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怪物事変 [Kemono Jihen] #2
怪物事変 2 [Kemono Jihen 2]
東京で怪物相手の探偵稼業を手伝い始めた夏羽は、隠神の知り合いである飯生警視のもとを訪れるのでございます。ですが、見目麗しき彼女、どうやら夏羽の持つ「命結石」にご執心の様子で…。此度の物語、はたしてなにが起こるのでございましょう──。
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 4, 2017
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May 30, 2021
When he handed over the tissues as a gift because it was all he thought was the best 😭
And yasss, more character introductions.
Loving this series so much. Not as crazy and creepy as the first volume but yes, it will spice up!
Onto vol 3.
And yasss, more character introductions.
Loving this series so much. Not as crazy and creepy as the first volume but yes, it will spice up!
Onto vol 3.
August 20, 2023
2.5/5
It seems I can't enjoy this series as much as I wish.
There's always something missing, that thing keeping me from starting liking it.
Every chapter has a different story, and I don't know if it's that the main problem I have, but I have troubles finding a real storyline.
It seems that every time the side stories get the best over the main plot, confusing me on connecting all the different scenes that are part of the main one.
There are new characters appearing here and there and they will hopefully stop at some point to start concentrating on what we already have and start creating a solid story for all of them.
For now it's still a miss for me.
It seems I can't enjoy this series as much as I wish.
There's always something missing, that thing keeping me from starting liking it.
Every chapter has a different story, and I don't know if it's that the main problem I have, but I have troubles finding a real storyline.
It seems that every time the side stories get the best over the main plot, confusing me on connecting all the different scenes that are part of the main one.
There are new characters appearing here and there and they will hopefully stop at some point to start concentrating on what we already have and start creating a solid story for all of them.
For now it's still a miss for me.
March 6, 2021
I like the new character, he’s AMAZING !!
October 17, 2023
I'm really liking this. The supernatural creatures and their plots are so interesting. Kabane is an interesting creature that can't die and he just does whatever people tell him to do. He does have a mind of his own but he just kind of goes with the flow. His new friends and his boss are great. Definitely want to see where this goes.
May 27, 2025
More frogs than I anticipated
March 20, 2023
Love this series and I’m surprised how close the anime is to the manga. Kabane and Kon are my favorite characters and are so cute together. In fact, all the characters in this manga are well fleshed out already. I’m looking forward to when Shiki’s backstory comes up. This is one of the best shonen manga series out there now. It’s a must read!
March 16, 2023
I first read this manga back in 2019 and decided to reread it after binge-watching the anime.
I liked officially meeting Inari and Kon, and hope to see more of both ladies in future volumes. I’m especially curious about Inari’s connection to Inugami. Seeing a vampire named: Mihai living in the back of was very interesting. I’m not exactly sure what to make of him yet, although I’m glad that he’s an ally of the Inugami Detective Agency and not an enemy.
I liked officially meeting Inari and Kon, and hope to see more of both ladies in future volumes. I’m especially curious about Inari’s connection to Inugami. Seeing a vampire named: Mihai living in the back of was very interesting. I’m not exactly sure what to make of him yet, although I’m glad that he’s an ally of the Inugami Detective Agency and not an enemy.
March 24, 2023
I forgot how much I really enjoyed reading this the first time round!
August 3, 2025
This volume was so wholesome 😭😭
September 28, 2023
I think I've stumbled across something special with this series. At the outset, I think I was expecting straight-up horror, but while there are elements of that, Kemono Jihen isn't really what I'd bargained for. The story is both funnier, and more dramatic than I would have guessed, and it's told with an awful lot of heart. Every character here has something that makes them interesting--even the somewhat exaggerated villain of Inari has some depth and motive to her actions. But it's the connections between them that really make Kemono Jihen shine.
Just focusing on the detective agency, alone, you'll see that the members are less coworkers, and really more of a family...with the possible exception of Mihai, but we'll see how he develops as the story goes along. They've all got their faults, but their endearing qualities as well, and seeing how they all (or at least most of them) support one another lends a real feeling of authenticity to their relationships. Even when they have differences or arguments, at the end of the day, they've got each others' backs.
And don't even get me started on Kon. In this volume, she goes from an almost robotic, single-minded servant, oblivious to anything but her orders, and becomes surprisingly sympathetic. And despite how relatively quickly it happens, in a page-count sense, it didn't feel rushed to me. She's been cast adrift, she's vulnerable, and she has nowhere to go and no one to turn to. And the person she runs into is perhaps the least-well equipped to help. But still, he's trying.
This is a very well-written series so far. It's not quite shonen, it's not quite horror, and it's not quite slice of life. But the weird amalgam of all these things comes together through some kind of alchemy, to produce a rather wonderful result. I'm very excited to see where this goes from here.
Just focusing on the detective agency, alone, you'll see that the members are less coworkers, and really more of a family...with the possible exception of Mihai, but we'll see how he develops as the story goes along. They've all got their faults, but their endearing qualities as well, and seeing how they all (or at least most of them) support one another lends a real feeling of authenticity to their relationships. Even when they have differences or arguments, at the end of the day, they've got each others' backs.
