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The beast shows itself in a number of ways, but above all else, it seems intent on making a lasting first impression. My boss warned me that the texts that, he believes, reference the Malicious Maw/Lickypede/Lickyface/ That Lickyfaced Bastard often mention its delight in eldrichly entertaining entrances.

 

Sadly, it is thanks to this entrance that I was a bit too overwhelmed to take pictures of its immediate entrance. I hope that my explanations with the following pictures in this album will help explain myself on that matter.

 

While my benefactor has put me through a number of trials and rituals to keep myself relatively... alive in the event of an eldritch incident, the volunteer that I had been sent with seemed to be lacking in these countermeasures. I am beginning to believe this with on purpose, as my benefactor was clearly more distressed by my lack of photo evidence for what I am about to describe than my returning without my.. partner? Charge?... Sacrifice?

 

Whatever they were, their final moments will be left scarred on my memory, so no fear in us losing that piece of journalistic gold!

 

At first, I had thought their cough merely a result of an addiction to cigarettes and the recent legalization of recreational weed. I especially considered the latter when it started picking up as we hunted through the foggy bog for the beast.

 

They complained of visions, of whispers that I could not hear. The game of 'what would you do if you were x supernatural' that we picked up to ease their concerns further cut short as we heard something slithering. Something wet.

 

Certain it was a beast caught in the bog, more concerned with freedom than us, I was intent on moving on. The lost buddy of mine was more concerned with the inky, black phlegm they were coughing up, which they claimed tasted of gasoline.

 

Worse, as they tried to cover their mouth is seemed their arm wanted to fight them. The hand was headed for their lips, only for tremors to be seen in their fingers and palm. That hand of their's tuck in the air, I saw a solid mass in each finger begin to pull away. As the skin began to pull from the mass and hang, hollowed like a loose glove, I realized it was the finger bones, and who knows what else, pulling away from the dermis.

 

I feel I should have reconsidered the contract Doc made me sign...

 

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Ironwood Hills, Lost Boys

 

*~*~* BODY *~*~*

 

Shape by Me

Skin: + Fallen Gods Inc + Obsydian, Red Elemental, Shaved

 

*~* Head *~*

 

+ Aii + DreamWeaver (Rage) // Copied and Cobbled into the void in his head.

Hair: Magicka Things

Head: DRD / Death Row Designs | Faces Of Death / F.O.D | Blind Venomous Carnage

 

*~* Torso *~*

 

Ro / Remarkable Oblivion - Azrael Bone Wings - Red

Ro / Remarkable Oblivion - Broken Heart Necklace

 

- Cobbled and Copied by me over Torso and Arms -

+ Aii + DreamWeaver's Eye (Dream)

[ni.Ju] Cheeky Chompers

Yellow JesteR - Jeepers Peepers

 

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+ Aii + Sinner Hands

 

*~* Waist & Hips *~*

 

+ Aii + Gluttonous Orifice

 

*~* Legs, So Many Legs *~*

 

+ Aii + Centipede Body

 

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*~* Head *~*

 

Tamagosenbei Purple Eye Yokai Pet

[ The Forge ] Witcher Headpiece, Gold

 

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.aisling. Fangarth Necklace

.aisling. Ragun

DRD / Death Row Designs | Zombie Apoc - Zombie Arm

PFC / Pucca FireCaster creations ~ Bones - Choker

Yōkai, or Japanese demon, from a scroll. The snow woman yōkai - if you're in Japan on a snowy night and a woman in summer clothes wants to come in, think twice.

 

Image source: Wikipedia (cropped by uploaded to Wikipedia)

 

Information on Yōkai: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai

(Ink on paper, 2008)

 

Here is the second & final piece I did for the "Yokai In Your Eye" show @ Bear & Bird Gallery on June 14th.

 

It is based on the character Baku. Here is the explanation:

 

Baku are Japanese supernatural beings that devour dreams and nightmares. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in Japanese anime and manga. The Japanese term "baku" has two current meanings, referring to both the traditional dream-devouring creature and to the zoological tapir (e.g., the Malaysian tapir). The traditional Japanese nightmare-devouring baku originates in Chinese folklore and was familiar in Japan as early as the Muromachi period (14th-15th century).

