This one was SUPER fun! Though the cultural whiplash was a little crazy, I actually personally learned a lot from researching this one. Next video though, I want to try something a little different. Nothing drastic.
trust me as the manga reader, there is a lot of stuff. and i mean a lot. i was honestly surprised to see the video and this topic since it did come to mind when i was reading it "huh, gaijin might like this"
Might I suggest taking a look at Persona 5, with its many different and culturally accurate representations of yokai, gods, devils, and everything in between?
I have an unusual question about Kappa, is there anything in The books about Yokai about what happens to a kappa if the water in their head bowl freezers? There’s after all that whole thing of what happens if they lose the water in their head bowl but nothing about if it becomes ice. Just one of those curious questions to pops into peoples heads.
The Innerwill real wisdom is from learning from experience, in this case, the loss of things that you’ll never get back leaves the everlasting experiences
@@Niop_Tres Full Metal Alchemist, huh? Good point, except Edward and Alphonse didn't WILLINGLY sacrifice their limbs and body. They didn't expect that to happen. That said, Edward Elric actually did sacrifice one of his limbs to seal Alphonse's soul inside a suit of armor.
13:00 huh....you know in Greek Mythology Hephaestus is the God of smithing, and when he was born his mother Hera, in some myths Zeus, through him from Olympus and when he hit the ground he became lame as both his legs were broken. And during his Smithing, his assistants are the cyclopes, who many believe are meant to be reference to the fact that in Ancient Greece blacksmiths wore a leather eye patch because safety goggles and welding masks did not exist yet, so that should the worst happen and they get a piece of molten shrapnel in their eye, they would still be able to see. Huh you ever notice that certain aspects of mythologies seem to always repeat in different cultures? Like how some scholars think that the tale of the Orochi is directly influenced by the story of Heracles and the Hydra.
Both Greece and Japan also have myths where someone goes into the underworld to retrieve their loved one, and would have been successful if they hadn't disobeyed the order of "don't look at her"
Don’t forget Nordic/Germanic traditions when Odin/Woden gouged his eye out at the roots of Yggdrasil where the met the pool of knowledge to attain knowledge of everything and wisdom to use it, thus becoming the god of wisdom. Forcibly loosing ones eye and wisdom seem to be universal in our species.
@@seannoel8615 i think it's referencing too that when you are disabled that you see the world differently than most people who live their lives unencumbered.
I'm on the autism spectrum - a non-visible disability in some sense - and I can vouch for that referring to seeing things differently or somehow understanding things differently. Personally I wouldn't trade my supposed "disability" in dealing with social settings for my ability to focus intensely for long periods, collect deep knowledge about specific topics, or notice things before other people because my eyesight and hearing are more sensitive for anything. Even then some people seem to think "Oh wow you've got Asperger's? You must be so wise/creative/interesting..." Like fam, I just wanna live my life and be treated like a normal person. What is it with people thinking we're somehow special or empowered because we happen to have extra hurdles in life or difficulties with certain things? It's not like life is a video game where we chose hard mode for fun...
I love this channel. Thank you for going to such great lengths to teach us about the fascinating world in which we live. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to create these video series like Yokai Hunters and Culture Shock but dude...look at the thumbnail for this episode...you can't just sit on a name like "Folklorigins". You've got to do *something* with that name.
In a lot of cultured your eyes are about as important as your soul or at least connected to it. Losing, gainung, closinging, opening, blinding yhe eyes are always gonna mean some huge thing just happened.
I find the one eyed god of wisdom thing very intriguing, especially when related to Norse mythology and Odin being a trickster god of wisdom who also had to sacrifice an eye. (I believe it was to drink from Mimir’s well to gain more knowledge, but it’s been a while since I read about it.)
This channel is so mindblowingly good. I just finished the first episode of In/Spectre and needed to see if there are any folklore deep dives available - love it!
I've been reading the manga for this series for a few years now, and I'm so glad it's finally been turned into an anime. So yeah, GG, you've got PLENTY of juicy material. I'm looking forward to it!
Whenever you bring up the fact that the only difference between Kami and Yokai is whether or not the entity is being worshiped by Humans or not, I keep remembering how in Scottish Faerie Lore, the Fae are divided into Seelie and Unseelie Courts, with the former being mostly benevolent (but still dangerous) and the latter being malevolent. Cultural parallels abound.
