Shiki – 13
Rest in peace…
Can it be? THAT I WILL BE THE FIRST NEW POST ON THE NEW SITE ASIDE FROM THE WELCOME POST? HELL YES!(If not, then I have failed…)
Shiki is the master of making fans wait for the next episode until they’re practically crawling up the walls. After deciding to NOT air last week, we have episode 13 a week later. It’s like being stood up on a date, only to have your anger reside when they come back the next time with flowers.
Seishin is performing his monkly duties at the temple, while helpfully telling us viewers about the temple. Most of the villagers are religious, and help the monks out to keep the temple running. Meanwhile, his sickly dad is either calling for someone to come or for more morphine, and rather impatiently.
Time to transition to our newest victim: Tokujiro. He’s Setsuko’s husband, if you forgot (like me. I forget ugly people.), and is being checked out by Toshio. He whips his hair back and forth his head around with a sickening creak when Toshio suggests staying hospitalized. Nao is the likely culprit, and probably told him to say that given his apathetic tone. Lately, many victims have been avoiding the clinic or being hospitalized like the plague. Those okiagari are so wily~
Let’s go back to Seishin’s dad, who is re-inacting a man crawling through the desert. Despite looking so frail he would shatter if tipped over, he insists on going to see Tokujiro. Like, really insists. O_O
Ooo charades. I love this game!
Clinic, temple, clinic, temple…You’ve got the pattern now, right? Toshio’s oblong-haired mother tells Toshio that Kyoko has passed out. The funny thing is, she’s mostly annoyed that she has to deal with Kyoko as opposed to being worried. Toshio rushes over to see Kyoko in pretty bad shape. For all of you who have hated poor Blondie, rejoice, for she has been bitten.
The mom reluctantly calls for a stretcher after being ordered (that old bat is MEAN) as Toshio curses letting his guard down. Thanks to the power of village gossip, Seishin gets the news about Kyoko and calls him to talk about it. This is nice, considering they were drifting apart until now. After moving onto the topic of Tokujiro briefly, Seishin almost manages to tell Toshio about okiagari…but he decides against it and hangs up. WHY???
Stop calling, stop calling, I don’t wanna think anymore~~
Time to shake up the pattern with a little Natsuno and Tohru action. That boy must be delirious, because he’s still thinking that Tohru will run away with him. Despite being deathly ill, he tells the other boy that sucking his blood is okay. Before Tohru bites him, he reveals that he’s started to give up on escaping this village. Tohru’s eye begin to water, as he apologizes, cries, and clamps down on Natsuno’s jugular.
You didn’t expect this to go on forever right? That was his fourth bite. Natsuno’s mom leaves his dad a note saying that she has left because Natsuno died. Natsuno’s dad rushes around the house to find her, but she has gone somewhere else under the okiagari hypnosis. All thoughts of “no, Natsuno is alive” quickly dissolve when his father goes into his room. Natsuno’s skin is as gray as a tombstone, and he is motionless. Natsuno is really dead now. You might want to let that sink in.
WWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!
Seishin takes pandaeyes to see Tokujiro, the man with an almost sentient moustache. Have you seen that thing? It’s like someone attached a family of baby chinchillas to his face. ANYWAYS, once they’re both in the same room they just…stare at each other. After an eerie silence, pandaeyes announces that it’s time to leave.
As Seishin drives pandaeyes home (I have a bad habit of not calling characters by their name), the old man asks if other villager’s have been in this condition recently. Once Seishin confirms that it’s been spreading, he nods, and retreats back into his own mind to think. Seishin thinks his dad might know something based on his behaviour. BUT AS IF THAT COULD HAPPEN RIGHT? <_________<
Kaori and Akiramon (seriously guys, he still looks like a digimon to me. Especially from behind.) now know about Natsuno’s death. They went to visit him, as always, but his dad just shooed them away. This time, the hippie looked worse than most of the okiagari victims..COMBINED. I suspect a mix of being bitten and feeling suicidal enough to make his condition worse. Akira and Kaori are told that a coffin was taken away earlier and someone in the house died. Don’t get your hopes up about it being the dumb wife, I’m almost certain it’s Natsuno.
Kaori and Akira are still up for some vengeance. They’re locking their windows and formulating a new plan! Unfortunately (there is ALWAYS an unfortunately in Shiki) Megumi is up for some revenge as well. She is absolutely giddy over the fact that she gets to completely ruin Kaori’s life. We see the seeds she has planted when Akira’s dad comes home, with only ¾ of his blood left. Now things will get interesting.
Please get hit by a car, please get hit by a car…
Ah, the last section of the episode. The nurses are doing their usual gossip about Toshio wanting to exclusively care for Kyoko. Natsuno’s death also comes up, although they’re vague with who actually died, the wife or Natsuno. Toshio has descended into an almost liquid state in which he appears calm, but a current of insanity is raging beneath the surface. Toshio is keeping Kyoko’s body on ice to stop her from rotting too quickly in order to continue his hunt for the okiagari.
