| 1 | The Character Sheet for the villains of ''Manga/UshioAndTora''. Watch out for unmarked spoilers. Work in Progress. |
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| 3 | For the heroes, go [[Characters/UshioAndToraHeroes here]]. |
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| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 7 | !Hakumen no Mono and Avatars |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Hakumen no Mono]] |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakumen_no_mono_anime.png]] |
| 11 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiHayashibara (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English) |
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| 13 | An extremely powerful nine-tailed fox born from ancient times who enjoys destroying countries by manipulating the rulers and creating fear among humans and youkai. Currently, it is trapped in an immense psychic barrier maintained by a lineage of lady shamans under the sea south of Japan. However, this does not keep it completely helpless and plots to destroy the Beast Spear before it finally escapes from its imprisonment. |
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| 15 | * AcidAttack: Back in the past, one of her tails was made of acid and could dissolve anything. |
| 16 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, Hakumen is described with golden fur and a spotless white face. In the anime adaptation, Hakumen is completely white. |
| 17 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:After Hakumen is finally defeated, it's implied what Hakumen really wished for all this time was to be born as a human baby with a mother who would love it.]] |
| 18 | * AnimalisticAbomination: It may be called a fox spirit but that face says otherwise, looking more draconic or serpentine. |
| 19 | * AsianFoxSpirit: It looks like a demonic nine-tailed fox, which refers to Japanese folklore about fox spirits. However, it isn't a traditional fox spirit; it's essentially a sapient physical mass of malice, hatred, and evil that has taken the form of a giant fox with a shark-like pointy snout. |
| 20 | * BatmanGambit: |
| 21 | ** When Hakumen no Mono retreated underwater, he [[spoiler:coiled himself around a pillar of Japan, threatening Yuki, the first Oyakume, with the possibility that Japan would sink if the united humans and monsters would unleash their attacks on him. Yuki had no other choice but to save the country, so she creates a barrier to "protect" Hakumen]]. |
| 22 | ** Using Towako, Hakumen no Mono tried this with Kirio and the Elzaar Scythe - a plot spanning years to undermine support for the Beast Spear and ultimately destroy it by creating a wielder and a weapon actually very dangerous to itself. [[spoiler:It failed when Kirio realized that he's just being manipulated.]] |
| 23 | ** He disguised himself as [[spoiler:"Jie Mei" to trick the Japanese military into attacking the underwater stone pillar where the Oyakume is held. Even though that disguise is obviously different than the real deal, the military were easily fooled because the only description that they had for Jie Mei is a "Chinese ghost girl"]]. |
| 24 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: According to the narration of the manga, Hakumen was actually the historical Da Ji and other infamous female figures who brought ruin to ancient asian kingdoms. |
| 25 | * BewareMyStingerTail: Hakumen's tails are weapons in their own right. In particular, the 8th tail [[spoiler:can turn into a mass of spears. Hakumen created it specifically to imitate and counter the Beast Spear; and, in fact, the Spear was unable to destroy it]]. |
| 26 | * BigBad: An EldritchAbomination that not only was behind a majority of events, was revealed to behind even things that originally didn't seem connected, like a few arc villains. It's a giant dragonlike nine-tailed fox whose hobby is destroying both humans and other youkai. The mere idea of it awakening again is equated to the end of Japan as we know it, followed by whatever civilization it decides to destroy next, and for good reason. |
| 27 | * BodyHorror: The concubine that Hakumen no Mono was disguised as has unusually large eyes. She then half-transforms, and its youkai form has a rather large eye, making the human portion of the face look extremely grotesque. It actually looks creepier in this half-form than its normal white nine-tailed fox demon form. |
| 28 | * BreathWeapon: Can spit a stream of white fire. Notable among all the youkais capable of this, because it can literally disintegrate humans and make entire islands explode. |
| 29 | * TheChessmaster: Hakumen is undoubtedly this, having multiple insidious and long-running plans to weaken the opposition and hasten its eventual rise. Add to the fact that it can't move, making chess-piece manipulation its only recourse... |
| 30 | * CognizantLimbs: In the final battle, it's revealed that Hakumen's monstrous Avatar are actually his tails. |
| 31 | * TheCorrupter: Hakumen appeared in his [[spoiler:"Jie Mei" disguise to convince Nagare to join his side, knowing that Nagare deeply wanted to fight Tora]]. |
| 32 | * DeathGlare: During the arc in the past, when a desperate Ushio tries to charge at him, a single glare from Hakumen is enough to make him stop dead in his tracks. |
| 33 | * DemonicPossession: Before he manifested a physical body, Hakumen spread death and corruption by possessing humans. [[spoiler: Eventually, she used Shagakusha as a vessel to grow a real body.]] |
| 34 | * TheDreaded: |
| 35 | ** Played straight with its savage attacks towards both men and youkai, along with instilling terror in them to grow even stronger, eventually ends up forcing the two groups to work together in an attempt to defeat it. Ushio learns about this firsthand when he's sent back to ancient China along with Tora to learn the origins of the spear. |
| 36 | ** In an interesting inversion, Hakumen no Mono is terrified of the Beast Spear, forged by Giryou in the wake of its attack on ancient China. At one point in episode twenty-seven of the anime, it states that the spear was the only thing that ever caused it to tremble in fear, and vows to destroy it so as to never feel that way again. Since Ushio is the current spear wielder, it's up to him to ensure Hakumen no Mono's destruction. |
| 37 | * DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:The real reason Hakumen hates humans and youkai is because it has always been jealous that they were born in the beautiful light while it had to be born and live in the darkness.]] |
| 38 | * EldritchAbomination: It's so powerful that it took literally all of Japan's monsters, along with a lot of humans, to even stand a chance against it. Unlike most monsters, Hakumen is made of pure undiluted Yin. |
| 39 | * EmotionEater: Hakumen literally feeds off fear of it from human and youkai alike in order to strengthen itself. Furthermore, [[spoiler:hatred for it makes it unkillable.]] |
| 40 | * ExtraOreDinary: 2000 years ago, one of Hakumen's tails could turn into monster-repelling iron, while another could transform into a mass of molten lead (which he used to keep the Spear at bay). [[spoiler: During the final battle, its eighth tail is revealed to be a mass of steel blades similar to the Spear.]] |
| 41 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:Hakumen gouges out its own eyes after their look let Tora know Hakumen envies and fears the beings of the light.]] |
| 42 | * EyesNeverLie: Hakumen no Mono's eyes possess a very distinctive shape, which is imitated in its disguises, and is also a trait shared by its avatars. Very few characters notice this important detail, however. [[spoiler:Its [[KubrickStare distinctive glare]] foreshadows [[GreenEyedMonster its motives]] for hating humanity]]. |
| 43 | * FateWorseThanDeath: As Fusuma burns in fire from the missile attack, he comments that if the Beast Spear is out and about, it means that Hakumen no Mono is going to appear soon. He then comments that if that's the case, he'd be much happier dying here than having to meet Hakumen. |
| 44 | * FogOfDoom: Its first tail can turn into acidic fog that can dissolve enemies and attacks alike. Turns out it was Shumuna - see HiveMind. |
| 45 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Hakumen no Mono has a very odd [[KubrickStare distinctive stare]] which makes it as if its always looking at something above. This oddity gets noticed and explained by Tora near the finale, that Hakumen is always looking up because [[spoiler:it's jealous of the creatures of light being born above in the yin-yang spectrum, as it was a creature made of darkness. As it lay defeated, Hakumen laments in its desire of being born as a creature of light just like humans, instead of being born as a monster]]. |
| 46 | * ForTheEvulz: Hakumen no Mono's entire motivation. It just loves destruction and enjoys tormenting and killing others, be it human or youkai. |
| 47 | * TheHeartless: [[spoiler:Hakumen was born out of the hatred of a man named Shagaksha, who would later become Tora.]] |
| 48 | * HiveMind: The Hiyou (and later on, the Kokuen) are explicitly stated to be extensions of Hakumen's will. Moreover, Hakumen can also create stronger monsters that call themselves ''Bunshin'' (Avatar), such as Kuragi. Turns out that Shimuna, Towako and the Ayakashi are also Bunshin, and that each type of these monsters came from one of Hakumen's tails. |
| 49 | * HopeCrusher: Hakumen feeds off fear and despair, so if something appears that gives hope to others Hakumen will try and destroy that hope. [[spoiler:This is the reason it wipes off Ushio and Tora from everyone's memory in the final arc.]] |
| 50 | * LoadBearingBoss: If Ushio's mom lets up the barrier and allows the yōkai of Japan to kill him, all the islands of Japan will sink with him. |
| 51 | * MadeOfEvil: He's said to be a manifestation of all the darkness and evils of the world. |
| 52 | * ManipulativeBastard: Loves doing this to humans, tricking them to do things they would otherwise never bother with, such as having the Emperor of China forge weapons to destroy it, only to them kill all the blacksmiths and royalty ForTheEvulz. [[spoiler:Later it even appears as Jie Mei, in an attempt to trick the military into attacking the real Jie Mei and destroying the seal she had around it.]] |
| 53 | * MeaningfulName: "Hakumen no Mono" is an epithet that means "the white-faced one". In this series, Hakumen's distinguishing feature is its white skin. |
| 54 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When his mouth opens, it's filled to the brim with sharp, needle-like teeth. |
| 55 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It was such a terrifying creature to both men and youkai that they ended up working together in an attempt to kill it, but were unsuccessful. |
| 56 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hakemen turns out to love invoking this trope, pulling it off twice and the second time being successful [[spoiler:at freeing himself from the barrier around him.]] |
| 57 | * NightmareFace: Hakumen no Mono's default face is this, but when he [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/a13462f6262d13bd2f424a804bf079b4/tumblr_o6zs66vJxL1s9mwh8o2_1280.jpg smiles...]] |
| 58 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Subverted for the final battle against Ushio: its entire body cracks and burst into a cloud of miasma, but what emerge underneath is simply a smaller, faster Hakumen.]] |
| 59 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler:When Ushio learned that Hakumen disguised as Jie Mei to trick the military, he lampshades this trope, saying that the real Jie Mei would never want the Oyakume's barrier to be destroyed]]. |
| 60 | * PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: She appears as "Jie Mei" to various military leaders to persuade them to bombard the stone pillar where Sumako is. The reader immediately knows she's a fake due to be younger, creepier and with black hair, but since the only description they had of Jie Mei is "Chinese ghost girl", the poor suckers fall for it.]] |
| 61 | * PoweredByAForsakenChild: The origins of Hakumen no Mono. [[spoiler:The meteor where Hakumen is in hit the village of Shagakusha when he was still a child. Shagakusha then unwittingly became the host of the parasite. When he grew older and fought in wars, the accumulated hatred gave birth to Hakumen's physical body, making him burst forth from Shakagusha's shoulder]]. |
| 62 | * ThePowerOfHate: |
| 63 | ** [[spoiler:Hatred birthed Hakumen's physical form from pre-youkai Tora, who was then a human known as Shagakusha.]] |
| 64 | ** Hatred for Hakumen eventually [[spoiler:turns Azafuse into Hakumens themselves!]] |
| 65 | ** Hatred for Hakumen keeps Hakumen existing no matter how injured it gets. |
| 66 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: The most dangerous and feared monster by both human and youkai happens to fittingly have red eyes. |
| 67 | * SealedEvilInACan: It's sealed inside a barrier under the sea and being watched over by Jie Mei's successors. |
| 68 | * ShesAManInJapan: Downplayed example, but in the original Japanese is voiced by Creator/MegumiHayashibara and, given his tendency to assume female form and ties to mythological Kitsune/Huli Jing figures such as Da Ji and Tamamo-no-mae, is implied to be female, and is referred to with feminine pronouns and adjectives in the Italian translation, while in the English one has a male voice actor and is referred to as male. Then again, given that Hakumen is an EldritchAbomination, it may not have a proper gender, but the fact that it was born of pure Yin (which has feminine attributes) lean towards that. |
| 69 | * ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler: Its 7th tail is an electric storm. It's completely immune to wind, fire or electricity, and it was created specifically to imitate and counter Tora's abilities]]. |
| 70 | * SlasherSmile: Prone to give them as he destroys everything around him, enjoying the carnage. |
| 71 | * StartXToStopX: When cornered by the main duo in the final battle, Hakumen reveals its last two tails - [[spoiler:one being made out of spikes and spears while the other can create lightning tornadoes. Hakumen uses these to counter Ushio and Tora respectively, and even mocks how those are the duo's own "special attacks"]]. |
| 72 | * VillainousBreakdown: Near the end, [[spoiler:Tora discovering the motive for its hatred causes Hakumen to [[EyeScream gouge out its own eyes]] and go all-out on Ushio and Tora, declaring that it doesn't care anymore about killing humans or youkai or even ''surviving'' as long as it can kill the duo]]. |
| 73 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: The anime gives Hakumen a demonic voice with an echo effect. |
| 74 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: It can change form at will. It seems to like to disguise itself as beautiful women. |