Very interesting and nice work! You got me interested in the series. By the way, about Kappa (河童/かっぱ), I think that the name, Gataro (ガタロウ/河太郎), is a specific first name for a Kappa, not the other/regional name for Kappa in general. 河太郎 can be read as Kawa-tarou, and that is one of many names for Kappa. (Kappa came from Kawa-Wappa (河童), meaning a river-child, and Kawa-tarou (河太郎) has almost same meaning.)
Yes! I want more! Also I wanted to let you know that Dead by Daylight has a new slasher an Oni, I think you'll be pleasently surprised by his backstory and powers.
The taking of limbs to receive the power of a god reminds me of a manga i once read called "Black God", where the main characters gave their body parts to gods to obtain their abilities and their assistance.
Yeah that's another legend I didn't think of until you mentioned it! I consider myself an Egyptology geek and I totally forgot the legend of Set, Horus, and Horus' eye being torn out could also be linked to this. Isn't it crazy how humanity keeps on going back to eyes, wisdom, and the tearing out of eyes in folklore and myth?
When that dangerous looking kappa appeared on screen during the "yokai cultural whiplash" sequence, I randomly sang out "Ka-ppaaaaaaaaaa!" like I was in a kabuki reminiscent comedy sequence. This In/Spectre thing reminds me of The Ancient Magus' Bride mixed with GeGeGe no Kitaro, considering the focuses on the 'romance between a physically vulnerable, yet extremely magical girl and a socially awkward guy' and the 'yokai living life with humans, and humans are the real monsters' plot types. Yup, here's looking at you "Moe is a toxic culture." video, still one of my favorites from this channel with a yokai focus.
I wasn't sure what to make of this show from the cover, but I'm definitely going to watch it now. Gegege no Kitaro is a favorite, and this seems very much in the same vein. Thanks for covering this, Gaijin!
Hmm, the idea of eyes = wisdom shows up in other cultures too. Odin from Norse myth makes the same deal, trading his eye for Wisdom. Then there is also the Third Eye/Wisdom Eye/Buddha Eye, the "All Seeing Eyes" of Helios, Heimdall, and Christianity/Luminati and finally Thoth, the Egyptian god of Wisdom fixing Horus' left eye. I wonder if the one leg idea shows up as well... And I think I've been watching Matpat too long because I expected you'd put a picture of the band when you said to throw "Black Eyed Peas".
Nice episode! Glad to see the patrons and I were synced up on this! Although for me, I was just worried that the show would lose accuracy with its youkai lore as it went on after the initial hook...
Ahhh love your videos. First heard about this series when I saw the manga in stores and got excited to see it getting anime. I'd be interested to see your thoughts on the Chinese series Mo dao zu shi ( and just like what kind of Chinese culture/folklore might be in it) Also a great one knowing your love of yokai Natsume Yuujinchou ( I know I've mentioned it before but it's just so good) Even just like the movie- it is in of a long series. with 6 seasons and the manga is still going. It's also a supernatural mystery kinda along similar lines to Kitaro and I'd say 9/10 times the yokai aren't really evil/malicious Also Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi could be a good one and Nurarhyon rise of the yokai clan
The main female character of the series, having only one eye, because she needed to sacrifice the other to become a "God of Wisdom" is also a subtle reference to western culture, even if it wasn't intended, is also a nod to Odin of the Norse mythos, where in one version of his tale, sacrificed his eye so he could drink from a well of knowledge and granted him "All worldly knowledge" and is part of the reason "Wisdom" is one of his dominions in that pantheon.
I love the perspective of scarecrows being patient observers with knowledge of all they observe. _you hang around for a living_ _somewhere between all the land and the sky_ _being by never forgiving_ _nobody knows you and neither do I_
Ooh Majin Tentei shout out! God I miss that series and should do a rewatch. Maybe I’ll catch some youkai to recommend for a future youkai hunters ep. :3
He should have a blast when the series gets to the differences between the cultural powers of traditional yokai versus urban legends like the kuchisake onna.
Considering that the Manga(at least) deals with modern supernatural incidents, like the creation of a Pinocchio with the ability to use lightning, a Guillotine turned Tsukumogami being used in a murder and Kojin Nanase(who is the main story of season 1 at least), punctuated by Kotoko clarifying that her position as 'god of their wisdom' is to quote; "Maintain the balance between the natural and super natural worlds", you'll be gettin lots of Yokai references and appearances while the Yokai themselves are not the focus, like the Komainu, Kodama and Gashadokuro. Its still a well written series and worth a read.