 

Inktober - Crystal.

First day of the Inktober 2021. This year I'm drawing yokai, and as you might know yokai are supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore, known from manga, movies, and art. There are probably thousands of different yokai, here are just a few.

First one is Tetsu (Tatsu), Japanese dragon, and this one here guards his treasure.

Inktober is about ink, but this one got watercolor and acryl as well.

Bear Model Yokai

Betobeto-San is a special kind of Yokai - absolutely invisible, he can only be detected byt eh pitter-patter of his feet as he follows behind you. He will leave if you ask nicely, however.

A girl in a Jibanyan ninja themed outfit takes pictures of him on a smart phone.

Hokusai manga of a very interesting party. Two of the participants are women with very long necks (a type of yokai in Japan called Rokurokubi) and a three-eyed smiling individual in front of a pot of coal. The image from Wikipedia was of two pages from a collection of Hokusai manga - I edited them and created a single image from the two. A very cursory search didn't turn anything up for the gentleman with three eyes in terms of nomenclature...

Film photography series.

Zenit-E, Helios 44-2, Kodak Vision 2 500T.

 

See more of my works:

 

Boosty - boosty.to/natalieina

Instagram - www.instagram.com/natalieina.photography

Behance - www.behance.net/natalieina

Vk - www.vk.com/natalieinaart

 

For all questions, as well as for the purchase of photo prints and about the collaboration, please write to my mail:

natalieinatree@gmail.com

Yōkai, or Japanese demon, from a scroll.

 

Image source: Wikipedia (cropped by uploaded to Wikipedia)

 

Information on Yōkai: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai

A rather vicious Tsukumogami (an everyday object that has come to life – remember the other articles?), Ittan-Momen is nothing more than a strip of cotton which would otherwise be used in making clothes. Ittan-Momen flies through the air, looking for victims to smother or strangle. It is responsible for many otherwise unexplained suffocation deaths… so this eans your Uncle Fred didn’t accidentally choke himself on a bedsheet while drunk. It was a ghost! Wow, that got morbid real fast.

 

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From the Mizugi Shigeru yokai (Japanese monsters) exhibit at the Osaka Culturarium in Tempozan Harbor.

Tesso is the Iron Rat Demon, or the Iron Rat Monk. Like several other Yokai, he is the undead spirit of a holy man – but it’s not what you think! His name was Raigo, and he is based on real historical events (up to a point. EVerything before the rats, really). Once upon a time (in the Heian era), Emperor Shirakawa desperately needed a son, and so he asked Raigo the monk to pray for him – if the emperor had a son, then he would grant any one thing Raigo asked for, no matter what. So, Raigo fervently prayed and meditated day and night, and the day came when the emperor’s son was born, and he was overjoyed! So he approached Raigo and told him to name his wish, and it would be granted. Raigo wished for a monastery – his own monastery so he could train new monks and spread holiness.

 

However, there were three things in the world that the emperor could not control: The winds, the roll of the dice, and those evil, rebellions Enriyaku-ji monks in the mountains! The Enriyaku-ji monks are another story entirely – their history includes everything from burning down rival monasteries to working for the Yakuza – but anyway! The Enriyaku-ji hated Raigo, and did not want him to build his monastery. So they plotted, schemed, bribed, lied, and did everything in their power to stop him, and succeeded so well that not even the Emperor could build that monastery!

 

Raigo was understandably angry, but also powerless, and even though the emperor tried to help him as much as he could, Raigo was so enraged that he went on a hunger strike until his monastery could be built! The Enriyaku-ji were quite pleased with this, of course, and continued to block it until poor old Raigo starved to death. But because he had been so angry and vengeful when he died, and because he had been wronged so badly, he was immediately reborn as Tesso, a rat-shaped demon the size of a man, with iron fangs and claws. Tesso gathered his army of rats and invaded the Enriyaku-ji temple, wrecking the place, killing monks, and destroying all their books, scrolls, artifacts, and relics, thoroughly punishing those wicked monks for what they did. And you know, they say that Tesso still haunts the area to this day, taking out his centuries-old rage on travellers and holy men.

