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@pas-giaw6055

3 жыл бұрын

The strange one

@StoryDive

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@leahea4906

3 жыл бұрын

Umi bozu

@WildBillCox13

3 жыл бұрын

I personally like the Kappa. If we could genetically modify them to produce other water based solutions, we could step out for a Kappa Coffee.

@Dahaka-rd6tw

3 жыл бұрын

Jubokko. Anyway, have you made episode about Taira no Masakado? Oh dear me, you have!

"They crush their prey like they are student loans and their prey are hopes and dreams" This line hits differently but still painfully

@kobebrian9835

3 жыл бұрын

suprised no one has replied on 7/5/2021 5: 15 (time)

@lovelydeath04

2 жыл бұрын

Fr fr

@rafiahmed9348

Жыл бұрын

666 like nice

@Livi-chan435-xq6vy

11 ай бұрын

Reality hits hard

Iso Onna: She looked like a beautiful woman but below the waist she was blurry and translucent. So she was a JAV actress.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

lmao 😂

@shiningeditedmoon

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@132o4_

2 жыл бұрын

Not surprising

"Like l told my ex, there are work-arounds for being too small." Less than 90 seconds in and you've already slain me.

@suzanne1430

3 жыл бұрын

Omg...exactly when I started reading this comment... He said it...what a weird coincidence...lol

@sandracedillo8088

Жыл бұрын

It caught me off guard 😂😂

@obi-nh9eh

4 ай бұрын

Thats what she said

“Banana Demon” sounds like a weird rock band.

@meetaverma8372

3 жыл бұрын

That's the name of my new prog rock band now 👀👀

@suisui5930

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a JOJO STAND

@loganchaffins6283

3 жыл бұрын

@@suisui5930 fr

@randombubble1462

3 жыл бұрын

If only you said lemon demon,

@deadlydingus1138

3 жыл бұрын

Apple Demon when?

Yokai:"Bet you can't get past us!" Me: Oh okay, I will just turn back then; have a nice night.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

😅

@lovelydeath04

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, bet they didn't think about that.

Jubokko reminded me of an indigenous story I heard. It says that somewhere on a river in the Amazon, there's a certain forest, and in this forest there's a tree. The tree's trunk is made out of flesh; its leaves, long, black hair. The fruits are eyes that look at you intensely. Its said that it is harmless, just scary af.

@richardsilva5110

2 жыл бұрын

It's based on the Guarana tree, I guess? The fruits look like eyes

@gothnerd887

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was just a dream.

@deanj2554

Жыл бұрын

@@richardsilva5110 lol I googled that tree and the fruits really do look like eyes!

@gabrielavieitas1806

Жыл бұрын

Essa eu ainda não tinha escutado.

You found some creepy Pokémons sir, wouldn't wanna get caught by either of them.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

But they're great for battles.

@TopHatFox

3 жыл бұрын

They can beat the elite four easily

@fantasyshadows3207

2 жыл бұрын

not even the pokemon of the E4, it just goes straight for the humans.

@chaosenforcerdhm969

Жыл бұрын

These are not Pokémon you unsmart person there yokai😡😡😡

Im so jealous😣 he got all the 8 new legendary pokemon!!!!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

On a mission to catch them all

@elbunko_

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh linfamy give me some legendaries even just 1

@katharinaomar9677

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary

3 жыл бұрын

Me who currently stoped playing pokemon for digimon...

@zacharyyeung8345

3 жыл бұрын

I don't recall trevenant being a legendary(4)

Ok the last one's just a creep with a cold

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

lol i think the origin is from a newspaper story about what seems to be a serial licker

@thewingedhussar4188

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy What do you call a person who eats way to much cereal? A cereal killer with a spoon ^^

Ur correct. I never heard of them -, -

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

woohoo

@SPFLDAngler

3 жыл бұрын

You're* ....ignore me.

@jinn4740

3 жыл бұрын

@@SPFLDAngler nah it's okay.

"Isso-ona is always wet" "She sucks them dry..." Omg i died HAHAHAHAHA

@dragowolfraven3806

3 жыл бұрын

It does sound dirty when you think about it.😂

@lookup2094

2 жыл бұрын

Also maybe called a wet dream lol

I have noticed that the Super Mario Bros enemy Thwomp is based on the Tsurube Otoshi and the Thwimps are based on the smaller versions of that yokai. Plus Whomp is based on the Nurikabe.

@shadowdragonlord2295

3 жыл бұрын

They kind of remind me of Ghastly.

