Kemono Michi (けものみち lit. "Animal Path") is a Japanese manga series written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Mattakumo-suke and Yumeuta. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace since November 2016 and has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes. An anime TV series adaptation titled Kemono Michi: Rise Up (旗揚！けものみち Hataage! Kemonomichi) was produced by ENGI studio and aired from October to December 2019. The manga has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Acemanga magazine since November 2016.
Synopsis[]
Genzo Shibata, also known as "Kemono Mask", a masked professional wrestler who likes beasts , is suddenly summoned to another world before the start of the game (in the middle of the game in the anime version). Genzo is asked by the princess shrine maiden to "defeat the Demon King and the Demon Beast." However, Genzo, who was angry at being asked to exterminate the beast, escaped from the castle with a German Suplex by the princess.
Saved the wolf beast girl Sigre from debt collectors in the city, saved money as a "demon beast hunter" who can tame without killing the demon beast, and opened the pet shop "Kemo no Michi" which has been a long-cherished desire since the wrestler era. (In the anime version, the fund-raising stage before the store opens). However, in a different world, there is no pet culture, and because the pets with Genzo are not let go, the store is in a state where old birds are singing.
At such a pet shop "Kemo no Michi" that continues to be in the red, Hanako, a big-eating dragon girl, is hired as a clerk as a salary, and her vampire Carmilla is also present as a follower, and every day is noisy and covered with beasts. Is unfolded.
Production[]
Another work by Natsume Akatsuki, Blessed in this wonderful world! The reason for this work was that KADOKAWA sent a request to serialize the manga at the time when the first period of the TV anime was being broadcast.
When Mosuke Mattaku and Yumeuta nominated Natsume Akatsuki as the original author, this work was born as a result of combining what Yumeuta wanted to draw, what Yumeuta wanted to draw, and what Akatsuki wanted to draw . The title "Kemo no Michi" was selected from among the title candidates prepared by the three people and the editor in charge.
First of all, after reading the plot and simple character settings, I drew a rough design of Genzo, Sigre, and Hiroyuki, and then based on the content discussed by the four people, I brushed the character design including Hanako and Carmilla. The up was done.
At all, Akatsuki respected the intentions of the person in charge of drawing, so he asked only the important settings in advance, and after that, he consulted with Yumeuta and the editor in charge to confirm the contents of the design. In response to an interview, he recalls that there were few requests for improvement .
Akatsuki cites Sigre as a character who had a hard time showing it, and cites being a Tsukkomiand a common sense person as the reason. She cites Sigre as a character who had a hard time designing at all, and although the editor pointed out that it was sober, she recalled that she was in trouble because the order was too abstract.
Also, in the first episode, the scene where Chemoner Mask set German Suplex on Altena was prepared from the stage of plotting. Akatsuki replied in an interview that this happened as a result of preparing a sex appeal scene because he got a color page at the beginning of the first episode about the background of introducing this scene.
Bibliographic information[]
Kemono Michi is written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Mattakumo-suke and Yumeuta. It began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine on November 26, 2016. Kadokawa has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 25, 2017. As of May 26, 2022, ten volumes have been released
- Mosuke Mattaku / Yumeuta (manga, co-written) / Natsume Akatsuki (original), KADOKAWA <Kadokawa Comics Ace>, 11+ volumes already published (as of September 25, 2021)
- Released on April 25, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-04-105543-4
- Released on October 26, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-04-105549-6
- Released on July 24, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-04-107051-2
- Released on January 26, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-04-107904-1
- Released on September 25, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-04-108231-7
- Released on November 26, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-04-108853-1
- Released on June 26, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-04-109634-5
- Released on February 26, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-04-110933-5
- Released on September 25, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-04-111836-8
- Released on May 26, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-04-112477-2
- Released on December 26, 2022 - ISBN 978-4041132678
Characters[]
Genzo Shibata (柴田 源蔵, Shibata Genzō), aka the Animal Mask (ケモナーマスク Kemonā Masuku), is one of the main characters of Kemono Michi series. A famous pro wrestler teleported into a fantasy world to slay the Demon King and become the Hero. However, due to his deep love for animals, he refuses the idea of killing monsters, preferring instead to capture them alive to become the owner of a pet shop. His strong empathy with animals allows him to befriend almost every monster he meets in the blink of an eye, but when provoked, he proves to be an exceptional fighter. Unfortunately, despite his efforts, his successes in making monsters docile and friendly have made him earn the title of "Beast Killer" among the other hunters, much to his rage.
