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Hakumen no Mono and Avatars

Hakumen no Mono

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), John Swasey (English)

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.

Acid Attack: Back in the past, one of her tails was made of acid and could dissolve anything.
Adaptation Dye-Job: In the manga, Hakumen is described with golden fur and a spotless white face. In the anime adaptation, Hakumen is completely white.
Alas, Poor Villain: 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.
Animalistic Abomination: It may be called a fox spirit but that face says otherwise, looking more draconic or serpentine.
Asian Fox Spirit: 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.
Batman Gambit:
- When Hakumen no Mono retreated underwater, he 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.
- 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. It failed when Kirio realized that he's just being manipulated.
- He disguised himself as "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".
Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: 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.
Beware My Stinger Tail: Hakumen's tails are weapons in their own right. In particular, the 8th tail 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.
Big Bad: An Eldritch Abomination 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.
Body Horror: 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.
Breath Weapon: 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.
The Chessmaster: 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...
Cognizant Limbs: In the final battle, it's revealed that Hakumen's monstrous Avatar are actually his tails.
The Corrupter: Hakumen appeared in his "Jie Mei" disguise to convince Nagare to join his side, knowing that Nagare deeply wanted to fight Tora.
Death Glare: 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.
Demonic Possession: Before he manifested a physical body, Hakumen spread death and corruption by possessing humans. Eventually, she used Shagakusha as a vessel to grow a real body.
The Dreaded:
- 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.
- 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.
Driven by Envy: 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.
Eldritch Abomination: 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.
Emotion Eater: Hakumen literally feeds off fear of it from human and youkai alike in order to strengthen itself. Furthermore, hatred for it makes it unkillable.
Extra-ore-dinary: 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). During the final battle, its eighth tail is revealed to be a mass of steel blades similar to the Spear.
Eye Scream: Hakumen gouges out its own eyes after their look let Tora know Hakumen envies and fears the beings of the light.
Eyes Never Lie: 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. Its distinctive glare foreshadows its motives for hating humanity.
Fate Worse than Death: 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.
Fog of Doom: Its first tail can turn into acidic fog that can dissolve enemies and attacks alike. Turns out it was Shumuna - see Hive Mind.
Foreshadowing: Hakumen no Mono has a very odd 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 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.
For the Evulz: Hakumen no Mono's entire motivation. It just loves destruction and enjoys tormenting and killing others, be it human or youkai.
The Heartless: Hakumen was born out of the hatred of a man named Shagaksha, who would later become Tora.
Hive Mind: 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.
Hope Crusher: Hakumen feeds off fear and despair, so if something appears that gives hope to others Hakumen will try and destroy that hope. This is the reason it wipes off Ushio and Tora from everyone's memory in the final arc.
Load-Bearing Boss: 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.
Made of Evil: He's said to be a manifestation of all the darkness and evils of the world.
Manipulative Bastard: 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 For the Evulz. 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.
Meaningful Name: "Hakumen no Mono" is an epithet that means "the white-faced one". In this series, Hakumen's distinguishing feature is its white skin.
More Teeth than the Osmond Family: When his mouth opens, it's filled to the brim with sharp, needle-like teeth.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: 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.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Hakemen turns out to love invoking this trope, pulling it off twice and the second time being successful at freeing himself from the barrier around him.
Nightmare Face: Hakumen no Mono's default face is this, but when he smiles...◊
One-Winged Angel: 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.
Out-of-Character Alert: 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.
Paper-Thin Disguise: 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.
Powered by a Forsaken Child: The origins of Hakumen no Mono. 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.
The Power of Hate:
- Hatred birthed Hakumen's physical form from pre-youkai Tora, who was then a human known as Shagakusha.
- Hatred for Hakumen eventually turns Azafuse into Hakumens themselves!
- Hatred for Hakumen keeps Hakumen existing no matter how injured it gets.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The most dangerous and feared monster by both human and youkai happens to fittingly have red eyes.
Sealed Evil in a Can: It's sealed inside a barrier under the sea and being watched over by Jie Mei's successors.
She's a Man in Japan: Downplayed example, but in the original Japanese is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara 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 Eldritch Abomination, it may not have a proper gender, but the fact that it was born of pure Yin (which has feminine attributes) lean towards that.
Shock and Awe: 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.
Slasher Smile: Prone to give them as he destroys everything around him, enjoying the carnage.
Start X to Stop X: When cornered by the main duo in the final battle, Hakumen reveals its last two tails - 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".
Villainous Breakdown: Near the end, Tora discovering the motive for its hatred causes Hakumen to 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.
Voice of the Legion: The anime gives Hakumen a demonic voice with an echo effect.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: It can change form at will. It seems to like to disguise itself as beautiful women.
Wham Line: 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. During the final arc, we learn that Hakumen came to possess a physical body thanks to Tora's human self Shagakusha.
Windows of the Soul: Comes into play in the final battle: 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 Villainous Breakdown.
Xanatos Gambit: Does one when it was nearly on the verge of defeat. 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.
Zerg Rush: 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.

Ayakashi

Voiced by: Kousuke Takaguchi (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)

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.

Body of Bodies: The real body inside its stomach is an horrible amalgam of faces, eyes and mouths mashed together in a grotesque mass.
Derelict Graveyard: Inside his belly. Once he's killed, all the ships in his stomach are released.
Eldritch Abomination: 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.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Ushio destroys it by cutting its body in half.
Meaningful Name: Ayakashi is another name for the eel-like Youkai Ikuchi, which he closely resembles.
No-Sell: Ayakashi's hide is so hard and slippery it can withstand anything, even the (sealed) Beast Spear.
Sea Monster: 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.
Slippery Skid: As per folklore, Ayakashi's skin and insides ooze an oil so slippery no attack can work.
Small Role, Big Impact: At first seemingly another Monster of the Week, its defeat leads to the reveal that Ushio's mother still lives and kickstarts the rest of the plot.
Wake-Up Call Boss: 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.
Worm Sign: Ayakashi is normally wrapped in a barrier, visible from the outside as a tract of calm sea surrounded by storms.

