What is the most famous yōkai?

1. Kappa. Kappa is a famous yokai that every Japanese person knows. The body of this creature is covered in green and it has fins for hands and feet.
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What is the most beautiful yōkai?

Description. Hinoenma are wicked female yōkai which look like beautiful women. They use their beauty to attract young men and destroy them. Hinoenma are paragons of feminine evil and the femme fatales of the yōkai world.
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What are the most powerful yōkai?

One such list is the Three Most Evil Yokai of Japan (japanese: 日本三大悪妖怪, Nihon san dai aku yōkai). These are the three monsters who, according to legend, posed the greatest threats to Japan's existence.
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Japanese Legends: The Three Most Evil Yokai of Japan
  • Shuten dōji, oni. ...
  • Tamamo no Mae, kitsune. ...
  • Emperor Sutoku, tengu.
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What is the biggest yōkai?

Description. Daidarabotchi are colossal humanoids which resemble bald-headed priests. They have big, rolling eyes, long, lolling tongues, and pitch black skin. They share a lot of similarities with other giants, like ōnyūdō and umi bōzu, but they are by far the largest giants found in yōkai folklore.
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Are there good yōkai?

Some yokai are friendly and totally harmless, while others are outright fearsome and malicious — there are some man-eating monsters in the mix, too!
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Who is the God of yōkai?

Yokai are the demons of Japanese mythology. They were born when the god Izanagi washed himself in a river to purify himself after entering Yomi in search of Izanami. When he removed his clothes, an innumerable amount of beings of all kinds emerged from his body, such as the Kappa, Nekomata, Kitsune, and so on.
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What kind of yōkai is Tora?

Tora is a gigantic orange yokai in the form of a humanoid tiger.
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What animal is kirin?

Girin or kirin (기린) is the Korean form of qilin. It is described as a maned creature with the torso of a deer, an ox tail with the hooves of a horse. The girin were initially depicted as more deer-like, however over time they have transformed into more horse-like.
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Can ganyu turn into a qilin?

Her personality is also attractive as Ganyu is a hardworking individual whose favorite hobby is taking naps. She is also part Qilin, and an Adeptus, so her design is a bit more unique than some of the other characters around her.
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Is qilin a chimera?

The legendary kirin, or popularly referred to in Chinese as "qilin", is a mythical chimera established in East Asian culture. Chimeras are best described as an extreme hybridization of several species.
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Is qilin a dragon?

In Mythology

Qilins often are represented as a dragon-like creature, most notabily their heat, mane, scales, and tail. They are often shown with fire around their mane and hooves. Their horn resembles Chinese dragons, the most reconizable creature across the world.
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Did Tora wield the Beast Spear?

As a human in ancient China Tora was the first to wield the Beast Spear. Chasing Hakumen across the country until Hakumen left for Japan. Tora then threw the spear to Japan because his soul was being consumed by the spear and he was losing his humanity and ability to use the spear.
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Who is the strongest yokai in Ushio and Tora?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, number one on the list is none other than the titular yokai, Tora. Long ago, the azafuse, a tiger-like breed of yokai, went by the name of Nagatobimaru, and was feared amongst both humans and yokai alike for his monstrous strength and the scope of his powers.
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Is Tora dead?

In the end, Tora's death is paralleled with the Hakumen's. Nobody grieves the Hakumen, and it dies with its wishes unfulfilled. Meanwhile, Tora dies completely satisfied, comparing the pleasure of being Ushio's friend to physical fullness, and knowing that there are many people who will mourn his absence.
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How many yokai are there?

How many yokai are there? The series was known as Gazu Hyakki Yagyo series, meaning Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Spirits, although in this context, one hundred just means many!
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Is Raiden a Raijin?

Raijin, also called Raiden or Raiden-sama, the god of thunder and lightning in Japanese mythology.
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Is demon slayer religious?

Demon Slayer's concepts and characters have drawn huge inspiration from Shinto religion and Japanese folklore.
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Who created the beast spear?

The Beast Spear. The Beast Spear is a supernatural weapon crafted and forged for the purpose of slaying Youkai. It was created over 2000 years before the start of the story by Giryou, the son of a master blade-maker, after his sister Jie Mei sacrificed herself to make the spear's blade.
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How was Hakumen no mono born?

Biography. The Hakumen no Mono was born of the hatred of humanity, the corrupt and evil chi in the darkness, in ages past and grew jealous of the pure and warm chi that humans produced. To this end, he went to destroy countless civilizations throughout history.
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What is Hakumen no mono based on?

Hakumen no Mono, the main villain of "Ushio and Tora," who was just revealed in episode 7, is based on a character from Japanese folklore as well as a character from Chinese history/legend/culturally important novel that has totally been adapted into anime/manga before.
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How old is Ushio and Tora?

Ushio & Tora (Japanese: うしおととら, Hepburn: Ushio to Tora) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 1990 to October 1996, with its chapters collected in thirty-three tankōbon volumes.
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Who is Ushio's mother?

Sumako Aotsuki (蒼月 須磨子 Aotsuki Sumako), before marriage Sumako Hizaki (日崎 須磨子 (ひざき すまこ), is the third third generation keeper of Hakumen no Mono who imprisons the 9-Tailed Fox with her barrier, the wife of Shigure Aotsuki and the mother of Ushio Aotsuki.
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Does the Beast Spear break?

Then the Beast Spear shatters with its first blow against Hakumen...
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Is ganyu half qilin?

Ganyu (Chinese: 甘雨 Gānyǔ) is a playable Cryo character in Genshin Impact. She is a half-qilin Adeptus under contract with the Geo Archon Morax and serves as the general secretary of the Liyue Qixing.
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Are Kirins unicorns?

In Korea, the Kirin is described as deer shaped creature with an ox tail and horse hooves. Clearly, a Kirin is not the same thing as a unicorn. In fact, there is a word for unicorn in Korean pronounced ilgaksu which means one horned creature.
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