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- Jyu runs away after setting fire on the village, and also fascinates someone animals who decide to follow him. Albeit, Taroza and the other animals decide to rebuild a bridge to live in the forest the other side of the river that was not burned. The animals try the burnt food and they ask for Taroza to handle fire to make more, but he thinks it is unsafe. He learns water can extinguish fire, and decides to see the ocean along with Monoko, Kurogaki, the llama Dago, the horse Umagon, and the giraffe Pinta, who told him about the ocean. While on the journey, they are attacked by hyenas headed by Ena, who thought they were the horses that are attacking the hyenas. A human called Giller said to the horses the hyenas killed their child. It is not true because Ena does not kill children or females as a result of her tragic childhood. (en)
- As there are only small passages, Taroza sends smalls animals to find Riemu, while the bigger ones fight against a human transplanted into a Chimera body. As he reveals he created the Chimeras, liked to kill animals and laughs at Catherine's death, the animals' power increase, eventually defeating the Chimera. Meanwhile, Giller scours Riemu's mind and find about "Abel," where he goes to try to give Chimeras eternal life. As Giller releases Riemu, Luke wants to know about humans, animals, and Chimeras from Riemu. Both Luke, talking to Riemu, and Sky, a man who lived with Quo, talking to Taroza, concludes that is possible to all animal species live together with the Eternity Fruit. Except for humans, though, as with only five humans they do not reach the minimum viable population. The remaining self-control Sky has is dominated by his Chimera's cells, and he enters Taroza's mind. He tries to induce Taroza to give up his dream and die; as he not do so, he pierces Taroza's chest. A human-like jellyfish called "Kokonotsuo Takamine", however, tries to heal Taroza. (en)
- Kokonotsuo Takamine asks for help through the tower's sound system, which Riemu responds. Takamine explains about his origin; Quo has created a brain and implanted into a jellyfish, to whom he gave the form of a human. While Takamine is still nursing Taroza, Giller sends Clover, one of the "Babel Three", a new type of enhanced Chimeras. It kills two weasels but is killed by Kiritobi; when Clover dies, its remains are eaten by another Babel Three, Belhem. The animals from lower floors climb to where Taroza is to fight Belhem; he is too strong and Dogen the tiger is only helping other animals to do not die. When Riemu arrives to heal Taroza, Dogen shows off his truly strength acquired from killing several different species of animals to survive in his past. (en)
- Taroza inexplicably connects himself with the gorillas, sharing their movements and their pain as well; he destroys a Chimera but collapses. Giller forces Riemu to give him Quo's notebook, while Taroza is advised by the gorillas to take Riemu and the eternity fruits, and leave the place. After reuniting Pinta with his family, Taroza returns to his village, where an athletic festival is held to cheer up Riemu. At Gene Grail, Giller defeats Jyu, showing the Chimeras can use the power of the animals they eat. At the village, Riemu shows Taroza and Capri the second notebook of Quo. On it is written Quo had created a machine called Gaia Spinal, that is located at Tower of Babel, to allow animals to understand other's cries, and brought five humans from different eras to accomplish the task. The other Quo's notebook contained information about Chimeras, who can only survive by a food only found in Tower of Babel. Meanwhile, Monoko gives birth to a child sired by an unknown father named Moko. After Riemu and Capri saying they do not want him to go and the birth of Moko, Taroza is convinced his task is to protect his village and he should stay. (en)
- As Ena says peace words that can be heard by everyone, the horses know they were deceived by Giller. Taroza and his gang move out and finally reach the ocean, where the whale Hector says there are only five humans in the world. Hector tells Taroza that a now-dead human called Quo created a biotechnologically-altered fruit that can be eaten by carnivore and herbivore, "The Eternity Fruit." These fruits are in Gene Grail, a place in the top of a mountain inhabited created by Quo that is now inhabited by gorillas who do not want to share it. Riemu, a human girl who lives with the gorillas, says the seeds cannot leave the place, and asks for Taroza to stay, which he refuses. Later, Giller invades Gene Grail along with strange creatures called "Chimera" that can restore its own body after being crushed. (en)