Shumuna

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.

Acid Attack: Shumuna's fog can melt everything. This is how she consume her victims.
Fog of Doom: She's a living mass of fog, and thus is immune to all attacks. Not even Tora could harm her.
Kill It with Fire: She can only be kept at bay by fire, but even that's not enough to kill her.
Oh, Crap!: When she realizes she's been sucked in a Portal to the Neherworld, finally dying for real.
Remember the New Guy?: Since her arc is manga-only, she appears in the anime only near the end, and is thus Demoted to Extra.
So Last Season: 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.
The Stoic: She always has the same face on. The one time she shows something different is when she's sucked inside the portal.

Kuragi

Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (Japanese)

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.

Attack Reflector: Which allows her to tank the spiritual bindings of the Kouhamei monks and send them back, paralyzing everyone in one go.
Big Creepy-Crawlies: Takes the form of a gigantic insect with massive pincers.
Flat Character: Kuragi lacks even personality, as all the talking it does during the battle against the Kouhamei is done by Towako riding inside his body.
Hero Killer: Indirectly causes the death of Hizaki Mikado.
Meaningful Name: 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.
Non-Mammal Mammaries: Sports a female bust in her shell. Subverted in that it's Towako's bust.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Has less screentime and personality than the other Avatars.
The Worf Effect: 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.

Towako

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (JP), Patricia Duran (EN)

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.

Batman Gambit: 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. It failed when Kirio realized that he's just being manipulated, as well as when it becomes clear that the Spear won't stay down .
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: In her "human form", Towako appears as a pale-skinned woman with black hair and clothes.
Elemental Powers: She can shapeshift her tail to turn it into spiky rocks or a mass of fire.
Facepalm of Doom: 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.
Fan Disservice: She often appears in the nude, but she's not exactly a good looker.
Full-Frontal Assault: When she fights, she discards her dress (which she can reform with her powers).
Game Face: Creepy eyes coupled with a suddenly huge mouth filled with massive, needle-like teeth.
Giant Woman: She's re-introduced as Hakumen's tail clutching a jet fighter in her hand.
Impossible Hourglass Figure: She has a really thin waist.
Kick the Dog: When an emotionally broken Kirio asks Towako if 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.
Lean and Mean: Very thin, as well as tall.
Long Game: Her plan took fifteen years to unfold, all under the nose of the Kohamei sect.
Manipulative Bitch: 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.
Mugging the Monster: 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.
Near-Villain Victory: 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.
Nightmare Face: When she confirms that Kirio was just a puppet, she showcases a nightmarish Kubrick Stare while her lower face is shadowed, safe for jagged teeth.
Now That's Using Your Teeth!: Reveals her monstrous nature by blocking Shigure's Gishiri with her teeth.
So Last Season: 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.
Villainous Breakdown: 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.
Wicked Cultured: Plays the cello to celebrate the demise of the Spear.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: 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.

The Hiyo

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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.

Body of Bodies: 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.
Demonic Possession: The Hiyo can forcibly possess people and vehicles. Once they possess Satoru Moritsuna, they have to be slain from inside the body.
Faceless Eye: The standard Hiyo resembles a floating, tailed eyeball with a mouth and ears.
Kill It with Fire: How Tora deals with most of the Hiyo swarm whenever he doesn't rely on Ushio and the spear for quickly frying those things.
Memory-Wiping Crew: Near the end, Hakumen sends a new hatch of Hiyo to eat the memories of Ushio and Tora from everyone they know.
Not So Harmless: Ops, they just ate everyone's memories of Ushio and Tora...
Undying Loyalty: They are completely subservient to Hakumen. Best seen when they're defeated the second time.
"Hakumen-sama.... forgive us!"
Zerg Rush: The climax of the Hokkaido arc sees the duo against a colossal horde of thousands of Hiyo.

Pestilent Demon

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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.

Body of Bodies: 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.
The Dragon: To Blood Robe, being the second strongest monster inside the body with a proper name and unique look.
Hostage Situation: He attacks Ushio and Tora with a barrage of blood vessels used as Combat Tentacles, pointing out that if they try to counterattack, they will cause a deadly hemorragy.
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.
Slasher Smile: His actual head often sports a satisfied, creepy smile.
Smug Snake: 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.

Blood Robe

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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 Warrior Monk.

Abnormal Ammo: Can shoot other Hiyo as arrows.
Bifurcated Weapon: When his Naginata breaks, he folds his bow in two and use it as a sharp bokken.
Bishōnen Line: Previous amalgams were monstrous, nearly amorphous and not very powerful. Blood Robe is humanoid and gives Ushio the fight of his life.
Bow and Sword in Accord: 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.
Cyclops: His "head" is actually a single, elongated eyeball.
In the Hood: Covered in a yamabushi hood.
One-Handed Zweihänder: His weapon is a long naginata, but he's costantly wielding it in one hand with surprising mastery.
Noble Demon: Respects Ushio's skills and even gives him the chance to forsake his mission and leave with his life.
Warrior Monk: Takes the form of a one-eyed Yamabushi, armor and weapons included.

Guren

Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Andrew Love (English)

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.

Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Violent, barbaric and overly proud of his skills and power.
Ax-Crazy: Yeah, killing an innocent woman and her daughter and staining their house with their blood isn’t exactly the most normal thing to do.
Casting Gag: In the OVA, Norio Wakamoto voiced Hyou. In the TV series, he plays said character's arch-nemesis Guren.
The Dragon: To Hakumen no Mono. Ironically, since 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.
Evil Counterpart: He's the Azafuse who resembles Tora the most, but is pitch black with none of the redeeming qualities.
From Nobody to Nightmare: Used to be a petty thief and an Ax-Crazy 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.
Gonk: Turning into an Azafuse greatly improved his looks. As a human he had an unpleasant face and the habit of making grotesque faces.
Hate Sink: Between his ego, his excessive cruelty and being the one who ate Hyo's wife and child, Guren isn't one to be liked.
Hoist by His Own Petard: 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.
Improbable Weapon User: 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.
Kick the Dog: 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.
Mook Maker: He can spawn Kokuen from his body.
More Despicable Minion: For how evil Hakumen no Mono is, he/she is revealed to have a Freudian Excuse and dies wanting to 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.
Nightmare Face: Guren likes to have a creepy smile, showing how he enjoys fighting.
Obviously Evil: He's pitch black, has red eyes, and there's katana blades embedded in his face. Totally a villain look.
Punch-Clock Hero: Back when he was the Beast Spear user he did help people, but only because he thought that slaying monsters was funnier.
Shock and Awe: He's very proud of his lightning, which is even stronger that Tora's own.
Spanner in the Works: Him deciding to play with Hyo leads to his death, depriving Hakumen of a crucial asset at a critical moment.
Third-Person Person: He often speaks in third person, to underline how arrogant he is.
Transhuman Treachery: He was a despicable sack of crap when he was a human.
Villainous Breakdown: Freaks out when he realizes that Hyo does have a way to destroy him and is about to use it.
Would Hurt a Child: Murdered Hyo’s daughter and would’ve killed Kaori (the daughter of the woman he was living with briefly) had Hyo not been there.

Kokuen

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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.

The Brute: Unlike the Hiyo, they're brawlers.
Elite Mooks:
- 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.
- 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.
Energy Weapon: The stronger breed can shoot beams of light from their three eyes.
Hero Killer: During the final battle they cause the death of the H.A.M.M.R. scientists and Kyoura.
Spikes of Villainy: The stronger breed can shoot massive spikes known as the "Thousand Years Fangs" to impale and immobilize monsters.
Zerg Rush: Not to the extent of the Hiyo, but Hakumen can still spawn an army of them.

Western Youkai

Shinno

Voiced by: Jun'ichi Suwabe (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)

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.

Adapted Out: 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 Adapted Out instead).
The Atoner: After realizing that he was wrong, he becomes an ally and join forces with the Eastern Monsters to defeat Hakumen.
BFS: His Rubashiri (Running Stream) sword is a massive Tsurugi almost as long as he's tall. However, it's clearly magical as well.
Heroic Sacrifice: 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.
Iaijutsu Practitioner: Unusually, he mostly uses Rubashiri with Iaido movements, though the blade "disappears" when he "sheaths" it.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Falls victim to the memory-eating Hiyo.
Master Swordsman: He's an expert swordsman and the greatest of the Youkai in swordfighting.
My God, What Have I Done?: When he realizes that his plans to attack Hakumen almost doomed everyone by waking her up too soon.
Tengu: Although he doesn't look the part (safe for his clothes and sword), Word of God says he's a Dai Tengu like Yamanmoto.
Underestimating Badassery: 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.

Gurashi

Voiced by: Kousuke Takaguchi (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English)

A Karasutengu from the West, he's Shinno's bodyguard.

The Dragon: He's Shinno's right-hand man, and directs the other Youkai in combat.
Manipulative Bastard: Tries to persuade Ibuki to change sides and manipulates the heroes in believing that he's a Double Agent.
The Rival: He's implied to be this to Ibuki.
Tengu: A Karasutengu who actually looks like a crow.

Shibumori

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.

Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Overly proud of his martial skills.
Eaten Alive: Since Hitotsuki cannot pierce his defence, he ends up swallowing Shibumori whole and digesting him.
Made of Iron: 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.
Meaningful Name: Shibumori means "Protector Split in Four", which is a good description of him.
More Teeth than the Osmond Family: It's his actual secret technique, Great Maws.
Oh, Crap!: When he realizes that Hitotsuki is about to swallow him whole, he actually begs for mercy.
Our Hydras Are Different: He has one giant snake head which can vertically split in four and move as four separate heads.
Snake People: Takes the form of a massive winged snake coiled around the meditating body of a snake-like monk. The human body does the talking.

The Western Kamaitachi

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Left to right: Yo, Nao and Kyo

The three Kamaitachi siblings from the West, they're a murderous trio of psychos who like to take human form for trivial reasons.

Tropes in common with all the Western Kamaitachi

Always Someone Better: To the Eastern Kamaitachi, having developed their scythe skills to the point that each of them has a unique take on the scythe.
Ax-Crazy: Yo especially, but all three of them enjoy murder and killing humans a tad too much.
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.
Hate Sink: One of the few antagonists who haven't a single redeemable trait.
Humanity Is Infectious: 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.
Kamaitachi: They're the Kamaitachi trio from the West, having similar abilities to their Eastern counterparts like pulling blades out of their bodies.
Kick the Dog: They ask the Eastern Kamaitachi why they take human form... only to laugh at their noble reason and revel in theirs.
Masculine, Feminine, Androgyne Trio: Nao is the only female, Kyo looks like a muscular and manly man, and Yo looks like a Pretty Boy with androgynous features.
Wolfpack Boss: 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.

Nao

The only woman of the trio, Nao is a vain beauty who can form scissor-shaped blades from her body.

Brainless Beauty: She likes taking a human form because she feels prettier this way, and likes to wear fashionable clothes.
Designated Girl Fight: She ends up fighting Kagari, the other female Kamaitachi, twice.
Gutted Like a Fish: Meets her end when Kagari rams her broken scythe tip into her belly and pulls it upward, bifurcating her.
Shear Menace: Her blades, the Kiribasami (Rending Scissors) are scythes forming a scissor.
Single-Stroke Battle: 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.
Skewed Priorities: When she's about to be ripped in half, she seems more upset about her clothes than her wound.

Kyo

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.

