Hossu and the Chestburster
A hossu is a type of fly swatter, owned and wielded by Buddhist priests – it is a small rod tipped with a bundle of horse hair, which can non-lethally shoo off flies. As you can see, this dancing guy’s head is a hossu. He looks lively, doesn’t he?
Now, that little wormy thing below him? It’s a chestburster. From Alien. Sort of. See, there’s this really famous epic horror novel, Teito Monogatari – you may be familar with an anime adaptation titled Doomed Megalopolis. One of the demons wielded by the main villain is a hideous worm that can possess its host. But… BUT… that worm is a chestburster, and patterned a lot after the monster in Alien. And it is thus an official Yokai. Try to take a Japanese mindset again. Why should there be a statute of limitations on ghosts? Why couldn’t a spirit take the form of something modern? What’s so crazy about that? And now it makes sense.
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Hossu and the Chestburster
A hossu is a type of fly swatter, owned and wielded by Buddhist priests – it is a small rod tipped with a bundle of horse hair, which can non-lethally shoo off flies. As you can see, this dancing guy’s head is a hossu. He looks lively, doesn’t he?
Now, that little wormy thing below him? It’s a chestburster. From Alien. Sort of. See, there’s this really famous epic horror novel, Teito Monogatari – you may be familar with an anime adaptation titled Doomed Megalopolis. One of the demons wielded by the main villain is a hideous worm that can possess its host. But… BUT… that worm is a chestburster, and patterned a lot after the monster in Alien. And it is thus an official Yokai. Try to take a Japanese mindset again. Why should there be a statute of limitations on ghosts? Why couldn’t a spirit take the form of something modern? What’s so crazy about that? And now it makes sense.
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