Kemono Jihen (怪物事変)

Hey, is it true he's comin' from Tokyo?

And he's gonna be stayin' over at Yat-chan's place.

I wonder what he's like.

Maybe he's comin' here to recruit you.

How so?

I mean, Yat-chan, you're smart, and you can run fast, plus you're rich.

"You belong in Tokyo, not here in this backwater. Won't you come with me?"

Or whatever.

Hey, can we come by later to see the guy from Tokyo?

Just for a quick spell.

So long as you're not disturbin' our guest.

--Yes! --Yes!

Dorotabo! You can't come!

Don't want the guy from Tokyo gettin' a whiff of you!

Right. I'll be careful.

"Kemono Jihen"

Oh, give me a break, man.

"Episode 1: Kabane"

Oh, give me a break, man.

"Episode 1: Kabane"

I can't afford a flat out here.

Are you the man from Tokyo?

Are you my client?

I'm the hostess of Kanoko Villa. I'll send someone to fix this later.

Would you come with me now? We can speak in the car.

The bodies are all rottin'.

Livestock that was up and around yesterday, gone overnight.

Is that somethin' that humans can do? Everybody's terribly spooked.

Uh-huh.

I still haven't told the children nothin' about this.

I don't want them to get scared and stop goin' to school.

And if the children are affected by this somehow...

Well, I don't need any funny rumors gettin' started, neither.

I hope we can keep this between us.

Of course. Discretion is our specialty.

I am a detective, after all.

Yeah...

You stick out like a sore thumb in that outfit, considerin'.

Well, thank you.

"Kanoko Villa"

Well, thank you.

"Kanoko Villa"

I hate having to leave changing my tire up to you,

I hate having to leave changing my tire up to you,

and if you'll bill me for everything you need later...

Very well.

Yikes!

I like it out here. It's nice and relaxed.

I saw a number of wild deer on the way in.

They're the local specialty of our village.

We even keep a head count, to make sure there's no harm done to them.

Oh, yeah?

Hello there! Excuse me for dropping by!

Wow, quite the hard worker. Or maybe he's just shy around strangers.

He doesn't look like he's just home from school.

Does he stay home from school to work?

I'll fill you in later.

Coming to a hot spring on business is the best!

Pardon the intrusion!

May I wash your back?

Yeah, just a second.

Oh, you're one of those kids from earlier.

I am the hostess's son, Yataro.

I will be serving your needs during your stay with us.

I understand you are from Tokyo, sir.

That must be nice. The city has everything, doesn't it?

Your car is also very cool. Everyone says so.

I'd like to move to the city when I grow up.

Yeah, is that right?

Oh, don't tell my mother, though. She insists that I take over the inn.

Speaking of which, I was asking your mother earlier...

You have another boy here, right?

Oh, you mean Dorotabo?

"Dorotabo"?

It's a nickname. He gets covered with dirt and manure

working in the fields every day, so we call him Dorotabo.

It's the name of the yokai that live in the fields.

He must have been born with it, but his body odor is awful,

so we can't let him do this kind of work around other people, you know?

Sounds interesting.

Hey, that was a terrific soak.

I'm glad to hear it.

So, I was wondering, ma'am...

Yataro-kun, was it? The boy who was waiting on me?

Uh-huh...

Here comes the compliment. "You have a very capable boy."

Could I request Dorotabo-kun instead?

Huh?

You want me to wait on him?

He insisted.

I've never done this before.

Just use your head, and do your best.

Pardon the intrusion.

Oh, here you are.

Haven't seen you since yesterday. I've been waiting for you.

Do you remember me?

Yes.

Here is your breakfast. Please excuse me.

Oh, hold on, hold on, hold on!

Good grief.

Here, let me introduce myself.

"Inugami Strangeness Counseling Office" "Inugami Kohachi, Director"

Here, let me introduce myself.

"Inugami Strangeness Counseling Office" "Inugami Kohachi, Director"

This is who I am.

I'm like a detective that specializes in the occult,

and I'm here on an investigation.

I'd like to hear what everyone has to say, you see.

Thank you for this breakfast.

You're out in the fields every day, right? Anything strange ever happen?

Let me hear all about it while I'm eating.

All right, after breakfast.

Hmm?

I don't want to spoil your meal.

Oh, no problem, no problem. I've got a pretty high tolerance for this--

eating meat while hearing about gore and such.

No, it's not that.

None of the others at the inn ever take their meals with me.

They say I smell.

Oh, yeah?

Us guys shouldn't mind how we smell.

The place where I work out of is an all-guy establishment, you know.

Pee-yew.

All the girls come by with this kind of look on their faces.

Is that right? Well, um, in that case...

Yeah, go right ahead.

The investigation you're conducting

deals with our rotting livestock carcasses, right?

How do you know that? The hostess said she hasn't told anyone.

I've been tasked with disposing of the bodies.

Up to now, there have been six of them that have died.

Many of them have been chickens.

Their bodies all share the similarity of having their organs chewed up.

If there were any monsters in the world, it looks like something they would do.

Also, you may have already heard this,

but I always have to dispose of the bodies the morning after the new moon.

It's possible that something will happen during the next new moon, too.

That's outstanding! Now that I know this much, the rest will be easy!

They say that it's the quiet ones that see what's going on around them,

and it's true, isn't it? Let's see, the next new moon will be...

...in five more days.

Sir, what are you doin'?

Oh, hi there, ma'am.

I had some free time, so as part of my investigation,

I asked Dorotabo-kun to let me help out with his work.

Right, Dorotabo-kun?

Right.

What's that guy from Tokyo doin' out there with Dorotabo?

How come, Yat-chan?

They got everythin' in Tokyo,

but know-nothin' idiots must be kinda rare.

It feels good working the fields, but it's hard on the back.

Inugami-san, your posture is all wrong. You lean too far forward.

Now you're going and speaking your mind.

By the way, I've been wondering something.

That thing you've got hanging around your neck--

What kind of stone is that?