Hey Gaijin and Little G. Have you thought about doing Yokai What Ifs? Like what if a Yokai got a happy ending or happy story? It would be interesting. Like making Banette find the child that threw it away, but the child didn't mean to and wanted the Banette back.
I thought the "one eye = wisdom" was a reference to the multitude of cultures where a deity gained wisdom by losing an eye (Wodin of Norse myth, for example)
Are you referring to Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (which focuses on seven school wonders/mysteries)? Cause I couldn't find anything this season with that name. The closest thing I've able to search up is Nanatsu no Fushigi no Owaru Toki (Seven Clocks, Seven Tricks).
In you want something else to check out, try Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. The ninja aspect of it might not be top tier and warrant a thrashing with a Which Ninja, but the use of Yokai and connecting them to more mundane objects and well as some Yokai being connected to the generals and treating Western Monsters as a class of Yokai, there might be a few things for you to tear into.
Long time ago I had a drawing magazine, special vampires. And I remember a Asian vampire (Chinese / Japanese, can't remember) and had one of the best designs I had seen for a monster: Snake hair, like Medusa, a big mouth full of sharp fangs IN THE HEAD and their eyes are located were should be their Jaws.
I have tried and failed to get a copy of that magazine or just the name of that vampire. So I figured out that this could be a good place to search for help.
1:59 - Well that's boring. 2:12: - More boring. 2:25 - Bored... 2:37 - Ah! Here we go. In all honesty, I'm a little curious about this series now, myself.
Any chance you can do some kind of analysis of "Oda Cinnamon Nobunga"? I have been noticing a good few cultural and historical referrances. They even gave the hyrogan recipe.
Goomba after seeing that YuGiOh card, I think you would like the Mayakashi cards/archatype that came out recently on Yugioh duel links, it's basically a yoki deck. like Tengu, The Winged Mayakashi, and Oboro-Guruma, The Wheeled Mayakashi for example
The girl is a cute but sassy and confident. Its just so refreshing from the usual moe blob archetypes-you know that feeling that she just exists to get YOUR rocks off. The girl just feels like a real fucking person with agency. In fact I'm seeing a significant improvement in the writing of anime and manga recently. People that grew up with the usual tired tropes also felt my fatigue and began actually improving on it and evolving the genre.
There is a show called Shuriken Sentai ninninger , a super sentai about ninjas, where all the monsters are yokai. Do you think you will ever do one of these on that?
This one was SUPER fun! Though the cultural whiplash was a little crazy, I actually personally learned a lot from researching this one. Next video though, I want to try something a little different. Nothing drastic.
Gaijin Goombah Media what about ninninjer?
Can you do a which ninja on Cat Women/ Black Cat or Randy Cunningham?
trust me as the manga reader, there is a lot of stuff. and i mean a lot. i was honestly surprised to see the video and this topic since it did come to mind when i was reading it "huh, gaijin might like this"
Might I suggest taking a look at Persona 5, with its many different and culturally accurate representations of yokai, gods, devils, and everything in between?
I have an unusual question about Kappa, is there anything in The books about Yokai about what happens to a kappa if the water in their head bowl freezers?
There’s after all that whole thing of what happens if they lose the water in their head bowl but nothing about if it becomes ice.
Just one of those curious questions to pops into peoples heads.
Gaijin: “wait hold on”
Little gaijin: “i’ll get the notebooks”
Gaijin: “I said hold on”
That made me laugh for a reason
we cant also forget about the famous one eyed man of wisdom, Odin the All Father
whats with people trading eyes for wisdom?
Sawtooth44 some symbolism with “loose one sense of reality, to see into yourself”
In some cultures eyes have been seen as something that can be used to deceive you.
Sometimes true wisdom, comes from losing something you can't get back.
I’m more interested in how many other cultures have this praticular idea occurring
The Innerwill real wisdom is from learning from experience, in this case, the loss of things that you’ll never get back leaves the everlasting experiences
And there is, of course, going outside of the Japanese inspiration. We're all familiar with Odin sacrificing his eye for great knowledge.
Odin also hung himself off of yggradsil.
