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Sogenbi

Sogenbi is a type of Japanese Yokai spirit, and is actually a ghost - it's the tormented spirit of a wicked monk who used too much oil, and is now condemned to spend eternity as a flying, flaming head.

 

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Somehow, I hav a hunch that this wasn't exactly born from a sighting, as much as this kind of situation:

 

"Stop it, Sogen! Leave a little for the rest of us! Now we can't cook anything!"

 

"Sorry, but I gotta eat!"

 

"Sogen, do you know what happens to wicked monks who hog all the cooking oil? Huh?"

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Uploaded on April 8, 2012
Taken on April 7, 2012