@JackalHavok1992

3 жыл бұрын

@@shadowdragonlord2295 A little bit. Gastly is based on the Sogenbi, the fiery floating monk head yokai rather than the Tsarube Otoshi.

@kanapotetakerngkeat3506

3 жыл бұрын

You could watch gaijin goomba’s video on that

@Punaparta

3 жыл бұрын

Also the Touhou character Kisume.

@tbana2396

3 жыл бұрын

@@Punaparta Kisume: This is a bucket. Parsee: Dear God...

Tsurube Otoshi: ahh another victim! Wait why do I hear boss music? Doom slayer: ah another lost soul. Annoying things

So we have: - Thwomp - A Jojo reference - * insert gangsta's paradise choir here * - Trevenant - Oh look. Another Jojo reference. - RELEASE THE KRAKEN!! - Oooooooh banana - Sleep paralysis demon

@catry6868

2 жыл бұрын

NOT TREVENANT LMFAO

@Retrovorious

2 жыл бұрын

Third one is a jojo reference as well (Bruford)

@greenhydra10

Жыл бұрын

Get the banana.

"The 120Hz kind of licking . . ." Priceless.

@user-ge8yn4ql4i

3 жыл бұрын

"How many licks does it take..."

@WildBillCox13

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ge8yn4ql4i "To get to the center of a Tootsieroll pop?" ;-)

@TheDessy4life

3 жыл бұрын

ahahah LOVE THIS COMMENT ! 😂😂😂 honestly i wonder how many people will get that joke ... i bet majority DOESNT even know what a HZ (hertz) is ahaha

I dunno if you read these at all, but I wanted to say thank you for making these videos. When I lived in Japan, I lived in Shinjuku for a short time, then moved to Okinawa. Okinawa is such a vastly different place, and I didn't get much of the same historic and cultural folklore view of the mainland. Okinawa was very, very xenophobic, and still is. It took a long time to get people to like me enough to tell me stories that they grew up on, and it still felt very confusing for someone who hadn't lived there for very long without the culture that made these things understandable. These days I can't even go to mainland and speak to anyone. I only speak 沖縄大和口. It's like going to New York and speaking South-Boonie Alabama. No one can understand me. Which, y'know.. is fine, but I feel disconnected from my own culture. Okinawa folklore is also nothing like the mainland, so most of this is completely new to me, or at least has a deviation in some way. So thank you for doing this. It's been really, really nice to learn this tuff in a way that's cute, appealing, approachable, and I talk to my brother and grandmother about it sometimes. They love hearing me translate your stories and really enjoy the folklore they hadn't heard either. My grandma is from China, moving back after her Husband passed, and my brother travels a lot. So, it's kind of nice to have something that they love I can share with them that appeals to all of us. I've never been close to any of my family, but this is something I can legitimately say brings us closer. Thanks man. You're honestly really, really, amazing.

@Linfamy

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for the kind words. Glad the vids have brought you a bit closer to your family. Hope you find opportunity to get closer still, if that is your wish :)

@EspressoStreams

Жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Course. We're actually currently binge watching your stuff on discord with grandma! She wants to act like a fox has possessed her for a day and see if her neighbors are as nosy as they seem. Classic grandma :) Are you still looking for an editor? I saw in one video at one time you were. If you need any help, I work in broadcasting as a TV director and a Master Control Operator. I do editing at a professional level daily, and a have a bachelors in VFX/CGI. I can't dedicate my entire week to it (unless the pay be poppin') but I can absolutely give you a hand, or do closed captions for you. In fact I'd be honored to do CC for nothing as long as it can be a bit late. Again, I highly appreciate you. Thank you so much again. Gamma and Cam say hello and ask me to pass on their gratitude for your funny personality, writing and good animation/art. They love it.

@Linfamy

Жыл бұрын

Not looking for an editor at the moment, but thanks for the offer. Hi to Gamma and Cam! 👋

This has to be one of the funniest vids yet. Love it. As to my fave...it's between 3. 1) Shadow monk 'cause slightly less fatal. 2) The beach one. Merpeople/sirens are the best. 3) The banana one because that's just...out there.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Woodmon, in Digimon, has the attack technique called "tap root" which is exactly what the Juboko does

I live in North America. I've been through all the mythical and cryptid creatures here, either researching, reading about, hunting with a camera (or all three ), and I appreciate hearing accounts of these creatures from other cultures. Your channel is great! Yokai are so funny and many are hilariously bizarre. I want to hunt them!

