Kemono Jihen (Original Japanese Version)

There has been a rash of unusual animals deaths in a quiet country village. Inugami, an investigator from Tokyo specializing in the occult, is called in to deal with the case, and encounters an unusual boy whom the villagers have named "Dorotabo."

Kabane is taken to by Inugami to his Counseling Office in Tokyo, where he meets Shiki and Akira, two other Kemono children like himself. He ends up accompanying them on an urgent investigation to learn more about their jobs as "Kemonoists."

Shiki and Akira take Kabane to visit the police station to meet Inari, a kitsune Kemono with considerable police authority. There, they are greeted by a young girl named Kon. Inari displays an unusual amount of interest in Kabane's "lifestone."

Kabane and the others are hired by a man named Yoruno to assist him in his romantic pursuits. They end up being joined by Kon, who is out to get Kon's head. However, the object of Yoruno's affection is a woman with her own unusual situation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!