Shiki – 06
Everyone slowly draws closer to the truth…
Yesterday I was fine, but today I’m sick… I spent yesterday playing video games all day with some friends after gorging on sushi, so maybe I’m being punished for having too much fun. All I know is that I woke up with a runny nose and a dire need for painkillers. As the painkillers slowly start to kick in, you might see the mood of the post go from BLAARGGGRAARR to pleasant. Anyways, I watched episode 6 in a dark room at midnight, but it turned out to be a quieter episode. Maybe next time. I want to be scared!
Episode 6 opens with our undead Megumi finding the ripped up postcard (I knew she’d find it…) and crying as she picks up the pieces. There’s some kind of trippy, rewinding and fast-forwarding dealio going on, which actually turns ot to be pretty cool. In the morning, Natsuno goes to check, and sees that some of the pieces are missing. No, the wind didn’t blow them away, Megumi took them. Natsuno announces his new resolve not to die, probably a result of having his best friend die…and seeing how he died. This new assertiveness is refreshing from a character who moped for so long, so I’m really interested in what he will do next now that he’s all fired up.
Megumi gets her betch face on.
This week’s kill count includes Hiromi (whose death is mourned greatly) and Masao (who dies alone in the room above with flies going into his gaping fish mouth). I feel no pity for you, Masao, seeing you suffer brought me great pleasure kekeke. Oh, and one odd thing, Masao’s bite marks remained on his neck…They didn’t disappear, like Tohru’s. Then it cuts to Sunako for like 2 seconds…Wh..wha? Some sort of connection?
Good thing I’m an only child.
Back at the Ozaki Clinic, our resident Doctor finally snaps, yelling at some stupid cow of a woman who tried to cure a serious disease with a home remedy. We start to see him finally becoming strained by being unable to help his patients. As a Doctor, he’s supposed to save people, but all he can do is watch as his patients keep dying.
That dumb broad kind of deserved it though.
Even when our dainty-looking monk comes over to reveal his findings (6 people with jobs outside of the village quit suddenly before dying, and there have been lots of sudden movings), Ozaki-sensei yells at him too. Without listening further, he deems these findings as pointless. Muroi should be on the lookout for sick villagers, not obscure clues! Ozaki-sensei storms off, but immediately feels horrible for being so rude to his friend. He feels even worse because it reminds him of how his father acted. We have a short flashback, and I’m guessing that his father wasn’t very nice to him and now he has some sort of complex about it…
Muroi slinks back to his shrine to think, feeling bad for Ozaki-sensei. This guy is awesome..his friend yells at him, and he knows not to get mad too because he’s just stressed. Awww, the power of friendship~! Sunako comes to visit him and Muroi warns her not to go out much because of the epidemic that’s going around. Because, of course, Sunako has a “rare illness” and definitely isn’t a vampire or anything. I like how you can instantly tell Muroi is depressed, and yet it’s only a subtle change of his expression and tone. I didn’t even expect Sunako to point it out, but she did.
Muroi is so cute when he’s depressed~
Meanwhile Natsuno tries to be useful by…watching horror movies? Now, if I was being stalked by a vampire, I guess I wouldn’t know where to start either, but…horror comedies? *sighs* Natsuno does learn some valuable information – that the village is supposedly filled with Okiagari; villagers who rise from their graves. Basically, zombies. Intrigued, Natsuno goes to the library to take out some books. However, all of them have been taken out by Muroi. I wouldn’t just shrugged and come back later, but no, Natsuno is determined! I like this assertiveness! Too bad Muroi wasn’t there.
Ano..Natsuno…is that really useful?
The villagers were gossiping and then this..this…THING appeared.
Back at the hospital, once of the nurses calls in to quit. She is terrified of getting sick, and can’t handle the pressure anymore. The way Ritsuko tersely replies is perfect, you can just feel the tension. Sacrifice your safety and try to do the right thing, or leave for your own safety? I expect more nurses to quit, perhaps in a Death Note like fashion where most of them bow and then leave out of fear for their lives.