If I am not thinking wrong he traded it for permission to drink from the well of wisdom
Edit: traded got autocorrected to trades
She sacrificed her right eye and left leg as an 11 year old? She's tougher than most anime male protagonists then lol
There seem to be a lot of wisdom deities with one eye. It seems like an interesting trope
Odin: " I am a trickster god"
@@Niop_Tres Full Metal Alchemist, huh? Good point, except Edward and Alphonse didn't WILLINGLY sacrifice their limbs and body. They didn't expect that to happen. That said, Edward Elric actually did sacrifice one of his limbs to seal Alphonse's soul inside a suit of armor.
So true 😂
Dude, you are everywhere!
13:00 huh....you know in Greek Mythology Hephaestus is the God of smithing, and when he was born his mother Hera, in some myths Zeus, through him from Olympus and when he hit the ground he became lame as both his legs were broken. And during his Smithing, his assistants are the cyclopes, who many believe are meant to be reference to the fact that in Ancient Greece blacksmiths wore a leather eye patch because safety goggles and welding masks did not exist yet, so that should the worst happen and they get a piece of molten shrapnel in their eye, they would still be able to see. Huh you ever notice that certain aspects of mythologies seem to always repeat in different cultures? Like how some scholars think that the tale of the Orochi is directly influenced by the story of Heracles and the Hydra.
Makes you wonder what out ancient ancestors all saw that inspired these thing doesn't it.
Both Greece and Japan also have myths where someone goes into the underworld to retrieve their loved one, and would have been successful if they hadn't disobeyed the order of "don't look at her"
Don’t forget Nordic/Germanic traditions when Odin/Woden gouged his eye out at the roots of Yggdrasil where the met the pool of knowledge to attain knowledge of everything and wisdom to use it, thus becoming the god of wisdom. Forcibly loosing ones eye and wisdom seem to be universal in our species.
It think this is where jung got the idea of the collective unconscious and the idea of architype.
She sounds like all-father Odin when he sacrificed his eye and impaired himself into the world tree to gain great wisdom and knowledge of magic.
12:08 Okay, that term for disability sounds empowering to me, as a disabled person.
Ditto, been in a wheelchair all my life (I'm 26) and people are alway complimenting my wisdom.
@@seannoel8615 i think it's referencing too that when you are disabled that you see the world differently than most people who live their lives unencumbered.
I'm on the autism spectrum - a non-visible disability in some sense - and I can vouch for that referring to seeing things differently or somehow understanding things differently. Personally I wouldn't trade my supposed "disability" in dealing with social settings for my ability to focus intensely for long periods, collect deep knowledge about specific topics, or notice things before other people because my eyesight and hearing are more sensitive for anything.
Even then some people seem to think "Oh wow you've got Asperger's? You must be so wise/creative/interesting..." Like fam, I just wanna live my life and be treated like a normal person. What is it with people thinking we're somehow special or empowered because we happen to have extra hurdles in life or difficulties with certain things? It's not like life is a video game where we chose hard mode for fun...
She lost an eye and leg... She one tough girl.
At least its not an atm and a leg
@@HarrysDogmalaysia I agree, that would make depositing paychecks a real pain.
Stronger than the guard from skyrim
The hyosube seem like a very extreme way to get people to keep their drains clean.
I love this channel. Thank you for going to such great lengths to teach us about the fascinating world in which we live. I know it takes a lot of time and effort to create these video series like Yokai Hunters and Culture Shock but dude...look at the thumbnail for this episode...you can't just sit on a name like "Folklorigins". You've got to do *something* with that name.
Plus with a name like that he can cover mythical creatures that are not yokai.
It’s kinda funny how whenever a character loses an eye they gain superpower...
Even happens in mythology, see Odin.
@@-kenik9629 power yes, wisdom yes, still mischievous definitely.
In a lot of cultured your eyes are about as important as your soul or at least connected to it. Losing, gainung, closinging, opening, blinding yhe eyes are always gonna mean some huge thing just happened.
She's just trying to one up Odin by losing a leg along with the eye.
I find the one eyed god of wisdom thing very intriguing, especially when related to Norse mythology and Odin being a trickster god of wisdom who also had to sacrifice an eye. (I believe it was to drink from Mimir’s well to gain more knowledge, but it’s been a while since I read about it.)
