A timeline of Shiki. The series takes place in late 1980's - early 1990's.
Dates
July
18th - Monday "Senbu"
Motoko Maeda drops off her children, Shigeki and Shihori, at school and warns them to stay off the highway which they already knew. She then heads off to work at Chigusa. Her friends tell her she worries too much.
August
1st - Monday
2nd - Tuesday "Shakku"
The villagers are talking about the desecration of the jizo statues.
3rd - Wednesday "Senshou"
4th - Thursday "Tomobiki"
5th - Friday "Senpu"
6th - Saturday "Butsumetsu"
In the Yamairi area, the junior monk, Seishin Muroi, explains to two officers how a relative of the Murasakos, Shuugi Gotouda, died earlier in the morning due to a summer cold. He drove over to Yamairi to inform the family only to discover Mieko and Hidemasa Murasako's bodies. He ran over to use Gigorou Ookawa's phone only to discover he is dead too. When asked for the cause of death Takami explains that Mieko passed away from natural causes while the others were assumed to be the work of wild dogs in the area. With the three residents now dead Yamairi is now deserted.
Toshio Ozaki explains to his friend that while he believes the cause of death to be from a summer cold, the only fact that puzzles him is that Mieko Murasako died last which means she had been living with her husband's body for days.
7th - Sunday "Senshou"
8th - Monday "Tomobiki"
Megumi tries to put her letter to Natsuno Yuuki in the outpost but chickens out. Kaori Tanaka greets her friendly and joins Megumi's walk to school to Megumi's annoyance. Kaori tells Megumi about the dead bodies found in Yamairi but Megumi doesn't care. Kaori's brother, Akira, catches up with them with a newspaper telling about the same story. Megumi runs off in frustration.
While running Megumi spots Natsuno at the bus stop. She considers giving him her letter but decides against it. She tries talking to him but is ignored until she mentions how she wants to leave Sotoba.
9th - Tuesday "Senpu"
At around 2 in the morning, Tae Yano and Kanami Yano are awoken by Tatsumi honking his horn. He explains to Kanami that he works for the Kirishikis, the ones who are moving up to the Kanemasa mansion and asks for directions and leaves. Seishin Muroi sees the truck from the temple.[1]
10th - Wednesday "Butsumetsu"
11th - Thursday "Taian"
People gossip about the Kirishikis. Kaori spots Megumi while on a walk and tells her she has heard about the family. Megumi becomes angered when Kaori says they were weird for moving the middle of the night and moving to Kanemasa and runs off to the mansion. She is seen by Seishirou Kirishiki and Tatsumi and they check on her after she hurt her ankle[2].
At 9pm, Hiroko phones Sachiko Tanaka who asks her daughter if she'd seen Megumi. She tells her that she went up towards the Kanemasa's after being teased by Akira[3]. Someone informs Tomio Ookawa who tells his son[4].
Atsushi Ookawa, Tomio Ookawa, Takeshi Mutou, and Yuuki search. They spot Takami who is infront of the mansion. He says he was told by Seishin Muroi and Toshio Ozaki told him to go there. Tatsumi begins helping look.[5]
12th - Friday "Shakku"
Past 3am, Megumi is found by Atsushi Ookawa off the side of a cliff[6].
At the Shimizus', Hiroko Shimizu, and Takeo Shimizu explain to Ozaki that their daughter hasn't moved or eaten and are worried. He examines her and only finds that she's anemic.[7]
13th - Saturday "Senshou"
That evening Kaori takes her dog for a walk until she runs into Yasuyuki Ootsuka and one of the new residents of Kanemasa, Chizuru. Kari goes to check on Megumi and tells her about her encounter with Chizuru which catch's Megumi's attention. She remembered her and thought she was so pretty[8].
14th - Sunday
15th - Monday "Senpu"
At the Ozaki Hospital, Toshio is awakened by the phone and is shocked to hear that Megumi Shimizu died[9]. Toshio travels to the Shimizu's house. He asks to perform an atopsy, but is denied. He says that the time of death is 2 AM and the cause is acute heart failure[10].
Natsuno, Akira and Kaori are told as well[11].
16th - Tuesday, Butsumetsu
Kaori goes to Megumi's and finds her postcard for Natsuno[12].
Natsuno's parents say they're about to leave for the funeral[13].
On his way to the funeral, Natsuno is picked by Tarou and Ritsuko Kunihiro. They see Tatsu Takemura and Oitarou Satou. They talk and then separate before he goes to her funeral[14].
Kaori attends Megumi's funeral. When she sees Natsuno, she tries to give him the postcard, but he declines and leaves[15]. The coffin is taken and Seishin is the priest. She begs to let her put her present she was planning to give Megumi on her birthday in the coffin and Seishin agreed. She puts a present in her coffin[16].
17th - Wednesday, Taian
Ritsuko Kunihiro and Toshio Ozaki talk about how Giichi Yasumori had died. Takeshi Mutou brings the results of Megumi's test. They discuss how she actually hadn't died from anemia[17].
18th - Thursday
Tae Yano visits Fuki Gotouda and says that she looks sluggish[18].
19th - Friday
20th - Saturday
Tae Yano visits Fuki Gotouda and finds that she was even worse. He fever rose about 8.5 degrees. She suggest that she call the doctor, she says no[19].
21st - Sunday, Sunbu
Tae Yano goes to Fuki Gotouda's and finds that she's dead[20].
Toshio is awaken by a call from Tae Yano[21]. Toshio goes there and examines her body[22].
22nd - Monday
23rd - Tuesday
24th - Wednesday
25th - Thursday
26th - Friday
27th - Saturday
28th - Sunday "Butsumetsu"
Nao Yasumori's funeral.
That night Masao goes to tell Tooru about Nao's death and gets into an argument with Natsuno. The argument made Natsuno realize Megumi may have rose from the grave and decided to sleep at Toro's. Tooru leaves his house to get something at a vending machine where he meets Tatsumi. After he helped Tooru get his coin from under the machine, Tatsumi gets invited to his house along with a friend.
29th
30th
31st
September
7th - Wednesday, “Senpu”
Susumu Yasumori goes into cardiac arrest.
20th - Tuesday "Butsumetsu"
21st
Masao Murasako passed away
22nd - Thursday, “Shakku”
Yoshhide Katou passed away
24th - Saturday "Tomobiki"
Motoko Maeda timidly suggests to her father-in-law, Iwao Maeda, that he should go see the doctor but he refused.
27th - Tuesday "Taian"
Iwao Maeda passed away.
October
1st -
2nd -
3rd - Monday
13th -
Tokujirou Yasumori died.
November
6th - Sunday "Senshou"
Masao attempts to escape from the village, but gets captured by Yoshie.[24]
7th - Monday
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