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- Youkai note are a widely-varied collection of various supernatural creatures that pop up in Shinto religion. They have a lot in common with The Fair Folk.
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Long ago, all humans lived in the ocean. But some who longed for the land abandoned the ocean, casting off the special raiment granted to them by the sea god to adapt.
Youkai - TV Tropes. Youkainote alternative spelling Y. They have a lot in common with The Fair Folk. Some youkai are good, others are evil, and many are different.
Some are mischievous, others avoid humans entirely. Shinto is an animist religion, and youkai are often associated with natural features such as forests and mountains. This word is often translated as . The closest true Western equivalent is probably that of the ancient Roman genii or spirits. For instance, vampires.
In the West you've got Nosferatu — a grotesque, undead monster who burns in sunlight and murders to preserve his hideous unlife. In Japan you've got exceptionally cute. Fanservice protagonist Moka Akashiya, who is not undead, harbors no ill- will towards the sun, and drinks tiny amounts of blood that leave her . They often assume human form and get into all kinds of mischief. Kinds of henge include Kitsune, Tanuki, and Nekomata.
Derived from the word for . Confusingly, however, the word obake can also be used to refer to ghosts, also known as yuurei.
See Stringy- Haired Ghost Girl for more information. The genre of manga that deals with Youkai was founded by Shigeru Mizuki (1. The Trope Codifier of modern youkai manga is his ever- popular Ge. Ge. Ge no Kitaro that has received an anime adaption at least once a decade since it was written. Many types of Youkai are exceedingly rare to find in modern media and so are not included.
On the other hand, some have garnered enough examples to warrant their own pages. It looks like an ordinary house cat, except for the tail, which splits into two at half- length.
While much smarter than it used to be, a nekomata remains just as whimsical, which may be dangerous with its new- found powers of illusion and necromancy. It's said a cat will become a nekomata after turning 1. The name is often used and confused for catgirls.
Orin, though, is a Kasha, a different type of youkai cat. They are more Cat Girls, however. Capable of producing offspring with humans, as Rutile is half nekomata. Appropriately, the latter does bring people back from the dead, although since magic is commonplace in that world she uses science to keep the mysterious powers theme. Iron. Tager is the result.
Later, he is explicitly revealed to be a nekomata while tag- team wrestling. They are still monsters though, and will eventually assault their prey to take his spirit energy. Unlike in the myth, Nekomata in this series are this way since birth. And since this world is filled with Cute Monster Girls, her forms are inverted, with the human form being the true one. This is almost certainly a case of Strange Minds Think Alike, since it's unlikely Lewis Carroll would have heard of the Nekomata. His Japanese name is even .
These can range from weapons to clothes to umbrellas. Well- known traditional examples include karakasa (paper umbrellas), ittan- momen (a floating strip of cotton cloth), biwa- bokuboku and koto- furunushi (stringed musical instruments) and burabura (lanterns). Strangely, they avoid electrical energy in common folklore from the 1. Tsukumogami. He was given a human form by Enma Ai, so he could better work for her. Players can encounter animated Cotton Balls, Garlic Cloves, Purses, and even imperialistic Lawn Gnomes. Other enemies (including other youkai) exist as well. These include Magnemite (magnets), Voltorb (Pok.
Though one would wonder how a candle or an ice cream cone would last the required hundred years without melting long before them. Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, September is attacked by a bunch of these on the Marquess's orders. While some are fairly normal, the main character's Tsukumogami is a pink vibrator she inherited from her mom that can turn into a boy. It is a bit ecchi, but it ran in a shonen magazine so it's more gag ecchi. The more you use a weapon, the more its . When it hits 1. 00, you can burn in a Tsukumo talisman to turn the weapon itself into a talisman; anything you stick it on will gain that weapon's special abilities. It is weakened when it gets wet.
Some incarnations sleep with lone travelers to steal valuable body warmth, others will simply make them get lost during their travels to freeze to death, yet others will kill travelers by tricking them into touching them or a baby they hold in their hands. More benevolent Yuki- onna will either lead the victims to safety and then sleep with them (or just lead them to safety), or simply leave them alone; the more wicked ones will lead them astray to begin with, kill them with the methods described above, or use them. They seem to be based on Yuki- onna, except that they reproduce via parthenogenesis and live on a floating glacier. Relations with men are strictly forbidden, and caused Yukina's brother (Hiei) to be thrown off the glacier.
