Yokai

Yōkai
Japanese	妖怪
Rōmaji	Yōkai
Additional Information
Primary Ability	Various
Located In	Elentear

Yokai (妖怪 Yōkai) are creatures that live in Elentear.

Description

Yokai are ghost apparitions that come in all shapes, sizes, and types that reside in Elentear. They can be summoned or simply found in certain locations, such as Oni-Ga-Tsuki.

Known Yokai

• Lifeforms (生命体 Seimeitai): The Lifeforms appears as generic humanoid shadow-like entities.
• Snow-Woman (雪女 Yuki-Onna): The Yuki-Onna's real appearance is unknown since it takes the forms of the women sleeping in the depth of their target's hearts through the use of snow.
• Ittan-Momen (一反木綿 Ittan Momen): The Ittan-Momen appears as a monster made up of bandages that they can use as constraints.
• Fire Cart (火車 Kasha): The Fire Cart appears as a flaming carriage-like Yokai with cat-features that leaves a trail of flames in its path.
• Smoke Warrior (煙煙羅 Enenra): The Smoke Warrior appears as a cloud-like Yokai that uses smoke in its attacks.
• Nure-Onna (濡れ女 Nure-Onna): The Nure-Onna appears as a humanoid Yokai with an upper-body of a female human with scales on its shoulders and arms as well as a lower body of a snake. It can also turn its upper body into water and uses it against its enemy.
• Bakeneko (化け猫 Bakeneko): The Bakeneko appears as a humanoid Yokai with the features of a human, but the ears, whiskers, tail, and paws of a cat.
• Suiko (水虎 Suiko): The Suiko appears as a large, tiger-like Yokai.
• Spider Woman (女郎蜘蛛 Jorōgumo): The Jorogumo appears as a humanoid Yokai with an upper-body of a female human and a lower body of a giant spider.
• Ōmagatoki (逢魔時(オウマガトキ) Ōmagatoki): The Ōmagatoki appears as a humanoid Yokai with a pair of large horns on its head, a pair of pointed ears, two pair of arms wielding swords on each hand and black line designs all over its body.

Trivia

• The literal English translation for "Yokai" is "monsters".
• A large number of unnamed Yokai appear in Oni-Ga-Tsuki; most of them reflecting the Japanese monsters, such as a number of Tsukumogami and a Noppera-bō.
• More unnamed Yokai that are summoned by Yoko reflect several more Japanese monsters, such as a Gashadokuro, a Rokurokubi, a Tengu, an Oni, a tall woman with long arms and legs may reference the Hachishaku-sama, a Namahage, a catfish monk resembling the Iwana-bozu, and Tsurube-otoshi. Several more appear including a Hyakume, a Kappa, a Nuppeppō, a Ningyo, and a Tanuki.