Personality
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Abilities[]
"I want people to understand how beautiful demon beasts are!"
― Genzo Shibata
It features almond-shaped sanpaku eyes reminiscent of cats, and the right eye is hidden by the bangs. With a weight of 198 pounds (approximately 90 kg), he possesses the strong physique that befits a wrestler (Not much). He has the title of the strongest wrestler, and his skill is solid, in the fight against the demons, he does not use any of his weapons but only bare-handed fists. Or rather, as a wrestler, he has a policy of not using lethal weapons in fights, and when one of the hunters offers to lend him a knife, he refuses with an angry shout.
His affection for and knowledge of beasts is very wide, and he can love all animals, from mammals to birds, amphibians, and reptiles, and can tame such various races of beasts. On the other hand, all of his behavioral standards are derived from beasts, and in addition to the sanctions against the above-mentioned nickname, he is a seemingly pleasant boy, as he often points his interest and favors at things with higher beast ingredients. It looks like it's a pretty self-centered personality. When the money lender Edgar gang's Misha and Wolfgang duo got involved, he gave priority to the werewolf-like Wolfgang over the furry-eared girl-like Misha (of course, Misha also intends to moff right after). As a result, he can be blatantly depressed on missions not related to beasts and sometimes try to skip missions under the pretext of taking care of the beasts he raises. Even if his opponent is a woman, there is no mercy.
For Carmilla, who is a follower of them, he crushes her spine in a competition of strength and tortures her with holy water and garlic, which are her weak points as a vampire. He often likens everything to professional wrestling, calling his duties in the guild a "match," and even discussing negotiations with demons in physical language. He also cherishes the gimmick as a masked wrestler, avoiding putting on and taking off the mask in public, and acting as a different person between Genzo Shibata and the chemoner mask (Although Shigure was the first to find out).
- Pro-Wrestling (or simply Wrestling): Fundamentally, the Technique using Kemono Mask on enemy barehanded wrestle is a spectacle move that combines athletics with theatrical performance, which mimics a title match combat sport. The matches have predetermined outcomes to heighten entertainment value, and all combative maneuvers are executed with the full cooperation of those involved and carefully performed in specific manners intended to lessen the chance of actual injury. Despite some moves having some practical usage in real-life fights, such as certain throws, holds and leg-locks, pro-wrestling is first and foremost theatrical and has little viability outside a ring.
- Enhanced Strength/Peak Human Condition: Kemono Mask is exceptionally strong it becomes a peak human; A humans that possess physical and mental attributes to the human limit. Peak humans are superior to normal members of their species, as well as Olympic-level athletes. They are strong enough to punch an individual through a wooden or thin-metal door; able to break thin steel bars with their bare hands; fast enough to catch-up or outrun moving vehicles; able to exert themselves to peak capacity for hours; producing top-endurance and lung capacity; agile enough to climb the tallest of buildings, leap high into the air and run distant miles; reflexive enough to effectively dodge multiple incoming attacks, rapid gunshots as well as seemingly sudden motions (e.g. walls or debris of a crumbling roof), accurate enough to achieve multiple small and further distant targets, capable of living longer than the average-person, durable enough to withstand normal and enhanced physical/projectile attacks, intelligent enough to understand complex problems beyond the scope of average humans, they can heal themselves in very short periods of time, flexible enough to coordinate their limbs perfectly and their combat skills are advanced enough to defeat large groups of enemies with ease.
- He easily overwhelmed Carmilla - a vampire or defeated Orc King - the most powerful orc.
- Zoology: As an animal lover has been used to denigrate people who display affection or concern for animals, Genzo has lots of knowledge about animals. He effortlessly domesticates beasts by fondling them or giving them fruits.