0:30 something tells me that ghastly from Pokémon and the fiery skulls from the legend of Zelda are inspired by this Yokai

@randombubble1462

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god.

@parkersandahl3949

3 жыл бұрын

@@randombubble1462 that my friend is what you call inspiration

@AnkhAnanku

3 жыл бұрын

idk, “flaming skull/head” seems like a pretty non-specific apparition...

That jubokko reminds me of the saigyou ayakashi. But instead of being derived from battlefields and succs victims violently, the ayakashi is a sakura tree who is known for being a final resting place of some monk guy who was too much into cherry blossoms. After the monk's passing, it grew to be a popular grave of choice for many. After its roots took in so much blood of the dead, it started becoming a youkai tree that entices the unwary to rest beneath it, before succing them gently, kinda like the massive thing in the Polish horror game Darkwood. Nowadays, the thing lies dormant bcuz it's been sealed away a millennium ago and loses its charm for being unable to bloom anymore

@JadenTapscott

7 ай бұрын

Same here...

I'm super interested in knowing what cultural, sociological or psychiatric reasons could be behind those yokai, like the isolation and starvation suffered by pilgrims are likely behind the wendigo psychosis

You should cover the Game White Day. I know it takes place in Korea, but it reference several Yokai and evil spirits while also being about a holiday that's basically Men's Valentines (March 14th), a day in which men repay a girl's love from Valentines day. This holiday is celebrated in Korea and in Japan. Highlights include a spider woman Yokai, a Fox spirit, a mermaid spirit, the spirit of a unborn child, Jubokko, a long neck Yokai, and even a spirit powerful enough to command a labyrinth of souls

Thanks, Lin. Your series on the supernatural has widened my enjoyment of Hozuki's Coolheadedness. So many tropes incomprehensible unless the westerner gets a crash course from a friendly poster.

@WildBillCox13

3 жыл бұрын

And other works, of course. I encounter creatures you've quantified all through anime.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that :D

1) Tsurube Otoshi -giant flaming head yokai 2) Shitanaga Uba -long tongued licking hag yokai 3) Shunabon -one eyed, one horned demon yokai 4) Iso-onna -beach wet woman yokai 5) Jubokko -vampire tree child yokai 6) Hari-onna -hook woman with bad hair yokai 7) Akkorokamui -giant red octopus god of the ainu mythology in hokkaido 8) Bashō no sei -spirit of bananas yokai native to okinawa that can make you pregnant 9) Kuro bōzu -licking pervy black monk yokai

@Hiraeth_Nightshade

11 ай бұрын

Why so many licking obsessed yokais though? 😂

I actually had a dream about that tree yoKai only the people in my dream sacrificed to it and called it the Saturn tree

"Like i said to my ex there are workarounds for being too small" I really want to hear her reply to that

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

The answer is in the word "ex"

@edi9892

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy was she a Yokai? Did He require an exorcism?

Just because a baby is ugly, it's father was a demon?? That's so mean Also I had heard of kurobouzu in some video game

@trivkypeak-eye3557

3 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, just wait til you hear about changelings

@meetaverma8372

3 жыл бұрын

@@trivkypeak-eye3557 I know about changelings, but I just assumed they're cute, cuz they be fairy 👀👀

@ReverseFlashFangirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@meetaverma8372 Changelings were actually violently malformed children. They were mostly left to die because " oh this cant be my child! It was a fae who did this" and they were often left in forests so that the fae "could reclaim thier child"

@meetaverma8372

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReverseFlashFangirl how the f did parents do that, if my kid's malformed I'd still love them. They're my child, and I'm a woman. Evolution has made me into this motherly human

@ReverseFlashFangirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@meetaverma8372 Mostly due to not being able to pay to take care of the kid, the story began as an excuse. Money and what-not

“Tsurube otoshi (giant flaming head) can be either the size of a normal head to a full person” I wonder if this was where Stephen King got some of his inspiration for the Langoliers.

It is incredible that with so many monsters there was room for people at all.

Awesome video! Japanese Youkai are fascinating 🙂. The giant Octopus reminds me of the giant octoroks that Link has to battle on a boat in Zelda: Windwaker.

so twomps, likcitungs, whispy woods, and pervy bananas

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Lickitungs :D

The animations look really nice, dude! Definitely an upgrade to your channel.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D

The tsurube otoshi was actually the inspiration for the thwomp in the super mario series

Watching this video is like those "Who's That Pokemon?" sketches and then recoiling in horror when you realized one of your favorite Pokemon is very similar to this Yokai. (My love for Ghastly, Haunter and Gengar suddenly became more suspicious after the first Yokai.)

