Content & Trigger Warnings for Shiki (2010)
13 content warnings identified for this show.
Quick Summary
Yes, Shiki (2010) contains 13 content warnings : Religious persecution, Death of a child, Death of a parent, Grief / bereavement (major focus), Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Jump scares, Needles / medical procedures, Child abuse / harm to children, Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse, Gore / graphic violence, Self-harm / suicide (depicted), Torture.
The most severe warnings are for Death of a child (severity 4/5), Grief / bereavement (major focus) (severity 4/5), Blood / medical gore (severity 5/5), Body horror (severity 5/5), Child abuse / harm to children (severity 4/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 5/5).
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| Warning | Season | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity & Discrimination | ||||
| Religious persecution | All | 2/5 | Depicted | Religious themes and conflict between religious duty and supernatural horror are explored, with a monk character grappling with faith in the face of evil. |
| Mental Health & Emotional | ||||
| Death of a child | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Multiple children die throughout the series, with some being turned into vampires, causing immense parental anguish. |
| Death of a parent | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Parents die and rise as vampires, forcing their children to confront the loss and sometimes destroy their undead parents. |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Characters experience devastating loss as family members and neighbors die and rise as vampires, forcing impossible choices about their loved ones. |
| Phobias & Sensory | ||||
| Blood / medical gore | All | 5/5 | Depicted | Blood is omnipresent as the central horror element, with extensive scenes of vampiric feeding, blood loss, and blood-drenched environments. |
| Body horror | All | 5/5 | Depicted | Vampires undergo grotesque transformations, and risen corpses exhibit horrifying physical decay and mutation. Bodies are mutilated in disturbing ways. |
| Jump scares | All | 3/5 | Depicted | The horror anime employs sudden reveals of vampires and undead, with startling visual transitions in tense scenes. |
| Needles / medical procedures | All | 3/5 | Depicted | A doctor character performs medical examinations and procedures, including scenes involving needles, autopsies, and examination of victims. |
| Violence & Physical Harm | ||||
| Child abuse / harm to children | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Children are targeted and killed by vampires, and a child character becomes a vampire who kills others. The vulnerability of children is a recurring horror element. |
| Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse | All | 3/5 | Depicted | An abusive household dynamic is depicted, with familial violence shown as part of the oppressive small-town atmosphere. |
| Gore / graphic violence | All | 5/5 | Depicted | Extremely graphic violence throughout, with detailed depictions of vampires feeding, dismemberment, and blood-soaked carnage in the besieged village. |
| Self-harm / suicide (depicted) | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters make self-destructive choices when faced with becoming vampires or when unable to cope with the horror around them. |
| Torture | All | 3/5 | Depicted | The process of becoming a vampire involves painful physical suffering, and some characters are subjected to deliberate cruelty. |
Identity & Discrimination
Religious themes and conflict between religious duty and supernatural horror are explored, with a monk character grappling with faith in the face of evil.
Mental Health & Emotional
Multiple children die throughout the series, with some being turned into vampires, causing immense parental anguish.
Parents die and rise as vampires, forcing their children to confront the loss and sometimes destroy their undead parents.
Characters experience devastating loss as family members and neighbors die and rise as vampires, forcing impossible choices about their loved ones.
Phobias & Sensory
Blood is omnipresent as the central horror element, with extensive scenes of vampiric feeding, blood loss, and blood-drenched environments.
Vampires undergo grotesque transformations, and risen corpses exhibit horrifying physical decay and mutation. Bodies are mutilated in disturbing ways.
The horror anime employs sudden reveals of vampires and undead, with startling visual transitions in tense scenes.
A doctor character performs medical examinations and procedures, including scenes involving needles, autopsies, and examination of victims.
Violence & Physical Harm
Children are targeted and killed by vampires, and a child character becomes a vampire who kills others. The vulnerability of children is a recurring horror element.
An abusive household dynamic is depicted, with familial violence shown as part of the oppressive small-town atmosphere.
Extremely graphic violence throughout, with detailed depictions of vampires feeding, dismemberment, and blood-soaked carnage in the besieged village.
Characters make self-destructive choices when faced with becoming vampires or when unable to cope with the horror around them.
The process of becoming a vampire involves painful physical suffering, and some characters are subjected to deliberate cruelty.