11:50 Small thing on a leaf and relating to something a god of agriculture would know?
Gotta be Sukuna Hikona.
11:56 Called it!
This channel is so mindblowingly good.
I just finished the first episode of In/Spectre and needed to see if there are any folklore deep dives available - love it!
I've been reading the manga for this series for a few years now, and I'm so glad it's finally been turned into an anime. So yeah, GG, you've got PLENTY of juicy material. I'm looking forward to it!
Whenever you bring up the fact that the only difference between Kami and Yokai is whether or not the entity is being worshiped by Humans or not, I keep remembering how in Scottish Faerie Lore, the Fae are divided into Seelie and Unseelie Courts, with the former being mostly benevolent (but still dangerous) and the latter being malevolent. Cultural parallels abound.
Hey, cool. He showed the Yu-Gi-Oh card.
Interesting that Gaijin didn't mention the concept of "The Mind's Eye" or the Evil Eye.
Why would he, that is a third or extra eye. Yes it grants powers but its a very different thing.
Very interesting and nice work! You got me interested in the series. By the way, about Kappa (河童/かっぱ), I think that the name, Gataro (ガタロウ/河太郎), is a specific first name for a Kappa, not the other/regional name for Kappa in general. 河太郎 can be read as Kawa-tarou, and that is one of many names for Kappa. (Kappa came from Kawa-Wappa (河童), meaning a river-child, and Kawa-tarou (河太郎) has almost same meaning.)
Longtime fan I just got to say I love your channel it always brightens my day when a new video is up
Wow this show looks beautiful and rich with lore content, thank you for talking about it in this video which was also Awesome, you never dissappoint
was hoping you would cover this one, it does go 0 to 60 pretty quick with the Yokai lore and your gag covered it perfectly.
Yes! I want more! Also I wanted to let you know that Dead by Daylight has a new slasher an Oni, I think you'll be pleasently surprised by his backstory and powers.
omg now i have to check that out
Gaijin! I love all your content! Thank you for helping me learn more about Japanese culture!
Always an absolute JOY watching your vids, Gaijin-sama! 💕🇵🇭
Well, of course Kuebiko is an expert.
He's outstanding in his field. 🤣
... Take my thumbs up on your comment and get out. XD
The taking of limbs to receive the power of a god reminds me of a manga i once read called "Black God", where the main characters gave their body parts to gods to obtain their abilities and their assistance.
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha.
I know we're doing the Japanese culture, but the very moment I heard that she had to sacrifice her eye for wisdom, I was like - ODIN!
The whole eye thing reminds me of the fight between Horus and set in which Horus' eye was torn out by his uncle set and restored by Ra
Yeah that's another legend I didn't think of until you mentioned it! I consider myself an Egyptology geek and I totally forgot the legend of Set, Horus, and Horus' eye being torn out could also be linked to this. Isn't it crazy how humanity keeps on going back to eyes, wisdom, and the tearing out of eyes in folklore and myth?
You know Gaijin this series motivated me to study yokai for myself and in turn have a deeper appreciation for japan so thank you so much.
Talking about sacrificing one eye, Odin also did it.
Yay! I enjoy this show, and have been thinking about mentioning it for this series.
I was excited when I saw you decided to cover it.
When that dangerous looking kappa appeared on screen during the "yokai cultural whiplash" sequence, I randomly sang out "Ka-ppaaaaaaaaaa!" like I was in a kabuki reminiscent comedy sequence. This In/Spectre thing reminds me of The Ancient Magus' Bride mixed with GeGeGe no Kitaro, considering the focuses on the 'romance between a physically vulnerable, yet extremely magical girl and a socially awkward guy' and the 'yokai living life with humans, and humans are the real monsters' plot types. Yup, here's looking at you "Moe is a toxic culture." video, still one of my favorites from this channel with a yokai focus.
So happy you're actually watching this series. I really wanted you to talk about it
I wasn't sure what to make of this show from the cover, but I'm definitely going to watch it now. Gegege no Kitaro is a favorite, and this seems very much in the same vein. Thanks for covering this, Gaijin!
I just watched the first 5 episodes of this anime and I’m already loving!
Kotoko is best girl!
Hmm, the idea of eyes = wisdom shows up in other cultures too. Odin from Norse myth makes the same deal, trading his eye for Wisdom.
