hii! u can call me eight or yoms! this is a sideblog so unforch I can't follow back!! this acc will be shortlived probably (or not who knows) but yeah I'm revisiting kemono jihen again after years -w- I missed it smmm
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(some of this is from my hazy memory bc im lazy to reread, these are reference points for myself or others)
First appearance: some 10 years ago within the kemojiverse, inugami experienced it firsthand when anaguma and mei got infected. At that point, he desctibed it as if the minds of anaguma and mei were acting differently from 'their'(mamono) instincts (which is to destroy/infect any life nearby).
Name: literally 'true life' (beings), apparently named by inari (it's unknown how exactly the name came around), which she sees as existence above humans (at least). Mihai suggested Inari might want to become the mother of all things = mamono.
Now: in 3 years (2016>2019) Inari became the PM of Japan and established mamono as core part of the society in which kemono rule over humans. She sees it as means to increase productivity and evolve humans under her hand.
Thin and Kon/Aya findings: Mamono are made via the virus of the same name, which instictively searches for blood to infect. He compares it to being 'programmed'. Infected (mamonofied) organisms are mostly unstable as they are literally several different DNA/genes stitched into one so their bodies often self-destruct under conflicts within the organism. They have the 'core' which basically helds everything together and needs to be destroyed in order for them to be killed.
Mikage explanation&mamonofication: he is a 2 years old mushroom kemono and the minister of the mamono project who underwent mamonofication himself in order to gain 'consciousness' for which he is very grateful to Inari. Mamonofication is the process of injecting/infecting other lifeforms like human and kemono with the mamono virus and 'fusing' said lifeforms DNA with each other or animals (human+animal; kemono+animal; possibly kemono+kemono, or human+kemono though this hasnt been touched up yet). Basically engineering DNA and playing God, as the virus allows seamlessly to mix anything and everything. Excluding their unstability, it seems like they generally dont live very long.
Uses: generally, there are two types: human + animal instructed by Inari and ape kemono + animal by Kaidou.
Human mamono are used in labour or as food, examples provided by Mikage: adding mice genes to humans boosts their reproductive abilities; adding human genes to a dog will make it talk; mamono humans are bred to have more edible parts. There is progress on brain enlargement as well.
Generally, all humans will undergo mamonofication either in order to be used as workers or as food.
They die easily and the streets are littered with their corpses.
Kaidou's 'kaiju': are ape kemono (shoujou) and other animal fusions which are also pretty unstable. He sees this project as the means for him to be the 'hero' and has also mentioned wanting to become a 'kaiju' himself. He wants Japan to be protected by them. Ume described them to be 'living weapons'
Mikage helps him create these kaiju. They are born on the Hokkaido farm and other ape kemono are looking after them/breed them. Seems like they are categorized and programmed to be violent, aggressive and loyal as that's what Kaidou wants. Each type has specification documents and Kaidou gives names to the specimen he sees as the most promising. They all have '-kong' in their name and look very cool (Kaidou is obsessed with them looking COOL).
Currently known 'promising' kaiju: Jabakong (Japanese Kong/Sea ape) was a fish and ape kemono mamono which served as Japan's sea borders guardian. It died mid-battle because it was unstable. Kabane mentioned it looked like it was in agony.
Gaokong (Roaring Kong/Lion-ape) was a 'new era lifeform' which Kaidou wanted to present as 'the strongest beast'. However, he still needed some 'adjustments' as he wouldn't listen to commands and loud noises could trigger his berserk mode.
Kaidou has brainwashed his entire species to believe that they all shall become such monsters. His goal is to create the perfect mamono (kaiju) that wouldn't self-destruct.
Nemuro City Mamono Park (Hokkaido farm): is the establishment which is both a breeding farm and a park. Kaidou's kaiju are created there and these who are seen as useful are sent to Tokyo. 'Useless' ones (compared to unwanted children born without necessary characteristics by Tsubaki) serve as the park's entertainment as they are meek and the vistors love them.
Currently, Mayu and Yamabuki are tasked by Inari (or Kaidou, it's unknown) to transport any promising mamono back to Tokyo. Ume was tasked by Nobimaru to interfere with Mayu. Akira and Yui joined forces with Ume and Tsubaki as they were asked by Shiki to find any information on mamono (conveniently, they were in Hokkaido).
Tsukuba City Mamono Laboratory (Ibaraki prefecture): is a place mentioned by Raigou alongside with the Hokkaido farm as one of the places to find mamono data. The next arc will mostly likely take place there.