Abhorrent Admirer: Falls for Kagari and costantly hit on her, to the point of having a I Have You Now, My Pretty moment with her when she's exhausted and injured.
The Brute: The largest and strongest of the three Kamaitachi, surprisingly enough he's the sanest, comparatively speaking, but no less of a sociopath.
Combat Medic: 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).
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: He's addicted to cigarettes, and stays in human form to keep smoking them.
Impromptu Tracheotomy: 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.
Lack of Empathy: 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.
Lecherous Licking: Threatens Kagari with one, made more disgusting by the fact that he can sprout a scythe blade from his tongue too.
Off with His Head!: He's eventually killed by Raishin, who beheads him with a Diagonal Cut.
One Last Smoke: 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.
Spectacular Spinning: His blades, Kenjin (Swirling Blades) rotates at high speeds, with deadly results for those caught in range.

Yo

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.

Ax-Crazy: While his brothers are psychos, being a murderous nutjob is Yo's only trait.
Evil Counterpart: To Juuro, being the second brother and reminding Raishin and Kagari of him. He's, however, a shallow and amoral killer.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: He's rather pretty looking, but is the most deranged and bloodthirsty of the three.
Serial Killer: 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.
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Unlike others, he can actually throw the scythes from his body.
Worthy Opponent: 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.

Kijimun

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.

The Dividual: There's three of them, but they look and act like one single character.
Flight: They can fly in the sky riding a fig tree branch.
Let's You and Him Fight: 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.
Narrator: They never talk, but narrate the events as if they're writing down a chronicle.
Non-Action Guy: They are small and harmless, thus they can't do nothing to stop the cruel Majimun.
Pet the Dog: 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.

Other Monsters

Stone Eater

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese), John Swasey (English)

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.

Chekhov's Gunman: 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.
Creepy Centipedes: 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.
Eye Scream: Ushio kills it by stabbing the right eye of both heads after wetting the Spear with saliva.
Fantastic Racism: Downplayed, though he still calls out Tora for being a Youkai who answers to the call of a human.
Living Statue: 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.
Multiple Head Case: His main body bifurcates at midpoint, so that he has two heads.
Sadist: He truly enjoys the terror of his victims turning into stone and taunts them over their inevitable demise. Asako won't give him this satisfaction.
Small Name, Big Ego: Believes that his 500-years old life will allow him to overcome all obstacles in his way.
Shout-Out: To the famous legend of Hidesato Tawaratota. He shares the same weakness as the legendary Oomukade.
Taken for Granite: The Stone Eater does this to its victims.
Villainous Breakdown: 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.
Voice of the Legion: Has a very deep, reverberating voice, possibly because it has two heads.
You Don't Look Like You: In-Universe, 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.

Oni

Michio Hanyu

Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese), Rob Mungle (English)

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.

Abusive Dad: 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.
An Arm and a Leg: 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.
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: 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.
Big Damn Heroes: 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.
Blow You Away: When he manifests in the school grounds, he's surrounded by a fierce whirlwind which keeps everyone but Tora out.
Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Deconstructed. 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.
Bullying a Dragon: Repeatedly insults and dismisses Tora as a minor inconvenience: this leads to Tora shredding his head open without even trying.
Death Equals Redemption: As he's impaled by the Spear, seeing that Reiko loved him enough to shield him from Ushio's attack ^note snaps him out of his madness and exorcise his demonic self, allowing him to pass on peacefully.
Mad Artist: 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 Soul Jar and Pocket Dimension.
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 Pocket Dimension inside the last painting he worked on, and only by destroying the painting he will die.
Pocket Dimension: 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).
Self-Duplication: When Ushio slashes his head, he splits it in two heads on long snake-like necks,
Soul Jar: Reiko's portrait, which is also his personal Pocket Dimension.
Underestimating Badassery: Spends the entire battle treating Tora like a nuisance. Tora eventually tears him apart while inside the portrait world, allowing Ushio to recover Reiko.
Villainous Breakdown: 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.

The Gamin-sama

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Voiced by: Yukimasa Kishino, Junko Hagimori, Wakana Yamazaki, Shinichiro Ohta, Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japanese, OVA), Fumihiko Tachiki, Hiroshi Naka, Shoko Tsuda, Yu Shimamura, Takahiro Fujiwara (Japanese, Anime)

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.

And I Must Scream: It's revealed that they were still conscious when imprisoned, though they spent their times promising a gruesome and painful death to Hizaki Mikado.
Break the Haughty: They go on a rampage killing several people and even manage to beat Ushio... then Tora comes along, and all goes bad for them.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Once Tora shows up, he manages to kill them one by one without even trying too hard.
Flying Face: 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.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Grandfather is bit in half by Tora, who then proudly presents his remains to the rest of the family.
High-Voltage Death: 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.
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).
Oh, Crap!: 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 last one when Tora shows up with Granpa's remains dangling from his mouth.
Prehensile Hair: 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.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: 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.
Sealed Evil in a Can: 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 Buried Alive. Once the stone was removed, they awoke.
Small Name, Big Ego: At first they look formidble, but as Tora shows, they're just a bunch of amateurs compared to other monsters.
Small Role, Big Impact: They are the Monster of the Week who chase Mayuko because she looks like Hizaki Mikado. This is a crucial plot point explored later on, as Mayuko is actually a direct descendant of Hizaki.
Squashed Flat: 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.
Taking You with Me: 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.
Too Dumb to Live: They insist on treating Tora as something they can deal with easily, and they end up meeting humiliating ends as a result.
Villainous Valor: For all their faults, they do have a genuine sense of family.
The Worf Effect: Hyped as a great threat, able to block the Spear and wound Ushio, once Tora shows up they end up looking like jokes.

Fusuma

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Andrew Love (English)

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.

