An unwritten UrbanFantasy story by {{Tropers/Carbonek13}}.

Kazuo Ulrich, a [[ButNotTooForeign half Japanese/American]] college dropout heads to Tokyo to attend the funeral of his estranged mother. Afterwards, he learns that she was actually an oni [[TomatoInTheMirror (and by extension, so is he)]], and was a member of an extensive {{Masquerade}} comprising of {{youkai}} and {{obake}} who choose to live among humans, but are ruled by a powerful council of elders (dubbed the "''Tokyoukai''", a portmanteau of "Tokyo" and "''youkai''," like how Franchise/{{Pokemon}} comes from "Pocket Monsers"). At the request of his uncle, to try to come to terms with his newly discovered monsterhood, and because he has nothing better to do, he decides to stick around.



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Contains examples of:

* AllMythsAreTrue
* BoisterousBruiser: Kaz's Uncle Shinichi, an ''oni'' enforcer who likes to drink, pick fights, drink, sleep around and [[OverlyLongGag drink.]]
* ChineseVampire: Quite a few ''Jiangshi'' live in Chinatown and other parts of the city.
* CreatorProvincialism: A serious concern; the closest the author has ever been to Japan is Mississippi.
* FishOutOfWater: Kazuo, big time. In America, he was too Japanese to fit in properly; In Japan, he's too American and, oh yeah, finds out he's not even human!
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: most of the cast, including the actual vampires.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Kaz and several other characters. There simply aren't enough monsters around to keep a population of purebreeds going. [[spoiler: Possibly subverted, as Kaz's dad is hinted to be at least half [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Scandanavian troll.]]]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Not too often, but it is the preferred method of making troublesome humans and monsters "disappear".
* IsThatWhatHeToldYou?: Averted. Nobody told Kaz ANYTHING about his origins or the Tokyokai, and they are just as surprised that he doesn't know as he is in finding out.
* TheMasquerade: A pretty effective one, too, powered by yōkai magic, the Imperial Family, numerous corporations and the legendary WeirdnessCensor of the Japanese people.
* MixAndMatchCritters
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* MysteriousParent: Kaede Fujioka, Kaz's dead mother.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: Kitsune (foxes), tanuki (racoon-dogs), nekomata and bakeneko (cats), tsuchigumo (spiders), karasu tengu (crow... things), and quite a few others.
* RedOniBlueOni: Kazuo and Shinichi, respectively.
* SecretLegacy
* ShoutOut
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: only at the beginning, before Kaz starts traveling to other parts of the country. [[spoiler: He eventually starts [[WalkTheEarth traveling to other countries]] as an international representative of the ''Tokyoukai'']]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WingedHumanoid: The tengu, some of the time.
* {{Yakuza}}