| 75 | * WhamLine: Manga-only, when she's confronting the heroes during the Western Yokai War arc, Hakumen remembers how he saw Tora that time in China, then pauses and claims that no, ''that'' time in China wasn't the first one, leaving Tora utterly confused. [[spoiler: During the final arc, we learn that Hakumen came to possess a physical body thanks to Tora's human self Shagakusha.]] |
| 76 | * WindowsOfTheSoul: Comes into play in the final battle: [[spoiler:Ushio points out that Hakumen constantly looks at the Beast Spear - because it's afraid of it. Tora points out that Hakumen constantly keeps his head down when looking at someone, like a weakling who looks at others in envy - because Hakumen envies the people who live in the light, while he was born in the darkness]]. This ultimately triggers Hakumen's VillainousBreakdown. |
| 77 | * XanatosGambit: Does one when it was nearly on the verge of defeat. [[spoiler:It runs away, then embeds itself into the bedrock of the Japanese island, so that if it was killed, it would end up destroying the bedrock, sinking the entire island, and taking everyone with it. Jie Mei is then forced to stop the demons from finishing it off. Unfortunately she didn't explain why she suddenly stopped them, leading the demons to feel she betrayed them.]] |
| 78 | * ZergRush: His Hiyo, small yokai minions spawned from Hakumen that looks like a flying eyeball with ears. They can combine together to form a stronger entity or attack en masse in huge numbers. They are also capable of eating specific memories in humans and monsters alike. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Ayakashi]] |
| 82 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ayakashi_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 83 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kousuke Takaguchi (Japanese), Creator/JohnGremillion (English) |
| 84 | |
| 85 | A colossal sea serpent covered in thick, viscous oil who swims in the sea and devours anything in his path, be them ships or other monsters. It's revealed that he's the fourth tail of Hakumen. |
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| 87 | * BodyOfBodies: The real body inside its stomach is an horrible amalgam of faces, eyes and mouths mashed together in a grotesque mass. |
| 88 | * DerelictGraveyard: Inside his belly. Once he's killed, all the ships in his stomach are released. |
| 89 | * EldritchAbomination: A colossal serpent with a whale-like mouth devouring all who cross his path, and his real face is a grotesque mass of body parts deep inside his stomach, beyond a gnawing set of maws. |
| 90 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Ushio destroys it by cutting its body in half. |
| 91 | * MeaningfulName: Ayakashi is another name for the eel-like Youkai Ikuchi, which he closely resembles. |
| 92 | * NoSell: Ayakashi's hide is so hard and slippery it can withstand anything, even the (sealed) Beast Spear. |
| 93 | * SeaMonster: Taking the form of a colossal, wart-covered sea-serpent with a huge whale-like mouth which devours whole ships and stores the souls of his victims inside his stomach. |
| 94 | * SlipperySkid: As per folklore, Ayakashi's skin and insides ooze an oil so slippery no attack can work. |
| 95 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: At first seemingly another MonsterOfTheWeek, its defeat leads to the reveal that Ushio's mother still lives and kickstarts the rest of the plot. |
| 96 | * WakeUpCallBoss: While none of the other antagonists were slouches, Ayakashi is the first antagonist to give the pair a rough time, only escaping death because Ayakashi accidentally tore off the seal of the Beast Spear. |
| 97 | * WormSign: Ayakashi is normally wrapped in a barrier, visible from the outside as a tract of calm sea surrounded by storms. |
| 98 | [[/folder]] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[folder:Shumuna]] |
| 101 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shumuna_anime.png]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | A feminine monster made of highly-corrosive fog who stalks the northern parts of Japan, melting and killing anyone she can engulf in her misty clutches, fearing nothing but fire. She's the first tail of Hakumen. |
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| 105 | * AcidAttack: Shumuna's fog can melt everything. This is how she consume her victims. |
| 106 | * FogOfDoom: She's a living mass of fog, and thus is immune to all attacks. Not even Tora could harm her. |
| 107 | * KillItWithFire: She can only be kept at bay by fire, but even that's not enough to kill her. |
| 108 | * OhCrap: When she realizes she's been sucked in a Portal to the Neherworld, finally dying for real. |
| 109 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Since her arc is manga-only, she appears in the anime only near the end, and is thus DemotedToExtra. |
| 110 | * SoLastSeason: [[spoiler: Unstoppable in her first appearence, once Ushio faces her again in the final battle he's able to slay her with one single physical attack, to show how much he grew.]] |
| 111 | * TheStoic: She always has the same face on. The one time she shows something different is when she's sucked inside the portal. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Kuragi]] |
| 115 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese) |
| 116 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuragi.png]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | A massive insect-like creature with massive pincers, Kuragi is sent by Hakumen to attack the Kouhamei main temple. It has the power to redirect attacks. It's the second tail of Hakumen. |
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| 120 | * AttackReflector: Which allows her to tank the spiritual bindings of the Kouhamei monks and send them back, paralyzing everyone in one go. |
| 121 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: Takes the form of a gigantic insect with massive pincers. |
| 122 | * FlatCharacter: Kuragi lacks even personality, as all the talking it does during the battle against the Kouhamei is done by [[spoiler: Towako]] riding inside his body. |
| 123 | * HeroKiller: Indirectly causes the death of Hizaki Mikado. |
| 124 | * MeaningfulName: Kuragi means "deceit", as lampshaded by Shigure, who reveals that Kuragi was purposefully used by Towako and Hakumen to kill Hizaki and "show" the powers of the Elezaar Scythe. |
| 125 | * NonMammalMammaries: Sports a female bust in her shell. [[spoiler: Subverted in that it's Towako's bust.]] |
| 126 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Has less screentime and personality than the other Avatars. |
| 127 | * TheWorfEffect: Even with the Kouhamei Sect's backup, the protagonists had a hard time even trying to damage Kuragi as it can reflect attacks. When Hizaki Mikado faces her, she's able to use a single technique to deliver a devastating and fatal blow to Kuragi, with Kirio cutting her down with the scythe. |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:Towako]] |
| 131 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/towako_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 132 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiHayashibara (JP), Creator/PatriciaDuran (EN) |
| 133 | |
| 134 | A beautiful black-haired woman who sought the fallen monk Inasa and helped him create the Elezaar Scythe and Kirio, she's actually a mole for Hakumen who tried to trick the monks in destroying the Spear. She's the third tail of Hakumen. |
| 135 | ---- |
| 136 | * BatmanGambit: Using Towako, Hakumen no Mono tried this with Kirio and the Elzaar Scythe - a plot spanning years to undermine support for the Beast Spear and ultimately destroy it by creating a wielder and a weapon actually very dangerous to itself. [[spoiler:It failed when Kirio realized that he's just being manipulated, as well as when it becomes clear that [[TheDeterminator the Spear won't stay down]] .]] |
| 137 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: In her "human form", Towako appears as a pale-skinned woman with black hair and clothes. |
| 138 | * ElementalPowers: She can shapeshift her tail to turn it into [[DishingOutDirt spiky rocks]] or [[PlayingWithFire a mass of fire]]. |
| 139 | * FacePalmOfDoom: [[spoiler: How Tora kills her a second time, pointing out that she came back from the dead too soon and was thus a mere shadow of her former self.]] |
| 140 | * FanDisservice: She often appears in the nude, but she's not exactly a good looker. |
| 141 | * FullFrontalAssault: When she fights, she discards her dress (which she can reform with her powers). |
| 142 | * GameFace: Creepy eyes coupled with a suddenly huge mouth filled with massive, needle-like teeth. |
| 143 | * GiantWoman: [[spoiler: She's re-introduced as Hakumen's tail clutching a jet fighter in her hand.]] |
| 144 | * ImpossibleHourglassFigure: She has a really thin waist. |
| 145 | * KickTheDog: When an emotionally broken Kirio asks Towako if [[WasItAllALie all the time she spent as his mother was real or not]], she build up his hope... only to confirm that yes, it was a lie. |
| 146 | * LeanAndMean: Very thin, as well as tall. |
| 147 | * LongGame: Her plan took fifteen years to unfold, all under the nose of the Kohamei sect. |
| 148 | * ManipulativeBitch: She manipulated Inasa, Kirio and the Kohamei, and all for a single purpose: destroy the Spear. Even when that fails, she manipulates Kirio into protecting her. This eventually leads to her death. |
| 149 | * MuggingTheMonster: Manga-only, when she recovers the sealing red cloth from China, a serpent Youkai attacks her. It doesn't end well for the latter, but also reveals that she's Hakumen's creature. |
| 150 | * NearVillainVictory: The only reason her plan is a failure is because being sealed deep in a vat of molten lead isn't enough for the Spear. |
| 151 | * NightmareFace: When she confirms that Kirio was just a puppet, she showcases a nightmarish KubrickStare while her lower face is shadowed, safe for jagged teeth. |
| 152 | * NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Reveals her monstrous nature by blocking Shigure's Gishiri with her teeth. |
| 153 | * SoLastSeason: She tries to use the same reflecting technique as Kuragi to repeal the Spear... but thanks to his training, Ushio is able to deliver a decisive strike. |
| 154 | * VillainousBreakdown: When Hinowa, Shigure and Nagare blocks her escape route with a mystic barrier, Towako loses all remains of her temper and tries to kill everyone with her fiery tail... but in doing so she ruins her previous facade with Kirio, who turns on her. |
| 155 | * WickedCultured: Plays the cello to celebrate the demise of the Spear. |
| 156 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Kirio's "mother" attempts this when she was about to be killed by Tora and Ushio. She promises not to hurt anyone again if he saves her.She then tries to leave as Kirio cover her back, but is blocked by the Kouhamei barrier and, angered, tries to finish everyone off with her fire tail, causing Kirio to turn against her and finish her off. |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:The Hiyo]] |
| 160 | !!The Hiyo |
| 161 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiyou_artbook.png]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | |
| 164 | A horde of monstrous eye-shaped creatures created en masse from the fifth tail of Hakumen, this endless army of freaks can use their mass to destroy things, merge into bigger and stronger monsters and possess things and people. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | * BodyOfBodies: When they decide to merge together to become stronger, resulting in an unsightly mass of eyes, mouths and tentacles. The one near Cape Erimo vaguely resemble a grotesque, tentacle-filled head. |
| 167 | * DemonicPossession: The Hiyo can forcibly possess people and vehicles. Once they possess Satoru Moritsuna, they have to be slain from inside the body. |
| 168 | * FacelessEye: The standard Hiyo resembles a floating, tailed eyeball with a mouth and ears. |
| 169 | * KillItWithFire: How Tora deals with most of the Hiyo swarm whenever he doesn't rely on Ushio and the spear for quickly frying those things. |
| 170 | * MemoryWipingCrew: [[spoiler: Near the end, Hakumen sends a new hatch of Hiyo to eat the memories of Ushio and Tora from everyone they know.]] |
| 171 | * NotSoHarmless: [[spoiler: Ops, they just ate everyone's memories of Ushio and Tora...]] |
| 172 | * UndyingLoyalty: They are completely subservient to Hakumen. Best seen when they're defeated the second time. |
| 173 | -->"Hakumen-sama.... forgive us!" |
| 174 | * ZergRush: The climax of the Hokkaido arc sees the duo against a colossal horde of thousands of Hiyo. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | !!Pestilent Demon |
| 177 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ekiki.png]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | One of the stronger Hiyo dwelling inside Moritsuna, the Pestilent Demon is in charge of the Heart and can manipulate the blood vessels around him. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * BodyOfBodies: Aside from being composed of Hiyo, there's a "face" on his back formed by naked female bodies outlining two eye sockets and a mouth. |
| 182 | * TheDragon: To Blood Robe, being the second strongest monster inside the body with a proper name and unique look. |
| 183 | * HostageSituation: He attacks Ushio and Tora with a barrage of blood vessels used as CombatTentacles, pointing out that if they try to counterattack, they will cause a deadly hemorragy. |
| 184 | * {{Oni}}: Referred to as such in the original Japanese, though aside from being an evil being possessing a body he doesn't look like a typical one. |
| 185 | * SlasherSmile: His actual head often sports a satisfied, creepy smile. |
| 186 | * SmugSnake: He thinks that his control over the heart and surrounding blood vessels makes him invincible and capable of putting down the user of the Beast Spear. He gets a rude awakening when Ushio throws the spear at him, impaling him in the head and pushing him out of Moritsuna's body. |
| 187 | |
| 188 | !!Blood Robe |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chibakama_anime.png]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | The leader of the Hiyo inside Satoru Moritsuna, Blood Robe is an incredibly powerful and effective fusion of Hiyo residing in the brain, resembling a WarriorMonk. |
| 192 | ---- |
| 193 | * AbnormalAmmo: Can shoot other Hiyo as arrows. |
| 194 | * BifurcatedWeapon: When his Naginata breaks, he folds his bow in two and use it as a sharp bokken. |
| 195 | * BishonenLine: Previous amalgams were monstrous, nearly amorphous and not very powerful. Blood Robe is humanoid and gives Ushio the fight of his life. |
| 196 | * BowAndSwordInAccord: In his right hand he wields a naginata, but he also has a bow embedded in his left arm, which he can use to shoot Hiyo. |
| 197 | * {{Cyclops}}: His "head" is actually a single, elongated eyeball. |
| 198 | * InTheHood: Covered in a yamabushi hood. |
| 199 | * OneHandedZweihander: His weapon is a long naginata, but he's costantly wielding it in one hand with surprising mastery. |
| 200 | * NobleDemon: Respects Ushio's skills and even gives him the chance to forsake his mission and leave with his life. |
