Shiki — Season 1, Episode 17: Seventeenth Killing Spirit
Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 25 min • 1 season, 22 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Seishin finds that his bed ridden father has disappeared without a trace. Kaori shows up at the temple covered in dirt her hair and eyes crazed with desperation and begs Seishin to give her last rights so that she will be ready when Megumi comes to kill her like the rest of her family. Dr. Ozaki methodically prepares stakes when nurse Ritsuko calls claiming that one of the other nurses Kiyomi called saying someone had kidnapped her. Dr. Ozaki rushes to stop Ritsuko from leaving the safety of her house.
About Shiki
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.