Hero: We saved the day Village: All praise the dog Hero: I'm okay with this, he's earned it

@justintime3656

Жыл бұрын

he was a good boy

4:40 the villager responding to “someone’s been a very good boy” with “is it me? :D” got me lmao

@jeanetten.s.8557

Жыл бұрын

Retriever energy has existed in man for centuries

@styrax7280

Жыл бұрын

glorious!

@BladeLigerV

Жыл бұрын

Guy is a bit thick in the head but he's alright.

@craftanought1991

Жыл бұрын

@@jeanetten.s.8557 Where do you think the dogs got it from?

@blarg2429

Жыл бұрын

@@craftanought1991 They retrieved it.

The fact that in his quest for adventure, he was willing to put the goodest boi on a heroic pedestal over himself just makes him a wholesome hero.

@silence_dais

Жыл бұрын

It actually makes him a true hero. Sometimes doing the right thing without expecting a reward is the essence of heroism.

@ominous-crustation

Жыл бұрын

@@silence_dais i second that

@akirajotaro

Жыл бұрын

I get the feeling it's more likely he just got overshadowed by the dog and not because he didn't mind letting the dog get the glory.

@galning2768

Жыл бұрын

@@akirajotaro yes but that is boring

@alexschild5389

Жыл бұрын

Didnt he also put the goodest boi in the sacrificial coffin?

I love how the dog isn't particularly magical or anything, it's just a good boy.

@yourlittleinsomniac5369

Жыл бұрын

I was also expecting.... something beyond just you're everyday dog 😂.

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

+

@dollarbill6102

Жыл бұрын

You forget that good boys are always magical ^_^

@bluelanternguardianangel8038

Жыл бұрын

He just followed his instincts and yet still saved the day. Truly the best of bois

@xboxcrusher

Жыл бұрын

The ~goodest~ of boys!

The way red draws Shippeitaro's goofy face combined with the fire in his eyes is so funny to me

@Vespuchian

Жыл бұрын

'This goodest of boys burns with the PASSION OF JUSTICE AND BELLY RUBS!'

@cylnder

Жыл бұрын

✨justice✨

@TB-1927

Жыл бұрын

Ikr?

@jonathanwen3342

Жыл бұрын

I hunger for justice. Or for treats

@metarcee2483

14 күн бұрын

Akitas and Shibas actually look like that when they're mad. Akitas in particular are extremely protective.

The fact that you went out of your way to depict Shippeitaro as either a Shiba-Inu or an Akita-Inu makes me unreasonably happy.

@darkhorsedouglas4789

Жыл бұрын

Because he must be the cutest of all good boys! And also should probably be a Japanese dog breed in feudal Japan. But it's definitely also because they are some of the cutest dogs ever

@aircraftcarrierwo-class

Жыл бұрын

@@darkhorsedouglas4789 The Shiba Inu has been around since about 7000 BC, so it's entirely possible to have owned one in Heian-era Japan when most youkai legends take place. And they are hunting dogs! Shibas have been very good boys for a very long time.

@georgeray1906

Жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity but can you tell me the major differences that separates an Shiba-Inu from an Akita-Inu?

@brigidtheirish

Жыл бұрын

@@georgeray1906 Akita are a *lot* bigger.

@purplehaze2358

Жыл бұрын

@@georgeray1906 Mostly size. Akitas are WAY bigger than Shibas.

“Someones been a very good boy!” “Is it me?” This is simply incredible

@ravenalchemy610

Жыл бұрын

IKR? Best Bit honestly.

@howtodrinkwaterin5simplesteps

Жыл бұрын

4:39

Declaring a cacophonous choir of cats suddenly vanishing at the end of the midnight hour a "tomorrow problem" is such a mood though

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

So valid!

@midnight6994

Жыл бұрын

Basically watching the cat's musical in a nutshell, except this cat cult has a demon overlord instead 💀💀

@archivist_13

Жыл бұрын

Literally me in that situation

@simonmoore9030

Жыл бұрын

Ooh alliteration!

@thehollyraven

Жыл бұрын

@@midnight6994 i mean… who’s to say old deuteronomy ISN’T a demon overlord?

I wonder if this story was written by someone who had a dog they REALLY loved and now they’re immortalised

@TreeHairedGingerAle

Жыл бұрын

🤧 He is the best pwuppy and must always be remembered 🥰🎉✨

@nihilasta2661

Жыл бұрын

Somehow this makes it all the better and even cuter. Truly the best of best boys

@Kumahachi8

Жыл бұрын

I truly hope that’s what happened.

