Box of Goblins

S01E10: The Demon Incident

A priest seals peoples' worries in stone shrines. The ascetic tries to stop it, but ends up joining the priest. Chūzenji believes the story is autobiographical and indicates Kubo is the ringleader behind Onbako-sama. Chūzenji, Sekiguchi, and Enokizu go to confront Terada. Chūzenji says that the box with a tin vase containing the written word "mōryō" was a clairvoyance test for Ikuko Nagao and that Onbako-sama is an iron box that contains the fingers of the man behind Terada. After Chūzenji demonstrates that all of Terada's practices are fake, Terada confesses the swindle to the police and reveals that Kubo is his son. Afterward, Chūzenji tells Sekiguchi and Toriguchi that he knew Yoriko would be the next victim because Kubo just went through the Onbako-sama register alphabetically. Meanwhile, Aoki goes to the abandoned shrine Kubo is using, but Kubo escapes by force. Aoki, injured in Kubo's flight, finds and opens the box containing Yoriko's head. Later, Kubo's severed limbs are found.

Overview

Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's abduction from the strange research "hospital" where she was recovering, then abductions of other girls, followed by their severed limbs in custom-fitted boxes being placed in surrounding towns. News editor Morihiko Toriguchi and crime fiction writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi investigate with the help of onmyōji Akihiko Chūzenji.

Episodes

Five Death Omens of an Angel

S01E01 Five Death Omens of an Angel

October 8, 2008 23 min
Tatsumi Sekiguchi reads part of a transcript, titled "The Woman inside the Box" by Shunkō Kubo; and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. In it, he is traveling to his grandmother's funeral on a train...
The Raccoon's Trick

S01E02 The Raccoon's Trick

October 15, 2008 23 min
Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he attends his grandmother's burial. Afterward, he continues to think about the girl in the box. In the main...
Incident of Euphoria

S01E03 Incident of Euphoria

October 22, 2008 23 min
Kiba thinks about the events of the last few days. In a non-linear flashback, Fukumoto escorts the transfer of Kanako to Mimasaka's hospital, a virtually-windowless box-like building in the middle of a forest. This facility...
The Kasha Incident

S01E04 The Kasha Incident

October 29, 2008 23 min
Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box", imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he dismembers girls and wonders why he is unable to keep their heads alive. He resolves to meet the...
The Incident of Clairvoyance

S01E05 The Incident of Clairvoyance

November 5, 2008 23 min
Sekiguchi reads a section of his own work titled "Vertigo" and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. In it, he pursues a woman through a large, empty house. In the main storyline, a flashback to...
The Box Incident

S01E06 The Box Incident

November 12, 2008 23 min
Atsuko interviews several kids in the area of the crimes. They all report seeing a man in dark clothes with white gloves. Sekiguchi and Toriguchi continue to meet with Chūzenji. Chūzenji describes the differences among...
The Goblin Incident

S01E07 The Goblin Incident

November 19, 2008 23 min
Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he remembers being alone is the large house where he grew up. In the main storyline, Sekiguchi and Toriguchi...
The Power of Language

S01E08 The Power of Language

November 26, 2008 23 min
Sekiguchi reads more of "The Woman inside the Box," imagining himself as the protagonist. In it, he finishes filling his room with boxes when he receives notice of his grandmother's death. He takes a train...
Girl Dolls

S01E09 Girl Dolls

December 3, 2008 23 min
Shunkō Kubo is the gloved man. "The Woman inside the Box" is more a diary than a work of fiction. In flashback, Enokizu and Sekiguchi are on their way to talk to Yoriko. Sekiguchi notices...
The Demon Incident

S01E10 The Demon Incident

December 10, 2008 23 min
A priest seals peoples' worries in stone shrines. The ascetic tries to stop it, but ends up joining the priest. Chūzenji believes the story is autobiographical and indicates Kubo is the ringleader behind Onbako-sama. Chūzenji,...
Den of Evil

S01E11 Den of Evil

December 17, 2008 23 min
On the way to visit Aoki, Chūzenji tells Sekiguchi, Toriguchi, and Enokizu that he worked with Mimasaka during the war, although on a different project. Mimasaka researched replacing biological human body parts with mechanical ones...
Regarding The Brain

S01E12 Regarding The Brain

December 24, 2008 23 min
Sekiguchi reads a section of his own work, titled "Vertigo", and imagines himself as the story's protagonist. Sekiguchi, Toriguchi, Enokizu, and Yōko arrive in time to stop Kiba from killing Mimasaka. Yōko reveals that Mimasaka...
A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human

S01E13 A Box of All Manner of Spirits, or a Human

December 31, 2008 23 min
Chūzenji continues recounting the series of events. The first severed limbs found, before Kanako's abduction, were Kanako's. After Suzaki took Kanako's head, Amemiya killed Suzaki and ran away with the head. Kubo met Amemiya on...

Cast

Hiroaki Hirata
Hiroaki Hirata
Akihiko Chuuzenji (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Tatsumi Sekiguchi (voice)
Takaaki Seki
Takaaki Seki
Kiba Shuutarou (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Reijiro Enokizu (voice)

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