 

I guess the moral of this story is that church building fundraisers have never changed.

 

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As a kid back in the 70’s, each week watching this “Yokai Ningen Bem” was one of the most important parts of my life.

 

Originally aired in 1968 by Fuji TV but I was too young then and I first saw the show as reruns around in 1973.

 

Those human-like yokai monsters, Bem (Kind of fatherly figure or big brother), Bera (motherly figure then again big sister) and Bero (little boy or little brother) fought many bad spirits and monsters each week and they all turned to their real form when fighting but what they really wanted was to become a real human and I was wondering why as I thought they are just great as is.

 

Unfortunately I don’t have Bem in monster form but I will look for one later for sure to complete the set. Human form Bem is 3.7 inches tall.

Submission for the "Where We Go" category.

This photo was taken in the busy MARC (passenger rail station) underpass in Odenton, MD. Many people walk through this tunnel every day and probably don't realize how spooky it looks to others. I like to photograph places frequented by many in a way that makes it look foreign or unidentifiable.

   

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The SPOOKY pedestrian underpass in Odenton, MD. Makes me feel as though I'm in a Japanese horror movie...a Yokai heaven!

 

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Bear Model Yokai

My little ones as Oni.

Costumes originally was prepared for BJD exhibition (theme Yokai) in nowJapan festival this year.

Big thanks to our sensei Inari san for teaching to sew kimono in numerous workshops.

Face-uped by me, I also sculpted this Oni/Hannya mask especially for this exhibition ^^

Author and illustrator Matthew Meyer, "the yōkai guy."

And so, spiders. There are lots of spider Yokai out there, from the Jorogumo lady to the Ushii-Oni ox. But Tsuchigumo is its own creature, patterned after the beefy Purseweb Spiders.

 

Tsuchigumo is actually an ethnic slur against Japan’s indigeneous people – “dirt spider” – and the term preexisted the monster, though thankfully the Yokai has mostly managed to displace its original use. As a monster, it is a gigantic house-sized spider with shapeshifting abilities. One famous story involves a samurai defeating a Tsuchigumo and cutting it open, only to find hundreds of skulls and other human remains spilling out of its carcass. Take that, arachnophobia!

 

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Rage, jealousy, anger, and hatred can twist mortal humans into powerful demons. The Hannya used to be a woman, once. But now she is tragic hatred embodied.

Prints on exhibit at Creature Features: Museum of The Weird

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YOKAI - Manta Rays - FloraRay

LAQ Club Gift - Hunter

 

Ariskea[Shell]Sea Shell

The Amakiri is not to be confused with the Kamakiri. Wow. Kamakiri is an invisible little scissor-handed creature that sneaks up on you on the day of your wedding while you are on the toilet, and cuts your hair. This is actually pretty traumatic, because it means that you have taken monk’s vows. But it isn’t Amakiri! Amakiri is different! Rather than cutting people’s hair in the bathroom, it cuts nets!

 

Amakiri are essentially harmless creatures – they float aimlessly around and are actually pretty shy, hiding from humans and fierce animals. But they have one flaw, and that is cutting nets – when an Amakiri sees a net, it can’t help but cut it! Snip-snip-snip! And thus, a fisherman’s livelihood will be ruined. The little creature didn’t mean any harm, but it happened anyway. And this is sad. Yokai are often blamed for bad things that happen – if there’s a stain on your ceiling, it was because the Tenjoname licked it. If you have sleep paralysis, it’s because the Kana-Shibari pinned you. If you are murdered and your body implanted with spider eggs, it’s all the Jorogumo’s fault. They just have to make up a supernatural explanation for everything.

