Ep. 3: Kabane loses his head to Kitsune Superintendent Inari but survives thanks to Shiki's intervention and Inugami's charm.
Inugami directs Kabane, Shiki, and Akira to meet Superintendent Yokō Inari, a kitsune officer collaborating with the detective agency. After giving Kabane a charm, they are led by Kon to Inari, who tricks Kabane into surrendering his lifestone and decapitates him. Kon attacks Shiki and Akira, burning the building when her disguise fails, while revealing that staff members are mindless puppets under Inari’s influence. Shiki retrieves Kabane’s head from Kon using his threads, allowing Kabane to bite her shoulder and knock her out. Kabane regrows his body, and Shiki officially accepts him as a friend. They reunite with Inugami, who anticipated these events. Inari’s plan to mass-produce lifestones fails because Inugami’s illusion replaced the stone with a tanuki charm, causing Inari to kill her driver in anger. Later, Inugami subdues Kon, who attempts to steal the head, before a human smelling of Kemono arrives.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · Occult detective investigates livestock deaths and a boy with a lifestone pendant in rural village
- Ep. 2 · Inugami introduces himself as the Kemonoist and Kabane meets Shiki and Akira
- Ep. 3 · Kabane loses his head to Kitsune Superintendent Inari but survives thanks to Shiki's intervention and Inugami's charm.
- Ep. 4 · Kabane accepts a mission to retrieve a nekomata while Akira investigates frog Kemono deaths.
- Ep. 5 · A narrative centered on the act of unauthorized entry into a specific location.
- Ep. 6 · Shiki faces Kanonba sisters while Kabane unlocks kemono power to defeat Reika and save his friends.
- Ep. 7 · Shiki visits his childhood village and uncovers the dark truth about his parents' tragic fate.