Shiki
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | 屍鬼 |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Jun 27, 2010 [14 years 7 months ago] |
| Ended: | Dec 31, 2010 [14 years 1 month ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
Sotoba is a small village with around 1300 inhabitants. It is not connected even to a single highway. In that isolated village, some old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practised. One day, the corpses of 3 people are found. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as normal occurrences. However, in the days following, the villagers die one after the other. Is this mere coincidence, an epidemic, or something else entirely? ~ translated and adapted from the official Japanese site by Cranston Note: An early preview was screened on June 27, 2010 in Tokyo, with 250 viewers being invited to attend it. The earliest television broadcast started July 9. * Based on Ono Fuyumi's novel and Fujisaki Ryuu's manga adaption.
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Episode 1: First Blood
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-06-27
Living in a small village, Megumi two main interests are classmate Natsuno Yuuki and a European-style house on a hill. One day, when her fascination with the house leads her to climb the hill, she vanishes.
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Episode 2: Second Decay
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-07-16
As Toshio, the village doctor, seeks to uncover the exact cause of Megumi’s demise, reports of even more deaths in the area surface. Desperate for answers, Toshio and the Junior Monk set out to discover a pattern to these mysterious deaths.
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Episode 3: Third Tragedy
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-07-23
Another villager displays the symptoms of the epidemic, but Toshio notices a new clue during a closer inspection. The family who just moved into the mansion on the hill make it around town, while their little girl shows a disturbing interest in Seishin.
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Episode 4: Fourth Death
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-07-30
As the death toll rises, Toshio and his staff gather to further examine the fatal sickness plaguing the isolated town. Seishin’s eerie admirer returns with an observation that makes her oddly wise for her age.
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Episode 5: Fifth Deceit
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-08-06
After visiting the surviving families of the deceased, Seishin discovers a peculiar similarity amongst every victim. Natsuno is tortured by helplessness as his visions of Megumi become terrifyingly close to reality.
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Episode 6: Sixth Skull
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-08-13
No one in Sotoba—the village surrounded by death—is safe, as a frustrated Toshio fails to find a cure for the epidemic strangling his town. Convinced that Megumi has risen from the dead, Natsuno researches darker sources.
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Episode 7: Seventh Killing Spirit
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-08-20
When Megumi’s friend suspects sinister activities are stirring at Kanemasa mansion—the last place Megumi visited before she died—Natsuno suggests digging up her grave for answers.
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Episode 8: Eighth Night
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-08-27
Natsuno and his accomplices open Megumi’s grave to test their theory. Meanwhile, the doctor’s recent remarks have Seishin pondering about the young girl from the Kanemasa mansion.
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Episode 9: Ninth Coffin
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-09-03
It’s clear to Toshio that the source of the deadly illness won’t be found using conventional methods. He and Seishin observe a patient overnight to catch any sudden changes in her condition—or possible moonlight visitors.
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Episode 10: Tenth Mourning
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-09-10
Toshio and Natsuno’s suspicions were true. Okiagari—creatures of legend that were once human that feed on the lives of others—are now stalking Natsuno.
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Episode 11: Eleventh Slaughter
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-09-17
While Sotoba’s villagers are debating the cause of the frequent deaths, the town shaman points her finger at the residents of Kanemasa mansion.
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Episode 12: Twelfth Decay
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-10-15
After Toru’s attack, Natsuno warns Kaori and her brother to escape the village before they fall victim to the vampires as well.
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Episode 13: Thirteenth Tragedy
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-10-29
The population of the village grows thin as the blood-sucking okiagari claim more victims, including Toshio’s wife. With no strength left in his body, Natsuno invites Toru in for a last feeding.
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Episode 14: Fourteenth Death
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-11-05
Kaori’s father suddenly collapses. At the clinic, Toshio studies his wife’s corpse for clues on how to combat the vampires.
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Episode 15: Fifteenth Deceit
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-11-12
The Shiki are bent on keeping the outside world in the dark about the deaths in Sotoba. When Toshio threatens to expose them, a member of the Kanemasa mansion pays him a visit.
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Episode 16: Sixteenth Skull
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-11-19
Sunako calls Toru to Kanemasa to share a piece of her past with him. The Shiki’s curse looms over Kaori as she finds her mother still in bed, pale and drained of energy.
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Episode 17: Seventeenth Killing Spirit
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-11-26
As Shiki continue to rid the village of the living, Seishin finally makes a move. On another late night at the clinic, Toshio gets a visitor.
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Episode 18: Eighteenth Death
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-12-03
Natsuno’s return from death grants him a visit from Tatsumi. Hoping to enjoy his last days amongst the living, Toshio takes the mistress of Kanemasa to the village’s yearly festival.
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Episode 19: Nineteenth Coffin
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-12-10
The villagers band together to free their town from the grips of the Shiki. Meanwhile, Tatsumi decides what to do with Seishin.
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Episode 20: Twentieth Mourning
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-12-17
Toshio leads those who haven’t joined the Shiki—or fled the village—on a raging, blood-soaked hunt, but there’s still one place they haven’t looked. As the vampires strike back, Seishin continues his watch over Sunako.
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Episode 21: Twenty-First Slaughter
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-12-24
The villagers discover the Shiki’s last hideout, and the bloody war is nearing an end—but two Kirishiki's still remain. Will Seishin be able to save Sunako from the humans' vengeful wrath?
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Episode 22: The Final Hunt
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2010-12-31
The last of the Shiki try to escape the village, but one of their own kind stands in Tatsumi’s way. What fate remains for the vampires and Sotoba—the village surrounded by death?
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