Chirin is a male sheep who appeared in the movie Ringing Bell.
When his mother is killed by the Wolf King, Chirin demands that he trains him to be tougher. Unfortunately, after trying to protect an orphaned bird nest from a snake, he ends up accidentally killing the unborn baby birds. As Chirin grows up, he develops a form of Stockholm Syndrome and starts to view the Wolf King as a father figure.
One night, the wolf is about to attack the sheep pen again. Chirin is about to follow through, but seeing the sheep trying to protect their babies reminds him of the death of his own mother at the claws of the Wolf King. Chirin makes the wolf leave the sheep pen, but the other sheep are too afraid of what Chirin has become to thank him.
Trivia[]
- "Chirin" comes from the Japanese onomatopoeia for "jingle".
- He originated form a picture book wirten by Takashi Yanase, creator of Anpanman