@simonmunch1638

Жыл бұрын

The poem to Pangur Ban

@Great_Olaf5

Жыл бұрын

Given that it has regionalized variants, 8 would suspect not.

I love the way the dog gets a name and the guy just is nameless. The priority of who wrote the story was in the right place. 🐕😂

@juanmanuelpenaloza9264

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it’s the same in real life but I know in the military the dog gets the credit while the handle just holds the leash.

@vice-virgo9635

Жыл бұрын

Why would the random guy who did nothing to help get any credit? Of course the dog has a name-he's the one who ended up slaying the monster.

@frick_____you

Жыл бұрын

I guess the point of the story was that the guy wasn't as heroic as he thought he was; and got shown up by the dog.

@creepyasgramdpa9916

Жыл бұрын

@@frick_____you but he did help the village from getting sacrificed. If he didn’t found out the cat yokai earlier then shippeitaro nv exist and the village would still offer more sacrifices.

@sable7687

Жыл бұрын

I'd imagine thats on purpose, he seems very nondescript, maybe so that the reader can relate to him better.

“Sir, I need to borrow your dog for some incredible heroics!” “Yeah, he IS the most incredible little boy, isn’t he!”

3:28 Can we just all appreciate this magnificent piece of art? The obvious inspiration of traditional japanese art merged with Red's typical style is fantastic!

@8unnylover

Жыл бұрын

YESSSSS!!! My jaw DROPPED when I saw the lady, and then it zoomed out all the way to show the full olden-Japanese-esque art and I was just blown away!!

Finally, a folk tale that shows that even people who lived hundreds of years ago loved their dogs more than anyone

@arthurmartin4616

Жыл бұрын

And who can blame them? This one really is the goodest of bois.

@casualswimmer5930

Жыл бұрын

Also that people hundreds of years ago believed at night cats would conspire to kill their human masters

@gregcox777

Жыл бұрын

"My eyes were wet with tears, our little dog, when I bore thee (to the grave)... So, Patricus, never again shall thou give me a thousand kisses. Never canst thou be contentedly in my lap. In sadness have I buried thee, and thou deservist. In a resting place of marble, I have put thee for all time by the side of my shade. In thy qualities, sagacious thou wert like a human being. Ah, me! What a loved companion have we lost!" Epitaph for Patricus, a dog from ancient Rome

@pocarski

Жыл бұрын

@@gregcox777 I have been ruined, when I read "Patricus" I instantly imagined Ancient Roman Patrick Bateman. To be fair, that could be said about a good few emperors as well

@Noddarappa

Жыл бұрын

@@gregcox777 why would you write this. I’m tearing up in a cafe rn.

From the tone “don’t tell Shippeitaro” was delivered, I figured the cats were pulling a Brer Rabbit. Nope. They were just announcing to the world what would defeat them, in the tradition of Rumplestilskin and most supervillains.

@AegixDrakan

Жыл бұрын

Same! I was seeing a dozen red flags going up at that segment, but nope! The cats really WERE that stupid. XD

@alienalchemist

Жыл бұрын

They just hate their big cat boss for not demanding fish from the human.

@PsiJuicu

Жыл бұрын

I mean who would expect a man to sleep inside the shrine where blood sacrifices are made in a horrifying fashion that too at nighttime nonetheless

@sprightlyoaf9583

Жыл бұрын

Brer Rabbit is a crafty protagonist and the cats are the antagonists (and tbf, cats can be *really* stupid) so that tracks

@kittiekat10105

Жыл бұрын

honestly, knowing most cats I've met... accurate.

"everything changes when he reaches the foothill of an extremely scary-looking mountain!" oh don't worry, i'm sure Sun Wukong already cleared it out.

@garethspotfur1

11 ай бұрын

Well he would have, if it was a mountain in China. Japan was on their own.

@xRAINxOFxBLOODx

8 ай бұрын

That demon(s) must've been very determined if they took Tripitaka across the sea. And after Sun takes less than hour (only going so slow so he won't break Tripitaka's neck) to fly them back to the exact spot where they were interrupted, Tripitaka's gonna complain about the speed for weeks again.

@metarcee2483

14 күн бұрын

This is Japan, his name is Son Goku.

3:43 I love that the poor Sacrifice Girl is shrieking lyrics to Memory in the background. This episode is delightful.