| 201 | * WarriorMonk: Takes the form of a one-eyed Yamabushi, armor and weapons included. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Guren]] |
| 205 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guren_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 206 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | A black-furred Azafuse who was found by Hakumen and persuaded to forsake revenge and side with her. Evil and despicable even as a human, Guren fights with three spiritual swords embedded in his muzzle. |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Violent, barbaric and overly proud of his skills and power. |
| 211 | * AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Yeah, killing an innocent woman and her daughter and staining their house with their blood isn’t exactly the most normal thing to do.]] |
| 212 | * CastingGag: In the {{OVA}}, Creator/NorioWakamoto voiced Hyou. In the TV series, he plays said character's arch-nemesis Guren. |
| 213 | * TheDragon: To Hakumen no Mono. Ironically, since [[spoiler: Azafuse were born to destroy Hakumen]]. He's such a dreaded second-in-command that Ushio freaks out when Hakumen is calling for Guren's help in the final battle. |
| 214 | * EvilCounterpart: He's the Azafuse who resembles Tora the most, but is pitch black with none of the redeeming qualities. |
| 215 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Used to be a petty thief and an AxCrazy bandit until he accidentally stumbled in the Beast Spear and took a liking at slaying monsters. Eventually he turned into an Azafuse and was corrupted by Hakumen, who gave him his Spiritual Blades. |
| 216 | * {{Gonk}}: Turning into an Azafuse greatly improved his looks. As a human he had an unpleasant face and the habit of making grotesque faces. |
| 217 | * HateSink: Between his ego, his excessive cruelty and [[spoiler: being the one who ate Hyo's wife and child]], Guren isn't one to be liked. |
| 218 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Hyo absorbs his powerful lighting in his eye, then forcefeeds him the eye along with his right arm. Since the arm is filled with paper talismans, Hyo can detonate them all inside Guren, destroying him.]] |
| 219 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Has three "Spiritual Blades" (essentially three pairs of double-ended katana blades) embedded in his muzzle. Said blades can change size and bend, but since they're part of his body he can freely talk and move his tongue without cutting himself. |
| 220 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Tells Hyo in his face that his daughter and wife tasted great and makes a point to target a woman and a little girl to upset him.]] |
| 221 | * MookMaker: He can spawn Kokuen from his body. |
| 222 | * MoreDespicableMinion: For how evil Hakumen no Mono is, [[AmbiguousGender he/she]] is revealed to have a FreudianExcuse and dies wanting to [[spoiler:be born as a human baby with a loving mother]]. Guren has no such backstory, instead having been a psychotic mercenary as a human and becoming worse as an Azafuse, eating innocent humans for centuries. |
| 223 | * NightmareFace: Guren likes to have a creepy smile, showing how he [[BloodKnight enjoys fighting]]. |
| 224 | * ObviouslyEvil: He's pitch black, has red eyes, and there's katana blades embedded in his face. Totally a villain look. |
| 225 | * PunchClockHero: Back when he was the Beast Spear user he did help people, but only because he thought that slaying monsters was funnier. |
| 226 | * ShockAndAwe: He's very proud of his lightning, which is even stronger that Tora's own. |
| 227 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Him deciding to play with Hyo leads to his death, depriving Hakumen of a crucial asset at a critical moment.]] |
| 228 | * ThirdPersonPerson: He often speaks in third person, to underline how arrogant he is. |
| 229 | * TranshumanTreachery: He was a despicable sack of crap when he was a human. |
| 230 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Freaks out when he realizes that Hyo does have a way to destroy him and is about to use it.]] |
| 231 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Murdered Hyo’s daughter and would’ve killed Kaori (the daughter of the woman he was living with briefly) had Hyo not been there.]] |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | [[folder:Kokuen]] |
| 235 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ushio_to_tora_30_28.png]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | An army of monstrous black monsters similar to Azafuse, born from Guren's flesh and Hakumen's sixth tail. They come in a stronger variety covered in huge spikes and able to shoot beams of light. |
| 238 | ---- |
| 239 | * TheBrute: Unlike the Hiyo, they're brawlers. |
| 240 | * EliteMooks: |
| 241 | ** Guren's Kokuen spawn are more than a match for even the best fighters among the entire East-West alliance of Japan's youkai... And he can create endless numbers of them! Says a lot about how elite Guren himself is. |
| 242 | ** And after Ushio and Tora easily kick the butts of the first Kokuen wave, the next batch are spawned with a massive Level in Badass, capable of firing lasers from their eyes. |
| 243 | * EnergyWeapon: The stronger breed can shoot beams of light from their three eyes. |
| 244 | * HeroKiller: During the final battle they cause the death of [[spoiler: the H.A.M.M.R. scientists and Kyoura.]] |
| 245 | * SpikesOfVillainy: The stronger breed can shoot massive spikes known as the "Thousand Years Fangs" to impale and immobilize monsters. |
| 246 | * ZergRush: Not to the extent of the Hiyo, but Hakumen can still spawn an army of them. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | !Western Youkai |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Shinno]] |
| 252 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinno_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 253 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English) |
| 254 | |
| 255 | The leader of the Western Youkai, Shinno is a spiky-haired humanoid with long-lobed years who's actually a Daitengu like Yamanmoto and wields the steel sword Rubashiri. Initially hostile, he believes that his well-prepared army can dispose of Hakumen in its sleep, and attacks the Eastern Monsters when Yamanmoto tries to stop him. Fortunately, Ushio saves his life and he becomes an ally. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * AdaptedOut: Almost, the entire Monster war arc is omitted, so Shinno appears on the sides of the good guys in the anime alongside Gurashi (all the other monsters are AdaptedOut instead). |
| 258 | * TheAtoner: After realizing that he was wrong, he becomes an ally and join forces with the Eastern Monsters to defeat Hakumen. |
| 259 | * {{BFS}}: His Rubashiri (Running Stream) sword is a massive Tsurugi almost as long as he's tall. However, it's clearly magical as well. |
| 260 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: After the death of Hakumen, he and most of the monsters merge with the gap left by Hakumen in order to prevent the destruction of Japan.]] |
| 261 | * IaijutsuPractitioner: Unusually, he mostly uses Rubashiri with Iaido movements, though the blade "disappears" when he "sheaths" it. |
| 262 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Falls victim to the memory-eating Hiyo.]] |
| 263 | * MasterSwordsman: He's an expert swordsman and the greatest of the Youkai in swordfighting. |
| 264 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he realizes that his plans to attack Hakumen almost doomed everyone by waking her up too soon. |
| 265 | * {{Tengu}}: Although he doesn't look the part (safe for his clothes and sword), WordOfGod says he's a Dai Tengu like Yamanmoto. |
| 266 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: He thinks that a little organization and a barrier-altering monster can make the difference when it comes to Hakumen. He realizes he was dead wrong when a direct attack from his entire army doesn't make any damage to Hakumen. |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder:Gurashi]] |
| 270 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gurashi.png]] |
| 271 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kousuke Takaguchi (Japanese), Creator/IanSinclair (English) |
| 272 | |
| 273 | A Karasutengu from the West, he's Shinno's bodyguard. |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | * TheDragon: He's Shinno's right-hand man, and directs the other Youkai in combat. |
| 276 | * ManipulativeBastard: Tries to persuade Ibuki to change sides and manipulates the heroes in believing that he's a DoubleAgent. |
| 277 | * TheRival: He's implied to be this to Ibuki. |
| 278 | * {{Tengu}}: A Karasutengu who actually looks like a crow. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Shibumori]] |
| 282 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shibumori.png]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | The Snake Monster from the West, Shibumori is a powerful Youkai known as "Steel" for his might and prowess, takes the form of a winged serpent wrapped around a seemingly human monk. |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Overly proud of his martial skills. |
| 287 | * EatenAlive: Since Hitotsuki cannot pierce his defence, he ends up swallowing Shibumori whole and digesting him. |
| 288 | * MadeOfIron: His skin is so hard Kagari's scythe snaps on impact, and not even Hitotsuki's might can pierce it. Even Tora has heard of him and thinks he's bad news. |
| 289 | * MeaningfulName: Shibumori means "Protector Split in Four", which is a good description of him. |
| 290 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: It's his actual secret technique, Great Maws. |
| 291 | * OhCrap: When he realizes that Hitotsuki is about to swallow him whole, he actually [[AintTooProudToBeg begs for mercy.]] |
| 292 | * OurHydrasAreDifferent: He has one giant snake head which can vertically split in four and move as four separate heads. |
| 293 | * SnakePeople: Takes the form of a massive winged snake coiled around the meditating body of a snake-like monk. The human body does the talking. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:The Western Kamaitachi]] |
| 297 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/western_kamaitachi.png]] |
| 298 | [[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Yo, Nao and Kyo]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | The three Kamaitachi siblings from the West, they're a murderous trio of psychos who like to take human form for trivial reasons. |
| 301 | |
| 302 | !!Tropes in common with all the Western Kamaitachi |
| 303 | |
| 304 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To the Eastern Kamaitachi, having developed their scythe skills to the point that each of them has a unique take on the scythe. |
| 305 | * AxCrazy: Yo especially, but all three of them enjoy murder and killing humans a tad too much. |
| 306 | * {{Foil}}: To the Eastern Kamaitachi: Yo is child-like like Juro but a complete psychopath who revels in carnage, Nao appears as a gorgeous woman but actually cares a lot more about her appearence, unlike Kagari and Kyo is a big-brother figure like Raishin but is a bully who doesn't really care for his brothers. |
| 307 | * HateSink: One of the few antagonists who haven't a single redeemable trait. |
| 308 | * HumanityIsInfectious: In a twisted way, they started disguising themselves as humans to get closer to their prey and hunt them with impunity. With time, they grow to enjoy their humanoid body more than their original stout weasel body, while Nao was overwhelmed with pride for her looks and Kyo got addicted to cigarettes. |
| 309 | * {{Kamaitachi}}: They're the Kamaitachi trio from the West, having similar abilities to their Eastern counterparts like pulling blades out of their bodies. |
| 310 | * KickTheDog: They ask the Eastern Kamaitachi why they take human form... only to laugh at their noble reason and revel in theirs. |
| 311 | * MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: Nao is the only female, Kyo looks like a muscular and manly man, and Yo looks like a PrettyBoy with androgynous features. |
| 312 | * WolfpackBoss: What makes them especially terrifying to fight: as explained by Raishin, when a Kamaitachi trio fights, they can employ countless comboes to attack their opponents. |
| 313 | |
| 314 | !!Nao |
| 315 | |
| 316 | The only woman of the trio, Nao is a vain beauty who can form scissor-shaped blades from her body. |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | * BrainlessBeauty: She likes taking a human form because she feels prettier this way, and likes to wear fashionable clothes. |
| 319 | * DesignatedGirlFight: She ends up fighting Kagari, the other female Kamaitachi, twice. |
| 320 | * GuttedLikeAFish: Meets her end when Kagari rams her broken scythe tip into her belly and pulls it upward, bifurcating her. |
| 321 | * ShearMenace: Her blades, the Kiribasami (Rending Scissors) are scythes forming a scissor. |
| 322 | * SingleStrokeBattle: Invoked with Kagari in her duel, where she proposes such a duel based on Westerns. She's able to "draw faster" and break Kagari's scythe, only to be impaled by a shard, manipulated via hair. |
| 323 | * SkewedPriorities: When she's about to be ripped in half, she seems more upset about her clothes than her wound. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | !!Kyo |
| 326 | |
| 327 | The third brother, Kyo is a massive and vain man who loves to smoke cigarettes and has a crush on Kagari. He can grow swirling sickle blades all over his arms and legs. |
| 328 | ---- |
| 329 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Falls for Kagari and costantly hit on her, to the point of having a IHaveYouNowMyPretty moment with her when she's exhausted and injured. |
| 330 | * TheBrute: The largest and strongest of the three Kamaitachi, surprisingly enough he's the sanest, comparatively speaking, but no less of a sociopath. |
| 331 | * CombatMedic: He's the third brother, so he, like Kagari, can use the Kamaitachi medicine (though he's only shown using it on himself to reattach his arm after the first clash against the Eastern Kamaitachi and Tora). |
| 332 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He's addicted to cigarettes, and stays in human form to keep smoking them. |
| 333 | * ImpromptuTracheotomy: Raishin attacks him with a scythe so fast the blade, even whittled down to a sharp stick by Kyo's spinning blades, still impales him in the neck. It's not fatal, but forces Kyo to take Raishin seriously. |
| 334 | * LackOfEmpathy: Shows no concern when his siblings die, claiming that as long as he can smoke in peace he doesn't give a damn about his siblings. |
| 335 | * LecherousLicking: Threatens Kagari with one, made more disgusting by the fact that he can sprout a scythe blade from his tongue too. |
| 336 | * OffWithHisHead: He's eventually killed by Raishin, who beheads him with a DiagonalCut. |
| 337 | * OneLastSmoke: Invoked: after the last clash with Raishin we see Kyo lighting himself a cigarette... but it's actually Raishin lighting the cigarette, while Kyo's severed head is balanced on the tip of Raishin's blade. |
