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EP 1Strange elderly deaths and a girl's disappearance occur in Sotoba during a hot summer.
Jul 9, 2010In the quiet town of Sotoba, hospital dean Toshio Ozaki and priest Seishin Muroi investigate bizarre elderly deaths. A moving company brings the Kirishiki family to an abandoned castle at night. High school student Megumi Shimizu, who stalks classmate Natsuno Yuuki, visits the castle and vanishes. Townspeople find her catatonic in the woods. Toshio diagnoses her with anemia from insect bites, but Megumi dies days later, shocking her family and friends.
EP 2Toshio investigates mysterious anemia deaths while Natsuno feels watched by Megumi's spirit.
Jul 16, 2010Toshio is stunned by Megumi’s death from anemia and requests an autopsy, but her father refuses. During the funeral, Natsuno encounters nurse Ritsuko Kunihiro and declines a gift from Kaori, claiming he was not close to Megumi. Hospital staff determine the anemia is rare but cannot identify the cause. As more unexplained deaths occur, including one patient who avoids doctors, Toshio and Seishin meet councilman Ishida. He reveals ten people died mysteriously between Sotoba and Mizobe recently. Suspecting an epidemic, the trio investigates discreetly to avoid panic, with Toshio vowing to save the village. Meanwhile, Natsuno closes his window to block Megumi’s gaze, yet still feels watched from outside.
EP 3Seishin writes Shiki while Natsuno reunites with Toru and Ritsuko in Mizobe.
Jul 23, 2010Seishin writes a novel about the undead titled Shiki. Natsuno travels to Mizobe with best friend Mutou Toru and Ritsuko, where they encounter classmate Masao Murasako, who harbors strong animosity toward Natsuno due to his family estrangement. Natsuno reflects on his initial isolation before befriending Toru. Meanwhile, Toshio investigates anemia cases and learns that childhood friend Mikiyasu Yasumori’s wife, Nao, is deteriorating after meeting the Kirishiki couple. Seishin meets Kirishiki Sunako, who acknowledges his past suicide attempt. Nao dies the following day. Masao visits Toru’s home to report the death, nearly fighting Natsuno before Toru intervenes. Toru then encounters Tatsumi, the Kirishiki steward, who ominously predicts their next meeting.
EP 4Natsuno fears a watcher while Ritsuko investigates deaths and Toshio treats the dying Sunako
Jul 30, 2010Natsuno sleeps uneasily, sensing a presence watching him through his window. Ritsuko discovers that Officer Takami died and his family left abruptly, replaced by Officer Sasaki. She notes that other families also moved away after a death, using the same moving company. Toshio attempts to resuscitate Susumu, Mikiyasu’s son, but finds Mikiyasu also shows early illness symptoms. He confirms to Seishin that Susumu suffers from anemia, yet both father and son die despite his efforts. Seishin meets Sunako in the forest, who explains her disease prevents sun exposure. Toshio informs staff that nineteen people have died since September 10th, including Mikiyasu, and they plan to report the cause to the Public Health Department. Exhausted from visions of Megumi, Natsuno stays at Toru’s house. He senses Megumi and Tatsumi are real, not nightmares, as Megumi becomes jealous of Toru and attempts to bite him while Natsuno remains paralyzed.
EP 5Natsuno discovers Toru's death while Masao confronts a vampire librarian
Aug 6, 2010Natsuno wakes to find Toru seemingly alive, but Seishin uncovers that deceased individuals quit their jobs beforehand. After the librarian resigns, Natsuno visits Toru’s home and finds him dead, confirming his nightmare is real. He destroys Megumi's postcard upon receiving it. Meanwhile, Masao argues with his family about his sick nephew Hiromi. At Toru’s funeral, Masao attempts to fight Natsuno but is driven away by Toru’s siblings. Later, Masao sees a man in white in his courtyard. When he enters his house, he is attacked by the man, who is revealed to be the librarian and a vampire.
EP 6Revived Megumi troubles Natsuno while Toshio faces clinic crises and village legends
Aug 13, 2010Megumi reappears to Natsuno, who denies her visit and vows survival. Toshio confirms Hiromi’s death and notes Masao’s immobilization from earlier attacks, identifying insect bites as infection vectors. He clashes with a patient’s wife over cyanosis treatment and reprimands Seishin for investigating unrelated phenomena. Sunako visits Seishin, ignoring his warnings about the disease. On September 20th, Masao dies. Natsuno watches a horror film, learning the "risen" legend, and finds Seishin researching the topic. Clinic staff quit in fear. Natsuno questions Toshio about Megumi’s revival, which Toshio dismisses as vampire or zombie fiction. Meanwhile, Kaori and Akira enter Kanemasa castle after seeing a deceased villager inside, unaware that Tatsumi is watching them.