The Bed Intruder Song Meets Shiki:
HE’S CLIMBING IN YOUR WINDOWS
HE’S SNATCHING YOUR PEOPLE UP
TRYNA RAPE EM SO Y’ALL NEED TO HIDE YOUR KIDS
HIDE YOUR WIFE (and hide your husband)
CUZ THEY’RE RAPING ERRBODY OUT HERE
End Thoughts: As Natsuno and Tohru get more and more flamboyant, Toshio gets more and more terrifying. I love the whole “Creepy doctor” role. On one level, the man can function around people and socialize normally. On another, something has been broken that can never be put back the way it was before. While Toshio evidently wasn’t close to his wife, the level of sadness shown at her death was…none. He literally waited for her to die just to keep her body in storage for his own twisted research. I know solving this epidemic is very important and is going to require sacrifices, but keep in mind that he is telling NO ONE about this. His desire to save the town is staggeringly high.
Meanwhile…NATSUNO DIED! Seeing as he’s a main character, he has a good chance of rising up. Yay, vampire sex with Tohru~ I mean..uh…*cough* I really want to see Natsuno confront Tatsumi as an okiagari. Maybe he’ll find a way to defy him! Then again, Natsuno is going to have to bite some people unless he forms a plan in one night. Who will be his first victim?
Shiki leaves so many possibilities open, that speculating is nigh impossible. There are a lot of things that have been set up: Megumi’s next victim, Natsuno rising up, Seishin and Sunako, Seishin’s dad, and Toshio’s mad scientist work. Plus Masao. My God, I will hold onto the idea that he’s gonna come in and mess up everything SO BAD when we least expect it like the troll he is. Better safe than sorry.
Preview: Toshio is going absolutely nuts over here. WHY IS HE COVERED IN BLOOD? WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING TO KYOKO? I am horrified and intrigued. I saw a lot of characters I haven’t seen before too. As for Kaori, well, she doesn’t look like she’s going to like the next episode as much as we are…
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A neuroscience graduate, black belt, and all-around nerd. You'll either find me in my lab or curled up in my rilakkuma kigurumi watching anime.
POWUH: and Yaoi Fangirl~ with 2320 comments
why the hell do i always DL-ed the eps with NO PREVIEW!? D:
those water drops aren’t tohru’s tears. those are the the sweat from their smex! xDfinally, the part where toshio’s eyes are gona be green just like in the OP 8D i’m actually pretty excited for next episode. but i understand why toshio idn’t sad when his wife died. i’ll turn into a madman if i have a wife like dat.
and what’s up with seishin father’s eyes??? D:
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
The Funimation one doesn’t seem to have it…I’m too lazy to search around for a sub with the preview so I just download the raw version and watch from there :3
LOL Toshio never even talked to his wife, she didn’t even exist in his mind enough to drive him mad. She got shunned, ahaha. I think he’s just so dead-set on catching those okiagari that he’s willing to do anything to prove himself. Poor guy.
He’s just old, and old people are weird. XD
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Lmao bed intruder nice touch!
Nice episode this week that old guy was creepy looking O_o with his squid beard! and those eyes too.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
8D I love that song
I never noticed that his beard was squid-like. Oh my God, he’s Davey Jones, isn’t he? @_@
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Hahaha yes yes or Ika masume’s grandpa?!
I hated that song but after hearing it a few times it wasn’t so bad xD now I hear it in my head! YAY
POWUH: Metanorn Lover with 222 comments
BED INTRUDER.
Oh, I read the manga. I won’t put any spoilers here.. But what Toshio does to his wife.. IS NOT PLEASANT. At all.
Pandaeyes. Pfft.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
If it’s not pleasant, I am going to love it. :spark
POWUH: Occasional (51-75) with 55 comments
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIKI WHY DO YOU DO THIS :sad5
I have been grounded for so long and I there is only one episode (and what a great episode) and then it ends and I want more but NOOOOO it doesnt give me more
I am going back to tamaki corner :sad2
OH and hello I havent been here for a while but I AM BACK to being a lurker 😆
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Awww, sorry about being grounded. Ahaha, patience, young grasshopper (unless you’re older than me. but just pretend), the next episode will be out next week. You can’t have it all at once! (omg, that would be so horrible to recap in one post)
Welcome back to lurking! I like lurking on the chatbox…lol
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
I think the reason that Ozaki and Seishin are drifting apart is because battle lines are being drawn. On the one hand: Ozaki wants to stop the vampires and save the village. And on the other hand: Seishin seems concerned about the vampires well-being because he found out what Sunako is and shows deep affection for her. Also, it seems he is very comfortable with the fact of the village dying out. As if he wants it to happen. It’s a conflict of interest between the two. Which means they might end up becoming ennemies just like the friendship between Megumi and Kaori has ended because she found out Kaori was hanging around Natsuno more than her. We can only find out as the story continues.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Yep, I definitely agree. They both don’t want the okiagari in the village, but Seishin is definitely more conflicted since he’s seen firsthand how sad their lives are. He wants to understand them in a way, which makes me wonder if he’s going to do something unpredictable later on. He doesn’t seem comfortable with people dying, but I guess more like…he knew it all along somehow and nothing can be done. He IS the only one who knows about the okiagari that has done NOTHING in response to stop them though.Toshio just sees them as killers taking away his patients and wants them out of Sotoba NOW.
Ahhh the theme of friendships severed apart…I never noticed that parallel between Kaori/Megumi and Seishin/Toshio, thanks~ I really hope things continue being this interesting for the rest of the series.