| 338 | * SpectacularSpinning: His blades, Kenjin (Swirling Blades) rotates at high speeds, with deadly results for those caught in range. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | !!Yo |
| 341 | |
| 342 | The youngest brother, Yo looks like a normal teenager but is a violence-obsessed madman. He can expel his blades from his body and throw them. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * AxCrazy: While his brothers are psychos, being a murderous nutjob is Yo's only trait. |
| 345 | * EvilCounterpart: To Juuro, being the second brother and reminding Raishin and Kagari of him. He's, however, a shallow and amoral killer. |
| 346 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's rather pretty looking, but is the most deranged and bloodthirsty of the three. |
| 347 | * SerialKiller: He even makes a list of all the names of the Youkai he's slain, and he likes to pass his time thinking about it. |
| 348 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Unlike others, he can actually throw the scythes from his body. |
| 349 | * WorthyOpponent: Considers Tora one, and wishes to tear him to pieces himself. Leads to his death, as he's so focused on Tora he didn't expect that Kagari could have been hidden in the latter's mane and aim for him. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Kijimun]] |
| 353 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kijimun.png]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | A clan of timid Youkai living in fig trees in the islands surrounding Kyuushu. They are the focus of a manga-only chapter where they beg Ushio to save a little baby from being eaten by the Crab Majimun. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * TheDividual: There's three of them, but they look and act like one single character. |
| 358 | * {{Flight}}: They can fly in the sky riding a fig tree branch. |
| 359 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: In a benevolent example, since they know they stand no chance of fighting the Majimun on their own, they plan to ask a Western Monster to fight him instead. They thus stumble in Ushio and Tora, with the former agreeing to help them. |
| 360 | * {{Narrator}}: They never talk, but narrate the events as if they're writing down a chronicle. |
| 361 | * NonActionGuy: They are small and harmless, thus they can't do nothing to stop the cruel Majimun. |
| 362 | * PetTheDog: Despite being Youkai, they are so smitten by the little baby who was chosen as Majimun's meal they decide to do everything in their power to save him. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | !Other Monsters |
| 366 | [[folder:Stone Eater]] |
| 367 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stone_eater.png]] |
| 368 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English) |
| 369 | |
| 370 | A century-old Centipede monster with two heads, living inside a stone samurai statue, which he can move around. He turns his victims to stone before consuming them, hidden safely behind a spiritual barrier. He's the first monster encountered by the duo. |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: His armor is reworked by H.A.M.M.R. and turned into a Yokai Armor for Ushio, which not only protects him, but also uses the signatures snakes to bite and petrify all those who attack him.]] |
| 373 | * CreepyCentipedes: His true form is that of a several-meters long two-headed centipede with horns and thousands of legs. He boasts about having lived for more than five hundred years. |
| 374 | * EyeScream: Ushio kills it by stabbing the right eye of both heads after wetting the Spear with saliva. |
| 375 | * FantasticRacism: Downplayed, though he still calls out Tora for being a Youkai who answers to the call of a human. |
| 376 | * LivingStatue: At first, it appears as an imposing, grotesque stone samurai statue with many eyes inside and able to form "snakes" which can petrify all they bite, but that form is merely the "shell" of the real Stone Eater. According to Tora, he likes to dwell inside ancient objects. |
| 377 | * MultipleHeadCase: His main body bifurcates at midpoint, so that he has two heads. |
| 378 | * {{Sadist}}: He truly enjoys the terror of his victims turning into stone and taunts them over their inevitable demise. Asako [[DefiantToTheEnd won't give him this satisfaction.]] |
| 379 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Believes that his 500-years old life will allow him to overcome all obstacles in his way. |
| 380 | * ShoutOut: To the famous legend of Hidesato Tawaratota. He shares the same weakness as the legendary Oomukade. |
| 381 | * TakenForGranite: The Stone Eater does this to its victims. |
| 382 | * VillainousBreakdown: Throws a fit when Tora destroys his stone samurai shell and lunges at Ushio in absolute rage, claiming that a centuries-old monster like him can't be defeated so easily. |
| 383 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Has a very deep, reverberating voice, possibly because it has two heads. |
| 384 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: InUniverse, when Tora explains who Stone Eater is, we see an ancient picture where he's depicted as a humanoid ogre with a big mouth and multiple eyes over his body. |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Oni]] |
| 388 | !!Michio Hanyu |
| 389 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michio_hanyu_oni.png]] |
| 390 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese), Creator/RobMungle (English) |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A monstrous demon born from a restless dead who haunts Reiko, he's really her father, Michio Hanyu, a former great painter who fell in despair when his wife left him for a student of his. He became obsessed with his daughter, and after dying he became a Oni who wounds and kills anyone who dares to approach Reiko. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * AbusiveDad: After his death, his spirit turned into a demon which haunts his daughter and socially isolated her by causing accidents for anyone who got too close to her. Reiko ended up so depressed that she attempted suicide multiple times until Ushio and Tora put a stop to it. |
| 395 | * AnArmAndALeg: Loses an arm to Ushio in the school grounds, and when he returns home, the painting of Reiko now has a missing spot in the shape of a hand. |
| 396 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Reiko's father in episode 3, after being purified by Ushio's spear. Additionally, his final painting of her which was very dark and dreary, turns more cheerful and colorful after he leaves. |
| 397 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When a patrol of Kokuen are about to attack Reiko, Yu and Saya in front of the Gate to the Underworld, he lets out his gigantic Oni arm to crush them all, before giving a smile of farewell to his daughter.]] |
| 398 | * BlowYouAway: When he manifests in the school grounds, he's surrounded by a fierce whirlwind which keeps everyone but Tora out. |
| 399 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. After his wife left him for his best student, Michio went insane and became obsessed with keeping Reiko close to him. Even as a Oni, he will harm anyone trying to "take her away" from him and all boys who asked her out got into terrible accidents because of him. |
| 400 | * BullyingADragon: Repeatedly insults and dismisses Tora as a minor inconvenience: this leads to Tora shredding his head open without even trying. |
| 401 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: As he's impaled by the Spear, seeing that Reiko loved him enough to [[TakingTheBullet shield him from Ushio's attack]] [[note]] Thankfully, the Spear phases harmlessly through humans[[/note]] snaps him out of his madness and exorcise his demonic self, allowing him to pass on peacefully. |
| 402 | * MadArtist: Before he died, he became insanely obsessed with his daughter Reiko and channeled his madness into creating a portrait of her. The final product came unexpectedly creepy and also served as his SoulJar and PocketDimension. |
| 403 | * {{Oni}}: Born from a human who died in despair and hatred, it's a massive, horned humanoid who haunts Reiko and can shapeshift, cause poltergeist accidents and summon squalls of wind. Furthermore, he dwells in a PocketDimension inside the last painting he worked on, and only by destroying the painting he will die. |
| 404 | * PocketDimension: Reiko's portrait became this after his transformation into an Oni. In other words, he haunts and inhabits it. His final plan involved dragging Reiko into the painting with him, but is foiled by the protagonists. We then see Tora jump in and out of the painting to confront the Oni, and all that's inside is a pitch-black darkness (although the painting's rectangular frame forms a door of light). |
| 405 | * SelfDuplication: When Ushio slashes his head, he splits it in two heads on long snake-like necks, |
| 406 | * SoulJar: Reiko's portrait, which is also his personal PocketDimension. |
| 407 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Spends the entire battle treating Tora like a nuisance. Tora eventually tears him apart while inside the portrait world, allowing Ushio to recover Reiko. |
| 408 | * VillainousBreakdown: Snaps completely when Reiko accepts Masato and Ushio's help over his, and tries to take her in his dimension to be with her forever. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:The Gamin-sama]] |
| 412 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_gamin.png]] |
| 413 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukimasaKishino, Junko Hagimori, Creator/WakanaYamazaki, Shinichiro Ohta, Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese, OVA), Creator/FumihikoTachiki, Creator/HiroshiNaka, Shoko Tsuda, Creator/YuShimamura, Takahiro Fujiwara (Japanese, Anime) |
| 414 | |
| 415 | A family of five monstrous youkai from China, taking the form of five floating heads. They were sealed during the Meiji period by the wandering medium Hizaki Mikado, but when some workers remove their stone seal they're free to wreak havoc, looking for vengeance. They target Mayuko Inoue, believing her to be Mikado, but run afoul of Tora, who has just selected her as his prey. They belong to the Hitoban (Flying Barbarian Heads) clan. |
| 416 | ---- |
| 417 | * AndIMustScream: It's revealed that they were still conscious when imprisoned, though they spent their times promising a [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon gruesome and painful death to Hizaki Mikado.]] |
| 418 | * BreakTheHaughty: They go on a rampage killing several people and even manage to beat Ushio... then Tora comes along, and all goes bad for them. |
| 419 | * CurbStompBattle: Once Tora shows up, he manages to kill them one by one without even trying too hard. |
| 420 | * FlyingFace: A group of five monstrous heads with a taste for human flesh, with their necks still dangling down. Their clan is Hitoban and is native of China. |
| 421 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Grandfather is bit in half by Tora, who then proudly presents his remains to the rest of the family. |
| 422 | * HighVoltageDeath: Mother and daughter, after trying to bite Tora, are grabbed and electrocuted until they disintegrate into ashes. The Father is lucky and manages to let go of Tora in time, only to run forehead-first into the Beast Spear. |
| 423 | * {{Irony}}: Their vengeance is funnier to watch when you learn that yes, Hizaki Mikado is still alive (and could have destroyed them with no problem). |
| 424 | * OhCrap: First, when the son is killed by Tora. Then, Grandfather has one when he sees Tora breaking free from his hair. The surviving members have a [[RuleOfThree last one]] when Tora shows up with Granpa's remains dangling from his mouth. |
| 425 | * PrehensileHair: Grandfather can extend his hair and use them to bind or restrain people and monsters. It's not revealed if the others can do it as well. |
| 426 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Upon breaking free, they seek for the woman who sealed them away. Tora laughs in their faces and calls them idiots for thinking that she's still alive after all this time. |
| 427 | * SealedEvilInACan: Hizaki Mikado sealed them in five wooden boxes with a giant five-pronged stone staking them in the head and holding the boxes still, then they were BuriedAlive. Once the stone was removed, they awoke. |
| 428 | * SmallNameBigEgo: At first they look formidble, but as Tora shows, they're just a bunch of amateurs compared to other monsters. |
| 429 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: They are the MonsterOfTheWeek who chase Mayuko because she looks like Hizaki Mikado. This is a [[spoiler:crucial plot point explored later on, as Mayuko is actually a direct descendant of Hizaki]]. |
| 430 | * SquashedFlat: The son is the first to die when he angrily charges at Tora, demanding Mayuko. Tora's punch flattens him against the concrete floor effortlessly. |
| 431 | * TakingYouWithMe: The father, barely survived Tora's lighting, tries to use the last of his strength to chomp down on Mayuko... only to run forehead-first into the Spear. |
| 432 | * TooDumbToLive: They insist on treating Tora as something they can deal with easily, and they end up meeting humiliating ends as a result. |
| 433 | * VillainousValor: For all their faults, they do have a genuine sense of family. |
| 434 | * TheWorfEffect: Hyped as a great threat, able to block the Spear and wound Ushio, once Tora shows up they end up looking like jokes. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Fusuma]] |
| 438 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fusuma.png]] |
| 439 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruTakagi (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English) |
| 440 | |
| 441 | A sky-dwelling monster with a vast cloth-like body, he used to prey on humans descendning from the sky and snatching them, but he later found a new interestng treat in airplanes. He cause the death of Yu Hiyama's father by destroying the plane he was piloting, and then tries to do the same to the plane Ushio and Yu are riding. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AdaptationalBadass: The mythic Fusuma is barely big enough to smother and suffocate a single victim. This one is large enough to destroy whole planes. |
| 444 | * AlienBlood: Like all the other Youkai, Fusuma bleeds magenta blood. |
| 445 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He's almost the same size as the planes he hunts, and he can extend his limbs and head to wrap them, extending his size. |
| 446 | * CreepyLongFingers: Not only they're oversized, he can stretch them even more to coil his prey. |
| 447 | * GripingAboutGremlins: Despite being a Youkai, Fusuma has many similarities with the western Gremlin, being a supernatural monster who targets and destroys planes, though Fusuma's larger. |
| 448 | * KillItWithFire: Fusuma dies for real when he's hit in the chest by a missile and burns to death in the following explosion. He didn't try to dodge because he had no idea of what it was. |
