Shiki's story is one you may have heard before - a small, rural village where strange happenings and murders start to occur and this is true, but the more you get into the show, the better it gets. I think a lot of people do not give Shiki a shot because they think it will be too generic and possibly because of the art and I also felt the same way, but I was very pleased that I gave Shiki a shot.
It starts off rather simply, with a small rural village with a tiny population lives their daily normal lives, but things are about to be disrupted by the new, mysterious family that has built a giant mansion in their small village and plans to move there. This is when things start to go downhill in the town, as people start dying off one by one and coming back to life late at night, only to stalk and kill some of their own family members and friends. However, these 'creatures' aren't lifeless, mindless beings, but have their own goals, that aren't always what you would expect them to be.
The show is semi episodic, in that each episode is named after the number of people that have died in the show (8th night, 9th coffin), but the story focuses around the doctor of the town who is slowly being driven off the edge because he can't save anyone who comes into his care. As more and more people die, the more disturbing the show gets.
At the later parts of the show, I was genuinely surprised at how good the show got and makes you wonder who are the monsters? The monsters or the humans?