To be productive, they decide to try a blood transfusion on a patient. Amazingly, it works half-decently for a while. Until then, Ozaki-sensei tries to insist that Etsuko, our patient, comes to check in with him constantly. He becomes even more insistent when he sees the bite marks on her forearm during a house check-up. For some reason I cannot fathom, she refuses to come in. Even her husband thinks it’s nothing when she’d bedridden. Ozaki-sensei forcefully does a second house checkup, only to find her…well…I think you know by now.
TIME FOR ANOTHER TANTRUM!
Natsuno actually talks to Ozaki for the first time, outright asking him if dead patients can come to life. Ozaki jokingly mentions they’d have to become vampires, self-inducing an epiphany. While men of science usually don’t turn to the supernatural for explanations, what else can explain the epidemic but a vampire? I expected a bit more denial, but he’s already at the end of his rope, so I guess he’d accept just about anything. He asks Natsuno why he asked such an odd question, but this is anime, so you can run away without responding and not get a weird look.
THE ANSWER IS VAMPIRES! WHY DID I EVER THINK IT WAS ANEMIA?
As episode 6 wraps up, Kaori and her brother are on the watch for Yasuyuki, who they swore they saw recently despite the fact that he should be dead. Akira, baseball bat in hand, insists that they need to find him. And do what, exactly…? Kill him? Anyways, let’s play a game.
Spot the creeper.
Extra Oddities:
This episode had a lot of fun with juxtaposition
Ohohohoho~~
Thank God this isn’t what Megumi looked like in undead form
I dunno guys, if I saw this at my door I’d definitely slam it and lock it…
WHY AREN’T THE NURSES PRETTY??? DO NOT WANT.
Ending Thoughts: Shiki likes to take its time, and I am perfectly content to wait for this budding flower to unfold. This episode was mostly set-up, putting the characters all on the same “a vampire did it!” train of thought and showing glimpses of how they’re going to deal with this.
In the case of Natsuno – he wants to stay alive, and potentially answer some questions about the mystery. So he…watches movies and looks for books. While this isn’t a very exciting way of fighting a crazy vampire, I’m sure this will eventually lead to a great scheme from Natsuno. Ozaki-sensei just realized what the hell is going on, so I’m not sure how he’s going to start treating his patients given this fact. But it’s not a far stretch to expect a lot from him. Akira and Kaori seem to revert straight to violence and action, with their baseball bat method. I don’t think that’s going to end very well…
What’s really sad is that Natsuno is so used to visiting Tohru that he automatically still goes there. Otherwise, why would he go there still? It’s not explicitly shown, but I think he still misses his friend. At least he’s getting close to the rest of the family. I hope he opens up to someone again and doesn’t stay a loner. Based on the opening, he might team up with Kaori and Akira since they seem to be the ones who will stay alive the longest. I’m not sure how I feel about this, because every time I see Akira, I think he looks like a Digimon…How am I going to take that seriously?!!
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POWUH: iLurker with 18 comments
Thanks for the review~ =w=b
I have to agree that Natsuno’s method of preparing for a zombie invasion, watching horror movies, is pretty ridiculous.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Ehehehe well thanks for the comment~ >w<
A zombie attack! Quick! Head to your nearest local library!
POWUH: iLurker with 18 comments
Oh God! Someone make a blanket fort to protect us!
[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/zombie_how
It’s got a ball pit! 8D;;;]
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
^THIS.
lol why is this so true?
POWUH: Meta Resident and Metanorn's Hime-chan~ with 1758 comments
Quite childish “action” from Natsuno’s side, but what else could he do?…. Horror vampire movies DO seem a little stupid, books, however are a lot better. As I expected, I sense some activity from his side *wrinkles her nose* how will you show yourself, I wonder, Yuki-kun~…. :ohohoho:
er… Megumi’s death glare kinda scared me. :frozen What is she intending to do?….. to have her revenge against Natsuno, I think….. ❓ by killing off his family members I think……. oh well….. :tea
The way Ozaki-sensei accepted the idea of vampires without any denial was a little plain, but if his nerves were in such a “bad condition”, I guess it’s forgivable. But still, it was plain.