- Indomitable Will: Genzo is fearless. He was determined to protect and take care of his pets and never rejected a challenge as a pro wrestler.
- Disguise [Fukumen wrestler]: Taking off the mask and changing outfits, people (except Shigure) couldn't recognize Genzo as "the pervert", is a professional wrestler who covers part or all of his head, face, etc. with a mask so that he cannot see his true face. Also known as Maskman. In many cases, the identity is hidden by using not only the face but also the ring name.
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TV Anime[]
An anime adaptation was announced by Monthly Shōnen Ace on January 18, 2019. It was later announced that the adaptation would be a television series titled Kemono Michi: Rise Up (旗揚！けものみち, Hataage! Kemonomichi, translation: "Launching Business! Animal Trail"), with animation by ENGI. The series was directed by Kazuya Miura, with Touko Machida handling the series composition, and Tomoka Noumi designing the characters. It aired from October 2 to December 18, 2019 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TVA, KBS, SUN, and BS11. It was also streamed on AbemaTV. NoB and Katsuyuki Konishi performed the series' opening theme song "Fight! Kemona Mask" (！ケモナーマスク), while Momosumomosu performed the series' ending theme song "Anecdote" (アネクドット)."
- Staff
- Original - Natsume Akatsuki
- Manga - Mosuke Mattaku, Yumeuta
- Director - Kazuya Miura
- Series composition - Toko Machida
- Character design and animation director - Tomoka Noumi
- Art supervision - Minoru Onishi
- Art setting - Ryu Sakamoto
- Art Director - Kyoko Haruna
- Color design - Ayako Aihara
- Cinematographer - Hisashi Matsumukai
- Edit - IMAGICA Lab., Rina Oguchi
- Music - Shunsuke Takizawa
- Sound Director - Toshiki Kameyama
- Sound production - Glovision
- Music Producer - Shunichi Uemura
- Music production - Nippon Columbia
- Producers - Takashi Tachizaki, Kenichi Tokumura, Manami Kabashima, Norifumi Ikeuchi, Soujiro Arimizu, Hiroyasu Taniguchi
- Animation Producers - Hiroshi Yoshioka, Keiichi Ando
- Animation production - ENGI
- Cooperation - DDT Pro Wrestling
- Production - Kemono Michi Production Committee (KADOKAWA, Sammy, CA-Cygames Anime Fund, AT-X, Kadokawa Media House, Nippon Columbia)
Funimation had licensed the series for a SimulDub. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.
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| 1 | "Wrestler × Summoning" Transcription: "Resurā × Shōkan" (Japanese: レスラー × 召喚) |
October 2, 2019 |
| Professional masked wrestler Genzō Shibata fights his wrestling rival Macadamian Ogre, known professionally as MAO, for the title of World Champion but plans to retire immediately afterwards to open a pet shop. Genzō is suddenly summoned to a fantasy world by Princess Altena Elgard Ratis who asks him to become a Hero and help defeat the Demon Lord by killing evil beasts infesting the kingdom. Genzō, an animal lover, refuses by performing a German suplex on the Princess, knocking her out and exposing her panties before fleeing. In the city criminal beastman siblings Misha and Wolfgang, plan to capture and sell Genzō as a slave. Genzō, being obsessed with animals, overpowers Wolfgang so he can nuzzle his fur. Edgar, another nearby criminal, plans to enslave a wolf-girl named Shigure so Genzō defeats Edgar with another German Suplex and rescues Shigure, who explains she owed Edgar money and offered herself as a slave to pay the debt. Edgar plans to steal Genzō’s dog, Hiroyuki, to get revenge. Shigure takes Genzō to the Hunters Guild to earn money through job requests. The guild master, assuming Genzō to be a perverted lunatic, sends him to kill dangerous Cerberuses, but Genzō instead overpowers and tames the whole pack, earning the nickname Beast Killer. Genzō decides that rather than kill evil beasts he will capture and sell them as pets. The money obsessed Shigure decides to join him in running his pet shop, along with a giant ant beast Genzō seemingly befriended from nowhere. | ||
| 2 | "Quest × Demon Beast Killer"
Transcription: "Kuesuto × Majūgoroshi" (Japanese: クエスト × 魔獣殺し) |
October 9, 2019 |