| 449 | * NightmareFace: Oh boy... Fusuma's face, not helped by close-ups, it's probably one of the scariest things Fujita drew, and he was classified as the creepiest Youkai in a poll featured in the extras of a recent edition. |
| 450 | * NoodleIncident: He fought Tora in the past. It ended in a draw when Tora simply left after spitting fire at him, finding him unworthy of his time. |
| 451 | * RasputinianDeath: He's stabbed in the neck by the Beast Spear, has [[AnArmAndALeg all his limbs severed]] and is finally burnt to a crisp when he's hit by a missile. |
| 452 | * RubberMan: His body is flat and rather cloth-like, but he can extend his limbs and head to wrap himself around planes. |
| 453 | * SlashedThroat: He sustains the first wound when Tora pins him to the plane's roof, which allows Ushio and [[ItsPersonal Yu]] to phase the spear through the ceiling and stab him in the neck, opening a large blood-spewing gash. Judging by the below-mentioned reaction, it would have killed him in the long way. |
| 454 | * TakingYouWithMe: After being fatally wounded by the Spear, he clutches the plan, claiming that if he must die, all the humans aboard will go with him to Hell. |
| 455 | * VillainousBreakdown: Nothing more than a calm but sadistic predator, after being wounded he loses his cool and swears to make sure that the plane and his passengers will go down with him. |
| 456 | * VillainousGlutton: He was delighted to discover the existance of planes, which allowed him to devour hundreds of humans in one go. Even Tora founds him too gluttonous for his own good. |
| 457 | * WeaksauceWeakness: According to Tora, he has but two weaknesses: [[WeakToFire fire]] and laquered teeth. He hangs a lampshade on how unpractical these weaknesses are. |
| 458 | -->"But are those things commonly found in the sky?" |
| 459 | * TheWorfEffect: Tora explains what pain Fusuma was to fight against because he was immune to lightning and was very resistant to Tora's other attacks. He tells Ushio that blackened teeth, or a lot of fire, was required to kill it. |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:Juuro]] |
| 463 | [[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/juurou_anime_design.png]] |
| 464 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazukiYao (OVA), Creator/YuukiKaji (series) (Japanese), Creator/IllichGuardiola (OVA), Creator/JohnGremillion (series) (English) |
| 465 | |
| 466 | The third eastern Kamaitachi sibling, the middle brother of Raishin and Kagari. Once a kind and sweet monster, he went insane with grief when his mountain was defiled by humans and swore to become strong enough to slay all humans and recover his lost Eden. |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: His blade used to be normal, but in the present it's sharp enough to cleanly cut through cars and giant cliffs without stopping. |
| 469 | * AlasPoorVillain: While he's an insane killer, he wasn't born like this, and both his siblings and Ushio ends up feeling pity for him. The latter even offers him a second chance, but Juuro himself cannot bear to live with what he did to the humans. |
| 470 | * {{BFS}}: According to Raishin, Juuro's scythe can grow up to 4 meters long (around 14 feet). |
| 471 | * BrokenBird: He used the be the sweetest Youkai ever, but the arrivals of humans and the destruction of his mountain shattered all his dreams. |
| 472 | * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler: His spirt joins his siblings saving them from the Kokuen during the final battle.]] |
| 473 | * HeroKiller: Slices Ushio and would have killed him had Kagari not applied the Kamaitachi medicine on him in time. |
| 474 | * GoOutWithASmile: He ultimately dies with a peaceful smile, reminding himself how he used to be, after telling his brothers to not hate humans as he did. |
| 475 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: He firmly believes this, accusing humans and their destruction of nature as the reason why he became the monster he is, going as far as shredding his human disguise to pieces. When the road workers are initially terrified by the Kamaitachi and try to kill them, but when they [[HumansAreSpecial ultimately helps them when Ushio begs for help]], he's left dumbstruck at the turns of events. |
| 476 | * {{Kamaitachi}}: The second oldest of three Kamaitachi siblings. Originally, they were a classic trio of Kamaitachi siblings, Raishin knocking down humans, Juuro giving the humans a cut, and Kagari applying medicine. |
| 477 | * OffWithHisHead: Juurou kills many humans this way in episode 9 after going on a rampage. |
| 478 | * RazorWind: The Kamaitachi Siblings have this as one of their abilities. |
| 479 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After Juurou realizes the error of his ways and Ushio apologizes for the pain he had to suffer because of humans, Juurou deliberately lets the Beast Spear kill him, knowing that death would only be his fitting end.]] |
| 480 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Blaming himself for not being strong enough to prevent humans from chasing he and his brothers away from their mountain, he went on a rampage, slaughtering humans left and right. |
| 481 | * SinisterScythe: He uses his massive curved blades (emerging from his tails, ear and legs) to mutilate and kill all humans he comes across. According to Raishin, [[ThrowawayCountry he massacred an entire isolated village]] before the current events. |
| 482 | * SuicideByCop: Even when Ushio lets him live and swears to help him find a new mountain to live in, Juuro can't apparently live with what he did and suddenly charges Ushio, getting impaled by the Beast Spear as a result. |
| 483 | * TailSlap: Deadlier than usual since his scythe emerges from his fluffy tail. |
| 484 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a very kind and peaceful monster, even if his role was to slice travelers (who were then healed by Kagari), he only did papercuts, and genuinely loved his mountain. Then, humans came... |
| 485 | * WhenHeSmiles: He used to have a warm and kind smile, which is still present when he sleeps, showing that he's not as evil as he claims. |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Namahage]] |
| 489 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/namahage_15.png]] |
| 490 | |
| 491 | An inhuman SerialKiller who takes the form of a Namahage who kills people and devour their organs, it's revealed to be a monster macaque who wants to become a human by wearing the right skin. Manga-Only. |
| 492 | ---- |
| 493 | * ChildEater: He's more than willing to kill and devour girls in his quest for the right skin. |
| 494 | * ContrivedCoincidence: He admits that he's surprised that the daughter of his former friend is the mother of the child whose skin will allow him to become human, but just laughs at the irony. |
| 495 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: He removes his own skin, but is then impaled by Ushio and left there to bleed and dry to death, pondering on the true reason why he wanted to become a human. |
| 496 | * FlayedAlive: He kills his victims, devour their organs and then wears their skins in an attempt to be able to turn into a human flawlessly. According to Tora, he needs to find the "right skin". He ultimately skins himself as he prepares to kill his last victim and wear her skin. |
| 497 | * IAmAHumanitarian: He devours his victims and claims that he wants to become a human so that he can prey on even more victims for their tasty inner organs. |
| 498 | * IgnoredEpiphany: Even when he learns that the mother of the girl he wants to kill and flay is his former childhood friend (and the real reason why he wanted to become a human), he laughs at her, claiming to be doing this for the taste of human entrails and flesh alone. |
| 499 | * KillerGorilla: Technically a Japanese Macacque turned Hengeyokai, but he looks more like a massive ape rather than a monkey, and he's an amoral asshole who murders and eat people. |
| 500 | * TragicMonster: While he's an unlikeable and gluttonous bastard, his actual backstory as a simple monkey and his last words do paint him in a more pitiful light. |
| 501 | -->(As he dries to death) "I.... why did I want to become a human?" |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder:The Vampire]] |
| 505 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vampire_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | A Vampire from the continent, who operates in northern Japan under the guise of a pharmacist, Dr. Tachibana. Due to his indiscriminate hunting on women and children, he ended up in Hyo's black list. |
| 508 | ---- |
| 509 | * BossArenaIdiocy: Non videoludic example, his lair is in an old western building which includes a chapel, where the religious icons leave him unable to use his powers. |
| 510 | * BroughtDownToNormal: When surrounded by a whole chapel of relgious icons and even a large crucifix, the Vampire is unable to make use of his powers. |
| 511 | * ChildEater: When Tora runs into him he's trying to kill and drain a little girl, and is implied to have done so before. |
| 512 | * GameFace: Normally a handsome human, he grows larger eye and a huge, teeth-filled mouth when in combat. |
| 513 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Hyo finally kills him by slamming a WoodenStake through his chest, pinning him against a wooden panel. |
| 514 | * KickTheDog: The SoleSurvivor of his previous attack described how the vampire glared at him in challenge as he went away, leaving piles of corpses behind. |
| 515 | * LogicalWeakness: He can turn his body into mist to dodge physical attacks and even dispel Tora's lightning... but when he's half-transformed into an animal he's unable to change into mist as well. |
| 516 | * MommasBoy: Turns out he has a creepy obsession with his "mother", who was a Japanese woman who left her country and was turned before siring him and be staked by hunters. |
| 517 | * OhCrap: Has a moment of sheer terror when he realizes that he's fallen into the church, and the holy symbol have nullified his powers. |
| 518 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: This Vampire comes from the mainland, can create thralls out of his victims (not always), transform into mist to avoid attacks or partially turns into animals, use psychic blasts and is weak to fire. He can't use his powers in presence of a crucifix, and he dies when staked in the heart. |
| 519 | * PsychicPowers: He can unleash a beam of energy from the forehead, which Tora identifies as "Psychokinesis". |
| 520 | * SlasherSmile: Tends to break into creepy, blood-stained grins composed of identical, conical fangs. |
| 521 | * VillainousBreakdown: During the first part of the fight, he's a SmugSuper taunting Hyo and Tora as they try to get the upper hand. Once they actually do gain the upper hand, he's panicking and running for his mother. |
| 522 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Rather than turn into an animal like certain vampires, he can grow bat wings from his shoulders or even turn his entire legs and lower abdomen into a whole black wolf. |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[folder:Kyouma]] |
| 526 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyouma_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 527 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Masahito Yabe (JP) |
| 528 | |
| 529 | The Mirror Demon, Kyouma was born from a dark ritual performed by a crazed man from China who was obsessed over a woman. Now living inside a mirror, Kyouma will target women who catch his attention and drag them inside the mirror to make them his for all eternity. The Kyouma Mirror ends up in possession of Mayuko's father and later targets Mayuko, who has to be rescued by Ushio and Tora, forced to fight on a strict time limit in order to not be trapped inside the mirror world. |
| 530 | ---- |
| 531 | * {{Cyclops}}: In his monster form, he has one single eye in the middle of his face. |
| 532 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A woman-obsessed psycho who kidnaps a pretty girl, stripping her naked, and then turns into a gorgon-like one-eyed monster who shoots white, one-eyed fanged tadpole-like creatures from the tubular growths on his head.... uhm... Freud would have a lot of fun with him... |
| 533 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He kidnaps Mayuko, strips her and lasciviously clings to her naked body. |
| 534 | * LiterallyShatteredLives: Once he's slain, he briefly turns back in his human form before shattering as if made of glass. |
| 535 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: The man who became Kyouma did so because he deeply coveted a woman who rejected him. |
| 536 | * MagicMirror: Kyouma, the MonsterOfTheWeek of Episode 11 is a monster that lives inside a cursed mirror. |
| 537 | * MookMaker: His main form of offense consist in shooting many tadpole-like minions from the tubular growths on his head. |
| 538 | * SingleStrokeBattle: Invoked by the chapter's title and by the fact that Ushio and Tora (who are traveling through the mirror of Ungaikyo) only have a handful of minutes to defeat him and save Mayuko before they're trapped forever inside the Mirror Dimension. |
| 539 | * TranshumanTreachery: It's implied he was a psycho even when he was a human, before undertaking a ritual of BlackMagic aimed at turning him in a demon. |
| 540 | [[/folder]] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[folder:Mikonjiki]] |
| 543 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mikonjiki.png]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | A monstrous sea Youkai who lives in a spiritual barrier in the strait between Honshu and Hokkaido, he captures whole ships and trap the souls of his victims, to slowly consume them like candies for the rest of eternity. He's encountered aboard the GhostShip Yuusetsumaru and slain by Ushio. |
| 546 | ---- |
| 547 | * BellyMouth: Hard to say given the chaotic amalgam of bodyparts that he pass for a body but he sports a massive fanged mouth which encompasses pretty much all his abdomen. |
| 548 | * BodyHorror: Has a grotesque body which is essentially a giant mouth with plently of random facial traits, limbs and an eerie baby-like face in the middle which is implied to be his real face. |
| 549 | * EldritchAbomination: A grotesque monstrosity with a chaotic, logic-defying body who hides in a mystic barrier and eats the souls of his victims. |
| 550 | * MeaningfulName: While it's written in katakana, Mikonjiki can literally mean Soul Eater. |
| 551 | * OverlyLongTongue: Has a massive fluid-looking tongue nearly as big as his body. |
| 552 | * SoulEating: In Tora's words, he imprison souls and slowly consumes them like candies for the rest of his life. Once he's slain, the GhostShip and all the souls imprisoned can move on. |
| 553 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Ayakashi, being a giant monstrous, barrier-using, horrible sea Youkai who traps souls. His grotesque form and the fact that he preys on a ship makes him somewhat similar to Fusuma as well. |