And don't even get me started on Kon. In this volume, she goes from an almost robotic, single-minded servant, oblivious to anything but her orders, and becomes surprisingly sympathetic. And despite how relatively quickly it happens, in a page-count sense, it didn't feel rushed to me. She's been cast adrift, she's vulnerable, and she has nowhere to go and no one to turn to. And the person she runs into is perhaps the least-well equipped to help. But still, he's trying.
This is a very well-written series so far. It's not quite shonen, it's not quite horror, and it's not quite slice of life. But the weird amalgam of all these things comes together through some kind of alchemy, to produce a rather wonderful result. I'm very excited to see where this goes from here.
November 25, 2023
Another 'monster of the week' set up but Kabane is different enough and interesting enough to keep me going. He has no idea how to even be human, not because he's that much of a kemono (think faerie or demon realm sort of creature) but because the people who raised him dehumanized him. Of course he isn't human and his type of kemono has impressive regenerative abilities (think Deadpool)
Inugami has taken a shine to Kabane and has made him part of the kemono investigative team. Kabane ends up crossing paths with one of Inugami's frenemies, an Inari spirit and there's the whole vampire thing that Kabane gets swept up in. His two young companions get a little fleshing out, well not so much Shiki (who looks a little like and acts a bit like Bakugo from My Hero Academia) and Akira (at least we learn why he acts and dresses feminine which could be tied in to the type of kemono he is because he definitely doesn't want to be a girl at this point in the series at least) gets a bit more fleshing out.
There aren't any female characters within the agency but we get a few from outside but Kon is not a female character I'd ever want (a hundred percent dependent/in service to the Inari character and seems to have very little independent thought or the ability to think much at all).
I'm finding the plot interesting enough to keep me going but I do rather want more from it.
Inugami has taken a shine to Kabane and has made him part of the kemono investigative team. Kabane ends up crossing paths with one of Inugami's frenemies, an Inari spirit and there's the whole vampire thing that Kabane gets swept up in. His two young companions get a little fleshing out, well not so much Shiki (who looks a little like and acts a bit like Bakugo from My Hero Academia) and Akira (at least we learn why he acts and dresses feminine which could be tied in to the type of kemono he is because he definitely doesn't want to be a girl at this point in the series at least) gets a bit more fleshing out.
There aren't any female characters within the agency but we get a few from outside but Kon is not a female character I'd ever want (a hundred percent dependent/in service to the Inari character and seems to have very little independent thought or the ability to think much at all).
I'm finding the plot interesting enough to keep me going but I do rather want more from it.
June 29, 2020
Aufmachung
Zeichenstil und Stimmung haben einen leicht düsteren Touch. Das und wie die Hintergründe gestaltet sind, gefällt mir.
Die Charaktere sind relativ weich gezeichnet und alle von Design und Kleidung super zu unterscheiden.
Protagonist
Kabane ist Halbghul, doch weiß das lange nicht. Er lebt bei seiner Tante, doch anstatt zur Schule gehen zu dürfen, wird ihm Feld- und Hausarbeit aufgebrummt. Er ist einfach gestrickt, spürt keinen Schmerz und macht alles, was man von ihm verlangt. Oft steht er auf der Leitung, weil ers einfach nicht besser weiß.
Fazit
Gleich zu beginn gab es etwas, was mir nicht logisch erschien.
ACHTUNG SPOILER
In Band 1 hieß es, dass Ghule sterben, wenn man ihnen den Kopf abschlägt. Kabane ist bekanntlich Halbghul und als ihm im zweiten Teil der Kopf abgeschlagen wurde, starb er nicht, sondern musste lediglich warten, dass er genug Platz bekommt, um seinen Körper nachwachsen zu lassen.
SPOILER ENDE
Das hat mich leider gestört. Auch, wenn ich die Charaktere sehr cool finde und das Konzept sehr interessant, so will der Funke nicht so richtig überspringen.
Allerdings kann ich nicht genau spezifizieren, woran genau das liegt. Wahrscheinlich war es diesmal deswegen so schwer meine Meinung ordentlich in Worte zu fassen.
Zeichenstil und Stimmung haben einen leicht düsteren Touch. Das und wie die Hintergründe gestaltet sind, gefällt mir.
Die Charaktere sind relativ weich gezeichnet und alle von Design und Kleidung super zu unterscheiden.
Protagonist
Kabane ist Halbghul, doch weiß das lange nicht. Er lebt bei seiner Tante, doch anstatt zur Schule gehen zu dürfen, wird ihm Feld- und Hausarbeit aufgebrummt. Er ist einfach gestrickt, spürt keinen Schmerz und macht alles, was man von ihm verlangt. Oft steht er auf der Leitung, weil ers einfach nicht besser weiß.
Fazit
Gleich zu beginn gab es etwas, was mir nicht logisch erschien.
ACHTUNG SPOILER
In Band 1 hieß es, dass Ghule sterben, wenn man ihnen den Kopf abschlägt. Kabane ist bekanntlich Halbghul und als ihm im zweiten Teil der Kopf abgeschlagen wurde, starb er nicht, sondern musste lediglich warten, dass er genug Platz bekommt, um seinen Körper nachwachsen zu lassen.