Uratama-chan: is a toadpole infused with uranium mamono which is created and being raised by Mikage as per Kaidou's request of creating a lifeform that would possess 'super energy'. Uranium could destroy its body any moment, but so far, the stabilization process has been progressing smoothly. It was shown briefly with Kaidou's introduction. It's the only mamono which is apparently animal + something else (chemical element).
Vaccine: Thin and Aya are looking to create the vaccine to combat Kaidou's plans. Initially, the vaccine proposed would cause destabilization within mamono, killing them. But Aya wants to create a vaccine that could cure them instead. In order to start the vaccine development in his Kyoto lab, Thin needs as much info/data on mamono as possible.
There's already a vaccine on the Hokkaido farm though, which destroys the virus/mamono cells within a mamono's body. The ape breeder decided to use it on Gaokong as there werent any other options in the situation he found himself in. He hinted that Gaokong would eventually die.
After discussing the vaccine with Yui however, he suggested that the mamono cure/salvation Aya wanted would be 'giving them back their dignity'. Yui thought that the vaccine reverse the mamonofication (return them to what they were initially), but it's impossible. The breeder did say that Gaokong (or other mamono) would get their consciousness back though. So, even though he'd still look like that, Gaokong's mind would revert back to his previous ape kemono self.
Akagi: It's not clear if he was already dead or still alive when nobimaru brought him to a mamono lab (as the virus apparently allows to 'ressurect' anyone as long as the brain is in tact > can be connected to a working heart). He was 'ressurected' via mamonofication but seemingly his DNA wasn't mixed with anything else. His 'true' mamono form is very much like what Mei and Anaguma became. It hasn't been explained or shown yet, but seemingly as a mamono he is pretty stable (which would make him like a 'pure' mamono lifeform if he doesnt have anything else mixed in). He's been in this state for 3 years.
puttin this out there cuz the fandom is virtually nonexistent. kemono jihen is so peak. like, I'm insulted that this isn't more popular as a really good anime and manga. Spoilers for chapter 84 of the manga
like the premise is a basic one about a half human-half supernatural creature joining a detective agency to find out more about his parents. (imagine bungo stray dogs meets witch hat atelier)
AND LIKE INUGAMI (the guy that runs the detective agency) IS SUCH A FATHER FIGURE TO THESE KIDS ISTG. LIKE HE LITERALLY GIVES THEM EACH A ROOM AND AN ALLOWANCE FOR SOLVING CASES AND THEY'RE SO FREAKIN CUTEEE.
also I love how stupid kabane is,might save this for another post, but it's could be due to him being segregated from human society as a child or literally being from a different time. but they way he lowkey learns how to read social cues as time goes on is so cute.
The art style is also really yummy. like the manga uses screens n stuff, which is normal but like at the end of every volume or so they show which screens they use and i just thought that was really special.
THAT ASIDE, I LOVE HOW GENDER THE CHARACTERS ARE. AND NOT WITHOUT REASON. like Akira is just a guy that like frilly and cute clothes, but he doesn't like skirts cuz they're too feminine. He literally has a skewed sense of gender expression cuz he only ever had female role models until Inugami showed up. Tsunamayo, literally a gender ambiguous character, who i personally hc to be genderqueer, is lowkey my least fav character but i still appreciate them. HOW COULD I FORGET THE TIME NOBIMARU, TO GET INTO A KITSUNE VILLAGE, LITERALLY SHAPE SHIFTED INTO A GIRL. (and we got a shower scene to prove it). Also the hermaphrodite gyaru in vol. 19. I hope we see her again.
not necessarily canon but the two girl in Vol19 of the manga, literally wlw but ofc the wouldn't say it. LIKE WDYM ONE OF THEM WOULD LITERALLY DESTROY THE VILLAGE THAT RAISED THEM JUST SO THEY COULD BE FREE FROM THE SHACKLES OF THEIR PAST. also they lowkey had those two gay kitsune but one of them is dead, and the other is grieving and goin thru a redemption arc. like wdym they have their iwn manga covers too.
and yeah the plot is peak, the art is peak, i would put some TWs for sexual assault, gore, mutilation, and nudity ig
tuna is so transcoded its unreal. "dont tell me you didnt fiddle with the default settings" "people get so bummed out about gender in games" [struggles to show face outside of a screen or the avatar in which hes presented in a way that would be undeniably clocked as a woman]