| 554 | * VillainousGlutton: He keeps the souls of a whole ship's worth of people as his buffet and when he appears he angrily asks who's trying to release his lunch. |
| 555 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Mikonjiki is quickly killed after his appearence, though the Yusetsumaru does appear later. |
| 556 | [[/folder]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[folder:Oyau Kamui]] |
| 559 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oyau_kamui.png]] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | The Ainu God of the river Oyau, he's gone insane and is trying to besiege Sampitara Kamui to take his domain for himself. Oyau normally appears as a colossal snake with a beaked, toothless head at each end, complete with a single eye and an arm located on the throat, and eighteen wings made of incredibly sharp blades, though his true form is that of a grotesque, dark-skinned old man, the "snakes" being his arms. Manga-Only |
| 562 | ---- |
| 563 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: His wings are gigantic oval blades sharp enough to ''chip'' the (admiteddly sealed) Beast Spear and slice Tora in half. |
| 564 | * EvilCounterpart: To Sanpitara Kamui, being an evil and ferocious deity of the land who actively seeks for more power. |
| 565 | * EyeScream: Katayama and Kagami, imbued with the Divine Saké, are able to shoot arrows that burst Sanpitara's eyes in his serpent form: when his real body appears, he too has bleeding, empty eyesockets. |
| 566 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Ushio ends up slicing him in half with the unsealed Spear, fittingly as he did bisected Tora earlier. |
| 567 | * AHeadAtEachEnd: His serpent form has a beaked one-eyed head on each end, with a massive arm protunding from the throat. |
| 568 | * MadGod: The loss of his domain made him bitter, ferocious and rampaging. |
| 569 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Described as a giant serpent, his monster form is a massive, two-headed, beaked cyclops snake with an arm in the neck and eighteen bladed wings on his body. |
| 570 | * PhysicalGod: Unlike other Youkai, Oyau is a divinity, though pretty low on the hierarchy. That being said, it's telling that Ushio and Tora needed special help to slay it (Tora had to consume Divine Saké, Ushio had to unseal the Spear). |
| 571 | * ScaledUp: He routinely turns into a giant snake monster to fight, but he's by no mean less dangerous. |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Asagiri]] |
| 575 | [[quoteright:188:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asagiri_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 576 | |
| 577 | An old Yuki-Onna from Sapporo, who dwells inside an abandoned building, she's bitter with humans and created a daughter, Shizuri, to summon a massive blizzard to cover Sapporo with snow, freezing all humans to death. She, however, hides a secret. |
| 578 | ---- |
| 579 | * AbusiveParents: To her "daughter", Shizuri, who she wants to use as a tool of vengeance, threatening her beloved if she doesn't summon the blizzard on Sapporo. |
| 580 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Leads the northern Youkai in the final battle against Hakumen. It's her only appearance in the anime.]] |
| 581 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite how evil she is, she loves her daughter enough to cry upon seeing her becoming human and being together with the man she loves. |
| 582 | * EvilOldFolks: A wicked old YukiOnna who wants to freeze the people of Sapporo to death. |
| 583 | * AnIcePerson: She has full control on the snow, ice and frost of Sapporo, and nearly kills Ushio by spearing him with multiple icicles. |
| 584 | * IWasQuiteALooker: In her youth, she was just as pretty as her daughter. |
| 585 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Tora brings along Sanpitara Kamui, she follows his "advice" to stop her fruitless vengeance (and thus saving all her potential victims) and retire to the YukiOnna village in the north. |
| 586 | * LoveHurts: [[spoiler: She used to live in disguise with her mortal lover, until one day she tested him by revealing her true form. Unfortunately, he ran away in fear, breaking her heart. This is why she's so skeptical of Shizuri's love for her human beau.]] |
| 587 | * NeverMessWithGranny: She looks less impressive than most monsters fought by Ushio: she survived being slashed in the chest by the Spear and nearly killed Ushio. |
| 588 | * TouchOfDeath: One of her lines implies that her body is deathly cold and any human touching her for too long will freeze to death. |
| 589 | * WickedWitch: She's an old, long-nosed crone with power over snow and storms. Bonus points for obstructing a love story between her beautiful daughter and a valiant human. |
| 590 | * {{Yukionna}}: A very elderly one, no longer beautiful but powerful enough to control and manipulate all the ice, snow and sleet of Sapporo. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Yamauo]] |
| 594 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yamauo.png]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | A monstrous giant Youkai who dwells underground, where he swims in the earth looking for humans to devour. He ends up attacking the train where Ushio and Shigure are exactly when Kyora shows up looking for revenge, putting everyone's lives in danger. Manga-Only, as well as an OfficialFanSubmittedContent. |
| 597 | ---- |
| 598 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: According to Shigure, smaller specimens do exist, but the one who attacks the train is at least 70 feet long or more. |
| 599 | * DarkIsEvil: A massive, subterranean black Youkai who travels mindlessly and greedily devours everything in his path. |
| 600 | * DissonantSerenity: Despite everything, he keeps the same, vaguely dazed look on his face. |
| 601 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: While he does have eyes in his face, he has several more scattered in his many crustacean legs. |
| 602 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Is finally defeated when Kyoura (with the help of everyone on the train) nails him to the ceiling of the tunnel with Iguri. Even if it tears itself free, his head explode once exposed to the sun, when the train is far enough and safe. |
| 603 | * MadeOfExplodium: Defeating him becomes a priority, since Mountain Fish exposed to sunlight will suffer a chemical reaction which makes them explode in a deflagration five times bigger than the Mountain Fish's body. |
| 604 | * PredatorsAreMean: Zigzagged, while he is a carnivorous, man-eating predator, he lacks the intellect and sheer malice of many other Youkai, and is essentially an hungry animal. He's still a threat though. |
| 605 | * PrehensileHair: He's entirely covered in black hair he can use to catch people and immobilize opponents, as he does with Tora. |
| 606 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Exagerrated, he ''explodes'' when exposed to sunlight thanks to his BizarreAlienBiology. |
| 607 | [[/folder]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[folder:Ikkaku]] |
| 610 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ikkaku.png]] |
| 611 | |
| 612 | A young Youkai resembling a monstrous fish, he haunts a motorcycle and feeds on speed, turning people into puppets to his will and animating dead bikers as zombies to wreak havoc. He possesses Asako's cousin and puts her in danger. Manga-Only. |
| 613 | ---- |
| 614 | * AbstractEater: He feeds on speed, being essentially an avatar of reckless driving. |
| 615 | * AnimalisticAbomination: Ikkaku's form is rather similar to a gigantic swordfish-shrimp hybrid. |
| 616 | * BreakTheHaughty: Spends all his screentime boasting about his speed and skills and mocks both Ushio and Tora, calling him "old slowpoke". Once the duo decides to get serious, Ikkaku's ego soon preceeds him to the tomb. Invoked by Tora's wonderful CallBack insult when he asks how could he lose a race. |
| 617 | -->" Isn't that obvious? You're a slowpoke." |
| 618 | * BullyingADragon: He repeatedly insults Tora, unaware of his real power. Ends badly for him when Tora proves to be faster than him. |
| 619 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: Has a small eye in a socked situated on the tip of his "rostrum" and a larger one in his throat. |
| 620 | * FlayedAlive: When he tries to mantain his top speed for too long in order to surpass Tora, his entire shiny scale shell crumbles into splinters, leaving a bleeding mass of exposed tissue behind. |
| 621 | * FragileSpeedster: Speed is his only asset and his nourishment. |
| 622 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Challenges Tora to a race on an abandoned highway: unfortunately, Tora is both faster and sturdied than him: when Ikkaku reach his limit, his entire skin explodes, leaving him naked, bloodied and weak. |
| 623 | * HostageSituation: He kidnaps Asako and uses her as a living shield. According to Tora (and confirmed by [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]]), this is considered a low move even by most Youkai. |
| 624 | * NightOfTheLivingMooks: He can reanimate dead gang members to form a horde of zombified bikers. |
| 625 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Talks as if he's the most grandiose thing ever, but he's a young two-bit Youkai. |
| 626 | * VillainousBreakdown: Loses his mind and composure when Tora proves to be superior to him in speed and strength. |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Homunculi]] |
| 630 | |
| 631 | The monstrous creations of the fallen Kouhamei Monk Inasa, now residing in the "House of Whispers". They are incomplete monstrosities, hating everyone and anyone. |
| 632 | |
| 633 | !!May Ho |
| 634 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/may_ho.png]] |
| 635 | |
| 636 | A water-based Homunculus taking the form of a cute maid obsessed with cleaning, but half of her body is made of water. She can possess people and fights Ushio and Hinowa. |
| 637 | ---- |
| 638 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Whines for mercy when Hinowa has her cornered and is about to destroy her. Even if she can apparently revive herself. |
| 639 | * AxCrazy: She looks normal, but will violently attack and torture all those who enter her room. |
| 640 | * TheCameo: In the anime, she's reduced to a cameo when the Homunculi are introduced. |
| 641 | * CuteAndPsycho: A watery killing machine who takes the form of an adorable young maid. |
| 642 | * HealingFactor: Possibly because of her water nature, she'll revive herself when destroyed. She possibly died for good once the House was destroyed. |
| 643 | * MacGuffinGuardian: Guards the library of the house, which houses the diary of Inasa. |
| 644 | * MakingASplash: The lower half of her body is made of water, and she can attack people, form a spike and forcibly possess people, using the water half emerging from the mouth as a weapon. Oddly enough, her water "tail" is solid, so Ushio manages to save Hinowa by grabbing the tail and pulling her out. |
| 645 | * OhCrap: When Ushio manages to grab her tail and pull her out of Hinowa's body. |
| 646 | * OrificeInvasion: She can possess people by entering their mouths and move them against their will. She can even use her water extremity to attack from the mouth. |
| 647 | * WaterIsWomanly: She looks like a maid, but is actually a water Homunculus. |
| 648 | |
| 649 | !!Vitae 418 and 427 |
| 650 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vitae_418_and_427.png]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | A duo of mirror-carrying homunculi, prototypes of Kuin. They fight Tora and Nagare inside the House of Whispers |
| 653 | ---- |
| 654 | * AttackReflector: They can use their mirror shards to reflect Tora's lightning and fire. However, there's a limit on how much they can push back. |
| 655 | * FlawedPrototype: Their design and status marks them as weaker copies of Kuin, the actual successful homunculus. |
| 656 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: One of them is defeated when Nagare makes the floor crumble: as a result, the fire stream reflected by the first homunculus ends up hitting the other, burning him to death. |
| 657 | * MagicMirror: They carry around mirrors which can reflect attacks such as Tora's fire. |
| 658 | |
| 659 | !!Golem |
| 660 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/golem_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 661 | |
| 662 | A massive stone monster tasked with guarding a special room inside the mansion. |
| 663 | ---- |
| 664 | * AchillesHeel: As [[ShownTheirWork per myth]], he has the word Emeth embedded in his forehead: by destroying the first letter, the Golem ceases to be. |
| 665 | * TheBrute: A gigantic rock-like monster who's incredibly stronger than the other Homunculi, and is directly invoked by Towako to help her when things go south. |
| 666 | * {{Golem}}: Resembles a traditional one, safe for the ShouldersOfDoom hosting two beaked heads shooting powerful energy waves. He may have been created by following the recipe of Eleazar of Worms. He's even defeated by erasing the "e" from the "emeth" in his forehead. |
| 667 | * MacGuffinGuardian: He's tasked with defending the room containing Inasa's rotten corpse and the Materia vat (the vats where the attempts at creating an ArtificialHuman were held). |
| 668 | * VibroWeapon: Variation, his shoulder heads can emit powerful shockwaves which are highly destructive. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[folder:Tayura and Nodoka]] |
| 672 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tayura_and_nodoka.png]] |
| 673 | [[caption-width-right:350:Nodoka (left) and Tayura (right)]] |
| 674 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see their true forms]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tayura_and_nodoka_yokai.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 675 | ->'''Tayura voiced by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (JP), Creator/JohnGremillion (EN) |
| 676 | ->'''Nodoka voiced by:''' Creator/KenichiOgata (JP) |
| 677 | |
| 678 | A duo of animal-based Youkai who have existed since ancient times. Intrigued by the human reactions to death, they started a perverse game: invite humans to their home and ask them how can they accept death gracefully, devouring all those who can't give a satisfying answer. They appear in the story when they extend their invitation to Mayuko Inouse, forcing Tora to rescue her. Tayura is a snake monster with a horde of children who can divide his bodies in sharp fragments to travel and attack, while Nodoka is a frog monster whose tongue can suck brains out of people. |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * AnimalJingoism: Surprisingly enough, even if they're a frog and a snake, the two are friends. |
| 681 | * BrainFood: While Tayura and his children go for the inner organs, Nodoka sucks the brains of his victims from their heads. One-liner included. |
| 682 | -->"That's too bad... it means you don't need that brain of yours, do you?" |
| 683 | * CharacterTic: Nodoka is often seen grasping his throat with one of his hands. |
