Thread: Youkai (Monsters/creatures from japanese folklore) in the Osaka Arc

Thought you guys might enjoy learning about some of the youkai we've seen.

The Amikiri (net cutter): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SekienAmikiri.jpg (The Gantz one is much, much larger than normal)

Dorotabou (rice field mud-man): http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%...94%B0%E5%9D%8A

Ohaguro Bettari (Black tooth): http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%...81%9F%E3%82%8A
(the "Real" Ohaguro Bettari didn't actually try to eat anyones eyes or brains, it just spooked you then stole your tea and ink to keep its teeth dyed).

And our favorite rapists two victims:
Rokurokubi (Stretching neck woman): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokurokubi
Futakuchi-onna (two-mouthed woman): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futakuchi-onna

Still looking for that frog. It's adorable. Kinda reminds be of the frogs in the Choju Giga

Ver interesting indeed, hope you can find more of this

The Yokai at the Right Of the Nurarihyon:

Dai-Tengu(a superior Tengu):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu

Ippon-datara(The nasty guy who fighted whit Kato):http://www.obakemono.com/obake/ippondatara/

The Nurarihyon(the Target): http://www.obakemono.com/obake/nurarihyon/

Wanyudo(ugly fire head in a wheel of the chapter 242):http://teru.twincle.net/kokunai_4%20...u/44_thumb.jpg

The one at the left of the Nurarihyon may be:

A kitsune(he has a fox face):http://www.obakemono.com/obake/kitsune/

An Inu-gami(clothes..):http://www.obakemono.com/obake/inugami/

There are many more..it would be better if you put images..

Man you found that frog, many thanks, i was searching what it was.

Interesting infomation but all links to japanese wikipedia doesn't work.

yeah, good information, very interesting

i've always wonder is there any book in english that has the list of known youkais?

True, it would be very interesting a book whit the detailed information of the Yokai.

But at last we have these pages full of Yokais.

http://www.obakemono.com/

http://www.youkaimura.org/youkainame.htm

Interesting pages.

Nice, very cool. Thanks.

hisshouburaiken, i've always wondered. was japanese your mother tongue or is it your second language?

Wow man that so cool i wonder what is the next youkai we are going to see.