I kept thinking that the shadow preview before you showed us the yokai reminded me of how the Pokemon show segments of "name that pokemon!"

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I think you've just given me a quiz idea 🤔

@taekwongurl

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy I support this decision!

"From creatures that like to lick you to creatures that make you pregnant." I'm pretty sure there's Hentai like that.

"Like I told my ex"🤣

You are amazing ! You slip those little joke in there so smoothly! Another great video packed with info!

This was a nice video, Linfamy. I love your work.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

This was a nice comment, I love *your* work.

On a marathon trip through the archives of your channel. I've a few of the longer videos yet to watch but I will catch up. Anywho keep up the binge-worthy content.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo!

I've actually heard of most of these, however there were 3 that I've never heard of. The first 2 and the banana one. But even though I knew of most, a Linfamy video still deserves a like

you just got a new subscriber, i am sorry i didnt find your chanel earlyer. big respect for your work

Anonymous Tip: Hey sir Linfamy 🙂 I just wanted to give you a tip on something that I think you'll like. There's a Game, quite old and underrated but it delves into Japanese culture so much that no one can decode every reference. The game's name is Okami.

Nothing like a good inspiration for my groups RP stories thanks so much for making these videos. They are really fun and informative I hope you make another dangerous Yokai video got to keep the Thrills right?😄

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you find them helpful :)

I can't help but wonder how many people in ancient Japan might have died because when they were in distress but others feared they were one of the dozens of youkai who pose as humans to lure victims so stayed away.

What if the Tsurube Otoshi were just a jackfruit and people were extremely terrified by the discovery of a new, heavy fruit? ps: thank god watermelons don't grow on trees...

The consistency of different nations and ethnicities having similar stories is mind boggling and beautiful

The hag with the long tongue is also part of the plot in the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Like the new animation. Good job!

i recently discovered your videos i really enjoy them!!! saludos desde México! n_n

(Pervy monk) MIROKU IS THAT YOU?

@Moi_81

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I was gonna feel sad if I didn't get at least one of these. I'm so happy I knew the octopus god. Fun fact about it: it's tied to the point of myth mixing with a divine spider, so, for uniqueness points, you could treat this as a gigantic, vermillion spider octopus creature.

Yaaaaay!!! I love these yokai videos. These are so much fun n strange

We had an assignment to write about a certain myth I wanted to choose Japan but there were no one available in our set of books : (

Haunted, spooky, scary, creepy, frightening, And silly all at the same time

Yesss, I missed the yokai vids!

The vampire tree reminds me a lot of a Dragon Quest line of enemies that resemble it somewhat. I wonder if that was the inspiration for the enemy!

Not my normal interest, but I stayed for the narration - great job

so the Tsurube Otoshi is basically a giant thwomp

Interesting: 7 of the 8 yokai you presented here are ones im not familiar with... And i do enjoy reading up about these creatures... So seeing more was really nice :) Also, does the Ainu tribe name their gods as "Kamui"? This is the 2nd time Ive seen an Ainu god have the name kamui in their names. The other one i know is Kanna Kamui, the storm bird or storm dragon (depending on interpretation). Edit: Lolz less than 5 mins searching Google confirms that Kamui or Kamuy IS the title given by Ainu for their gods

You always have all of these cool japanese prints and artworks in your videos! Where do you find them? Or where could I find some of the titles/artists?

How long until they show up in Yokai Watch, Pokemon, Monster Hunter . . .

@plazmeonsparks257

Жыл бұрын

Even more reason for Level-5 to make Yo-Kai Watch 5.

That would explain why Story Dive Just uploaded a video about Yokai too. Holyshit xxxHolic was right. there is no such thing as coincidence in this world

Alright.. i will subs you... You deserve it

i here of at least 3 of these but i still am thankful for bring light to the ones i never here of becues i love yokai but i can have them in my stories because some are so popular and it's all i ever here about

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you said 😂

Oh, I've heard of the Tsurube Otoshi, kisume from the touhou project. I wonder if ZUN will add others from this list.

I love your monster videos.

2:18 if you take into account he said they would torture the victim and if you think the victim was a girl you might think other things of that shaking tree...

Time for My weekendly dosis of yo-kai knowledge!