| 684 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tayura: after cornering him, Tora rips off his tail, shoves it in his mouth, pushes even harder so that he pierce his head and then breathes fire on him, charcoaling him. After Tayura tries to ask for help, he finishes him off with lightning. |
| 685 | * EinsteinHair: Nodoka has unruly white hair and moustache, and is deeply intellectual and philosophical, seeing himself and Tayura as EvilGenius and despising humans for their perceived idiocy. |
| 686 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Their crux: they want to understand why certain humans [[FaceDeathWithDignity aren't afraid to die and can accept their fate so peacefully]]. Nodoka finally understands in his last moments after witnessing Mayuko's HeroicSacrifice. |
| 687 | * ExplosiveBreeder: All the disgusting minions living in Tayura's shadow are actually Tayura's children. It's not clear if it's asexual reproduction or if they are more like the Hakumen's Hiyo mooks. |
| 688 | * FrogMen: Nodoka is a frog-demon, though he mostly appears as a creepy old man costantly holding his throat and with a long, tube-like tongue. He's surprisingly though, given his age. |
| 689 | * {{Gonk}}: While Tayura is rather normal-looking, Nodoka is an unsightly old man. |
| 690 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: They've been together for centuries, pondering on the habits of humans. |
| 691 | * HostageSituation: They hold 30 people hostage when Mayuko tries to escape and turn it into a game: for each floor she descends to, they'll let an hostage go. Unfortunately, they weren't going to keep their word, as seen later when Nodoka traps all the hostages in a suspended corridor and threatens to make them plummet to their deaths if Mayuko doesn't answer. |
| 692 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The brain-sucking frog youkai Nodoka gets a hold of Mayuko, wrapping her body with his long tongue, and was about to suck her brain out until Tora arrived in time and rescued the girl. Downplayed in that he has no sexual interest in her. |
| 693 | * IntriguedByHumanity: They cannot understand how can humans accept Death, so they're trying to figure out by inviting humans and asking them; if the victim cannot answer in time or the answer doesn't satisfy them, they kill and eat him. |
| 694 | * KillItWithFire: Tayura is burned to death by Tora. |
| 695 | * LackOfEmpathy: Despite being companions, they're not attached to each other: best seen when a defeated Tayura begs Nodoka for help, but the latter is deaf to his pleas and leaves him to die. |
| 696 | -->'''Tora:'''"Hey, your friend here is dying, won't you help him?" |
| 697 | -->'''Nodoka:'''"Mh? Why should I?" |
| 698 | * LogicalWeakness: Tayura can attack by spinning all his sharp fragments in the air, but if he's forced to enter a cramped space such as an elevator, he can barely move, much less attack. |
| 699 | * OffWithHisHead: How Tora kills Nodoka, seconds after he finally realized why there are humans who do not fear death. |
| 700 | * OneToMillionToOne: Tayura can turn himself into a swarm of shards to move around in a cutting whirlpool of death and reform at will. |
| 701 | * OverlyLongTongue: Nodoka, being a frog, can attack people and suck brains with his extremely long, hollowed tongue. |
| 702 | * SnakePeople: Tayura, though he usually appears in human form. His monster form is more snake-like than humanoid, consisting in a long serpentine body with a humanoid head and "shoulders" on the sides. He can manifest massive spikes from his chest when in snake form. |
| 703 | * SoftSpokenSadist: They're calm and well-mannered, but also extremely inhuman and sadistic. |
| 704 | [[/folder]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | [[folder:The Stray Gedo]] |
| 707 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stray_gedo.png]] |
| 708 | |
| 709 | A monstrous dog-like beast from Shikoku, he belonged to a fugitive wielder who died in misery and greed, and was released by her. This monster employs the wishes and greed of people to grow stronger and stronger, and seems to have long-term plans... Manga-only. |
| 710 | ---- |
| 711 | * BigBadWannabe: He ultimately plans to take over Ushio's body so that he could use the Beast Spear to rule over all the other monsters. |
| 712 | * BodyHorror: While the normal Gedo, while monstrous, does resemble a normal hound, the Stray Gedo has wings, multiple maws and spikes where they don't belong (including in the eye). |
| 713 | * DarkIsEvil: This monstrous demon is pitch black and utterly despicable. |
| 714 | * DemonicPossession: He can possess people outside from his wielder to control them directly. |
| 715 | * EatenAlive: He's finished off for good when Shindara releases her Gedo on him. |
| 716 | * {{Greed}}: The Gedo will look for ambitious or greedy people to exploit their desires in order to bend them to his will. |
| 717 | * {{Hellhound}}: Mostly resembles a monstrous, dragon-like demonic dog, often with multiple heads. Website/TheOtherWiki points out that he's rather Inugami-like. |
| 718 | * HydraProblem: Even worse, just a wound is enough for the Gedo to spread, resulting in multiple, smaller heads emerging from its flesh to attack. |
| 719 | * OhCrap: |
| 720 | ** The fragment who engaged Tora in combat and is about to win has a complete change of attitude when he realizes that the latter not only knew about the Gedo-repelling spell... but reminds how to cast it too. |
| 721 | ** The main body has one when Ushio's HeroicWillpower rejects him and allow him to pull the Gedo out of Shindara's body. |
| 722 | * ThePowerOfHate: The fuel of the Gedo's power, horrorifically enough even something comparatively petty (an envious teacher with issues and an extremely spoilt and greedy girl) are enough for him to feed. |
| 723 | * SelfDuplication: What makes the Gedo so dangerous is the ability to split at will, both to create clones and act in different places simultanously or to attack an opponent with multiple heads from different angles. |
| 724 | [[/folder]] |
| 725 | |
| 726 | [[folder:Satori]] |
| 727 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/satori_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 728 | |
| 729 | A humanoid monster from the north who can read minds of the nature and people alike, he saved and adopted a young blind kid, Minoru, and posed as his father. When Minoru was hospitalized, he sensed the boy's fear, so he seeks to heal him by finding human eyes that fit... by going on a killing spree. Manga-only. |
| 730 | ---- |
| 731 | * BlindAndTheBeast: He was the "beast" who found a blind boy and pretty much adopted him, making said boy believe that he really was his daddy. Harsher, since Minoru's real father was an abusive alcolist. |
| 732 | * CavalryOfTheDead: [[spoiler: Shows up alongside Nagare, Hyo and the manga-only Tokuno to help Ushio against Hakumen.]] |
| 733 | * CombatClairvoyance: Thanks to his mind-reading abilities, he can give ''Shigure'' the fight of his life. |
| 734 | * EyeScream: Sensing Minoru's fear and anxiety about the operation, he believes that he can cure him better by cutting out the eyes of other people to replace Minoru's blinded eyes. |
| 735 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: After being fatally wounded by Ushio, he collects himself, visits Minoru one last time, telling him the truth, then leaves the room, sits against the wall and has one last, tear-jerking dialogue with Ushio before dissolving. |
| 736 | -->'''Satori:'''"Tell me, boy... you said his eyes will heal?" |
| 737 | -->'''Ushio:'''"Yes." |
| 738 | -->'''Satori:'''"And when Minoru will see again... will he call me "dad"?" |
| 739 | -->'''Ushio:'''"... [[LetThemDieHappy of course he will.]] |
| 740 | -->'''Satori:'''... (smiles) You're so kind to me... [[GoOutWithASmile just like Minoru...]]" |
| 741 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: All he wants is to make sure Minoru is happy and regains his sight. |
| 742 | * LukeIAmYourFather: Inverted, after posing as Minoru's father (the boy believed so), he uses his final moments to confess to Minoru that he wasn't his father, and he's sorry for haven't told him sooner. |
| 743 | * MonstrousHumanoid: Compared to other Youkai, Satori looks like a {{gonk}} human with spindly limbs and an odd gait. |
| 744 | * PapaWolf: Deconstructed, he's so obsessed with Minoru's safety that he's willing to kill countless people, unaware that this would make Minoru distressed. |
| 745 | * SinisterScythe: He uses a kama for his murders, and when you can read minds, there's little that can stop you. |
| 746 | * {{Telepathy}}: Satori's main power. Back in the wild, he used it to listen to the nature, but after meeting Minoru, he used said powers to read his heart and slowly become his adoptive father. |
| 747 | * TragicMonster: True, he remorselessly kills a huge number of people in a misguided and futile attempt to heal a person, said person being an adorable young boy he saved and cared for. |
| 748 | * VillainousBreakdown: His determinations slowly crumbles under Ushio's ArmorPiercingQuestion during their final battle, which causes him to snap. |
| 749 | -->"And do you really think Minoru will be happy after learning what you did?!" |
| 750 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Minoru means the world to him, and he's willing to kill as many people as necessary to find the right pair of eyes to heal him. |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | [[folder:Crab Majimun]] |
| 754 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crab_majimun.png]] |
| 755 | |
| 756 | A powerful and cruel Youkai from the western part of Japan who dwells in a river and forces the locals to feed him a baby as a sacrifice. Manga-Only |
| 757 | ---- |
| 758 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: In a twisted variant, the Majimun sports three human heads he can talk through... located on the giant crab's pincers. |
| 759 | * BodyHorror: Resembles a colossal, monstrous crab with screaming human faces on his claws. |
| 760 | * ChildEater: He forces the locals to sacrifice babies to him, which he devours as their crib floats down the river. This fact alone makes Ushio determinated to eliminate him without even trying to reason with him. |
| 761 | * FillerVillain: His presence doesn't influence the plot too much and is limited to his manga chapter. |
| 762 | * GiantEnemyCrab: Takes the form of a monstrous, colossal crab whose actual face is located on his pincers. |
| 763 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Acts with fury and disdain when Ushio and Tora face him, thinking that just because he's the boss of a river in Kyushu he can defeat anyone who can stand in his way. |
| 764 | * ThisCannotBe: Reacts with panic and disbelief when the combined forces of out heroes tear his body to pieces. |
| 765 | * WhoDares: Makes his presence known with such a boast before bursting out of the water to rampage. |
| 766 | --> "Someone is stopping me from consuming my moonlit dinner..." |
| 767 | * {{Youkai}}: Majimun is the collective name for evil spirts of various types dwelling in the islands of southern Japan. |
| 768 | [[/folder]] |
| 769 | |
| 770 | [[folder:Hakumen's Fragment]] |
| 771 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakumen_fragment.png]] |
| 772 | |
| 773 | A tiny fragment of Hakumen no Mono which was added to other Bakemono tissue by H.A.M.M.R. researchers as part of their experiments to study Hakumen and the Spear, but manage to grow to considerable size and power, absorbing several other Youkai in its mass. It is not a proper Avatar, however. |
| 774 | ---- |
| 775 | * AdaptiveAbility: The monster is evolving as it's fighting, and learning to use the abilities of the absorbed monsters in combat. For example, after losing is legs to Tora, it proceeds to use the legs of the absorbed monster to hold up its body. |
| 776 | * ArcVillain: The main, mindless threat in the H.A.M.M.R. arc. |
| 777 | * TheAssimilator: As soon as it breaks free, it proceeds to storm the Monstrum holding cells, absorbing all the specimens in its body to gain more powers. |
| 778 | * BodyOfBodies: While it mostly resembles a massive, multi-pronged splinter of stone, it contains several other monsters in itself and manifest part of their bodies out of it, including [[BigRedDevil Iblis]], [[AcidAttack Sodom]], [[MakingASplash Dakini]], [[FullBoarAction Fea]], [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Baldanders]], [[UnscaledMerfolk a fishman]], an Ushioni and a Gryphon. |
| 779 | * BreathWeapon: Thanks to the absorbed monsters, the Fragment can attack through several different breath weapons, shooting out chlorine gas, fire, water and frost. |
| 780 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Especially in the anime, the Fragment is a taste of what Hakumen has to offer and the strongest opponent fought by the heroes before the climax arc. |
| 781 | * EldritchAbomination: A single cell of one which absorbed many other monsters inside its body to use their skills. |
| 782 | * FromASingleCell: Literally born from a single cell of Hakumen attached to a monster tissue. Despite all the scientists' precautions, it manages to regenerate a body functional enough to devastate the entire building, and keeps growing bigger and stronger by the minute. |
| 783 | * HealingFactor: Due to absorbing a monster with high-regeneration, it can reform its body, even when shattered to pieces. |
| 784 | * HostageSituation: When the Fragment realizes that Ushio is trying to save Baldanders, it starts using him as a shield to stop Ushio's attacks. |
| 785 | * ItCanThink: While it is just an abomination with only part of Hakumen's DNA, it gradually develops intelligence and tactics as it fights Ushio and Tora. |
| 786 | * LightningBruiser: Despite being made of rock, it is incredibly fast moving and acting, able to wipe out an entire corridor of gun-wielding security in seconds and able to outpace Tora. |
| 787 | * LogicalWeakness: In spite of Hakumen's natural power and resilience even against the H.A.M.M.R. methods, using the captured monster's legs allows Helena and Asako to unleash all the Kirilian Oscillators of the floor at it, paralyzing the monster using its own absimilated body parts. |
| 788 | * ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Just like with the Beast Spear and Tora, the Kirilian's readings of the Fragments are incredibly high and growing. |
| 789 | * RockMonster: The main body of the monster resembles a massive, sharp splinter of rock with smaller appendages acting as legs and tentacles and Hakumen's signature eye in the middle. |
| 790 | |
| 791 | [[/folder]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder:Whitebeard]] |
| 794 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whitebeard_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | A very old monkey monster who's surprisingly fast and powerful. He leads a pack of similar demonic macaques on killing sprees, targeting and eating young women and fearing only the legendary dog Shippei Taro. He ends up in Kirio's way. Manga Only. |
| 797 | ---- |
