1764ĭepictions of yokai oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with a single horn or multiple horns emerging from their heads, with sharp claws and wild hair. Sessen Doji Offering His Life to an Ogre (Japanese Oni), hanging scroll, color on paper, c. The result? Janetta liked the ideas, and so do her sales team.Description File:Sessen-Doji-Offers-His-Life-Ogre-Oni-1764-Soga-Shohaku.png WORLD OF DEMONS USHI ONI PLUSPlus I brainstormed some cool story ideas and some ace new characters, and I spent ages plotting and re-plotting and thinking and re-thinking, and then I put it all into a proposal and sent it through. I did a heap of extra research into Japanese demons (called “yokai” in Japanese) and scared myself silly with some of the creatures that exist in Japanese mythology (vampires? hah! vampires don’t scare me anymore!!). She said: “Interesting send me a proposal” and I did. What would life be without a little trouble with your surname? (It’s ironic because Miku Takeshita, the hero of Takeshita Demons, has trouble with her surname too…)Īnd the most exciting bit? Way back when I first met Janetta I asked her about the possibility of making Takeshita Demons part of a series. Of course, nothing’s perfect: they got my name wrong in a couple of places (Cristy Byrne instead of Cristy Burne), but I’m entirely used to that. We also looked at an unbound proof for Takeshita Demons… Woo hoo! It looks great. Vampires? Hah! Try meeting an ushi-oni "cow devil" in the middle of the night! Thanks to manga and yokai legend Shigeru Mizuki and his awesome reference Yōkai Daizukai for the inspiration. His Super Cool ear is divided into three parts, allowing him to understand Bird Talk, Fish Talk and Human Talk as well as his native Yokai Talk. He is an accomplished killer, but also has a softer side: the suiko likes to sunbathe, and he likes to chat. Surviving on leaves, leeches and frogs, this mud-dwelling yokai has Super Cool lungs that allow him to breathe even when submerged in mud.Ī blood-sucking kappa with the fangs, claws and power of a tiger, the suiko lives in fast flowing rivers. The tortured ghost of a farmer who lost his land, the dorotabou rises from the mud to haunt his old fields. If he loses a tooth, another will grow back right where he needs it. Incredibly pointy and stronger than steel, Zig-zag boy’s teeth allow him to rip into raw fish, tearing them apart. He has no friends and no family, but he does have one redeeming feature: his Super Cool teeth. Zig-zag boy is an amphibian yokai who lives in rivers, surviving on raw fish. She may look like a frail, old woman, but when she’s hungry, her Super Cool fingernails become as strong as pickaxes, allowing her to rip into old graves to find dead things to eat. The kokuri-babā lives alone in an old temple and wears a white kimono made of hair. Newton’s Third Law of Motion in action!ĥ) FINGERNAILS: Kokuri-babā (Hag of the Old Priest’s Quarters) These moustache-like tentacles can move independently and have also been known to shoot electricity like lightning.Ī fire-breathing, clairvoyant squirrel, the nobusuma has sharp black teeth and spiky claws.Īble to fly, although it has no wings, the nobusuma can blow its body up like a helium balloon, but the power for lift-off comes from his Super Cool tail.īy slamming his tail onto the ground, the nobusuma can launch his body into the air. They eat human blood, and can sense human auras using their Super Cool nose hairs. Horse heads that hang upside-down like bats, sagari are said to be the ghosts of horses that died near trees. She uses the stomachs like cupboards, storing different food for different people. She has a Super Cool digestive system, with three stomachs: one for her, one for her husband, and one for her children. WORLD OF DEMONS USHI ONI SKINHe has many awesome body parts: claws like elephant tusks, muscles that never get tired, eyes that can see for miles…īut his Super Cool feature is his skin: when he’s swimming, his skin stretches out to form individual fins and flaps that help him to shoot through the water at top speed.Ī dedicated wife, the umi nyubou spends much of her time preparing pickled fish (for her children to eat) or gathering sea snake venom (to protect her family from attack by humans). Check these out:Ī nasty yokai who loves sinking ships and eating fishermen, the ushi-oni (also known as gyuuki) lives in the ocean. What you need are some Super Cool bits of Japanese demon anatomy. Super-strength and super-speed are so passé.
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