AWESOME ! YES, The BEST show on youtube :)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

:D

I saw the notification 38 minutes from its release - and I thought to myself "if it doesn't have at least 1k views, I am gonna be so pissed off". And what do you know, it was 1.3k!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I think your wish made it happen

@sean6005

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Keep up the good work!

5:16 I can't be the only one who listened to the Jubokko section with Resurrection Butterfly PTSD, right?

Oh I was into yokai mood since I just finished reading the Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru novel and I see this notification! Yay!

I was not ready for that 18 seconds into the video lol

0:28 mans literally went URGGH

Linfamy is great!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

No you are

@PhilosoShysGameChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy >////

Lmao. Japanese folklore and myths with humor. Subscribed.

that last one... I suppose people would think may have happened to me :/ I had Pneumonia when I was 5 years old. it left scaring on my lungs like tinny holes or dimples that would fill with puss when I had a cold. I was able to live like that with antibiotics... until 3 years ago... One morning my breath smelt like rot, I really cant describe the smell. it was just WRONG. it seemed to happen over night. but really it was over 25 years. I had a cist... it completely filled the lower lobe of my right lung. It had ruptured and spilled over to the left. My doctor and surgent said I had over three hundred different types of bacteria growing in my lungs. I had an operation to cut it out... but even in this day and age... no one knows how I am alive

Very awesome

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

:D

@WithersAwayToNot

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy indeed sir!

Since you brought it up, will you ever cover what was going on on Hokkaido during the ancient/medieval time of the history of Japan? Like in all of your vids. it seems like the region was just forgotten/ignored. Li

Well, all of these Yokai are terrifying, guess I won't be sleeping tonight

A+ use of the word "wanker", 10/10

Hah! I actually do know a lot of these! I mean it’s because I’ve seen other videos of yours but hell it still counts

I clicked so quick 🔥

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss

Fun fact: the thwomp from the Mario series may be based on the Tsurube Otoshi. Wonder if we'll get a flaming thwomp?

@starlietz

Жыл бұрын

why would you say fact if you are speculating we don’t know yet 💀

Title lived up to its name, I’d only heard of two of them!

I have a huge question, can you really see things other than humans, at Twilight?

Had to stop the video at 1:24 Wasn’t expecting a joke like that, needed a moment to stop laughing.

More yokai please!

@marciawilliams2499

3 жыл бұрын

Tnank you

I know this was ages ago, but in case you are actually typing the Japanese names, like for example Akkorokamui, when it comes to double consonants (the kk in this case), make sure you're typing the word as Akkorokamui so it looks like this アッコロカムイ and not this アツコロカムイ (as in the video) which is instead transliterated as "Atsukorokamui". To explain (if you can be bothered lol), when there are double consonants in English transliterations, these are represented in Japanese using a small sized tsu. つ → っ for hiragana or ツ → ッ for katakana. But we don't actually pronounce the tsu as 'tsu' when it's small. The double consonants in English transliterations of Japanese or the small tsus represent a tiny little pause. To give an example, when we say the word "bookkeeper" we actually say one 'k' with a slight pause before it, rather than distinctly book+keeper. Try it and you'll see what I mean. So in Japanese it's like booッkeeper to represent that sound. If you forget to make the tsu small then you actually pronounce it as tsu.

Hari-onna: a messy haired yokai Onna= lady Hari sounds like hairy Hari-onna=hairy lady

When they think you haven’t heard of Yokai but you’re a huge inuyasha fan 🤣

Yay! you talked about the woman with barbed hair. Like in Mortal Kombat. Although she deserves her own video. . So, the Kraken, and SlenderMan...

I agree that Iso Onna and the vampire tree are one of the most dangerous yokai, but I think that the Oni and the shinigami are far more dangerous. Seriously, the one is a bloodthirsty killer demon and the other is a grim reaper, but with a katana instead of a scythe and the name means god of death (shinigami). Well of course you can't show all dangerous yokai in just one video, but these are just worth mentioning (especially Shinigami)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to do a video of dangerous yokai "you've never heard of," so I chose more obscure ones that most people may not know =)

This guy is hilarious!!

I commend you for mentioning that Akkorokamui is actually an Ainu god, but you failed to mentioned that Basho no Sei is also not Japanese, but Ryukyuan. Ryukyu people are even less represented than Ainu, and that's terrible.

Can you do a video about Ryu Kyu kingdom

1:26 Its raining heads hallelujah! (Ngl the tsurube otoshi are hella scary)