Adaptational Badass: The mythic Fusuma is barely big enough to smother and suffocate a single victim. This one is large enough to destroy whole planes.
Alien Blood: Like all the other Youkai, Fusuma bleeds magenta blood.
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: 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.
Creepy Long Fingers: Not only they're oversized, he can stretch them even more to coil his prey.
Griping About Gremlins: 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.
Kill It with Fire: 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.
Nightmare Face: 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.
Noodle Incident: 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.
Rasputinian Death: He's stabbed in the neck by the Beast Spear, has all his limbs severed and is finally burnt to a crisp when he's hit by a missile.
Rubber Man: His body is flat and rather cloth-like, but he can extend his limbs and head to wrap himself around planes.
Slashed Throat: He sustains the first wound when Tora pins him to the plane's roof, which allows Ushio and 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.
Taking You with Me: 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.
Villainous Breakdown: 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.
Villainous Glutton: 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.
Weaksauce Weakness: According to Tora, he has but two weaknesses: fire and laquered teeth. He hangs a lampshade on how unpractical these weaknesses are.
"But are those things commonly found in the sky?"
The Worf Effect: 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.

Juuro

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (OVA), Yūki Kaji (series) (Japanese), Illich Guardiola (OVA), John Gremillion (series) (English)

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.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: His blade used to be normal, but in the present it's sharp enough to cleanly cut through cars and giant cliffs without stopping.
Alas, Poor Villain: 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.
BFS: According to Raishin, Juuro's scythe can grow up to 4 meters long (around 14 feet).
Broken Bird: He used the be the sweetest Youkai ever, but the arrivals of humans and the destruction of his mountain shattered all his dreams.
Cavalry of the Dead: His spirt joins his siblings saving them from the Kokuen during the final battle.
Hero Killer: Slices Ushio and would have killed him had Kagari not applied the Kamaitachi medicine on him in time.
Go Out with a Smile: 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.
Humans Are the Real Monsters: 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 ultimately helps them when Ushio begs for help, he's left dumbstruck at the turns of events.
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.
Off with His Head!: Juurou kills many humans this way in episode 9 after going on a rampage.
Razor Wind: The Kamaitachi Siblings have this as one of their abilities.
Redemption Equals Death: 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.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: 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.
Sinister Scythe: 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, he massacred an entire isolated village before the current events.
Suicide by Cop: 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.
Tail Slap: Deadlier than usual since his scythe emerges from his fluffy tail.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: 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...
When He Smiles: 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.

Namahage

An inhuman Serial Killer 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.

Child Eater: He's more than willing to kill and devour girls in his quest for the right skin.
Contrived Coincidence: 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.
Family-Unfriendly Death: 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.
Flayed Alive: 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.
I Am a Humanitarian: 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.
Ignored Epiphany: 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.
Killer Gorilla: 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.
Tragic Monster: 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.
(As he dries to death) "I.... why did I want to become a human?"

The Vampire

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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.

Boss-Arena Idiocy: 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.
Brought Down to Normal: When surrounded by a whole chapel of relgious icons and even a large crucifix, the Vampire is unable to make use of his powers.
Child Eater: When Tora runs into him he's trying to kill and drain a little girl, and is implied to have done so before.
Game Face: Normally a handsome human, he grows larger eye and a huge, teeth-filled mouth when in combat.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Hyo finally kills him by slamming a Wooden Stake through his chest, pinning him against a wooden panel.
Kick the Dog: The Sole Survivor of his previous attack described how the vampire glared at him in challenge as he went away, leaving piles of corpses behind.
Logical Weakness: 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.
Momma's Boy: 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.
Oh, Crap!: Has a moment of sheer terror when he realizes that he's fallen into the church, and the holy symbol have nullified his powers.
Our Vampires Are Different: 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.
Psychic Powers: He can unleash a beam of energy from the forehead, which Tora identifies as "Psychokinesis".
Slasher Smile: Tends to break into creepy, blood-stained grins composed of identical, conical fangs.
Villainous Breakdown: During the first part of the fight, he's a Smug Super 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.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: 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.

Kyouma

Voiced by: Masahito Yabe (JP)

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.

Cyclops: In his monster form, he has one single eye in the middle of his face.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: 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...
I Have You Now, My Pretty: He kidnaps Mayuko, strips her and lasciviously clings to her naked body.
Literally Shattered Lives: Once he's slain, he briefly turns back in his human form before shattering as if made of glass.
Love Makes You Evil: The man who became Kyouma did so because he deeply coveted a woman who rejected him.
Magic Mirror: Kyouma, the Monster of the Week of Episode 11 is a monster that lives inside a cursed mirror.
Mook Maker: His main form of offense consist in shooting many tadpole-like minions from the tubular growths on his head.
Single-Stroke Battle: 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.
Transhuman Treachery: It's implied he was a psycho even when he was a human, before undertaking a ritual of Black Magic aimed at turning him in a demon.

Mikonjiki

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 Ghost Ship Yuusetsumaru and slain by Ushio.

Belly Mouth: 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.
Body Horror: 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.
Eldritch Abomination: A grotesque monstrosity with a chaotic, logic-defying body who hides in a mystic barrier and eats the souls of his victims.
Meaningful Name: While it's written in katakana, Mikonjiki can literally mean Soul Eater.
Overly-Long Tongue: Has a massive fluid-looking tongue nearly as big as his body.
Soul Eating: In Tora's words, he imprison souls and slowly consumes them like candies for the rest of his life. Once he's slain, the Ghost Ship and all the souls imprisoned can move on.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: 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.
Villainous Glutton: 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.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Mikonjiki is quickly killed after his appearence, though the Yusetsumaru does appear later.

Oyau Kamui

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

Absurdly Sharp Blade: His wings are gigantic oval blades sharp enough to chip the (admiteddly sealed) Beast Spear and slice Tora in half.
Evil Counterpart: To Sanpitara Kamui, being an evil and ferocious deity of the land who actively seeks for more power.
Eye Scream: 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.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Ushio ends up slicing him in half with the unsealed Spear, fittingly as he did bisected Tora earlier.
A Head at Each End: His serpent form has a beaked one-eyed head on each end, with a massive arm protunding from the throat.
Mad God: The loss of his domain made him bitter, ferocious and rampaging.
Our Monsters Are Weird: 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.
Physical God: 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).
Scaled Up: He routinely turns into a giant snake monster to fight, but he's by no mean less dangerous.