| Genzō and Shigure need money to buy a shop to sell beasts in, plus Shigure still owes Edgar money. Genzō hears another hunter call him “Beast-Killer” and throws him through a wall as he hates the nickname. Genzō decides to catch a fire breathing Salamander and is asked by Heat Haze, the guilds strongest warrior, to join his team; however Genzō knocks him out after learning they plan on killing the Salamander while Shigure “finds” Heat Haze’s valuable sword and plans to sell it. Genzō easily adds the Salamander to his beast collection and collects the reward. Shigure pays her debt to Edgar while Wolfgang remains terrified of Genzō. Elsewhere the noble half human/half dragon girl, Lindabrea Fafnir Gildmerag, grows bored with beast meat and runs away to try other foods. Genzō continues to increase his beast collection, making acquiring a shop more urgent, and accepts a lucrative job to deal with Orcs stealing crops. Lindabrea’s vampire maid, Carmilla Vanstein, learns Lindabrea is missing. Genzō travels to the orc stronghold and challenges their king. After an evenly matched fight Genzō wins using his trademark German Suplex, earning the kings respect who promises to keep his Orcs away from humans in the future. Using his reward money Genzō purchases a shop but fails to secure the bank loan needed to start running it as a business. Lindabrea appears in town. | ||
| 3 | "Runaway Girl × Attacker" Transcription: "Iedeshōjo × Shūgekisha" (Japanese: 家出少女 × 襲撃者) |
October 16, 2019 |
| Genzō starts preparing to open his pet shop with Shigure and his ant beast friend but finds that without the bank loan feeding the pets is impossibly expensive. Genzō finds Lindabrea in his garden and is forced to feed her to stop her trying to eat his dog, Hiroyuki. Genzō hears a rumour a dragon has been attacking people and decides to capture it, also knocking out Heat Haze for planning to kill the dragon, while Shigure “finds” Heat Haze’s new sword, Dáinsleif. Genzō dons his wrestlers outfit and sets a trap which accidentally catches Lindabrea. He is spotted by hunters who assume he is a masked pervert kidnapping a little girl. They are confronted by Carmilla, who also assumes Genzō is a pervert kidnapper. Genzō’s wrestler strength proves superior and he overpowers Carmilla before fleeing. At the shop Lindabrea explains her family are one of four noble families who directly serve the Demon King. Carmilla appears again but doesn’t recognise Genzō without his mask. Following Shigure’s advice Genzō neutralises Carmilla with holy water and garlic while Lindabrea explains her food based reason for running away. After she asks to stay Genzō hires her to work in the shop and nicknames her Hanako as it is easier to pronounce. When Genzō discovers the dragon attacking people was actually Carmilla sucking their blood he German Suplexes her. | ||
| 4 | "Demon Beast × Part-Time Job" Transcription: "Majū × Baito" (Japanese: 魔獣 × バイト) |
October 23, 2019 |
| Princess Altena, who summoned Genzō, is furious that ever since Genzō exposed her panties her soldiers and priests no longer respect her and call her Princess Buttocks behind her back. Shigure despairs as all the shops money is being spent on Hanako’s food, Carmilla’s alcohol and pet food. They are visited by a bank representative who informs them their loan will be denied unless they can provide the down payment. Genzō forces everyone to earn money any way they can, though ends up driving Shigure mad when their antics cost more money than they earned. After Shigure asks the guild master for help Genzō is sent to hunt a Griffin and once again knocks out Heat Haze for planning to kill the Griffin while Shigure once again “finds” his new Holy Sword, Durendal. Genzō learns griffin parents force their babies to fight, only raising the strongest to adulthood and abandoning the weakest to die. So he steals the weakest to become its new parent but is quickly knocked out and only survives because Hanako managed to carry him home. Carmilla, who was killed and eaten by one of the adults, is buried in Genzō’s garden to resurrect. The baby griffin rapidly grows to its adult size, increasing their pet food bill, though Shigure is less concerned than normal since she recently earned a small fortune by selling all of Heat Hazes “lost” swords. | ||
| 5 | "Animal Mask × MAO" Transcription: "Kemonā Masuku × MAO" (Japanese: ケモナーマスク × MAO) |
October 30, 2019 |
