Kemono Jihen (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

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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?
You mean this?
They say I had it on me ever since I was a baby.
It probably belonged to my parents.
I was abandoned, so
May I see it?
Okay.
Yeah, I thought as much.
This is called a "lifestone." They're only
formed under special circumstances.
There's some component
that only exists within this stone
which makes it a precious stone in that regard.
It's not the sort of thing you'd
leave a child you're abandoning.
There must be some reason why
the inn hostess had to take you in.
But you were not abandoned.
Is that right?
Would you like to meet your parents?
Huh?
If they're alive, I may be able
to track them down.
I am a detective, after all.
I've never thought about it before.
I'm not really sure.
But
I may want to meet them
Okay, okay.
The new moon.
I'm waiting for Inugami-san
Yataro?
What are you gettin' so full of yourself for?
You're doin' this when you know
I wanna go to Tokyo!
Is this supposed to be payback?!
Who do you think you are?!
Never forget that you're here
'cause your parents abandoned you!
Put yourself in me or Mom's shoes,
havin' to take care of you
just because you're my cousin!
I wasn't abandoned.
Huh?
I wasn't abandoned.
You think you're in any position
to talk back?! Remember who you are!
Don't go gettin' the wrong idea,
just 'cause you have this! Give it to me!
Give it to me, I'm gettin' rid of it!
That hurt You lousy Dorotabo
You lousy Dorotabo
G-- Give it back
Stay away from me.
It was me.
I'm the culprit.
I'm the monster!
Dorotabo, you may wonder why I would
suddenly say what I'm about to say
but let me show you my rear end.
But just this one time, because these
are special circumstances.
A tail?
From times of yore,
there have been beings who
lurk in the world's shadows,
involved with humans, but undetected
by them, known as Kemono.
Kemono don't usually involve
themselves with people directly.
But recently, there have been some
who have become more
deeply involved than necessary.
Like, say, having children with them.
There have been multiple cases
like that reported.
And Dorotabo, you are a hanyo,
the child of a human and a ghoul,
a bloodless demon.
Demon?
Take it easy. I'm not a human, either.
I'm a bake-danuki.
And as for that lifestone your parents left you,
it prevents your monster-specific
"thirst" from manifesting.
To put it more simply, it keeps you from
impulsively attacking people.
As long as you have that stone,
you can remain a person.
A person?
You aren't the one who killed those animals.
There's something else.
Yataro
Yataro is outside. He doesn't know
about these incidents.
When I was five,
I once killed Dorotabo.
I was horsin' around and
pushed him into the canal,
but he bumped his head,
and somethin' that wasn't blood,
somethin' white, came oozin' out,
and I got scared and ran away.
But he came back unhurt in time for supper.
It wasn't my imagination.
I didn't dream it!
Damn it!
Yataro!
Hold on a minute. Ghouls don't die
when you kill them,
but if you cut off their heads,
they stop moving around.
I'll see to Yataro first, and--
Oh not bad.
Bite marks.
Dorotabo!
I'm fine.
Inugami-san!
Tch, that's one thick neck.
Hey!
That was close.
N-Not bad.
What now, though? I can't stay here anymore.
Yataro now knows what I really am.
All of these incidents
will probably be pinned on me.
You're right about that.
I do have one very attractive idea, though.
The truth is, Dorotabo,
I've been hired to kill you.
My client is the hostess.
See, she knew who you really are.
She heard when she took you in
from her older sister, your mother.
She didn't tell anyone else all this time,
but with these latest events,
she secretly made up her mind
to have you killed.
And, although the true culprit
was something else,
with Yataro ending up like this
She wouldn't believe me if I told her,
but most importantly,
it works out better this way.
I see.
Very well. Your reasoning makes sense.
Tell me, what is your real name?
Kabane.
Okay, Kabane, I'll ask you one last time
Do you want to meet your parents?
No. Please kill me.
All right, then.
Yataro!
Not to worry, he's just been knocked out.
Did Kabane do this?
As you requested, I took care of the culprit.
If you like, I can dispose of
the body for you, as well.
Discretion is our specialty, after all.
Yeah, I shut it up tight
to make sure it doesn't regenerate.
I buried it underground, so be sure to
take care of it for me afterward.
Come on, you can at least do that much.
I'll text you the location later.
Oh, you're awake?
"Salmon roe" "Tuna & mayo"
"Salmon roe" "Tuna & mayo"
You must be hungry, right?
You've been out nearly a whole day.
Um
Hmm?
Aren't I supposed to be dead?
I told you, ghouls don't die when you kill them.
Also, Kemono heal a lot quicker than people do.
The place where I shot you
is already healed over, right?
Although yeah, you are dead.
At least, Dorotabo is.
Where are we?
Tokyo.
Okay, we're here, Kabane.
A store?
Watch your step, now.
Welcome to the Inugami
Strangeness Counseling Office.
We're going to have to do something
about your clothes, huh?
Oh, that will work. Change into this.
Let's see, that leaves There it is.
We cover up our Kemono musk
using this. You can have this one.
I'm going to go change
and take care of a few things.
Make yourself comfortable anywhere.
An office?
It's a little big on me.
We're back! Oh, am I hungry!
I get first dibs on the bath, okay?
--Inugami-san, can we order pizza?
--Hey, did you hear me?
We got a pizza circular
in our mail slot! It must be
a sign from heaven to have pizza today
--Who're you?
--Who're you?
"Next time"
"Episode 2: The Kemono House"