Prepare for a monstrously good time with this action-packed mystery about a detective and a supernatural boy investigating the occult–which inspired the anime! In a quiet rural village, livestock has been dying off in a strange manner. Inugami, a detective of the occult, is summoned from Tokyo to solve the mystery. He meets a boy scorned by the villagers, who call him Dorotabo after a yokai that dwells in the muddy fields. Inugami soon learns that there is more to the boy than meets the eye…and vice-versa.

A TROUBLED REUNION FOR BROTHERS FROM THE LAND OF SNOW. In a snowy village deep in the mountains, twin boys were born. The older, Yui, was strong and gentle, and the younger, Akira, sensitive and a bit of a crybaby. The two were separated when Akira left the village, and now Akira is thrilled to have found his brother again. But Yui has changed, and has strange new powers. What has become of him?

Kabane has started working for Inugami's kemono detective agency in Tokyo, and is trying to learn to get along with his new roommates Akira and Shiki. Inugami sends him to introduce himself to Superintendent General Inari, a kemono who holds a powerful position with the police. But the beautiful vixen appears to have an unhealthy obsession with Kabane's lifestone... Is she friend or foe? Series Overview: Inugami is a Tokyo detective who specializes in the occult. One day, answering a call to a remote village leads him to Dorotabo: a peculiar boy nicknamed after a yokai that haunts muddy rice paddies. The boy has no parents and is somewhat unnerving, emitting a foul odor that draws the ire of those around him. Inugami, however, quickly realizes that there's something more monstrous about Dorotabo than just his nickname -- a fact proven when the two of them investigate an inhuman creature attacking local livestock. Perhaps Inugami can take this mistreated boy under his wing and train him to face the secret, supernatural beasts hidden in the world...using the eerie powers of his own body. Don't miss this action-packed shonen series!

Although it granted him great powers, Yui’s life force is being drained by the stone that he brought away from their snowy mountain home. When Akira reaches out to take it to save him, he sees a glimpse of Yui’s memories of the sad fate he accepted to protect his younger brother. What will happen to these brothers, and what will the friends learn about the mystery of the kemono stones?

Kabane and his friends visit the village Shiki lived in as a child to search for clues about Shiki's missing parents. As they investigate, relying on the fragments of his memories, they learn that his uncle Akio is hiding something... What could it be? And will it lead to learning his parents' fate?

A TRIAL OF TANUKI AND KEMONO STONES! Inugami, Kabane, and Kon visit Yashima in Shikoku, a well-known home of tanuki kemono. Kabane agrees to undergo a trial in order to gain the tanuki’s illusion stone, but this will be no ordinary trial. Meanwhile, Kon has secret orders to take Kabane’s stone, but a change is brewing inside her…

Prepare for a monstrously good time with this action-packed mystery about a detective and a supernatural boy investigating the occult–which inspired the anime! In a quiet rural village, livestock has been dying off in a strange manner. Inugami, a detective of the occult, is summoned from Tokyo to solve the mystery. He meets a boy scorned by the villagers, who call him Dorotabo after a yokai that dwells in the muddy fields. Inugami soon learns that there is more to the boy than meets the eye…and vice-versa.

In a quiet rural village, livestock has been dying off in a strange manner. Inugami, a detective of the occult, is summoned from Tokyo to solve the mystery. He meets a boy scorned by the villagers, who call him Dorotabo after a yokai that dwells in the muddy fields. Inugami soon learns that there is more to the boy than meets the eye... and vice-versa.

Inugami is a Tokyo detective who specializes in the occult. One day, answering a call to a remote village leads him to Dorotabo: a peculiar boy nicknamed after a yokai that haunts muddy rice paddies. The boy has no parents and is somewhat unnerving, emitting a foul odor that draws the ire of those around him. Inugami, however, quickly realizes that there's something more monstrous about Dorotabo than just his nickname--a fact proven when the two of them investigate an inhuman creature attacking local livestock. Perhaps Inugami can take this mistreated boy under his wing and train him to face the secret, supernatural beasts hidden in the world...using the eerie powers of his own body. Don't miss this action-packed shonen series!