Shiki

Synopsis

Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.

First Air Date: 2010-07-09

Last Air Date: 2010-12-31

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 22

Created By: Tetsuro Amino

Networks: Fuji TV

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Top Cast

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Tōru Mutō (voice)
Wataru Takagi as Tatsumi (voice)
Gackt as Seishirō Kirishiki (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu as Megumi Shimizu (voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Seishin Muroi (voice)
Koki Uchiyama as Natsuno Yūki (voice)
Toru Okawa as Toshio Ozaki (voice)
Nozomi Sasaki as Ritsuko Kunihiro (voice)

Seasons

Specials (2011)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Twentieth Mourning and Malice (Episode 20.5) (2011-05-25)

In a flashback, Nao explains to Mr. and Mrs. Hasegawa about her joy of marrying into the Yasumori family. After mentioning her son Susumu, Nao asks the couple if they have any children; Mr. Hasegawa tells her that they lost their children* in an accident. Afterward, Mr. Hasegawa reminds his wife that they are not the only people who have suffered losses; and that he is glad that they moved to Sotoba.
Ep. 2: Twenty-first Slaughter and Malice (Episode 21.5) (2011-06-22)

In a flashback to right after the events of the first three deaths at Sotoba, a woman named Motoko is shown to be overly protective of her children, going as far as to take them to school everyday. Eventually, as the mysterious deaths start piling up, Motoko's father-in-law dies. Her mother-in-law refuses to let Toshio perform an autopsy on the body, claiming that doctors care about the money more than their patients. Eventually Motoko's husband dies; then, her daughter falls ill. Slowly losing her sanity, Motoko carries her daughter over to the Ozaki clinic; however when she arrives, the clinic is closed (because Toshio is conducting experiments on his risen shiki wife.) She then rushes over to the Kanemasa clinic, which is also closed during the daytime. Motoko's mother-in-law shows up and scolds her for shaming herself in public, and states that her daughter is fine.
Ep. 3: Seishin`s Reminiscence (1)

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Ep. 4: Seishin`s Reminiscence (2)

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Ep. 5: Seishin`s Reminiscence (3)

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Ep. 6: Seishin`s Reminiscence (4)

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Ep. 7: Seishin`s Reminiscence (5)

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Ep. 8: Seishin`s Reminiscence (6)

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Ep. 9: Seishin`s Reminiscence (7)

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Ep. 10: Seishin`s Reminiscence (8)

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Ep. 11: Seishin`s Reminiscence (9)

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