 

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There are lots of spider Yokai – and this one is actually meant to be the next entry in this list, but it can also stand in got Tsuchigumo! There are really three types of Spider Yokai. Okay, there are more with spider features, but there are three spider-spider Yokai. To start with, there is the Jorogumo – i.e. the “spider whore,” based on the colorful Nephila Clavata orb weaver. The Ushi-Oni will be described below. But the most generic spider is the Tsuchigumo, the “Sand Spider” or “Dirt Spider” or “Mud Spider.” It is based on the Purseweb Spider, a really fat wandering spider.

 

Actually, Tsuchigumo started out as an ethnic slur – a name for the indigeneous tribes that occupied Japan before the modern Japanese people came in from China. They were dirt spiders. Only later did it get applied to actual dirt spiders. The Tsuchigumo of legend is a powerful and intelligent spider that can grow to be the size of a house. Some also have wolf or ox heads or tiger bodies or something else similar. And yes, like everything else, it has shapeshifting powers. One of the most famous stories (and there is a Netsuke figure commemorating the end of this) involves a samurai defeating a particularly gigantic Tsuchigumo and cutting its belly open only to find thousands of skulls and bones pour out, the remains of hundreds of meals. Try to imagine that one, arachnophobes!

 

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In Japanese mythology, there is a yōkai (spirit or demon) named Amabie (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amabie). This yōkai helps with harvests and if you show its (hers?) picture to those afflicted with disease, the sick person should get better. Amabie has become very popular since the pandemic started and you can see variations of this image in many places (as well as more modern interpretations).

 

This image is from the Kyoto University Digital Archive of Rare Materials and the source can be found at rmda.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/item/rb00000122.

 

Severely cropped variant with background elements removed with a transparent background.

 

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Game: Yomawari: Midnight ShadowsDeveloper: Nippon Ichi SoftwarePublisher: NIS AmericaReviewed on: PS4 (Review code provided)

 

Nippon Ichi Software is back with a new terrifying addition to their Yomawari series titled Midnight Shadows, a Japanese survival horror video game. This dramatic tale takes you in the footsteps of two lost elementary school girls, Yui and Haru, as you traverse your hometown to find one another. But it’s not as cute as it first appears; something evil is lurking in the dark, they’re out to get you and there’s yokai closing in on every side. Fighting for your life inside these killer, thriller nights, are you up to the challenge to find each other in the darkness? Even I was unprepared for what I was about to experience…!

 

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Whilst Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is a sequel to its predecessor Night Alone, the story that is about to unfold is an entirely separate entity, meaning that no previous experience is required in order to get the most from this game. In fact, if like myself you have no prior knowledge then this will only make the following hours all the more harrowing for you! To put my personal opinion out here and to help set the tone, I don’t feel the PEGI 12 age rating is appropriate to the graphic scenes depicted within; at the very least I would suggest 15 onwards to avoid any nightmares. Heck, even at 28 I didn’t really want to face this alone in the dark and was repeatedly told off for my constant shrieking…

 

Set in a seemingly quaint Japanese town, summer vacation is coming to an end and two young girls, Yui and Haru visit the mountaintop to watch the evening fireworks together. Sounds nice right? During the display, Haru explains that this is the last time they will be able to watch the fireworks together as she will soon be leaving town. As sadness sets in, night envelops the town in darkness. As the girls journey home, something lunges at them from the shadows to attack and the two girls find themselves lost and separated in the dark. Alone and afraid, the girls must brace themselves for the terrors of the night and face the darkness to reunite and make their way home.

 

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Bizarrely, the game opens up with a specific set of instructions: turn off all the lights and focus your attention solely on the screen, even going so far as asking you to promise. I had intentionally not looked into this game at all in order to heighten my experience, and placing my judgements on the cover art and cute chibi character styles I thought to myself, this can’t be that scary… Well, I was about to eat my words. I proceeded to turn off all the lights, close all the blinds and turned up the volume before placing myself in front of the TV with my eyes and mind focused. As the dark screen lingered I had a sense that something was about to happen, you know, like when you are asked to watch one of these seemingly innocent videos but then after a while something scary jumps out at the screen. Well, that didn’t happen. I was left slightly disappointed by this and thus began the story. Boy oh boy was I wrong, I wasn’t disappointed for long… After a brief opening explaining the mechanics, I was totally unprepared for what was about to happen! What greeted me next was one of the grimmest and morbid scenes I have ever witnessed and left me agape in shock for a good 10 minutes trying to comprehend the horror that had just unfolded. It’s an experience that has shook me and will stick with me for a long time.