EP 7Natsuno warns siblings about mansion anomalies while Tatsumi turns Masao into a day-walking vampire
Aug 20, 2010Natsuno alerts Kaori and Akira to leave the mansion area after they mention seeing the deceased Yasuyuki. Suspecting supernatural activity, the group plans to exhuming Megumi’s grave, but Tatsumi overhears them. Meanwhile, Tatsumi frees Masao from his coffin, revealing he is now an okiagari, a vampire type that survives on human blood and can endure daylight. Tatsumi persuades Masao to hunt villagers to sustain himself. At the clinic, Toshio agrees to protect Mikiyasu’s wife, who arrives as the next target. Seishin reports the disappearance of Councilman Ishida and altered death records to Toshio, who blames vampires. Toshio proposes using Setsuko as bait to catch the culprit, but Seishin declines to commit immediately. The Tanaka siblings reunite with Natsuno to proceed with the grave excavation.
EP 8Natsuno, Kaori, and Akira investigate an empty coffin and encounter a vampire in the night.
Aug 27, 2010Natsuno, Kaori, and Akira unearth Megumi’s coffin to find it empty, confirming their suspicions. Kaori is captured but repels her attacker using a charm given to Megumi. Natsuno arrives and kills the man in self-defense, noting he lacks body heat, which identifies him as a vampire. They partially bury him in Megumi’s grave to alert adults. The next morning, the trio returns to the forest and finds the vampire revived, having covered the grave. Natsuno plans to kill old lady Motohashi if she rises from her grave after dying of the illness. Meanwhile, Seishin suspects Sunako is a risen individual due to her speech and genetic illness. Outside, a young girl named Shizuka Matsuo, wearing a kindergarten uniform and using a puppet to speak, visits Natsuno’s house. She claims to know Natsuno and asks to stay in his room, despite his father’s suspicion.
EP 9Seishin and Toshio guard Setsuko against vampires, leading to her tragic abduction and death.
Sep 3, 2010Seishin and Toshio keep watch over Setsuko in the clinic at night to prevent vampire attacks. Toshio theorizes about their methods, including the use of narcotics, while Setsuko’s condition remains stable. The next night, Ritsuko delivers food but encounters the revived Nao. Toshio reveals his desire to dissect a vampire, shocking Seishin. Setsuko wakes and calls out to Nao, who appears outside. Despite Toshio’s warning, the vampires return during a power outage. Tatsumi knocks down Toshio and invites Setsuko out, exploiting the rule that vampires cannot enter without permission. Seishin sees the group but cannot attack. Nao and the others drain Setsuko’s blood in a frenzy. Toshio grieves and blames himself. As the vampires depart, they note Megumi’s absence, with Tatsumi claiming to know her location.
EP 10Tatsumi orders attacks on Natsuno while Toru fails to kill him and Megumi prepares to strike.
Sep 10, 2010Flashbacks reveal Tatsumi commanding Kirishiki family members, including Shisuka Matsuo, to eliminate Natsuno because he knows their secret. Megumi objects to targeting Natsuno but obeys after Tatsumi threatens her life. Natsuno’s father discards protective talismans, prompting Natsuno to warn Akira and Kaori about potential vampire intruders. Following Setsuko’s death on October 4th midnight, Toru attempts to attack Natsuno but flees in shame upon being discovered. Megumi, learning of Toru’s failure, decides to kill Natsuno herself. Natsuno leaves his home to find Toru but is cornered by Tatsumi, who declares Natsuno a threat to their existence. As Tatsumi and Megumi prepare to strike, Toru appears behind Natsuno and bites him, causing the boy to collapse.
EP 11Sotoba villagers debate deaths while shaman blames Kanemasa mansion residents for okiagari attacks.
Sep 17, 2010Sotoba villagers debate frequent deaths while a shaman blames Kanemasa mansion residents for okiagari attacks. No one, including her daughter, believes her. Toshio advises cremation when asked about epidemics. He and Seishin argue over staking corpses before they become okiagari. Seishin discovers Sunako's secret. The shaman and villagers confront Toshio, demanding the truth. He denies involvement but agrees to check the pulse of the Kanemasa mansion father. At the mansion, Seishirou Kirishiki, Sunako and Tatsumi's father, explains why his wife and daughter cannot go outside during the daytime. Toshio checks Seishirou's pulse; he has a normal pulse, body temperature, and respiration. That night, the shaman is tricked into rescuing a woman's family to get rid of her.
