Chapter 3

## Chapter Chronology

**Kemonoists**  (怪物屋, *Kemono-ya*, ***Kemonoists*** ?) is the 3rd chapter of the Kemono Jihen manga series.

## Summary

Kabane woke up in the morning, saw Inugami still sleeping and put a blanket on him, and went to do the dishes. Shiki and Akira then enter, with Shiki yelling that they got coupons for pizza and wanting to get one, but then saw Kabane and wondered who he was.

Moments later, Inugami introduces Kabane and told them he will be staying with them. He also explains that Kabane was a hybrid. Akira comments that Kabane was the same as Shiki, but that only annoyed Shiki, who then saw his clothes on Kabane. Kabane suggests to return them, but Shiki declined, not wanting to wear them anymore. Shiki then realizes he was one year older and acted superior, before going to the bathroom. Akira then introduces himself and Kabane told him he was a pretty girl, which made Akira cry and saying he was a boy and then stormed off.

Later Shiki was sitting with Kabane and eating pizza. He tells Kabane he doesn't like him and that he won't be his friend and Kabane accepted that. Shiki wonders why Kabane wasn't eating and told him to eat some. Looking at the pizza, Kabane commented he never had seen one before, which shocked Shiki and then gave a piece to Kabane. He watches him struggle with the cheese and laughed, but then remembered he doesn't like him and acted cold again.

In bed, Shiki is speaking with Akira and kept repeating he hates Kabane, but Akira told him it was probably because he was the first other hybrids he sees. Akira started to guess why Kabane must be there, as likely he had no other place to be, so Shiki can go and ask Inugami, but that annoyed Shiki telling Akira to go and ask. Akira got annoyed and went to sleep, and Shiki having no choice, then decided to go and ask.

When Inugami woke up from his nap, he told Kabane to go take a bath. On his way there, Shiki used his web to trip him. Shiki then asked Kabane why he came here. At first Kabane was literal, but then told him he was looking for his parents. Shiki told him they were probably dead. Kabane tried to get up, but the web was holding him, Shiki warned him to not try as it won't come off, but Kabane forced it and frees himself but injured his leg. As Kabane continued towards the bath, Shiki looked at him and saw his leg healed.

While Kabane was taking a bath, Shiki used more of his web in the bath, which made the water to start getting hard and trapped Kabane in it. While looking at Kabane and laughing, Shiki told him if he lived there, this was going to be his life and then left.

Akira wasn't able to fall asleep, as he needed to take a bath. He saw Shiki and asked him if there was someone in it and Shiki told him yes. At that moment Kabane entered the room and Akira was happy he will be going to the bath. Shiki wondered how Kabane came out, but Kabane told him he will tell him if he tells him about himself. Kabane then explained he ripped his hand and put it in the oven to make the water hot again and meld the web. Shiki then wondered why would he do that, as he would have let him go if he just asked, which surprised Kabane that he could have just asked. As he promised, Shiki then explained he his mother was Arachne and he can create web threads. Kabane asked if his mother was alive, but Shiki guessed she probably isn't. Kabane then told him she must be alive, which annoyed Shiki who told him that if they get separated from their parents, then they would go look for them, but since they didn't, they are either dead or abandoned them. Kabane still believed their parents didn't abandon them and that they are alive, but even if they were dead, they still need to find out who they were. At that moment Akira screamed as he got stuck in the bath from Shiki's web. Inugami then came to see what's going on and later told Shiki to bring Kabane to see Yoko Inari tomorrow.

Yoko received a message from Inugami that Kabane will be coming tomorrow. She told Kon that if she had the kid with the life calculus, she would have been keeping him locked up, as foxes aren't as nice as tanukis.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Kabane Kusaka
* Kohachi Inugami
* Shiki Tademaru
* Akira
* Yoko Inari
* Kon