Also, more directly, the enemy . Of course some (if not all) of them were male. You even meet one as a boss and its gallery of frozen victims in a spinoff series. Thing is, this particular Yuki- Onna is a Clingy Jealous Girl in a Love Triangle over Nube's affections, and is generally friendly and nice unless you get on her bad side. The Marquis makes her give it back, though. Oyuki from Urusei Yatsura. She's even called just yuki- onna before she is sent to protect Rikuo at school.
They fly and, unlike popular images, they're quite buxom. She's the less- hostile variety. She will treat a man with a home- cooked meal and warm reception, then seduce him. Should he reject her, she will use ice breath which causes him a terrible cold, and the freezing man will seek a warm touch from her. Yukiwarashi, a child Yuki- onna, will sometimes visit a human village and play with human kids. Should she have an interest in a boy, the Yukiwarashi will take him as her husband once she becomes Yuki- onna.
Everest, acts a lot like one: it dresses all in white, can freeze with a touch (and through sight if it sees you looking at it through a telescope), and seduces climbers with visions of tropical paradise. Pretty much the most significant difference is that its actual gender is ambiguous since it is dressed head to toe in mountaineering gear. More direct relation happens with the . The younger becomes a human, the older shows up during the final battle. A variant of the yuki onna legend (in which the yuki onna melts due to her victim's display of concern) is discussed in Detective Conan as a subtle way to clue Shinichi in on the solution to a murder mystery. He has power over ice and snow, and even in his human form his hands are always cold.
Initially mischevious, it does a Heel. No relation to the capital of Azerbaijan. Munna and Musharna also take cues from cartoon . It does live in the dream world, and attempts to eat the main characters' party.
It was actually composed of hundreds of tortured souls who moaned and writhed in the vague shape of the tapir. They still eat bad dreams, but they eat their victim's memories as well. The Talking Guythought it was a.
Drowzee. They're essentially the personification of the pain felt during a bitterly cold wind. She is the wind user, while the Kamaitachi does the cutting.
The only time it was used, the opponent was too dead to notice if the bleeding had stopped. Don't Act) Status Ailment. Makoto inadvertently took the latter as a pet, and, as the elder ones tried to find it, they brought catastrophe to the town —nearly killing Nube by slicing him in half until Makoto finally released the younger kamaitachi and it healed the teacher with its balm. The user spins holding the sword out in a rainbow like arc, and the number indicates the total of clones plus the user that use the move. All of them have long claws and a tendency to make themselves into whirlwinds.
There's even a pair fought together as an Optional Boss. Instead of just wind they can also use the elements of fire, lightning and ice.
The first help the heroes out (and one even falls for Tora, though he doesn't return it), the second are Psychos For Hire. Yosenju Kamaitachi is the gust of wind (Returns an opponent's card to the hand), Yosenju Kamanitachi cuts the opponent (Can attack directly), and Yosenju Kamamitachi applies the ointment (Adds a Yosenju to your hand). It is mostly harmless to most people, unless awoken from its sleep as its venom can fell a man instantly. Seems to have developed from sightings of snakes that managed to snare a particularly large meal. Appropriately, she's shy and likes to hang out in secluded areas. Which is odd, since it takes place in Russia. The team congratulates you when you do and you get an achievement (in the HD remake).
Not because it drops a lot of money if killed, but because possessing its soul reduces prices at the shop. It appears in a single room, and not every time you enter it, and tends to disappear quickly. There's also a variant called Tsuchinoko Panda (named . It has the power to turn invisible, and likes to use this power to impede travelers. Interesting enough, its common depiction of being an animated wall is somewhat of a modern representation. Originally during the Edo period, one of its early depictions was that of a three- eyed grotesque vaguely dog- like creature. Over time, its depiction changed to a literal wall with limbs and very vague features.
See the Wikipedia article for more details. In Final Fantasy IV it lies in the Sealed Cave and blocks the way to the last Dark Crystal, and in Final Fantasy VII it's the last obstacle in the Ancient Temple. In the Mario Party series, they often block pathways just like the real Nurikabe. She is humanoid, but made out of concrete.
Her little sister is more of a wall- shaped creature with arms and legs. While it doesn't physically block people from passing through, it can make anyone it inspirits refuse to do anything they're asked to. Needless to say, he hits them and pokes fun at them. In another scene, Hellboy encounters female Rokurokubi. It was nighttime as well.