Mononoke
12 Episodes81%SUMMER 2007FINISHED
Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan. Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a series of tools and his vast knowledge of the supernatural on his side, but can only slay the Mononoke when he uncovers its form (Katachi), the truth behind its appearance (Makoto) and the reason for its unusual behavior (Kotowari).
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12 Episodes Total
EP 1
Child of the Tatami Room (Part One)
The Medicine Seller checks into the last room of a traditional inn, just as a pregnant woman named Shino desperately asks for shelter. She is given a secret room - a room possessed by a group of ghosts.
EP 2
Child of the Tatami Room (Part Two)
The Medicine Seller delves into the inn's past as he attempts to understand the ghost's motivations and history, before it can interfere with Shino.
EP 3
Sea Monster (Part One)
The Medicine Seller takes a journey on a merchant's luxurious ship, but before long the craft is diverted into the Dragon's Triangle, an area of the sea infested with ghosts.
EP 4
Sea Monster (Part Two)
The Medicine Seller tries to find out who diverted the ship and why, as the crew is terrorised by a ghost who forces them to reveal their deepest fears.
EP 5
Sea Monster (Part Three)
Genkei the monk explains what happened to him when he was younger as the Medicine Seller inspects the submerged craft thrown up by the seamonster.
EP 6
Nopperabou (Part One)
Trapped in jail, a woman named Ochou confesses to the murder of her husband and his family. The Medicine Seller has reason to doubt this and visits her, coming across a creature with thousands of faces.
EP 7
Nopperabou (Part Two)
The Medicine Seller unmasks the masked creature while revealing the life of Ochou, the enslaved housewife.
EP 8
Nue (Part One)
Four men should have turned up to the house of Lady Ruri in a bid to win her hand in marriage. However, one of them has disappeared, so the Medicine Seller takes his place in the traditional incense competition taking place.
EP 9
Nue (Part Two)
The Medicine Seller takes over the responsibility of refereeing the incense competition while prying into the real reason these three men have gathered here - the Toudaiji.
EP 10
Bakeneko (Part One)
Skipping ahead a few centuries, the Medicine Seller boards a train filled with seemingly unrelated people, and before long find themselves trapped in limbo.
EP 11
Bakeneko (Part Two)
Unable to leave the train under threat of death, the passengers reveal what they know about an event that affected them all.
EP 12
Bakeneko (Part Three)
The Medicine Seller unravels the mystery and finds the truth behind the passenger's stories.