SPOILER ENDE
Das hat mich leider gestört. Auch, wenn ich die Charaktere sehr cool finde und das Konzept sehr interessant, so will der Funke nicht so richtig überspringen.
Allerdings kann ich nicht genau spezifizieren, woran genau das liegt. Wahrscheinlich war es diesmal deswegen so schwer meine Meinung ordentlich in Worte zu fassen.
January 22, 2023
En este volumen nos muestran más las intenciones de Inari y que no va a ser buena con Kabane, también nos introducen a Kon 💓💓💓💓 mi niña hermosa, adoro a Kon, también tenemos más trasfondo por parte de Akira y logramos tener la bonita escena de Kabane tomándole la mano a Kon para calmarla.
En general amo este tomo bastante porque conocemos a Kon y Kabane está empezando a comprender más su entorno, también nos muestran el como el va entendiendo lo que es el amor poco a poco y lo mucho que estima y quiere al señor Inugami, a Shiki y a Akira.
En general amo este tomo bastante porque conocemos a Kon y Kabane está empezando a comprender más su entorno, también nos muestran el como el va entendiendo lo que es el amor poco a poco y lo mucho que estima y quiere al señor Inugami, a Shiki y a Akira.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 25, 2024
Promemoria per tutti: mai fidarsi delle kitsune. Fortuna che ci vuole ben altro per imbrogliare un tanuki.
Questo volume è composto di una serie di casi brevi per Kabane e i suoi compagni, che hanno il pregio di farci conoscere meglio i membri dell'agenzia di Inugami che avevamo già incontrato, e di scoprirne di nuovi. La nuova new entry semi-immortale, figura tanto abusata quanto amata, è stata un azzardo tra i "kemono", ma grazie al modo in cui è stata introdotta nell'opera, non stride, anzi. Con Mihai la situazione diventa decisamente più movimentata...
Questo volume è composto di una serie di casi brevi per Kabane e i suoi compagni, che hanno il pregio di farci conoscere meglio i membri dell'agenzia di Inugami che avevamo già incontrato, e di scoprirne di nuovi. La nuova new entry semi-immortale, figura tanto abusata quanto amata, è stata un azzardo tra i "kemono", ma grazie al modo in cui è stata introdotta nell'opera, non stride, anzi. Con Mihai la situazione diventa decisamente più movimentata...
April 28, 2025
It started off pretty epic with Kabane being decapitated by the Superintendent General who is wily woman who wants to take Kabane's lifestone. And as her minions are removing the separated pieces they realize the henchwoman has transfigured and realize just what has happened, luckily saving Kabane so that he can begin work at the kemono detective agency and befriends this curious girl creature.
I'm indifferent after the first volume and the first few scenes of this volume since the creatures are so well-drawn but the storyline isn't as strong to match.
I'm indifferent after the first volume and the first few scenes of this volume since the creatures are so well-drawn but the storyline isn't as strong to match.
October 25, 2022
Volume 2 keeps the fun vibe and unique tone of the first, making every chapter a joy to read. These characters are just brimming with personality, and this volume in particular showcases that. Kabane and Akira are two of my favorites. I also love the new character they introduced, Mihai. I have high hopes for this series, and we'll see how it goes.
June 12, 2024
Mi piace molto il personaggio di Kabane. La sua inespressività e ingenuità. La storia non mi sta convincendo. Ora entra in scena un nuovo personaggio misterioso che mi sembra interessante. Gli altri personaggi li trovo un po' meh...
December 1, 2025
About 2.5 stars
This is becoming way more goofy than I thought it would be, but it's still interesting enough that I'll keep reading a bit more. It's also another manga where my old farty-ness is showing and I'm just wondering where the adult supervision of these kids are.
This is becoming way more goofy than I thought it would be, but it's still interesting enough that I'll keep reading a bit more. It's also another manga where my old farty-ness is showing and I'm just wondering where the adult supervision of these kids are.
December 5, 2021
Everyone is so cute 🥺
January 10, 2022
This volume was so wholesome (besides the human/cat thing). Kabane is such a sweet boy, even if he himself doesn’t realize/understand much about how feelings and emotions work. Onto the next volume!
February 3, 2022
bardzo dobrze sie bawie przy tej serii!! czekam na 3 tomm
February 26, 2022
Tak, dalej jest świetne!
February 27, 2022
Drugi tom podtrzymuje świetny poziom pierwszego
August 29, 2022
Didn't expect from the way the series started! But this is pretty cute.
October 29, 2022
I'm enjoying this series quite a bit
January 1, 2023
I LOVE this series! Need volume 3 now please!
March 31, 2023
Loving the characters in this so far!
September 13, 2023
Me gusta bastante la historia, el desarrollo de personajes se da de forma fluida
June 11, 2025
This series is a mix of cute, sad, wholesome and disturbing and it works. The characters are a bit typical of the Shonen OTT types but their quirkiness works well, at least so far.
September 4, 2025
Ça y est, je suis addicte.
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