Then there is also the Third Eye/Wisdom Eye/Buddha Eye, the "All Seeing Eyes" of Helios, Heimdall, and Christianity/Luminati and finally Thoth, the Egyptian god of Wisdom fixing Horus' left eye. I wonder if the one leg idea shows up as well...
And I think I've been watching Matpat too long because I expected you'd put a picture of the band when you said to throw "Black Eyed Peas".
Nice episode! Glad to see the patrons and I were synced up on this! Although for me, I was just worried that the show would lose accuracy with its youkai lore as it went on after the initial hook...
Can we get a Yokai hunter episode on some of the bosses from Megaman Zero and ZX series? Like Cubit Foxtar, Argoyl and Ugoyl.
Little G has gotten pretty animated. I like his little sign off pose at the end.
I wasn't expecting a Kappa episode. Awesome surprise.
The funny thing is i looked earlier if you had done an episode on this and you hadn't then a few hours later I look again and you did
Ah, that explains why the Yugioh Card "Hyosube" is a kappa with hair.
There really is surprising amount of parallels between yokai and European fae.
Ahhh love your videos. First heard about this series when I saw the manga in stores and got excited to see it getting anime. I'd be interested to see your thoughts on the Chinese series Mo dao zu shi ( and just like what kind of Chinese culture/folklore might be in it)
Also a great one knowing your love of yokai Natsume Yuujinchou ( I know I've mentioned it before but it's just so good) Even just like the movie- it is in of a long series. with 6 seasons and the manga is still going. It's also a supernatural mystery kinda along similar lines to Kitaro and I'd say 9/10 times the yokai aren't really evil/malicious
Also Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi could be a good one and Nurarhyon rise of the yokai clan
I've been waiting for this video since you mentioned it on twitter.
Love it. Keep up the good work!
The main female character of the series, having only one eye, because she needed to sacrifice the other to become a "God of Wisdom" is also a subtle reference to western culture, even if it wasn't intended, is also a nod to Odin of the Norse mythos, where in one version of his tale, sacrificed his eye so he could drink from a well of knowledge and granted him "All worldly knowledge" and is part of the reason "Wisdom" is one of his dominions in that pantheon.
I love the perspective of scarecrows being patient observers with knowledge of all they observe.
_you hang around for a living_
_somewhere between all the land and the sky_
_being by never forgiving_
_nobody knows you and neither do I_
The romance between them actually gets way better. And by better, I mean hilarious
I just wanted to say this channel always brightens my day. That’s all.
Odin from Norse mythology follows the one eyed story of great wisdom. He sacrificed his eye to a witch to look into a well holding great knowledge
I really hope we get more episodes on this series.
Solid vid. Was nice to learn a bit more
Ooh Majin Tentei shout out! God I miss that series and should do a rewatch. Maybe I’ll catch some youkai to recommend for a future youkai hunters ep. :3
Also Odin sacrificed his right eye for power and knowledge. :)
amazing video as always, but in the back of my head, i'm still waiting on that digimon video you teased.
Gaijin you should look into Toilet-bound Hanako-kun! It plays with the stories of Hanako-san and other yokai and I find it really charming.
one of my fav ln/manga, really like how the youkai lore is handled here.
i hate how i instinctively imagined throwing Fergie at the suiko
He should have a blast when the series gets to the differences between the cultural powers of traditional yokai versus urban legends like the kuchisake onna.
That sacrificing eye for wisdom is 1 to 1 like Odin from Norse mythology.
Considering that the Manga(at least) deals with modern supernatural incidents, like the creation of a Pinocchio with the ability to use lightning, a Guillotine turned Tsukumogami being used in a murder and Kojin Nanase(who is the main story of season 1 at least), punctuated by Kotoko clarifying that her position as 'god of their wisdom' is to quote; "Maintain the balance between the natural and super natural worlds", you'll be gettin lots of Yokai references and appearances while the Yokai themselves are not the focus, like the Komainu, Kodama and Gashadokuro. Its still a well written series and worth a read.
As always I learn something new, thank you for all your hard work Gaijin Goombah and she's a tough girl being disabled myself.
I watched this anime as soon as it came out and I’m in love.
Gaijin doing an episode on Kyokou Suiri! Consider my day made.