 

Japanese horrors are the only ones that seem to invoke the most emotions from me. Whilst western horrors mostly involve gruesome looking characters and scary moments, most often I find them lacking in leaving an impression. Nippon Ichi Software, however, have exceeded my expectations and have mastered the perfect horror by invoking our most innate fears. One way they have achieved this is by creating the perfect ambience. There is no musical score here, only the calls of the night that make hairs stand on end and hearts pulsate. As you explore the town you can hear the rustling of the trees, the leaves and crunchy gravel underfoot, the cicadas song and the electrical hums of street lamps and vending machines. As you explore an abandoned mansion, floorboards creak, doors slam and windows rattle. All of these are familiar frights from our childhoods, and whilst you may think you have grown out of them, it’s amazing how the darkness pulls you back. Under the cover of night, the yokai come out with wails of suffering voiced in Japanese such as Yonkai Baba or Teke Teke that particularly creeped me out. As these various yokai inch ever closer to you as you wander the town, your heart will pulsate through the speakers, increasing in rhythm as they get closer whilst the screen throbs. In turn, my own heartbeat would begin to go crazy and it was soon hard to distinguish if it was more mine or the games.

 

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When it comes to visuals, they have also done an exceptional job in heightening our experience. The game itself has a beautiful painted art style with kawaii chibi illustrations, using parallax scrolling at certain scenes to create gorgeous depth and add great immersion to the game. I will admit, I especially squealed when a spider complete with webbing popped out in the foreground hindering my visibility! The quality is a little pixelated, especially when zoomed in once undercover but overall this added to the charm. Frame rate was often solid, only dipping on the odd occasion but this was hardly noticeable and did not interrupt gameplay. It really is a beautiful game, especially with the rare burnt, blood like sky.

 

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Yomawari: Midnight Shadows owes its big horror success to how well the team have implemented the evocation of our innate fears, especially if the opening instructions are up-kept by the player. The ambience, coupled with the impairment of our visual senses in the dark has a huge impact on our human psyche. Despite our evolution from our ancestors, we still rely on our visuals to protect us. Black represents darkness, but it is not the darkness itself we fear, rather it is what the darkness conceals that may bring us harm. The gameplay utilises all of this to create a terrifying experience, despite the somewhat simplistic mechanics. Throughout the game, you will change perspectives between Yui and Haru, though most of the story unfolds through Haru’s eyes, with Yui’s scenes connecting the development between chapters. The goal is to find Yui, and for reasons unbeknownst to me, Haru takes it upon herself to explore the town at night. Seriously, this little girl has GUTS! She is so unbelievably courageous; despite being scared and alone her desire to find her friend urges her on. The game plays upon our perceptions of night, and even though you should know your own town well, under the cover of darkness everything is different. You may walk the same path every day, but at night it always seems unfamiliar and scary.

 

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As little girls, there is no combat to be found and demons cannot be fought. Armed with only a flashlight, you must explore the streets alone. The map starts off more or less empty, completing over time in childish scribbles as you traverse your hometown. It’s actually rather detailed sketching for a young girl, with landmarks and areas of interest marked down. Loneliness is instilled with every step you take as you travel alone and what’s worse is that you are far from alone, as a plethora of yokai and mononoke roam the streets. Each one has unique characteristics steeped in Japanese lore and will require different tactics to evade. As you explore with your flashlight you will come across a glimmer on the ground representing an item that can be picked up. These are split into collectables, key items and usable items, some with a limit on how many you can carry at a time. As you cannot fight the yokai you will have to find other ways around them, and some will block your path forcing you to find an alternative route or signalling an area which can’t be reached until a later point. Items such as rocks or paper planes can be used to distract the yokai, whilst some will force you to run for your life. As you run, a stamina bar represents the duration you can last before exhaustion slows you down, so it’s best to pace yourself where you can. If running isn’t an option, nearby bushes or police signs are good places to hide until the yokai retreats, but these moments are tense as your heart goes crazy. Sneaking or turning off your flashlight is also an option and can help in avoiding detection.

