Literature
Claim to Fame:
These titanic skeleton-monsters appear over the battlefields and other places where large numbers of human bodies have been left to rot without proper burials. The collective infuriation, sadness, and sense of neglect can, in rare cases, result in the spontaneous reanimation in the form of an O-dokuro. They sprint along two legs or on all fours for greater speed, hunting remorselessly for fresh human bones to add to their bodies
The roots of the O-dokuro are a synthesis of a wide-variety of folktales and leg-ends, some of them extending back more than a millenium. At their basic, O-dokuro are simply oversized human skeletons. In other tales, they are titanic re-animated conglomerations of the bones from innumerable human bodies.
The Attack!
Whatever its origin, this vengeful yokai is said to seek out and feast upon the flesh of living humans. When it manages to catch one, it devours the skin, entrails, and other soft portions, then incorporates the flayed-clean bones into its own skeletal body.
Video GamesThe roots of the O-dokuro are a synthesis of a wide-variety of folktales and leg-ends, some of them extending back more than a millenium. At their basic, O-dokuro are simply oversized human skeletons. In other tales, they are titanic re-animated conglomerations of the bones from innumerable human bodies.
The Attack!
Whatever its origin, this vengeful yokai is said to seek out and feast upon the flesh of living humans. When it manages to catch one, it devours the skin, entrails, and other soft portions, then incorporates the flayed-clean bones into its own skeletal body.
— Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide
It’s a big skeleton. You want a big skeleton? Look no further buddy, this here is a big skeleton. You think you’ve seen big skeletons already? Friend, you’ve seen nothing. Don’t get no bigger than this skeleton here. Show us someone with a bigger skeleton, and we’ll show you a liar.
— Ars Gouda, p. 120, Vampire Survivors