Asagiri

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.

Abusive Parents: 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.
Big Damn Heroes: Leads the northern Youkai in the final battle against Hakumen. It's her only appearance in the anime.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: 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.
Evil Old Folks: A wicked old Yuki Onna who wants to freeze the people of Sapporo to death.
An Ice Person: She has full control on the snow, ice and frost of Sapporo, and nearly kills Ushio by spearing him with multiple icicles.
I Was Quite a Looker: In her youth, she was just as pretty as her daughter.
Know When to Fold 'Em: 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 Yuki Onna village in the north.
Love Hurts: 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.
Never Mess with Granny: She looks less impressive than most monsters fought by Ushio: she survived being slashed in the chest by the Spear and nearly killed Ushio.
Touch of Death: One of her lines implies that her body is deathly cold and any human touching her for too long will freeze to death.
Wicked Witch: 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.
Yuki-onna: A very elderly one, no longer beautiful but powerful enough to control and manipulate all the ice, snow and sleet of Sapporo.

Yamauo

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 Official Fan-Submitted Content.

Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: According to Shigure, smaller specimens do exist, but the one who attacks the train is at least 70 feet long or more.
Dark Is Evil: A massive, subterranean black Youkai who travels mindlessly and greedily devours everything in his path.
Dissonant Serenity: Despite everything, he keeps the same, vaguely dazed look on his face.
Eyes Do Not Belong There: While he does have eyes in his face, he has several more scattered in his many crustacean legs.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: 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.
Made of Explodium: 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.
Predators Are Mean: 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.
Prehensile Hair: He's entirely covered in black hair he can use to catch people and immobilize opponents, as he does with Tora.
Weakened by the Light: Exagerrated, he explodes when exposed to sunlight thanks to his Bizarre Alien Biology.

Ikkaku

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.

Abstract Eater: He feeds on speed, being essentially an avatar of reckless driving.
Animalistic Abomination: Ikkaku's form is rather similar to a gigantic swordfish-shrimp hybrid.
Break the Haughty: 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 Call-Back insult when he asks how could he lose a race.
" Isn't that obvious? You're a slowpoke."
Bullying a Dragon: He repeatedly insults Tora, unaware of his real power. Ends badly for him when Tora proves to be faster than him.
Eyes Do Not Belong There: Has a small eye in a socked situated on the tip of his "rostrum" and a larger one in his throat.
Flayed Alive: 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.
Fragile Speedster: Speed is his only asset and his nourishment.
Hoist by His Own Petard: 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.
Hostage Situation: He kidnaps Asako and uses her as a living shield. According to Tora (and confirmed by supplemental material), this is considered a low move even by most Youkai.
Night of the Living Mooks: He can reanimate dead gang members to form a horde of zombified bikers.
Small Name, Big Ego: Talks as if he's the most grandiose thing ever, but he's a young two-bit Youkai.
Villainous Breakdown: Loses his mind and composure when Tora proves to be superior to him in speed and strength.

Homunculi

The monstrous creations of the fallen Kouhamei Monk Inasa, now residing in the "House of Whispers". They are incomplete monstrosities, hating everyone and anyone.

May Ho

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.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Whines for mercy when Hinowa has her cornered and is about to destroy her. Even if she can apparently revive herself.
Ax-Crazy: She looks normal, but will violently attack and torture all those who enter her room.
The Cameo: In the anime, she's reduced to a cameo when the Homunculi are introduced.
Cute and Psycho: A watery killing machine who takes the form of an adorable young maid.
Healing Factor: Possibly because of her water nature, she'll revive herself when destroyed. She possibly died for good once the House was destroyed.
MacGuffin Guardian: Guards the library of the house, which houses the diary of Inasa.
Making a Splash: 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.
Oh, Crap!: When Ushio manages to grab her tail and pull her out of Hinowa's body.
Orifice Invasion: 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.
Water Is Womanly: She looks like a maid, but is actually a water Homunculus.

Vitae 418 and 427

A duo of mirror-carrying homunculi, prototypes of Kuin. They fight Tora and Nagare inside the House of Whispers

Attack Reflector: 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.
Flawed Prototype: Their design and status marks them as weaker copies of Kuin, the actual successful homunculus.
Hoist by His Own Petard: 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.
Magic Mirror: They carry around mirrors which can reflect attacks such as Tora's fire.

Golem

A massive stone monster tasked with guarding a special room inside the mansion.

Achilles' Heel: As per myth, he has the word Emeth embedded in his forehead: by destroying the first letter, the Golem ceases to be.
The Brute: 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.
Golem: Resembles a traditional one, safe for the Shoulders of Doom 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.
MacGuffin Guardian: He's tasked with defending the room containing Inasa's rotten corpse and the Materia vat (the vats where the attempts at creating an Artificial Human were held).
Vibro Weapon: Variation, his shoulder heads can emit powerful shockwaves which are highly destructive.

Tayura and Nodoka

Nodoka (left) and Tayura (right)

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Tayura voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (JP), John Gremillion (EN)

Nodoka voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (JP)

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.

