KEY POINTS

  • Inugami, Shiki, Kabane, and others meet a new character named Ohana
  • The detective agency gets a new case in Harajuku
  • "Kemono Jihen" Episode 9 is airing Sunday

A new case awaits the Inugami Detective Agency in "Kemono Jihen" Episode 9. After dealing with Akio Tademaru’s massive army of Kemono, Kabane and the others head back to Tokyo. The next episode is titled "Family."

The official website released a set of spoilers stills and synopsis for "Kemono Jihen" Episode 9. According to the synopsis, Inugami, Nobimaru, Shiki, Aya, and Kabane meet a doctor named Granny Ohana, who deals with Kemono-related cases.

Inugami and his friends want Ohana to look at Shiki’s mother who is unconscious and remains in golden webbing. Meanwhile, Inugami gets a new case. A woman’s face is robbed in Harajuku district in Shibuya, Tokyo.

In the previous episode, Shiki corners his uncle Akio Tademaru who tortured his mother in the past. Shiki, Nobimaru and Kabane interrogate Akio. Soon, Inugami joins them.

Before they can extract any intel from Akio, several Kemono appear and emotionally paralyze Shiki by reminding him of his mother. Shiki asks Kabane to deal with the Kemono. Kabane goes on to battle against Kemono and singlehandedly, annihilates all of them.

Akio is shocked to see his Kemono perish in front of his eyes. Later, in the episode, with the help of Aya, Shiki finally reunites with his mother. The crew takes her to Tokyo for treatment.

“Special detective Kohachi Inugami is sent to investigate a grisly phenomenon involving animal corpses near a remote mountain village. But after meeting a strange boy who agrees to help, he discovers cursed supernatural forces at work. Little by little, Inugami uncovers the truth behind the killings and the boy who may not even be human,” read the series synopsis, Funimation reported.

Fans can watch "Kemono Jihen" Episode 9 on Funimation. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles Sunday.

The cast of the anime includes Ayumu Murase as Akira, Junichi Suwabe as Kohachi Inugami, Natsuki Hanae as Shiki Tademaru, Daisuke Ono as Mihai, Natsumi Fujiwara as Kabane Kusaka, Kana Hanazawa as Inari, Hiro Shimono as Nobimaru, Yumiri Hanamori as Kon, Kaito Ishikawa as Yui, Kaede Hondo as Aya Tademaru, Akira Ishida as Akio Tademaru and Aya Hisakawa as Kumi.

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