 

Other useful items you can collect are coins which can be used to save your game at nearby telephones or as offerings at Jizo statues. Though you might expect these coins to be rare, they are actually in plentiful supply which might make things a little too easy. These points are always good to check, as being captured by a yokai will result in instant death and will take you back to your last save point. Luckily any items you collect will still remain with you, which whilst easy does save all the hard work you just put in. The Jizo statues are also useful to use as teleportation to various sections of the map. Making your way through these streets fills you with anxiety, and as the fear sets in it can be hard to push forward, yet I found the story so compelling that I could not avert my eyes and I had to push on. I have to find Yui and I must see where this story will end, I constantly told myself. I perished many a time, but I could not stop pushing forward on these puzzling streets; with trial and error I would persevere to the end! Charms were particularly handy for facing certain situations, granting abilities such as running for longer which was perhaps the most useful.

 

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This game has certainly put me through my paces. I have lost count of the number of times I have shrieked as a yokai jumps out from nowhere, or the screen is enveloped in complete darkness. I have been a nervous wreck, especially after being chased by Mr. Kotowari with his relentless effort to cut me. The story has gripped my heart, and yes, I have cried. By the time I had completed the game I had suffered through 10 hours of horror, filled with despair yet great appreciation for such a heart-wrenching experience. Now I just need to play through the post-game to go back and find all the collectables and read further into the dark mysteries that haunt this town…

 

VERDICT

 

A tale of harrowing terror and enduring friendship! Despite inflicting such horrors upon me, this tale is one filled with not only despair but inspiration. Haru has been so inspiring; if she can push on through all of what she’s been through then surely I can face my fears too! This game will give you all the feels: fear, sorrow, anger and frustration, but overall I was left with a deep admiration over the bonds these girls share and the lengths they were willing to go through for each other. This game is a testament to how easily we can be gripped by our innate emotions, yet no matter what happens we can somehow find the strength to go on. I can’t wait to see where Nippon Ichi Software will take us next!

 

9/10

 

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Beware the Blue Monk, AoBozu. They say he appears in rice fields, and steals children who are disobedient to their parents. Every single culture has something like this, whether it’s the Bogeyman or Rawhead & Bloody Bones. If you disobey mommy and daddy, a horrible demon will rip you apart and eat you. You stupid kid.

 

Actually, that part of the legend is new. The first Aobozu depiction was in Toriyama Seiken’s famous book (look it up), but all it had was a picture and a name. He might have been making a pun on a green/blue “inexperienced” monk. Honestly, we will never know. But AoBozu is similar to another cyclopean monk, the Hitotsume-Kozu. There are a lot of one-eyed Yokai, and a lot of monk Yokai, so it only stands to reason that there are more than a few one-eyed monk Yokai.

 

Here is a look at the "set" for this photo: i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/figures/figures00...

 

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I've already written tons of stuff about Oni. But in DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS...

 

...Oni were originally just called Oni, but then de-asianized into "ogre Mages" for most of D&D's history, even though they are not really ogres. Then 4th Edition brought them back to their roots by calling them Oni... and making more types based on different kinds of Oni and yokai. The vanilla type is now an Oni Mage or an Oni Ogre Mage, to try to stem confusion a little bit.

 

Also, this guy is a better-looking Blue Oni than the pic I labelled as such. Crazy world, isn't it?

Kitaro, the ghost-child, is… well, yeah, he’s the main hero of the show. A Yokai orphan (sorta) child who can communicate with both worlds of the living and the dead, and the show focuses on his adventures with everything from traditional Japanese Yokai to… Dracula. The fact that I don’t have most of the cast is why you’re only getting a taste of this series.

 

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