fate?

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE…

Mysterious roommate Mihai is an ageless vampire who allegedly possesses superhuman strength, but he spends his time playing video games and doing Inugami’s tech support. Now his scheming gets Kabane, Shiki, and Akira tasked with carrying out a client’s request–and it seems like they’re in it for trouble…