I don’t think, that Akira’s and Kaori’s stalking strategy will end good either…. though these two are the only ones that don’t turn to skeletons in the OP(including Ozaki-sensei)
aaaawwwwwww~! :woo Muroi-kun is officially my fav character in Shiki. I swear, he’s the most smart and mature person of all, as far as they have shown. He’s adorable too! :runs: and I must say, his seyu is doing really well too, if I’m not mistaken, Kazuyuki Okitsu, it’s his debut. My respects! :thumb:
Overall, it was a good episode, concentrated on the characters (more than 50%), whether the deaths. Shiki is finally making a big step forward, in the idea of the storyline progress. It gets more and more interesting, and what I like the most is the unpredictable development! :tea
Go Shiki! :cheer:
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Megumi glare means IT’S ON. I can see her forcing herself onto Natsuno or something equally horrid <_<
Yeah, it's kind of unspectacular how they all come to the conclusion "OHAI ITS VAMPIRES" without much of a fuss.
OMG YES I LOVE MUROI TOO! My love for megane characters doesn't help my infatuation. Those..glasses…! Hai~ Kazuyuki is doing a great job~
I know…impossible to tell what will happen next! I want to see more death! More killing! Ahhh I can't wait, this is gonna be fun, kekeke~
POWUH: Meta Resident and Metanorn's Hime-chan~ with 1758 comments
:ehh: aren’t you heated up today?? ^^” it’s a bit cruel, but :ohohoho: darega tsugi kana~? :fufufuu
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Lol, Natsuno resorted to all that because he didn’t have the power of Google! xD I’m glad to see him taking charge though and he’s definitely teaming up with the Tanaka sibs in the next epi. This series is entertaining me to lengths, hopefully we’ll get more than a scare next time. ^^
Btw, interesting to note, the ugly old nurse actually looked beautiful in the flashback of Toshio’s father. ^^
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Google solves everything! Why am I tempted to google “my village is full of vampires, what do i do?” now?
Teaming up with them by the next episode? Wow, didn’t expect the team-up to happen quite yet, maybe I should catch up in the manga XD
Ehh…really? So..why does she..look like a man now? -___- What happened to her…lol
POWUH: iLurker with 16 comments
These comments literally made me laugh out loud. xD
Now I know why the libraries in RE games are usually empty…lol ZOMBIES ARE AFRAID OF BOOKS, LET’S GO TO OUR LOCAL LIBRARY. I smell a hidden aesop in Shiki…
In all seriousness, things are getting more and more interesting with each episode. I’m honestly trying to speculate how they’re going to handle the vampires.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Yay for lulzy comments~
lol, I demand a library level in all zombie games now, just to discourage everyone from going to one now. Because we shouldn’t have to add “books” to our list of zombie weaknesses XD
Yeah, I really wanna see what Ozaki-sensei does next episode since he just found out…I wonder if he’s gonna tell Muroi…Somehow I doubt he’s going to the library <_<
POWUH: Novice (36-50) with 48 comments
thanks for the post and yeah wasnt as scared this week but a good plot takes time …. or something like that.
finally they are starting to relise holy crap there are vampires and they are not like edward :Haaa?
cant wait for the next episode
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Uwaa you’re welcome~
lolll if Masao comes back as Edward, I’m going to die. (So then would Natsuno be Bella…???)
POWUH: Novice (36-50) with 48 comments
I hope not too and that would be funny if natsuno was bella but I actually sorta felt bad for masao that no one was crying about him 🙁 but I didn’t really like him either but I think I would be more scared of masao as edward then edward himself or megumi for that matter
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
It’s sad when you think about it. Then you remember it’s Masao and you don’t feel so bad…
Masao as Edward is scarier than Edward or Megumi…Agreed. XD
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
“because every time I see Akira, I think he looks like a Digimon…” LOLZ. that brightened up my day. :thumb:
Though I really do agree with u on that one… :ohohoho:
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
XDDD Really? Kekeke, glad to have added some sunshine to your day ^.~ I’m glad someone agrees and I’m not just a crazy person seeing crazy things…
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
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