Episode 1

**Something Inside of Me** (僕の中には, *Boku no Naka ni wa*) is the 1st episode of *Gleipnir* anime series.

Shuichi lives a normal high school life until a mysterious stranger threatens to reveal his incredible secret.

## Short Summary

Shuichi Kagaya, a high school boy who lives ordinary school life, has a secret. He has special ability to transform into a "dog mascot". One day, he uses that power to rescue a girl who had lost consciousness during a fire. Even though he wasn't supposed to be seen in that form, the girl he saved, Clair Aoki, had seen him. Knowing Shuichi's monster identity, Clair asks him about the secrets of his body.

## Long Summary

After finding a coin, a girl rushes to Hotel Mythos and uses it on a vending machine. Moments later a man comes out of the vending machine and thanks her for finding the coin.

Shuichi Kagaya is with the school Academic Adviser were he turns the school recommendation for a prestigious college. He tells the adviser that he needs more time to think about it. Being with his classmates, he mentions he didn't get the recommendation and they assume he got denied. After class Nana Mifune approaches Shuichi, telling him she got the college recommendation and her mother was quite happy about it. Nana had realized Shuichi should have gotten the recommendation, but Shuichi assures her she got it because of her skill.

Having trouble falling to sleep, Shuichi went out to get a drink and play a game on his phone. He then smells a fire and sees it in the distance. Getting close, he smells a person inside and transforms into a dog mascot beast. Finding the girl inside the garage, he punches the brick wall and carries her outside to safety. As he can't reveal he is a monster, he leaves her on the ground and leaves before the fire trucks arrive. The girl then wakes up and sees Shuichi's phone next to her.

In the morning Shuichi couldn't find his phone and as he heads towards school, he worries that the police may find it and end up finding he is a monster. But as he arrives at school, the girl he saved appears holding his phone and knowing he is a monster. Later they met on the school roof, where Shuichi pretends he doesn't know what he means by "monster". She decides to play along and returns his phone, but as he takes it, she pushes him from the edge. Having no choice, Shuich transforms to survive the fall. The girl then takes a picture of him and Shuichi jumps back on the roof. She wants to know more about his monster form, but Shuichi explains he just transformed one day and don't know anything else.

After school, while walking together, she introduces herself as Clair Aoki and shows a gold coin, but Shuichi doesn't know anything about it. Going in her apartment, Clair changes clothes and tells Shuichi he needs to do what she asks him from now and that he ruined her suicide. She had told people about the monsters, but no one believed her, but now she had found one herself. Shuichi then sees a girl in the balcony. As she enters, Clair tells him she is an enemy, but before he could react, the girl attacks him. The girl demands the coin from Clair. As she wonders what the purpouse of the coin, the girl explain you gain power in exchange for everything else. Shuichi then stands up and transform, capturing the girl, who after realizing they are collectors too herself transform into a monster. She then frees herself and kicks Shuichi.

## Characters

* Alien
* Shuichi Kagaya
* Abukawa
* Nana Mifune
* Clair Aoki
* Hikawa