Details
- Episodes:11
- Format:TV
- Average Score:73
- Popularity:332
- Status:Finished Airing
- Season:Fall 2017
- Duration:22 min. per ep. minutes
- Genre:Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Seinen
- Country:JP
Ichirou Inuyashiki is a 58-year-old family man who is going through a difficult time in his life. Though his frequent back problems are painful, nothing hurts quite as much as the indifference and distaste that his wife and children have for him. Despite this, Ichirou still manages to find solace in Hanako, an abandoned Shiba Inu that he adopts into his home. However, his life takes a turn for the worse when a follow-up physical examination reveals that Ichirou has stomach cancer and only three months to live; though he tries to be strong, his family's disinterest causes an emotional breakdown. Running off into a nearby field, Ichirou embraces his dog and weeps—until he notices a strange figure standing before him. Suddenly, a bright light appears and Ichirou is enveloped by smoke and dust. When he comes to, he discovers something is amiss—he has been reborn as a mechanized weapon wearing the skin of his former self. Though initially shocked, the compassionate Ichirou immediately uses his newfound powers to save a life, an act of kindness that fills him with happiness and newfound hope. However, the origins of these strange powers remain unclear. Who was the mysterious figure at the site of the explosion, and are they as kind as Ichirou when it comes to using this dangerous gift? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Episodes
1. Ichirou Inuyashiki
Ichiro Inuyashiki is a boring office worker who looks like an old man. Even after building them a new home, his family is nothing but ungrateful. One day, Inuyashiki is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Out on a walk to clear his head, a UFO crashes into him, and his body is rebuilt into a deadly robot. He steps in to stop a group of kids from torturing a homeless man when he is knocked unconscious.
2. Hiro Shishigami
Reborn a robot, Inuyashiki finds meaning by saving others. Meanwhile, high school student Hiro Shishigami has also been reborn a robot. Shishigami has no regard for anybody aside from his best friend and his family, and uses his robot powers to kill indiscriminately. Contrary to Inuyashiki, he feels alive when he is taking the lives of others. What happens when these two meet?
3. Naoyuki Andou
Shishigami is rattled to see Inuyashiki stand up from a blow that should have killed him before flying away. Seeing that, Inuyashiki knows that Shishigami has a robot body just like himself. After this meeting, Inuyashiki studies his abilities, and uses them to save others. Meanwhile, Shishigami confronts a group of delinquents who have been tormenting his best friend Naoyuki Ando.
4. Samejima
When the fully tattooed yakuza criminal Samejima finds a girl he likes, he kidnaps them, drugs them up, and then roughs them up. Fumino was happy. She had a job and a fiance. But one night, Samejima sets his sights on her, and has his men kidnap her. Fumino manages to escape, and runs to her fiance Satoru's house, but Samejima is in hot pursuit. Inuyashiki comes to save them, but gets shot.
5. Yuuko Shishigami
Ando is struggling with the fact that his friend Shishigami is responsible for the spree of home invasions. After reading that hospital patients were being cured, Ando theorizes that there is someone else out there with the same powers as Shishigami. Ando lures Inuyashiki by pretending to need help and asks him to stop Shishigami. Meanwhile, Shishigami learns his mother has terminal cancer.
6. People of 2chan
Shishigami escaped from a dozen officers, but he has become a wanted man in connection to the home invasion spree. With nowhere to go, Shishigami stays with Shion Watanabe, a classmate who has feelings for him. Meanwhile, Inuyashiki learns to use his robot abilities with Ando's help. After seeing Shishigami's mother publicly apologizing on TV, they worry what Shishigami might do next.
7. Shion Watanabe
As Shion believed he was innocent, Shishigami confesses to her that his body is a robot and has taken many lives in order to feel alive again. He coldly informs her that he will kill everyone in the country. However, Shion begs Shishigami not to leave her behind. Shion cries as she tells Shishigami that the people he's killed had futures and loved ones, and Shishigami makes a proposition.
8. Mari Inuyashiki
A special forces team bursts in to apprehend Shishigami. Shion and her grandmother are shot in the crossfire, and Shishigami manages to grab them before escaping. After taking them to safety, he wishes Shion a happy life. One day, Mari sees her father and Ando together. She follows after and sees Inuyashiki fly off into the sky. That night, Shishigami attacks a police station in vengeance.
9. People of Shinjuku
As the news reports on Shishigami's attack on the police station, Shishigami hijacks a broadcast signal to publicly declare war on Japan, claiming he will kill 100 people immediately. Ando realizes Shishigami's plans and manages to thwart it with the help of Inuyashiki's power. Undeterred, Shishigami continues his killing, and announces he will kill 1000 tomorrow, devastating Inuyashiki.
10. People of Tokyo
The day after the mass killings in Shinjuku, Shishigami begins dropping airplanes onto the city. After receiving word from Ando, Inuyashiki manages to stop a number of them from crashing. He then notices that Mari is trapped inside a burning building, but Shishigami appears and attacks him. Inuyashiki is desperately trying to make his way over to save Mari, but Shishigami is right on his heels.
11. People of Earth
Saving many lives in Shinjuku, Inuyashiki returns home to open up to his family about his robot body. His family accepts him, and they embrace. After losing both arms, Shishigami goes to Ando who condemns him and Shishigami disappears. Inuyashiki finds out a giant meteor is about to hit earth. With the whole world in chaos, Inuyashiki flys towards the meteor to protect his family.