| Macadamian Ogre, known professionally as MAO, had spent his wrestling career always losing to Genzō only for Genzō to disappear during the championship. MAO is enraged their rivalry is left unfinished but eventually becomes depressed and refuses to wrestle anyone except Genzō. Shigure forces Genzō to take on a new job so Misha and Wolfgang take advantage of his absence to finally steal his dog, Hiroyuki. Edgar later finds Misha and Wolfgang beaten up as their theft of Hiroyuki was foiled by Genzō’s ant beast friend, leaving Wolfgang with phobias of both Genzō and ants. Genzō loses interest in the hunt after discovering their targets are plant based Mandrakes, and the hunt fails completely when Genzō is distracted fighting with Carmilla and Hanako eats all the Mandrake’s. Genzō learns about Hiroyuki almost being stolen and punishes Wolfgang with his wrestling, impressing nearby citizens. Their applause makes Genzō nostalgic about his previous matches against MAO. MAO is unable to get past his Genzō obsession but is suddenly summoned to the same fantasy world by Joanna, the Princess of the Vampires, who received permission from the Demon King to summon another Demon King from the alternate world to defeat the hero summoned by Princess Altena. He introduces himself as MAO, or "Demon King" in Japanese. | ||
| 6 | "Loser × Master" Transcription: "Ponkotsu × Goshujin-sama" (Japanese: ポンコツ × ご主人様) |
November 6, 2019 |
| Based on his use of his wrestling name, MAO, Joanna and her court mistakenly confirm MAO is an actual Demon King from an alternate world. MAO is ecstatic to discover the hero they want him to defeat is Genzō. Joanna reveals that her desire is to defeat Hanako, with whom she has a longstanding childhood rivalry that culminated in Hanako violently beating up both Joanna and her Higher Vampire maid, Rose. Joanna wanted to replace Carmilla with a vampire maid under her control, thus gaining an advantage over Hanako, so she had Rose defeat and humiliate Carmilla to prove Carmilla unworthy of serving Hanako. After Hanako admitted defeat on Carmilla’s behalf she then avenged that defeat by defeating both Joanna and Rose, humiliating them both and foiling Joanna’s plot. After hearing how Hanako ran away Joanna is convinced Hanako wants to find and defeat the Hero to gain glory and so she summoned MAO to defeat the Hero first. Meanwhile Hanako happily reminisces about how useless Carmilla is while watching Genzō burying Carmilla in the garden to resurrect after being killed and eaten by yet another beast. A blue haired girl watches Genzō in secret. | ||
| 7 | "First Student × Pain in the Butt" Transcription: "Hatsu Deshi × Mendokusai Hito" (Japanese: 初弟子 × めんどくさい人) |
November 13, 2019 |
| The blue haired girl, a hunter named Celes, approaches Genzō and is instantly punished for calling him Beast-Killer. Celes explains she is an inexperienced hunter and the guild master suggested she ask Genzō for training. Genzō agrees after realising Celes is a lizard-man with scales on her back and stomach. They begin training, though Genzō’s enthusiasm goes up and down based on how much of her scaly body he can see. Shigure, Carmilla and Hanako also try to help, with mixed results. Celes reveals she wanted training specifically from Genzō because hunters at the guild were making fun of her for being a lizard-man. Genzō furiously beats up the hunters while Celes is inspired by Genzō to become a better person. The hunters realise they were wrong and apologise and Genzō helps them all get over it by insisting Celes duels one of the hunters. Celes wins with a perfect German Suplex, despite bad advice from Carmilla. The hunters explain they were being mean from frustration as lately a new beast has been appearing, beating them up and stealing all the beasts, making it difficult to earn money. Shigure and the others realise this was actually Genzō in his Animal Mask wrestling outfit and the whole situation is mostly his fault. Klaus, the bank representative, approaches Genzō with plans to hold a fighting tournament, which would earn Genzō a lot of money for his shop. Genzō agrees after realising he misses wrestling. | ||
| 8 | "Animal × Event" Transcription: "Kemonā × Kōgyō" (Japanese: ケモナー × 興行) |
November 20, 2019 |