"Tons of cats partying up at night" nah that's perfectly normal they just got the zoomies

@teragram38crows49

Жыл бұрын

Jellicle cats were having a Jellicle ball!

@KingsBard

Жыл бұрын

Everybody Everybody Everybody wants to be a cat

@John_Weiss

Жыл бұрын

In my house, we call it, "The Running-Crazies!"

@eliselamb553

Ай бұрын

​@@teragram38crows49as soon as she said that they were partying under the full moon. That was what I thought and then when she used the word catawall I started laughing

“IS YOUR DOG BUSY??!!” this is one of my favorite things you have ever made lmao. shippeitaro is the goodest boy!

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

I had to pause the video at that point to just laugh for a bit 😂

@jeffbenton6183

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of when my brother would ask the family dog, "Are you going to accomplish anything today?" right after she woke up.

@TB-1927

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

The boss cat being a nekomata is utter perfection. I audibly went "hell yeah" when I saw that second tail.

The bgm made me remember i literally studied Shinto and Japanese mythology JUST FOR INUYASHA to get the references. It was totally worth it. To be fair, memorized some hieroglyphs and bought Egyptian mythology picture books just for Yugioh. Anime was my gateway drug to mythology.

@kylajensen1957

Жыл бұрын

Sammmeee! My search history is full of a mountain of weird, esoteric questions about both mythologies and cultures to make it accurate. In one story I even gave each character a unique kimono pattern that means something in the context of their character, and the kanji spelling of their name also means something. Edit: Now I'm writing an Egyptian mythology themed horror novel. Thank you, Kazuki Takahashi.

@samueljo7910

14 күн бұрын

May I introduce you two to the Fate series?

*Red:* Have you ever had that thought that you'd be really great in a crisis? *Me who gets nervous when I have to speak to my own coworkers:* oh absolutely not but continue

@blueteller

Жыл бұрын

🤝

@cooltrainervaultboy-39

Жыл бұрын

Me having to put up with disgruntled mother of the brides, who won't be happy no matter what you tell them: *Dialup noises* 🤖

@tangentreverent4821

Жыл бұрын

I work at a gas station and complain about it being too exciting.

@Gore1704

Жыл бұрын

My inner voice goes "you're the random extra the badguy just exploded into tomato sauce on an idle whim."

@maddie9602

Жыл бұрын

Yeah .... I happen to know for a fact that I freeze up under pressure and would probably just stand there like an idiot during a crisis 😅

We stan an unnamed protagonist who is outshined in his self-imposed hero's journey by a puppy. But we stan the puppy way harder.

4:48 This is probably the single greatest thing you have ever drawn... Can we have a pin with Shippeitaro, pretty please?

@parkerdixon-word6295

Жыл бұрын

I prefer 5:01, personally.

@8unnylover

Жыл бұрын

@@parkerdixon-word6295 4:48 would probably make a better pin just because it’s the full doggo, but if it had the 5:01 face on it that’d be the best universe

@thehistoryandbooknerd8979

Жыл бұрын

YES PLEASE! Edit: I also would love a pin that just says BORF!

@VictoriaStarratt

11 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryandbooknerd8979or mug?

@SerDerpish

9 ай бұрын

I truly hope Red saw this thread

Lemme tell you it was absolutely crushing to realize there wasn't a compelling found family narrative waiting for me once I left home and now I have to do taxes ;~;

@mothhuuny

Жыл бұрын

easy, create a found family with your coworkers instead. totally works out perfectly 100% of the time.

@nicktallfox5266

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you just need to look harder for it. Mayhaps go on a little Hero's Journey™ about it.

@OpenBiolabsGuy

Жыл бұрын

The virtue of self discipline carried me through adulthood. Now, 20 years and a new family later, I am about to go on a dangerous adventure. May it be as boring as possible.

@nataleynakata3687

Жыл бұрын

Who knows, life with a family of your own can be an adventure all its own, even some of the “boring” parts.

@Broomer52

Жыл бұрын

My martial arts training has also gone to waste. Action Adventures were not in my future unfortunately

As you talk about the “sinister and untrustworthy nature of the cat” mine cat is currently biting my ankle

@playererror4044

Жыл бұрын

I was petting mine as she said that.

@danielschott4639

Жыл бұрын

Your cat's tasting your betrayal.

@vaultdweller7

Жыл бұрын

I remember my old cat who would stretch out for belly rubs and at a random point during said belly rub close like a bear trap. I miss that cat.

