While things were looking pretty obvious last week, we get a bit more mystery injected back into Shiki with episode 5. It certainly looks like we’re still dealing with vampires here – but a couple of twists are thrown into the mix. Though Natsuno clearly saw Megumi chomp on Touru’s […] Read more
Things certainly aren’t going well in little Sotoba. The body count grew impressively this episode, with Nao’s husband kicking off among others, and her son possibly right behind. We’re up to twenty now, and our intrepid Dr. Ozaki has finally decided it’s time to do something more than monitor the […] Read more
Let the wrong one in… I continue to be entertained by Shiki, though certainly not for it’s subtlety. The freakshow certainly was out in earnest in this episode. Not only did we finally meet the whole Kirishiki clan, but an extremely grotesque – though apparently human – teenager named Masou. […] Read more
Two episodes in, and this one is solidly in the rotation for the summer. Not much new ground is being broken, but Shiki is succeeding thus far in the tradition of Higurashi, one of the better recent examples of its genre. As expected, the body count continues to grow alarmingly […] Read more
Noitamina starts the new season with Shikki, and things are spelled out pretty clearly from the OP, a stylish pastiche of character introductions, skulls and a rain of blood. People are going to die here – lots of them. It’s a small mountain village, and it’s going to be a […] Read more