| Genzō tries to include beasts in the matches but Klaus suggests beast-men instead. Genzō sees a Kobold he always flirts with and decides to ask her husband to participate. The husband, believing Genzō wants to steal his wife, fights him, and though he loses he recalls his youth as a warrior and recaptures his desire for combat. The Kobold wife is upset and confused that Genzō appears to have stolen her husband. Genzō tries to ask Wolfgang but he is still traumatised so Misha decides to participate instead. Genzō also recruits orcs and hunters, though he knocks out Heat Haze for trying to use weapons and his new legendary spear, Gáe Bulg, is “found” by Shigure. A hooded figure watches the tournament from a distance. Princess Altena learns about the tournament and recognises Genzō on the posters. As the matches begin they are hugely popular, despite Genzō bemoaning the lack of drama. Genzō and Carmilla form a tag-team against Misha and Heat Haze. The hooded figure is revealed to be Wolfgang and he is coerced into replacing Heat Haze. As the crowd grows rowdier Shigure admits the drama of Wolfgang and Genzō’s rivalry makes good entertainment. Wolfgang disagrees as he is molested by Genzō for 17 minutes and 26 seconds. Genzō declares the tournament a success as the humans and beast-men all begin to get along. Shigure loses her temper after all the tournament profits have to be spent on Genzō’s damages, Carmilla’s alcohol and Hanako’s food. | ||
| 9 | "Princess × Panties" Transcription: "Purinsesu × Pantsu" (Japanese: プリンセス × パンツ) |
November 27, 2019 |
| After soldiers locate Genzō Princess Altena tries to retrieve him but he German Suplexes her, exposing her panties to the public. Joanna informs MAO of Genzō’s over-exaggerated achievements, such as defeating an entire Griffin herd and destroying an orc stronghold. MAO defeats beast bandits but responds strangely to a Hiroyuki-like dog beast. Altena reveals Genzō is the hero that must defeat the Demon King. Genzō decides not to, reasoning that a King of Beasts can’t be that bad. Altena orders her knights to kill Genzō so she can summon a new hero, but Genzō defeats them then punishes Altena. Joanna gives MAO control of her Beast-man army. Altena tries multiple times to convince Genzō to be the hero but is punished each time. Genzō begins to think that if the Demon King is an animal it might be worth meeting him. He goes to the guild for information and Heat Haze tries to join them but is once again knocked out for calling Genzō “Beast-Killer” while Shigure “finds” his latest sword, cursed katana Muramasa. The other hunters mistakenly believe Genzō plans to kill the Demon King and start calling him Hero. Hanako worries that if Genzō is the hero it will cause problems since her family serve the Demon King. Altena arrives to inform Genzō that another Demon King has been summoned, but he punishes her anyway. MAO goes to the Orc stronghold and starts beating them up to learn where Genzō is. The Orc’s later show Genzō a drawing of MAO, explaining he is the new Demon King, and Genzō recognises him instantly. | ||
| 10 | "Money × Bonds" Transcription: "Kane × Kizuna" (Japanese: 金 × 絆) |
December 4, 2019 |
| Princess Altena tries to ask Genzō to at least protect the citizens if the Demon King attacks, but Genzō is uninterested. Genzō discovers Hiroyuki is missing. MAO sees one of Genzō’s tournament posters and figures out where Genzō is. Klaus arrives, revealing Hiroyuki is at a noble’s mansion. The noble reveals he purchased Hiroyuki for his daughter and refuses to give him back. Altena returns to the castle for money, believing if she buys Hiroyuki back Genzō will be in her debt and have to become the hero. When the nobles daughter sees Genzō crying she offers to give Hiroyuki back so the nobleman kindly agrees to sell Hiroyuki back at a reduced price which Shigure pays from her secret savings, earning Genzō’s gratitude. Genzō learns it was Misha, Wolfgang and Edgar who stole Hiroyuki so he violently punishes them. Altena arrives with a vast pile of money, but finds everyone has left already. Returning home Genzō finds Joanna, Rose and MAO in the shop. Rose, Carmilla, Joanna and Hanako resume their petty arguments until MAO angrily interrupts and challenges Genzō to finish their match. Joanna, assuming MAO is referring to an Evil Death Match, also challenges Hanako. Klaus suggests including their fights in the next tournament and everyone agrees. Carmilla puts her pride aside and secretly asks Genzō to train her in wrestling so she can finally defeat Rose. | ||