| 798 | * AnimalJingoism: He and his followers are afraid of the legendary dog Shippei Taro, to the point that his minions freeze in fear when they spot a dog. |
| 799 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Don't warn Shippei Taro". |
| 800 | * DiagonalCut: Sliced in half by Kirio, after sticking the scythe's blade in his torso. |
| 801 | * IAmAHumanitarian: Each night they pick a young girl by shooting a white arrow at her home. They then kidnap her and devour her after tearing her apart. |
| 802 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He mocks both Kirio and the dog Taro and shreds the latter's precious ribbon with his attack: this results first in Taro [[BerserkButton becoming so furious]] he bites his throat and Kirio finds enough confidence to finish him off. |
| 803 | * LightningBruiser: He's incredibly fast, being able to subject both Kirio and Kuin to a CurbStompBattle the first time they meet, and is strong enough to shatter Kuin's natural carapace (something only ''Tora'' has been shown doing). |
| 804 | * ManiacMonkeys: An evil, giant white monkey with a long tail leading a gang of monstrous, man-eating macaques. |
| 805 | * TemptingFate: When his minions are terrified by the old dog Taro, Whitebeard claims there's nothing to fear and proceed to attack him to show his point. This ruins Taro's cherished ribbon and makes him attack the monkey, aiming for the throat. |
| 806 | * ShoutOut: They're based on an actual Japanese legend in which a bonze slays a Sarugami (an elder monkey monster pretending to be a ''kami'') with the help of a dog called Shippei Taro. |
| 807 | * SlasherSmile: Most of the time, Whitebeard sports a demonic, fang-filled sneer. |
| 808 | * SmugSnake: He's overly confident in his skills and loves to boast and torment his opponents. |
| 809 | * StealthHiBye: He's able to appear clinging to the ceiling of a closed room to make his presence known to Mayuko. |
| 810 | * StrongerWithAge: Whitebeard is the oldest of the monkey demons and is quite powerful, much more so than other lesser Youkai. |
| 811 | * {{Youkai}}: He's called a "Hihi", word which means "Baboon" in modern Japanese but used to refer to a monstrous, man-eating ape-like youkai with a long snout. |
| 812 | [[/folder]] |
| 813 | |
| 814 | [[folder:Gi and Bo]] |
| 815 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gi_and_bo.png]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | A duo of Chinese monsters targeted by Hyo, Gi is an odd-looking creature made of composite parts who can read minds and shapeshift, Bo is a monstrous worm-like monster with large maws and an appetite to match. Manga-only. |
| 818 | ---- |
| 819 | * TheBrute: Bo has nothing but brawns and a voracious appetite, and spreads destruction everywhere as he runs away from Hyo. He always asks Gi for directions. |
| 820 | * DirtyCoward: They're introduced running for their lives, having encountered Hyo in Hong Kong. They clash with Ushio because he was in the way. |
| 821 | * IAmAHumanitarian: They used to feed on humans by hiding in a hole and waiting for victims to fall inside. Bo even keeps eating as he runs away. |
| 822 | * OhCrap: When they realize that Hyo has caught up to them. |
| 823 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Bo, the most discernible, is essentially a flying worm with a huge mouth filled with sawtooth-like fangs, eyes on the sides and a ring of four arms around the head. Gi is a grotesque collection of four floating parts (a forked one below, a "torso" contituted by a ring with a protunding stump and a "head" composed of a crescent thing with the head in the middle). |
| 824 | * ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Gi can transform into people dear to his victims, leaving Ushio unable to fight him. Unfortunately for him, Hyo doesn't care. |
| 825 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gi dies in disbelief that Hyo would kill his own "family" with his own hands. |
| 826 | [[/folder]] |
| 827 | |
| 828 | !Omake Villains |
| 829 | |
| 830 | [[folder:Shiba Kuchime]] |
| 831 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shiba_kuchime.png]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | An evil ''onmyoji'' from the Heian period who fell in love for the emontionless Princess Fubuki and wants to make her his, employing his horde of Shikigami to fight in his stead. |
| 834 | ---- |
| 835 | * ArcVillain: Of the one-shot story "Tale of Monsters from the Past and Present". |
| 836 | * EvilSorcerer: Close enough, he's an evil Onmyoji, master of the dark arts and able to summon several massive Shikigami to do his bidding. |
| 837 | * IfICantHaveYou: Having being foiled by Tora, he claims that noone else will have Fubuki and rushes at her with his katana drawn to finish her off. |
| 838 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He's stabbed to death by Mumyo as he lunges towards the princess, only to fatally wound him as well. |
| 839 | * LeanAndMean: Possibly because of his ascetic lifestyle, Kuchime is very thin. He's also very despicable and filled with lust. |
| 840 | * OhCrap: Pauses and stops boasting when he sees Tora destroy all his Shikigami with ease. |
| 841 | * SummonMagic: He's always surrounded by a bunch of Shikigami, taking the form of hulking white monsters with large claws and fangs. He seems to be much more skilled than his colleagues, as seen when the court Onmyoji can only summon black serpent-like Shikigami which are quickly killed by his creations. |
| 842 | * TakingYouWithMe: Stabs Mumyo in the abdomen after being impaled by his sword. |
| 843 | * VillainousCrush: He's fallen for Fubuki, known as the "Stone Princess" for her emotionless face and inability to emote at all. Creepily enough, he's in love with her lack of emotions more than anything else. |
| 844 | [[/folder]] |
| 845 | |
| 846 | [[folder:Qiong Qi]] |
| 847 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qiong_qi.png]] |
| 848 | |
| 849 | A monstrous Chinese demon who lived near Guishan (Lit. Ghost Mountain), a demonic place next to the edenic forest of Tohua Yuan, resembling a monstrous spike-covered winged tiger with two heads. Qiong Qi deeply hates the Immortals of Tohua Yuan and is always ready to ambush and devour them. Based on the namesake monster from Myth/ChineseMythology. |
| 850 | ---- |
| 851 | * ArchEnemy: To the people of Tohua Yuan, for unspecific reasons. He's always ready to assault anyone coming from there, as seen when he promptly ambushes Minshia and her kidnapper the istant they set foot out of Tohua Yuan and inside Guishan. |
| 852 | * MultipleHeadCase: Has two heads over long bodies: in many frames it looks like it's a single head split in half, rather than two different heads. |
| 853 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: A bipedal tiger-like monster with quills, wings in lieu of arms, serpentine necks and two heads. |
| 854 | * PantheraAwesome: He mostly look like a monstrous, demonic tiger, though it also has the wings of a bird and the quills of a porcupine. |
| 855 | * SpikesOfVillainy: His back and neck are covered in a set of quills, making it look even more dangerous. |
| 856 | * StarterVillain: For Hyo, being the very first serious threat he fought on his path of slayer of demons. By fighting him he finally opens his crystal eye and master his "Kin" power. |
| 857 | * TheVoiceless: Never once speaks to the heroes, though the Elder's words implies it is intelligent enough to do so. |
| 858 | |
| 859 | [[/folder]] |
| 860 | |
| 861 | [[folder:Bakeneko]] |
| 862 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bakeneko_ushio_and_tora.png]] |
| 863 | |
| 864 | A cat monster who was sealed in a shrine long ago, targetting a wealthy man who rebuilt said shrine and broken pot for unknown reasons, only to be fought off by Shigure, Ushio's father. |
| 865 | ---- |
| 866 | * BakenekoAndNekomata: A monstrous cat demon with two tails, massive grudge and supernatural fighting prowess. It also has a forked tail and a twisted body. |
| 867 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Rather than have cat-like fangs, it has a mouth filled to the brim with sharp teeth. |
| 868 | * TheReveal: There are actually ''two'' of them trying to lure Shigure out in the open while the other one attacks and devour the victim. Luckily for Shigure, Sumako was more than a match for the monster, so that both Bakeneko could be stopped |
| 869 | * SealedEvilInACan: Implied that it was once sealed inside a clay urn in a Shinto shrine, which was broken by accident when a wealthy man had his house rebuilt. |
| 870 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Each year, for five years, the cat monster attacked the same man in an attempt to devour his daughter. |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder:Fake Tora]] |
| 874 | [[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fake_tora.png]] |
| 875 | |
| 876 | An evil monster who took Tora's form to lead a pack of man-eating Obakemono in the mountains. |
| 877 | ---- |
| 878 | * CriminalDoppelganger: Tora himself is no saint, but the fake one lacks any standard the real one had. |
| 879 | * DirtyCoward: When cornered, he quickly proves to be a spineless coward of a monster. |
| 880 | * ImpostorForgotOneDetail: His transformation is flawless and humans are tricked easily, but he forgot that 1) Tora has no pupils and 2) Tora works alone. |
| 881 | * KillAndReplace: Subverted. He tries to do this to Tora when found out, but Tora kills him instead. |
| 882 | * OhCrap: Panics to the point of forgetting to his the pupils of his eyes when the real Tora reveals himself. |
| 883 | * WolfpackBoss: He's always surrounded by a massive pack of Youkai of all shapes and size, the only reason why he's a shade of a chance against Tora. |
| 884 | [[/folder]] |
| 885 | |
| 886 | [[folder:Ana-san]] |
| 887 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ana_san.png]] |
| 888 | |
| 889 | An horrible toad-like Youkai dwelling in a gutter: he can grant the wishes of anyone dropping a coin down his hole, but in exchange he'll want to devour the wisher. |
| 890 | ---- |
| 891 | * BadSamaritan: He'll give you money, but don't expect to be able to spend it because in return you must let him devour you. |
| 892 | * DarkIsEvil: He's black in color, resides in a deep humid hole and is even covered in barnacles. He's one of the most animalistic and evil Obakemono of the series. |
| 893 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The biggest feature is his enormous mouth, filled with massive teeth encrusted with barnacles. |
| 894 | * WouldHurtAChild: To him, it doesn't matter if the victim was a child: to him is just another meal. |
| 895 | [[/folder]] |
| 896 | |
| 897 | [[folder:The Sorcerers]] |
| 898 | |
| 899 | A duo of mysterious sorcerers, masters of the black arts and specialized in cursing people and creating artificial demons. One of them wants to prove his skills by challenging Ushio and Tora with his creations, believing that such a mismatched duo will fall easily to his skills. |
| 900 | ---- |
| 901 | |
| 902 | * BaldOfEvil: They are evil wizards by trade and both are balds. It may also overlap with BaldMystic, considering that both wield and are knowledgeable about magic. |
| 903 | * CrystalBall: The fat one uses a crystal ball to scry Ushio and Tora and witness their battle. When they slay all his monsters, the ball is suddenly broken in half. |
| 904 | * EvilSorcerer: They seems to be this by trade, specialized in western magic and creation of artificial monsters. Their dialogue seems to imply that they conduct "business" with their magic, but nothing is specified. |
| 905 | * FatAndSkinny: The antagonistic one is bigger and bulkier, his comrade is ascetic thin and younger-looking. They seems to be familiar with each other enough to be a stable duo. |
| 906 | * GenreSavvy: The lean one repeatedly warns his colleague to leave those two alone, warning him to not underestimate the power that can be born from two opposites. |
| 907 | * {{Greed}}: Implied that the fat one sees the opportunity to kill Ushio and Tora as a way to showcase his power to the east and expand his sorcery business to Japan. |
| 908 | * IWarnedYou: When the fat sorcerer dies upon the destruction of his spell, the lean one calmly tells his corpse that he really should have listen to the old saying about not meddling with the Moon and the Sun. |
| 909 | * LackOfEmpathy: They both sounds less like a CardCarryingVillain performing evil and more like bored gentlemen in an exclusive club trying to pass time during a long rainy afternoon. |
| 910 | * NoNameGiven: They only call each other "comrade" or "colleague". Their names aren't spoken out loud. |
| 911 | * SummonMagic: The fat one can use sorcery to call forth a massive number of artificially-created monsters to Ushio and Tora's location. The monsters have the appearence of creatures from classical mythology and western demons. |
| 912 | * {{Synchronization}}: When all the monsters are wiped out the the duo, the fat sorcerer drops dead on the spot while his crystal ball cracks in half. His colleague comments on it being an effect of the eclipse taking place in that moment. |
| 913 | * TooDumbToLive: The fat one refuses to heed the warnings of his friend to the very end, underestimating Ushio and Tora for their bickering, thinking that such diverse people can't work together. |
| 914 | |
| 915 | [[/folder]] |
| 916 | |
| 917 | [[folder:Kokonotsu]] |
| 918 | |
| 919 | A giant snake-like monster with many heads, worshipped and feared as a mountain god by a local village. |
| 920 | ---- |
| 921 | |
| 922 | * BerserkButton: Becomes furious when Tora says he's a two-bit monster, but he's quickly put back to his place with a well-aimed punch. |
| 923 | * CurbStompBattle: Despite his fearsome appearence, he's knocked out by a single punch from Tora and later slain with the Beast Spear before he can attack a second time. |
| 924 | * GodGuise: Claims to be the ruler of the mountain and the nearby villagers fears him as if he really was the kami of the mountain. |
| 925 | * HumanSacrifice: He forces villagers to deliver a maiden to his lair so that he can devour her. In exchange, he refrains from attacking the village. |
| 926 | * MultipleHeadCase: Atop his body he has a cluster of humanoid heads, each different from the others. He can even stretch each neck to better bite at his foes. |
| 927 | * OhCrap: His outrage turns into fear when he realizes that he's dealing with Nagatobimaru, a.k.a. Tora. |
| 928 | * PickyPeopleEater: Apparently, each of his many heads only eats a specific part of his victims, best seen when he grabs Misao in his mouths with one head calling dibs on the ears, another on the arm, another on the leg and the last one on the eyes. |
| 929 | * SmallNameBigEgo: According to Tora, Kokonotsu claims to be a deity but he's actually a small fry among the obake. |
| 930 | * SnakePeople: Kokonotsu has the appearence of a titanic snake with an exposed chest, two massive arms and a cluster of humanoid heads on the top of his body. |
| 931 | |
| 932 | [[/folder]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 |
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