Volume 1

Volume 1 is the 1st volume of Kemono Jihen manga series.

Description
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.

Cover Characters
The first volume features Kabane Kusaka on the cover.

Chapters

 * 1. The Dorotabo of Kanoko Village (鹿の子村の泥田坊, Kanoko-mura no Dorotabō)
 * 2. Bugs (蟲, Mushi)
 * 3. Kemonoists (怪物屋, Kemono-ya)
 * Bonus. Day with Nothing to Do ((なんにもない日, Nan'nimo Nai Hi)

Author Quote
"What should the abbreviation be for "Kemono Jihen"? Kemono? Kemonoji? Kemohen? Monohen? Kemoji? Kemoji's not too bad, right? No good?"

- SHO AIMOTO