| 11 | "Pride × Loyalty" Transcription: "Hokori × Chūsei" (Japanese: 誇り × 忠誠) |
December 11, 2019 |
| Genzō begins Carmilla’s training but is unsure what exactly to teach her as he knows nothing about her motivations or her opponent. Klaus and Shigure redesign the wrestling ring to cope with a larger audience. Genzō manages to plan a tournament of five matches, including Mischa, Wolfgang and even Princess Altena, with the final match being Genzō versus MAO. The first match sees Heat Haze, Celes and Altena wrestling demon beasts from Joanna’s army, and while they are victorious Altena finds that public humiliation is quite enjoyable as long as her face is hidden by her mask. In the second match Kobold husband and Orc King defeat Cyclops’ from Joanna’s army. In the third match Mischa and Wolfgang are easily defeated by gorilla beasts from Joanna’s army. In the fourth match Carmilla wrestles Rose and finds that Genzō’s training has made her stronger, and she manages to throw Rose with one of Genzō’s moves. Unfortunately she celebrates too soon so Rose knocks Carmilla out with a German Suplex, defeating her once again. Despite that Genzō admits it was a good match and Hanako congratulates her on fighting for her own pride, which makes it Carmilla’s victory as far as Hanako is concerned. Carmilla cries tears of joy as Genzō prepares to face MAO in the final. | ||
| 12 | "Hero × Demon King" Transcription: "Yūsha × Maō" (Japanese: 勇者×魔王) |
December 18, 2019 |
| Hanako warns Joanna the match between Genzō and MAO might not go the way she wants. As they begin MAO rages that Genzō ran away, and in between their violent wrestling moves they manage to explain what happened and why they are both in this new world. Joanna and Rose begin to worry their Demon King might be an idiot. MAO reveals he has a phobia of animals so Joanna and Rose steal Hiroyuki, forcing Genzō to comically retrieve him. The match turns into a brawl between the beastmen and hunters that ends when Genzō defeats MAO with his trademark German Suplex. With their rematch finally over MAO happily agrees to wrestle again someday. The Hero “army” are declared victors over the Demon King’s “army”. As Joanna leaves Hanako warns her that it is her job to observe the hero and she will not tolerate Joanna interfering anymore. Shigure almost loses her temper after realizing that, once again, the bills for Genzō’s damages, Hanako’s food and Carmilla’s booze have exceeded their profits, but lets it go after seeing how it has brought humans and beastmen together. Though she does manage to make some money after selling Genzō’s trophy for the rare Mythril it is made from. Princess Altena finds herself looking forward to the next humiliating wrestling tournament while MAO leaves to continue his own training. Life returns to normal as Genzō takes a job to deal with a Minotaur. | ||
| TRAILER |
Live-action PV[]
A live-action promotional video produced with the cooperation of DDT Pro Wrestling prior to the start of the TV anime broadcast. Published on June 30, 2019.
Production Staff
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Cast
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Character song & CD drama[]
On December 18, 2019, it was released by Nippon Columbia under the title of "TV anime" Kemo no Michi "Character Song & Drama Album" Mad Dragon Disease is scary!. The standard part number is COCX-41003.
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Reception[]
Gadget Tsūshin listed "Kemono Mask", a phrase from Kemono Michi's opening song, in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.
External Links[]
- Kemono Michi at Monthly Shōnen Ace (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "Kemono Michi" official website (in Japanese)
- Kemono Michi Official (@hatakemoanime) - Twitter
- Kemono Michi ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
- Kemono Michi ─ Wikipedia (in English)
See Also[]
- KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!, Another manga series with the same author.
- Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!, Another manga series with the same author.
Trivia[]
to be added.