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Chirin is the main protagonist of Takashi Yanase's children's book Chirin no Suzu, and its 1978 anime film adaptation Ringing Bell (Chirin no Suzu). Once a carefree young lamb, he lost his innocence after a wolf killed his mother. He then set out to avenge his mother's death by training as the apprentice of the very wolf who killed his only relative. This eventually led to his transformation into a fearsome ram.
As he and the Wolf go to hunt some sheep in Chirin's childhood home, his tragic past began to haunt him when he sees a mother sheep who tries to protect her lamb, resulting in Chirin turning against the wolf and killing him. The other sheep shun him and Chirin return to the mountains where he trained with the wolf for the rest of his life, and Chirin cries out for the wolf to return.