This was a really great episode man :D
Hey Gaijin and Little G. Have you thought about doing Yokai What Ifs? Like what if a Yokai got a happy ending or happy story? It would be interesting. Like making Banette find the child that threw it away, but the child didn't mean to and wanted the Banette back.
FINALLY we get a reference to Okuninushi! Been waiting on that since I picked up Okamiden!
Odin was a one-eyed Norse God who gave up his eye for wisdom
Kami getting their eye's gouged out? Like Odin in Norse mythology or the Graeae in Greek? Man, we've been telling these stories forever!
7:10 Might not have been the best example of "sexy" there.
7:27 7:43 See, those would have been better examples
I thought the "one eye = wisdom" was a reference to the multitude of cultures where a deity gained wisdom by losing an eye (Wodin of Norse myth, for example)
At least she didn’t lose an arm.
to think this show would get so good with it's references
Since we are talking about this season's anime, can Seven School's Mystery (Nanatsu no Fushigi) be considered youkai Gaijin?
Are you referring to Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (which focuses on seven school wonders/mysteries)? Cause I couldn't find anything this season with that name. The closest thing I've able to search up is Nanatsu no Fushigi no Owaru Toki (Seven Clocks, Seven Tricks).
@@acedias12 Tsk tsk Yes I Am!
That sounds right up your alley.
If I was going to write a kappa anime, it would be about the cut throat world of kappa-modling.
I just started watching this show and I'm STUCK.
When it comes to the Hyosube, it reminds me of the hormone monster from Big mouth, the difference is, there's no horn.
In you want something else to check out, try Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. The ninja aspect of it might not be top tier and warrant a thrashing with a Which Ninja, but the use of Yokai and connecting them to more mundane objects and well as some Yokai being connected to the generals and treating Western Monsters as a class of Yokai, there might be a few things for you to tear into.
And here I thought that the one eye thing was a reference to Oden of Norse mythology.
odin comes to mind about sacrificing an eye to gain wisdom i heard in one of his fables in others he loses it to fenrir
Hey GG! I just started watching Mushi-shi and I was curious of any insight you had to Mushi and Yokai. I'm curious if they're the same or not.
Sort off. It is complicated.
It may have a cliche romance attached, but I'm intrigued by this yokai-heavy anime.
Long time ago I had a drawing magazine, special vampires. And I remember a Asian vampire (Chinese / Japanese, can't remember) and had one of the best designs I had seen for a monster: Snake hair, like Medusa, a big mouth full of sharp fangs IN THE HEAD and their eyes are located were should be their Jaws.
I have tried and failed to get a copy of that magazine or just the name of that vampire. So I figured out that this could be a good place to search for help.
1:59 - Well that's boring.
2:12: - More boring.
2:25 - Bored...
2:37 - Ah! Here we go.
In all honesty, I'm a little curious about this series now, myself.
In/Spectre is one of the best of the new season. Change my mind.
I feel like alot of gods of wisdom get rid of their eyes, I dont know, it just sounds so familiar.
Any chance you can do some kind of analysis of "Oda Cinnamon Nobunga"? I have been noticing a good few cultural and historical referrances. They even gave the hyrogan recipe.
Goomba after seeing that YuGiOh card, I think you would like the Mayakashi cards/archatype that came out recently on Yugioh duel links, it's basically a yoki deck. like Tengu, The Winged Mayakashi, and Oboro-Guruma, The Wheeled Mayakashi for example
The episode after that has a Mishaguji.
The girl is a cute but sassy and confident. Its just so refreshing from the usual moe blob archetypes-you know that feeling that she just exists to get YOUR rocks off. The girl just feels like a real fucking person with agency. In fact I'm seeing a significant improvement in the writing of anime and manga recently. People that grew up with the usual tired tropes also felt my fatigue and began actually improving on it and evolving the genre.
Ah yes the kappa, the buttpirating frog demons.
I might give the series a read/watch.
Wait, "Water-Tiger"? Did one of those monsters show up in the Blade anime from Studio Madhouse?
1 eye, for grate wisdom..
Odin?
Holy crap, now I understand scarecrows in OoT and MM!
There is a show called Shuriken Sentai ninninger , a super sentai about ninjas, where all the monsters are yokai. Do you think you will ever do one of these on that?
Kamen Rider and Ninninger (all of Super Sentai for that matter) are seperate shows. They just do crossovers on occasion.
RokuroCarisu I know, I just mistyped. I corrected t already