EP 12Natsuno reveals his bite marks and warns Kaori and Akira to flee the village before losing himself.
Oct 15, 2010Natsuno displays bite marks on his neck to Kaori and Akira, urging them to leave the village to avoid attack. They refuse, prompting him to warn that he will no longer be himself upon their next meeting. Toru arrives at Natsuno’s house, hesitating to strike. Natsuno questions their inability to coexist and persuades Toru to flee with him. Toru claims the hunger is unbearable. Natsuno attempts to stake Toru but stops, realizing he cannot kill his friend, and offers his blood instead. Toru refuses but attacks due to overwhelming thirst. Meanwhile, Tatsumi orders Megumi to attack Kaori’s father. Natsuno’s father meets Seijirou, asserting the village is fine. Natsuno weakens from anemia as Kaori and Akira place protective charms in his room. After removing the seals, his father deems the village evil, bans the visitors, and discards the charms. Kaori and Akira’s father encounters Megumi preparing to bite him. Natsuno’s father leaves a window open for Natsuno, while Toru waits outside to attack.
EP 13Natsuno dies after being bitten by Toru while Toshio treats vampire victims and families react.
Oct 29, 2010Natsuno dreams of fleeing the village but remains bedridden. Toshio treats Tokujiro, Mikiyasu’s father, who admits to dreaming of Nao. Toshio warns Tokujiro about Nao’s targeting, but the patient refuses hospitalization. Toshio then discovers Kyoko has been attacked by vampires after she collapses. Shinmei Muroi, Seishin’s paralyzed father, visits his old friend Tokujiro despite his condition. Meanwhile, Toru bites Natsuno, preventing his escape. Natsuno’s father returns to find a note from his wife stating she is leaving because their son is dead. He enters Natsuno’s room to find him dead and breaks down. Temple helpers discuss recent strange deaths and new local businesses. Seishin brings his father to see Tokujiro, suspecting his father knows about the okiagari. Kaori and Akira mourn Natsuno while planning for protection. Megumi targets Kaori’s family. Toshio watches Kyoko flatline, noting bite marks and open windows, then places ice bags around her corpse to preserve it in case she becomes an okiagari.
EP 14Megumi informs Kaori of her father's death while Toshio experiments on Kyoko to find okiagari weaknesses.
Nov 5, 2010Megumi visits Kaori at night to reveal that her father has died. Kaori and Akira's mother contact the Ebuchi Clinic, where the doctor, an okiagari, arrives and requests entry. Natsuno does not return as an okiagari and is cremated instead. The narrative reveals that missing persons serve as food for weak or newly risen okiagari. Seishin suspects his father knows they cause the village's troubles after finding a greeting letter for the Kirishikis. Kyoko dies from illness and revives as an okiagari. Toshio uses her as a test subject to record a video on repelling them. He finds they fear religious icons, heal rapidly, and can only be killed by severing blood flow via beheading or heart destruction. Toshio stakes Kyoko's heart before Seishin arrives to witness the bloody scene.
EP 15Seishin abandons Toshio while Natsuno returns from death to question Megumi's status.
Nov 12, 2010Seishin leaves Toshio after discovering his actions against Kyoko. Toru honors Natsuno’s memory by leaving a flower at her window nightly. Toshio seeks help from bistro patrons but is rejected. At the town office, he encounters workers who only operate at night. Chizuru Kirishiki warns him to remain silent as the Kirishiki family establishes a funeral home system to swap coffins for future shiki corpses. During Kyoko’s funeral, Nurse Isaki resigns due to Toshio’s cold demeanor. Toshio realizes Nurse Yuki is missing and apologizes to the messenger. Later, Natsuno appears alive outside Toshio’s clinic, asking if he still considers Megumi dead. Natsuno departs, assuring Toshio that he is not alone.
EP 16Sunako reveals her past while Tanaka faces family rejection and Akira prepares for war.
Nov 19, 2010Sunako recalls her origin story, revealing she was hidden by her family and later found them gone. She shares this with Toru, who fears her summons. Meanwhile, Nao vows revenge on happy families. Tanaka, newly risen, is blamed by Megumi for his condition and told to hunt his own kin. He returns home to find his wife terrified and rejects him, leading him to feed on her. Kaori and Akira discover this betrayal. Akira, armed with stakes, seeks to destroy the shiki. He infiltrates a house where Natsuno discusses exterminating all shiki with Toshio. Akira attempts to kill a sleeping shiki but is stopped by Tatsumi. The episode concludes with Akira bound and gagged before the awakened shiki.
