History Main / HitodamaLight

** Villagers will have these when they are sad or sick. (With the exception of the American [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] version, where they sport PersonalRaincloud, instead)

* ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'': Gneechees are floating flames which appear whenever Jon-Tom's spellsinging is on track and particularly powerful. They aren't the ''cause'' of magic, exactly, but their presence facilitates or enhances it. They normally cannot be seen because they actively dodge away whenever you try to look at them directly. When Jon-Tom is in M'nemaxa's plane, he discovers [[spoiler:each is actually the soul of a deceased person]]. Because of this spoiler, gneechees have different interests and affinities, and so Couvier Coulb must summon particular musically-inclined ones when retuning the broken duar in ''Time of the Transference''.

* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'': This occurs frequently, it being a WidgetSeries even for Japan's standards. A good example is stage 1 on the SNES, where the ghost boss is surrounded by flames.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Units of {{mana}} are depicted as balls of blue ''onibi''.

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** In VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice, during trials that take place in the Kingdom of Khura'in, fitting with the spiritual nature of the kingdom, the player’s number of remaining lives are represented by icons of greenish hitodama flames.

* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmaphobia}}'': One of the ways of identifying ghosts is to watch video cameras for "ghost orbs". If you see a mysterious light flitting by, then you're dealing with a Yurei, Poltergeist, Jinn, Mare, or Phantom.

* ''LightNovel/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'': Sanae, the ghost, has weaponized the lights floating around her.

* ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'': Beyond the near-constant floating, Rosalie looks so much to like a normal non-ghost girl that the main signifiers for her status as a spirit are the two blue {{Faux Flame}}s constantly floating near her head.

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* ''Literature/NansouSatomiHakkenden'': After Daisuke's father commits seppuku, Lord Satomi spots a flame next to him which briefly takes the shape of a woman and embraces him, implied to be the soul of his dead mother.
* ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'': Gneechees are floating flames which appear whenever Jon-Tom's spellsinging is on track and particularly powerful. They aren't the ''cause'' of magic, exactly, but their presence facilitates or enhances it. They normally cannot be seen because they actively dodge away whenever you try to look at them directly. When Jon-Tom is in M'nemaxa's plane, he discovers [[spoiler:each is actually the soul of a deceased person]]. Because of this spoiler, gneechees have different interests and affinities, and so Couvier Coulb must summon particular musically-inclined ones when retuning the broken duar in ''Time of the Transference''.
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** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegandsArceus'' introduced Basculegion, a water and ghost type evolution of Basculin. Basculegion's tail is shrouded in a swirling haze of red energy that fades into white meant to represent the souls possessing it.

* ''VideoGame/SweetHome'': Random hitodama will bounce around and if the player makes contact, they will be randomly teleported. [[spoiler:Dead party members are also represented by hitodama should the player finish with 3 or 2 survivors.]]

* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': One chapter is searching for a pirate ghost's treasure. Balls of flame, representing the dead, play a prominent role; attacking the ship at the start and as common enemies throughout the island.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'': The ghost enemy Fishin' Boo dangles a blue flame from a fishing rod.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', the Litwick family of Pokémon possess a flame powered by draining the life energy of the creatures around them. Their purplish flames increase as they lead living creatures to the ghost world.

The possession part is rarely played straight in {{anime}}. People dressing as a ghost will usually tie burning candles to their heads to simulate the light. Being surrounded by ghost lights are a visual indicator of someone who is already a ghost. (Which raises the odd FridgeLogic; if ''one'' Ghostlight is a soul, why are ghosts surrounded by multiple ones?) Some ghosts can use this form as BallOfLightTransformation.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'': The Zombie Possessor inflicts hitodama as a status ailment.

** When traveling through dark areas like caverns or at night, a hitodama appears to serve as a light source.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'': Magnamalo evokes the image of a cursed samurai armor, with its tail being engulfed in its signature purple "Hellfire" giving the impression of a hitodama floating around it.