Animal Jingoism: Surprisingly enough, even if they're a frog and a snake, the two are friends.
Brain Food: While Tayura and his children go for the inner organs, Nodoka sucks the brains of his victims from their heads. One-liner included.
"That's too bad... it means you don't need that brain of yours, do you?"
Character Tic: Nodoka is often seen grasping his throat with one of his hands.
Cruel and Unusual Death: 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.
Einstein Hair: Nodoka has unruly white hair and moustache, and is deeply intellectual and philosophical, seeing himself and Tayura as Evil Genius and despising humans for their perceived idiocy.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Their crux: they want to understand why certain humans aren't afraid to die and can accept their fate so peacefully. Nodoka finally understands in his last moments after witnessing Mayuko's Heroic Sacrifice.
Explosive Breeder: 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.
Frog Men: 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.
Gonk: While Tayura is rather normal-looking, Nodoka is an unsightly old man.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: They've been together for centuries, pondering on the habits of humans.
Hostage Situation: 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.
I Have You Now, My Pretty: 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.
Intrigued by Humanity: 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.
Kill It with Fire: Tayura is burned to death by Tora.
Lack of Empathy: 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.
Tora:"Hey, your friend here is dying, won't you help him?"
Nodoka:"Mh? Why should I?"
Logical Weakness: 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.
Off with His Head!: How Tora kills Nodoka, seconds after he finally realized why there are humans who do not fear death.
One to Million to One: Tayura can turn himself into a swarm of shards to move around in a cutting whirlpool of death and reform at will.
Overly-Long Tongue: Nodoka, being a frog, can attack people and suck brains with his extremely long, hollowed tongue.
Snake People: 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.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: They're calm and well-mannered, but also extremely inhuman and sadistic.

The Stray Gedo

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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.

Big Bad Wannabe: He ultimately plans to take over Ushio's body so that he could use the Beast Spear to rule over all the other monsters.
Body Horror: 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).
Dark Is Evil: This monstrous demon is pitch black and utterly despicable.
Demonic Possession: He can possess people outside from his wielder to control them directly.
Eaten Alive: He's finished off for good when Shindara releases her Gedo on him.
Greed: The Gedo will look for ambitious or greedy people to exploit their desires in order to bend them to his will.
Hellhound: Mostly resembles a monstrous, dragon-like demonic dog, often with multiple heads. The Other Wiki points out that he's rather Inugami-like.
Hydra Problem: Even worse, just a wound is enough for the Gedo to spread, resulting in multiple, smaller heads emerging from its flesh to attack.
Oh, Crap!:
- 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.
- The main body has one when Ushio's Heroic Willpower rejects him and allow him to pull the Gedo out of Shindara's body.
The Power of Hate: 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.
Self-Duplication: 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.

Satori

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.

Blind and the Beast: 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.
Cavalry of the Dead: Shows up alongside Nagare, Hyo and the manga-only Tokuno to help Ushio against Hakumen.
Combat Clairvoyance: Thanks to his mind-reading abilities, he can give Shigure the fight of his life.
Eye Scream: 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.
Face Death with Dignity: 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.
Satori:"Tell me, boy... you said his eyes will heal?"
Ushio:"Yes."
Satori:"And when Minoru will see again... will he call me "dad"?"
Ushio:"... of course he will.
Satori:... (smiles) You're so kind to me... just like Minoru..."
Love Makes You Evil: All he wants is to make sure Minoru is happy and regains his sight.
Luke, I Am Your Father: 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.
Monstrous Humanoid: Compared to other Youkai, Satori looks like a gonk human with spindly limbs and an odd gait.
Papa Wolf: Deconstructed, he's so obsessed with Minoru's safety that he's willing to kill countless people, unaware that this would make Minoru distressed.
Sinister Scythe: He uses a kama for his murders, and when you can read minds, there's little that can stop you.
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.
Tragic Monster: 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.
Villainous Breakdown: His determinations slowly crumbles under Ushio's Armor-Piercing Question during their final battle, which causes him to snap.
"And do you really think Minoru will be happy after learning what you did?!"
Well-Intentioned Extremist: 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.

Crab Majimun

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

Beast with a Human Face: In a twisted variant, the Majimun sports three human heads he can talk through... located on the giant crab's pincers.
Body Horror: Resembles a colossal, monstrous crab with screaming human faces on his claws.
Child Eater: 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.
Filler Villain: His presence doesn't influence the plot too much and is limited to his manga chapter.
Giant Enemy Crab: Takes the form of a monstrous, colossal crab whose actual face is located on his pincers.
Small Name, Big Ego: 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.
This Cannot Be!: Reacts with panic and disbelief when the combined forces of out heroes tear his body to pieces.
Who Dares?: Makes his presence known with such a boast before bursting out of the water to rampage.
"Someone is stopping me from consuming my moonlit dinner..."
Youkai: Majimun is the collective name for evil spirts of various types dwelling in the islands of southern Japan.

Hakumen's Fragment

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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.

Adaptive Ability: 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.
Arc Villain: The main, mindless threat in the H.A.M.M.R. arc.
The Assimilator: 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.
Body of Bodies: 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 Iblis, Sodom, Dakini, Fea, Baldanders, a fishman, an Ushioni and a Gryphon.
Breath Weapon: Thanks to the absorbed monsters, the Fragment can attack through several different breath weapons, shooting out chlorine gas, fire, water and frost.
Disc-One Final Boss: 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.
Eldritch Abomination: A single cell of one which absorbed many other monsters inside its body to use their skills.
From a Single Cell: 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.
Healing Factor: Due to absorbing a monster with high-regeneration, it can reform its body, even when shattered to pieces.
Hostage Situation: When the Fragment realizes that Ushio is trying to save Baldanders, it starts using him as a shield to stop Ushio's attacks.
It Can Think: 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.
Lightning Bruiser: 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.
Logical Weakness: 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.
Readings Are Off the Scale: Just like with the Beast Spear and Tora, the Kirilian's readings of the Fragments are incredibly high and growing.
Rock Monster: 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.

Whitebeard

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.

Animal Jingoism: 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.
Character Catchphrase: "Don't warn Shippei Taro".
Diagonal Cut: Sliced in half by Kirio, after sticking the scythe's blade in his torso.
I Am a Humanitarian: 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.
Laser-Guided Karma: He mocks both Kirio and the dog Taro and shreds the latter's precious ribbon with his attack: this results first in Taro becoming so furious he bites his throat and Kirio finds enough confidence to finish him off.
Lightning Bruiser: He's incredibly fast, being able to subject both Kirio and Kuin to a Curb-Stomp Battle the first time they meet, and is strong enough to shatter Kuin's natural carapace (something only Tora has been shown doing).
Maniac Monkeys: An evil, giant white monkey with a long tail leading a gang of monstrous, man-eating macaques.
Tempting Fate: 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.
Shout-Out: 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.
Slasher Smile: Most of the time, Whitebeard sports a demonic, fang-filled sneer.
Smug Snake: He's overly confident in his skills and loves to boast and torment his opponents.
Stealth Hi/Bye: He's able to appear clinging to the ceiling of a closed room to make his presence known to Mayuko.
Stronger with Age: Whitebeard is the oldest of the monkey demons and is quite powerful, much more so than other lesser Youkai.
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.

