7.324 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestNobimaru 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!
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 who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabo” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabo is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.
Writing
Deftly balances episodic cases with slow-burn character trauma.
Production
Muddy, muted palette that makes rural Japan feel genuinely cursed.
Acting
Fujiwara's deadpan delivery masks devastating emotional range.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The manga author, Sho Aimoto, is a former assistant to Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man) — you can feel that DNA in the emotional brutality.
Dorotabo specifically refers to a farmer's ghost who haunts neglected fields, making Kabane's nickname devastatingly precise — he's literally a child abandoned to labor until he becomes monstrous.
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