EP 17Seishin faces shiki threats while Kaori seeks grave name and Ritsuko falls victim to attack
Nov 26, 2010Seishin struggles with the shiki attack after his father disappears, revealing he allowed the creatures entry to protect his mother. Traumatized by her family's fate, Kaori digs her own grave and asks Seishin for a name, prompting him to urge her to live before leaving the temple. Meanwhile, Ritsuko attempts to rescue a hostage nurse but is bitten by two shiki after Ozaki arrives too late. In the hospital, Chizuru reveals to Ozaki that Seishin has chosen to serve the shiki and visited Sunako. Ozaki expresses his desire to survive until the village dies, only for Chizuru to bite him and order him to burn all evidence of the deaths.
EP 18Eighteenth Death
Dec 3, 2010Tatsumi visits Natsuno, whose father attacks him before revealing they are jinrou. After strangling Natsuno, the father demands allegiance. Meanwhile, Ritsuko awakens as a shiki with recovered memories while Toru and Yoshie witness this. Ozaki, bitten by Chizuru, takes her to the Kagura festival, where villagers discover his conflicting bite marks and expose her true nature. As the crowd turns hostile, Seishiro and Atsushi intervene with a shotgun to rescue Chizuru. Atsushi’s father halts their escape, forcing Atsushi to flee with Seishiro. Left alone, Chizuru faces the enraged villagers with no means of escape.
EP 19Ozaki explains shiki weaknesses while villagers cleanse homes and Sunako orders Tatsumi to kill Ozaki and the villagers.
Dec 10, 2010Megumi's father kills Chizuru by driving a stake through her heart. Ozaki informs the villagers about shiki and their weaknesses, prompting them to knock on doors to announce a demon cleansing and check for reoccupied houses. In one home, a risen woman is protected by her daughter. Kaori's undead father returns home to speak with her, but she beats him to death with a baseball bat while in a traumatized state. Sunako commands Tatsumi to kill Ozaki to prevent further issues and then to kill the villagers to reduce their numbers. She reflects on Chizuru's loneliness during her death. Meanwhile, Seishin continues to contemplate his decision to join the shiki side.
EP 20Villagers hunt shiki while Atsushi's father kills him and Toru forces Ritsuko to kill Yasuyo
Dec 17, 2010At dawn, villagers search for sleeping shiki and discover Atsushi has transformed. His father kills him with a stake. As night falls, villagers bury the dead and learn shiki may hide underground. Seishiro attacks villagers but Natsuno stops him. Toru tries to force Ritsuko to kill Yasuyo, but she refuses because killing is against her nature, so Toru releases Yasuyo. Villagers prepare an ambush and drag shiki from pipelines to stake them. Sunako fears she will not be saved for killing people. When day breaks, Ritsuko and Toru hold each other. Shiki control a human to shoot villagers. Ozaki watches in horror as Atsushi's father discovers the controlled human and brutally kills him.
EP 21Seishin and Sunako flee villagers while he hides her in a suitcase to avoid sunlight.
Dec 24, 2010Sunako fears for her life as villagers close in to eliminate all shiki. Tatsumi and Seishin attempt a rescue plan, but it fails due to the inhabitants' preparation. Seishin retreats to his former temple, where his mother and friends are brutally murdered while trying to stop the mob. Seishin and Sunako manage to escape, though the villagers pursue them by following a trail of blood. To protect Sunako from sunlight, Seishin places her in a suitcase, conceals it under some brush, and flees, hoping the pursuers will follow him and overlook the hidden suitcase.
EP 22The Final Hunt
Dec 31, 2010Megumi is killed as a forest fire engulfs the village. Toshio fails to stop the blaze, forcing villagers to hide bodies in a pit. Natsuno fights Tatsumi in town, and both fall into the pit where Natsuno detonates explosives, killing them. Sunako hides in a burning church until Seishin kills Atsushi's father to save her. Sunako wishes to die, but Seishin, now a jinrou, convinces her to live. They are the only surviving shiki. Ozaki questions the purpose of the village's self-destruction. Seishin drives a car away from the flames with a suitcase. Survivors, including Akira, Kaori, Kanami, Yasuyo, and Natsuno's father, board a bus leaving the ravaged area.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many episodes does Shiki have?
- Shiki has 22 episodes.
- When did Shiki come out?
- Shiki came out in 2010.
- Which studio made Shiki?
- Shiki was produced by Daume.
- Who directed Shiki?
- Shiki was directed by Shinji Ochi.
- Is Shiki finished?
- Current status of Shiki: Finished.