Kemono Jihen (怪物事変)

My brother is acting a little strange.

The way things are headed, the other Kemonoists will be killed!

I decided to pin down the reason why Brother is acting strange on my own.

Saying goodbye was hard, but once it's all over, I'll tell them all I'm sorry.

Brother really isn't someone who would do these things,

and I'm sure the others will understand.

At the end, everyone will make up, and we'll have a happy ending.

This is the "Everyone Gets Along" operation I thought up.

"500,000,000 Likes" "Show all 5,000 comments" This is the "Everyone Gets Along" operation I thought up.

At least it was supposed to be. How come?!

Why are Brother and Nobimaru-kun fighting?

One of them will definitely end up dead!

"Episode 12: Kemono Incidents"

Brother!

Akira, what's wrong?

Nice, Akira-kun! The nullstone is mine!

It's the nullstone you're after?

It will do no good to races like yours that are weaker against the cold.

You can't even stand to touch it.

So it would seem.

So that's what it means to feed on life.

That was sloppy. This is why she ordered me to retrieve it.

That bitch doesn't care what happens to my body!

No, hold on. Now isn't the time to get upset with Inari-sama.

I should watch my language. I need to calm down.

If I can't touch the stone directly,

I'll just have to recover the whole person.

Taking someone alive--that's not my strong suit.

I have any number of ways that I could kill him,

but incurring the tanuki's resentment would be a hassle afterward.

Hold on! Is it possible...?

You're the...

...last one!

Oh, no! I'm a split second too slow! It'll hit me!

Sorry, Nobimaru. It happened so fast, I couldn't hold back.

Give me a break, here. I feel pain, just like anyone else, except for you.

I'll help you.

You're one of Akira's...

All we can do is knock him out and capture him. Do you have a plan?

Not at all.

You can't get close enough to hit him because he'll freeze you,

and even if you could get close enough to hit him,

--he'll just block you with his ice. --Mm-hmm.

Which means it will take one blow to break through his ice defense,

and another blow to actually knock him out. It will take two blows.

That will be kind of hard. Nobimaru, do you have any ideas?

Well, let's see.

I may have a clever idea!

Nngh, I won't let this cage get the best of me!

Oh, I'm out!

Aw, I can't move!

What was that? A light?

My ice is melting?! You mean, in order to combat my ice,

you set your own body on fire?!

Kabane-kun's regenerating body

is the very definition of a renewable fuel source.

This is the roast Kabane-kun whole plan that I came up with.

All right, Kabane-kun has the upper hand in strength!

I'm sure that Akira-kun will forgive him...

...if he breaks both of his arms.

Why, you...!

Tokyo... Kemonoist... Inugami...

A-Akira...

Must protect... Akira!

Hold on! Now you're just copying us, aren't you?!

Brother! Nobimaru-kun!

Somebody!

The fog is getting a lot thicker. They must have been fighting all this time.

I have to hurry, or one of them really will end up dead--

Huh? Hang on. Is that fog made of...?

I knew it! The fog is water! Which means...

Come on!

The fire went out. His ice is stronger!

Nobimaru, increase your flames!

I can't!

If the combustion rate exceeds your regeneration rate,

your body will come apart.

It will make you weaker, not stronger!

I can take it for a few seconds! Hurry!

That's Kabane-kun for you. This is what I love about him.

All right, I won't hold back, then!

Flame power max!

First blow!

Second blow!

Not enough! Kabane-kun, hit him again!

There goes his leg!

Not yet!

No!

I-Is that you, Kabane-kun?

Why are you out, Akira? It's too dangerous...

B-Brother!

Well, well.

It finally happened.

I wasn't certain it would, so I didn't include it as part of my plan,

but this is a relief. We win.

What does he mean? Brother, what's going on?

He has run out of energy. He has been giving his life to the nullstone.

He may have a tolerance, but he was unable to completely cancel it out.

If you leave him to it, he will likely wither and die.

Oh, please don't misplace your resentment.

Your brother used the power for his own reasons,

and brought his death on himself. That's what he wanted, isn't it?

No...

Oh...?

He can't... die...

I still haven't asked him about the nullstone,

and Akira's "light" wasn't us--

it was his brother! He can't die!

Null... stone?

I'm not going to let you die on account of this, Brother!

You big dummy! Why did you let this happen to you, and you alone?!

We're twins!

Take your pain, and your fear, and your hard times, and your agony,

and share half with me!

Brother,

don't die!

What is this? Something's coming into my mind.

Is this what Brother...?

This village is dead.

If it is fated to only have a male born once every hundred years,

then it's as if God is telling it to die out, isn't it?

How dare you... How dare you deceive me, and take Akira...

...and take Akira's life from him!

Nullstone! Hear my lament!

Kabane-kun, did you feel that? Just now, for a moment,

I sensed something like his memories...

Akira!

I had no idea whatsoever.

I loved it when you would occasionally smile, too.

I don't want you to die! We're here now, in Tokyo!

We're going to share lots of fun and happy times from here on, Yui-niisan!

Okay?!

K-Kabane-kun...

I'll help.

Brother! Brother!

What the...?

Inari-san...

I thought it was dangerous to touch it.

Oh, that's right!

I wonder if the lifestone is counteracting the nullstone's power.

Did you know that the two stones would fuse together?

Whatever do you mean?

That belongs to Kabane.

Give it back to him, Inari.

Huh? But is this the lifestone? Or is it the nullstone?

If it's the nullstone, then it belongs to the snowy village.

But the village has fallen, right?

Isn't it impolite to say it's fallen in front of its survivors?

Overly-conscientious men are such a pain.

If I can't have the nullstone, then there's no point in sticking around.

We're leaving, Nobimaru.

Yes, Inari-sama.

Nobimaru!

Come with us. If we ask Aya, she will heal your right hand for you.

It's thanks to you that we were able to stop Akira's brother.

I appreciate it, but no thank you.

This injury was brought on by my own gullibility,

so I will take it as an admonishment. See you later, everyone.

"Ohana Clinic"

so I will take it as an admonishment. See you later, everyone.

"Ohana Clinic"

Take care.

"Ohana Clinic"

Adding it all up,

it comes to this.

That's too much!

Is someone out there?

Kabane-kun...

U-Um... I wanted to ask your brother something once he's up.

That's all. I'll just wait over there.

Wait!

I was lying when I said I hated you!

I'm sorry! I thought that if I didn't say that, you'd all get killed.

It was a really awful thing to say.

But the truth is, I love all of you! I love you, too, Kabane-kun!

Terrific.

I'm sorry!

Terrific.

--No loud noises in the clinic. --I'm sorry!

--No loud noises in the clinic. --Terrific.

Kabane-dono, I am grateful.

I'm impressed that you could stop me.

Not at all.

I heard the gist of what happened. So the snowy village really is no more?

That's right.

The women deceived me,

and in despair, I gave myself over to the nullstone's power.

Before I knew it, everything around me was white,

and the only thing in my mind was Tokyo, the Kemonoist, Inugami...

...and... Akira.

So even while you were swallowed up by the stone's power,

you remembered what was important to you.

I met Inugami-san immediately after coming down from the mountains,

so I got away without the women finding me.

I'm surprised you got out safely.