Finally, this should put an end to the constant hiatuses of this series. But damn, what a depressing episode to start off with here.I mean, I know that this is a morbid series and all, but there was absolutely no bright side to this episode at all. All of Shiki’s episodes so far have shown someone struggling against those vampires, but this was just a one-sided slaughter.
The vampires just picked apart some of the few people who still were alive, and nobody really did anything to stop them: Natsuno dies, Toshio’s sister dies, Natsuno’s father gets bitten, Natsuno’s mother leaves the village (aka, she’s already dead), Kaori’s father is meanwhile bitten and Nao’s father also is going to bite the dust. This episode was just completely desperate, even Toshio didn’t do anything due to the refusal of all of the victims to stay at his clinic, which now can be accessible to vampires anyway because of Tatsumi.
And this doesn’t even seem to be the turning point. My guess is that it’ll take one or two episodes before Natsuno wakes up again. My guess is that that’s going to be the point at which he can really fight back the vampires, but what will happen until then? Could Seishin finally end up doing something? I mean, out of all of the major characters, he has by far been the most passive, not really doing anything.
Rating: * (Good)
Toshio’s sister dies? The woman you are referring too is Toshio’s wife…and she is not dead…yet.
I don’t think Natsuno’s father was bitten. I agree that nothing goes right in this episode for the humans, but we just have to wait patiently before the situation favours Toshio’s side.
And I watched this show with low quality because I was really expecting that this episode would be more about that doctor. I really do hope that it’d appear next time. I’m obsessed with it for some reason.
Anyway, I agree with you in the one-sided part, but that got me interested on how they turn things backward.
I’m kind of surprised that the “one-sidedness” came off as a surprise, both OPs are filled with spoilers. I’m more curious whenever this show will go beyond the “oh, look, everyone died” that it steady heads to.
hahaha the next episode is entirely about toshio and it will make you shiver 🙂
Natsuno’s father wasn’t bitten. At least, not as far as I know. For the mother and those that left, I’m not quite sure they are dead either. Maybe hypnotized to leave? I’m not quite sure on that one.
But wait for the next episode. If you thought that was depressing, watch what Toshio does next episode. It gave me chills in the manga.