Gi and Bo

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.

The Brute: 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.
Dirty Coward: They're introduced running for their lives, having encountered Hyo in Hong Kong. They clash with Ushio because he was in the way.
I Am a Humanitarian: 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.
Oh, Crap!: When they realize that Hyo has caught up to them.
Our Monsters Are Weird: 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).
Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Gi can transform into people dear to his victims, leaving Ushio unable to fight him. Unfortunately for him, Hyo doesn't care.
What the Hell, Hero?: Gi dies in disbelief that Hyo would kill his own "family" with his own hands.

Omake Villains

Shiba Kuchime

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.

Arc Villain: Of the one-shot story "Tale of Monsters from the Past and Present".
Evil Sorcerer: Close enough, he's an evil Onmyoji, master of the dark arts and able to summon several massive Shikigami to do his bidding.
If I Can't Have You…: 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.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He's stabbed to death by Mumyo as he lunges towards the princess, only to fatally wound him as well.
Lean and Mean: Possibly because of his ascetic lifestyle, Kuchime is very thin. He's also very despicable and filled with lust.
Oh, Crap!: Pauses and stops boasting when he sees Tora destroy all his Shikigami with ease.
Summon Magic: 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.
Taking You with Me: Stabs Mumyo in the abdomen after being impaled by his sword.
Villainous Crush: 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.

Qiong Qi

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 Chinese Mythology.

Arch-Enemy: 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.
Multiple Head Case: 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.
Our Monsters Are Weird: A bipedal tiger-like monster with quills, wings in lieu of arms, serpentine necks and two heads.
Panthera Awesome: He mostly look like a monstrous, demonic tiger, though it also has the wings of a bird and the quills of a porcupine.
Spikes of Villainy: His back and neck are covered in a set of quills, making it look even more dangerous.
Starter Villain: 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.
The Voiceless: Never once speaks to the heroes, though the Elder's words implies it is intelligent enough to do so.

Bakeneko

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.

Bakeneko and Nekomata: A monstrous cat demon with two tails, massive grudge and supernatural fighting prowess. It also has a forked tail and a twisted body.
More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Rather than have cat-like fangs, it has a mouth filled to the brim with sharp teeth.
The Reveal: 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
Sealed Evil in a Can: 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.
Super-Persistent Predator: Each year, for five years, the cat monster attacked the same man in an attempt to devour his daughter.

Fake Tora

An evil monster who took Tora's form to lead a pack of man-eating Obakemono in the mountains.

Criminal Doppelgänger: Tora himself is no saint, but the fake one lacks any standard the real one had.
Dirty Coward: When cornered, he quickly proves to be a spineless coward of a monster.
Impostor Forgot One Detail: His transformation is flawless and humans are tricked easily, but he forgot that 1) Tora has no pupils and 2) Tora works alone.
Kill and Replace: Subverted. He tries to do this to Tora when found out, but Tora kills him instead.
Oh, Crap!: Panics to the point of forgetting to his the pupils of his eyes when the real Tora reveals himself.
Wolfpack Boss: 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.

Ana-san

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.

Bad Samaritan: He'll give you money, but don't expect to be able to spend it because in return you must let him devour you.
Dark Is Evil: 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.
More Teeth than the Osmond Family: The biggest feature is his enormous mouth, filled with massive teeth encrusted with barnacles.
Would Hurt a Child: To him, it doesn't matter if the victim was a child: to him is just another meal.

The Sorcerers

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.

Bald of Evil: They are evil wizards by trade and both are balds. It may also overlap with Bald Mystic, considering that both wield and are knowledgeable about magic.
Crystal Ball: 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.
Evil Sorcerer: 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.
Fat and Skinny: 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.
Genre Savvy: 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.
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.
I Warned You: 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.
Lack of Empathy: They both sounds less like a Card-Carrying Villain performing evil and more like bored gentlemen in an exclusive club trying to pass time during a long rainy afternoon.
No Name Given: They only call each other "comrade" or "colleague". Their names aren't spoken out loud.
Summon Magic: 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.
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.
Too Dumb to Live: 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.

Kokonotsu

A giant snake-like monster with many heads, worshipped and feared as a mountain god by a local village.

Berserk Button: 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.
Curb-Stomp Battle: 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.
God Guise: Claims to be the ruler of the mountain and the nearby villagers fears him as if he really was the kami of the mountain.
Human Sacrifice: He forces villagers to deliver a maiden to his lair so that he can devour her. In exchange, he refrains from attacking the village.
Multiple Head Case: 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.
Oh, Crap!: His outrage turns into fear when he realizes that he's dealing with Nagatobimaru, a.k.a. Tora.
Picky People Eater: 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.
Small Name, Big Ego: According to Tora, Kokonotsu claims to be a deity but he's actually a small fry among the obake.
Snake People: 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.

Characters / Ushio and Tora Villains

Hakumen no Mono and Avatars

The Hiyo

Pestilent Demon

Blood Robe

Western Youkai

Tropes in common with all the Western Kamaitachi

Nao

Kyo

Yo

Other Monsters

Michio Hanyu

May Ho

Vitae 418 and 427

Golem

Omake Villains

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Hakumen no Mono and Avatars

The Hiyo

Pestilent Demon

Blood Robe

Western Youkai

Tropes in common with all the Western Kamaitachi

Nao

Kyo

Yo

Other Monsters

Michio Hanyu

May Ho

Vitae 418 and 427

Golem

Omake Villains

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