7.4/10109 votesLoading...#1 - Mission
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2021
The office members help a love-stricken client track down the object of his affection, and Kabane learns a lesson about love. Akira decides to pattern himself after Kabane, and the two are assigned to investigate a deadly case on the Shibuya River.
Director: Hidekazu Oka
Writer: Noboru Kimura
7.6/1072 votesLoading...#2 - Twins
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2021
When Akira runs away from the office over a trivial dispute, he unexpectedly bumps into his long-lost brother, Yui. Akira is delighted, but Yui behaves strangely, as little by little, the events of the past in their snowy home village are unraveled.
Director: Shinpei Matsuo
Writer: Noboru Kimura
7.7/1067 votesLoading...#3 - Memories
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2021
Kabane and the others try to bring Akira home from the ice castle, but are stopped by the power of Yui’s nullstone, and Akira is overcome with shock at the turn of events. Meanwhile, Inari and Nobimaru secretly go into action to claim the nullstone.
Director: Yuta Murano
Writer: Noboru Kimura
7.9/10141 votesLoading...#4 - The Kemonoist
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2021
Kabane meets Akira and Shiki, two other Kemono who work for Inugami, and he and Shiki get off to a rocky start. The office is called out to deal with an incident where a mother and her son are set upon by a supernatural infestation in their home.
Director: Hodaka Kuramoto
Writer: Noboru Kimura
7.9/1080 votesLoading...#5 - Family
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2021
Kabane and company leave Shiki and his family in the care of Ohana-basan, a vet who also sees Kemono patients, and return to the office, where they head out on a new case—parts of women’s faces are being stolen, and Kon ends up tagging along as well.
Director: Naoki Murata
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.0/10129 votesLoading...#6 - Foxes
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2021
Superintendent Inari of the Shinjuku Police Station, a kitsune Kemono herself, asks Kabane to come to her station to introduce himself. But when Inari asks to see his lifestone, it becomes evident that she has an ulterior motive for the visit.
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.0/1077 votesLoading...#7 - Kemono Incidents
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2021
Nobimaru has a tough battle against Yui, who is using the power of the nullstone, until Kabane leaps in to help him. Kabane uses Nobimaru’s tactic and gives his all to beat Yui’s freezing power, as the battle over the nullstone finally reaches its climax!
Director: Shinpei Matsuo, Masaya Fujimori
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.1/10181 votesLoading...#8 - Kabane
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2021
Kohachi Inugami, a detective specializing in supernatural matters, is hired to investigate some animal mutilations in a rural village. His investigation leads to an unusual boy, nicknamed “Dorotabo,” who is ostracized by the other villagers.
Director: Shinpei Matsuo
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.2/1090 votesLoading...#9 - Awakening
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2021
Kabane, Shiki and Akira embark on a dangerous mission set up by Mihai, breaking into a company controlled by a trio of kanonba (mosquito Kemono) sisters to investigate it. When discovered, they must fight it out, but something comes over Shiki.
Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.3/1098 votesLoading...#10 - Intrusion
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2021
A longtime acquaintance of Inugami, the vampire Mihai, has been staying at the office. Kabane and the others unexpectedly end up in an arm-wrestling competition with him, but are outclassed by the extraordinary vampiric power that he possesses.
Director: Mihiro Yamaguchi
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.3/1086 votesLoading...#11 - Home
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2021
In search of a lead on Shiki’s parents, Kabane and the others head to his hometown of Kinshigo, where they meet up with his uncle, Akio Tademaru. The others don’t know what to say to Shiki when he learns about his parents, but then Nobimaru turns up.
Director: Shinpei Matsuo
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.7/1094 votesLoading...#12 - Truth
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2021
Shiki corners the man who tormented his mother. However, at the last moment, he is attacked by a pack of Kemono and finds himself in a pinch. Separated from Inugami, Kabane and Shiki are surrounded, and must confront the pack of Kemono themselves.
Director: Hidekazu Oka
Writer: Noboru Kimura
The Worst Episodes of Kemono Jihen
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When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo...
Genres:AnimationMysteryAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Tokyo MX
Worst Episodes Summary
"Mission" is the worst rated episode of "Kemono Jihen". It scored 7.4/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Hidekazu Oka and written by Noboru Kimura, it aired on 1/31/2021. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Twins".