- In winter, Monoko and other tanuki go to take crab but a pack of hungry wolves kidnaps Taroza to use him as a bait to the other tanuki. Monoko, however, returns and with the help of Kurokagi and all the tanuki that pretend to be a bear they scare the wolves. To keep the tanuki alive, the elder reveals he has a stock of fishes to maintain them until the spring. Taroza suggests to give the wolves a fish but they refuse it and instead pursue Kurokagi, Taroza, and Monoko. However, a real bear shows up killing all the wolves but the youngest one, Zeke, whom Taroza vows to take care of. Later, Taroza wonders of his own utility as he cannot walk and provide food for himself. He decides he will make the world a place different animals can live together in peace by using his ability to understand different animals cries. In the end, an elephant reveals there is a human female. (en)
- Three years have passed since Moko's birth; to thank Monoko for raising him Taroza goes on a trip with her and Moko. Taroza injures himself and attracts a wolf; however, Monoko attracts it for herself, dying as result. An angry Taroza decides to go to the Tower of Babel. Five years later, Giller improved his Chimeras to allow them to freely move, and Taroza, along with animals whose relatives had been killed, is combating them. He goes to the village to visit Monoko's grave, and sees that everyone has become stronger as they defeat a Chimera. Everyone joins Taroza and they set off toward Tower of Babel into two groups, one led by Taroza and other led by Riemu. While Riemu's group is confronted by Giller, Capri fights against Taroza's group. (en)
- A woman abandons her baby who is found by a recently-orphaned tanuki, Monoko, who decides to raise him as her child. She discovers the traumatized baby has abdicated to live; however, with the warmth of all the tanuki the baby lives. While no tanuki has been eaten in months, their fishes are being stolen by a black lynx dubbed "Kurokagi". A lynx attack headed by Kurokagi is announced but the baby finds out Kurokagi is, in fact, protecting the tanuki. The baby advises the tanuki, who help to heal Kurokagi after him being sore by other lynxes. Later, Monko finds a letter in baby's basket but try to hide it as she thinks it would separate him from her. In the end, she decides the right thing to do is to deliver it to him; the letter reveals his name is Taroza. (en)
- Taroza wants to befriend with Capri but he does not accept she lives with lions as well as Capri does not accept he lives with tanuki. She returns to her territory and discovers one of her fathers were killed by three nomadic lions. The nomads return and kill the remaining adult male lions, and prepare to kill the children abandoned by her mothers. However, Taroza, Monoko, Kurogaki, and Zeke show up to rescue them, and Taroza's cry convinces the female to protect their children, expelling the nomads. To celebrate their victories over the lions, Taroza's village does a festival, wherein Capri and cub lions also participate. Meanwhile, close to the village a human boy called Jyu kills a pack of wolves; in the next day, he attacks Taroza's village as he disagrees with different animal species living together. (en)
- As his new Chimera, "Luke", disobeys him, Giller takes him and Riemu in a bird-like Chimera, and returns to the tower. Capri and the lions retreat to fight against Taroza as they are informed there is an animal killing lions at the Tower of Babel. Meanwhile, Taroza and his gang stop at Gene Grail to rest and make a plan before attacking the tower. When they enter the tower, they meet a city and human-like Chimeras. They were created long ago to fulfill the loneliness humans had after being affect by Zelyda disease, that prevented them to have children. However, Giller order the Chimeras to show its real form and attack Taroza; the hippo Catherine is wounded and decide to stay in order to the others progress to the next floor. (en)
- After seven years skipped, Taroza protects a gibbon from a couple of lions and shows him the village where he lives. It is now using agriculture and there are many other animal species living together. Capri, the leader of the lions, says they will attack Taroza's village as she is intrigued by the existence of a similar animal on her. During the invasion, however, she feels "in heat" by Taroza and withdrawal, planning to seduce him; as she is rejected, she orders a new attack. Taroza and the animals of the village defeat the lions, and Capri is hit and collapses; when she wakes up, she is tread with wraps and Taroza says they must talk. (en)
- "Episode 0": Kuro, a traveler lynx, ends up in a territory headed by the lynx Madaraze who says Kuro can stay if Kuro provides him meat. Seigo, a vegetarian lynx, gives Kuro a place to stay in exchange of him telling stories about his travels. Seigo makes a melody from Kuro's story, which Kuro likes and to thank him Kuro brings meat. Seigo instead suggests Kuro takes him to his journeys; Kuro yells he is too weak to survive. Madaraze gets angry to know Kuro offered meat to Seigo instead to him and orders Seigo to give Kuro a numbing leaf. Seigo instead warns Kuro and stays behind to protect him; Kuro, however, returns and rescues Seigo. (en)
- Extra Story: Two deer, a mother and her child, are attacked by a dog, and are salved by Taroza and the animals of his village. Meanwhile, the narrator shows he is not the only human, showing Capri and Jyu. (en)
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