@melkhiordarkfell4354

Жыл бұрын

"Hisss don't listen to her lies"

@notoriousgoblin83

Жыл бұрын

It's a warning

Can't help but come up with a demystified version of the story where some guy was just traveling, took shelter for the night in a shrine and a bunch of feral cats wouldn't shut up, so he angerly went to the closest village, kept asking if they had a dog he could borrow, went back to the shrine, chased all the cats away that night, came back to the village and went "Hopefully they won't be a problem anymore."

3:48 one of my favorite tropes from Red's videos is the hero busting in on someone who is drinking something and does a spit take 😂

**overwhelming urge to adopt a Shiba Inu and name it Shippeitaro**

@kaiyu4147

Жыл бұрын

Same

@vyprrgirl3012

Жыл бұрын

Do it! (Don’t look to me for sage advice-I just encourage fluffy habits)

@fresianabi

Жыл бұрын

Sameeee

@JasperForge

Жыл бұрын

Do it let the cuteness flow through you

@jasonblalock4429

Жыл бұрын

You do not know the powah of the cute side!

I can’t even imagine what was going thru those cats minds when they were dancing “Hey Frank u think it’s smart to sing so loudly about our ONE and ONLY weakness , what if someone nearby hears us ?” “Shut up Percy no one ever comes here , god man ur so paranoid .”

@torva360

Жыл бұрын

"Idk guys, Shippeitaro could be listening." "Heyo well guess what? Shippeitaro sucks! Nobody tell him, because that dog is the worst! Ruins everything." *random guy takes notes*

@fakeaccount9046

Жыл бұрын

“Here’s a bright idea , how about u don’t loudly sing about your bosses only weakness in a open area where anyone nearby can easily hear u and take notes , you all saw what happen the rumplestilskin .” “Ugh fine I guess we will just have to sing about cat nip and pushing cups off tables then”

@christophergarcia9022

Жыл бұрын

Came from the same school of "sing your weakness" as rumplestinkin

@limkailuen3022

Жыл бұрын

@christopher Garcia LMFAO

@failureman6832

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if the lord just called his dog a simple common dog name like floof , the poor nameless hero would probably have to borrow half the village dogs and hope that one of them is the correct weakness of the cats

“It’s hard to be a hero in a world with no easy villains” love that

"someone's been a good boy" "is it me?" honestly this is such a mood

I know I'd die in an adventure story

@yaumelepire6310

Жыл бұрын

Oh mama! I'd probably die in the inciting incident, even before the mom and stern paternal figure.

@Bobberation

Жыл бұрын

I would be the extra killed to demonstrate to the hero how evil the bad guy is

@woodlefoof2

Жыл бұрын

Skill issue

@kaitlynboss3497

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, me too. I’m one of the random civilians that just fucking dies cuz plot demands that drama happens

@fluffystuff500

Жыл бұрын

I'd probably die before it even started. I wouldn't be the adventurer, I'd be the call to adventure. The buddy that the hero needs revenge for

I love in folklore when an antagonist just goes out to party or something and just starts casually singing/talking loudly about their one weakness. It’s just so funny to me, I’m just picturing them getting like super drunk when they do it.😜

@gus.smedstad

Жыл бұрын

It’s like it’s contractually required. Suppose you’re a fairy creature, and make a bargain with a young woman where she has to give up her first born child to you, but she can get out of it if she guesses your name. Dancing around a fire singing your name seems like a poor choice, but that’s what he does.

@leeshajoi

Жыл бұрын

"Rumpleteaser is my name!"

@torva360

Жыл бұрын

Just a bunch of cats minding their own business roasting the local dog they all hate. "Shippeitaro sucks! No one tell him we're here."

@phastinemoon

Жыл бұрын

I’m honestly more impressed that so many of these folktales have the hero able to easily find the thing that is the monster’s one weakness. Like, what if nobody in the village knew who Shippetaro was? They’d be proper f*cked.

@CrownofMischief

Жыл бұрын

​@Samantha Phastine or worse, the villagers called him Maru or something but Shippeitaro was what the dog was known as in the animal world. He was there all along

Omg I NEED a shirt with that dog's determined face all close up saying "JUSTICE."

Honestly, you have to respect that guy's determination. Often mundane boredom and despair is harder to deal with than an active threat

"And sometimes the greatest tool just happens to be the cutest guy~" Romance novels: Why yes, we knew that.

@munchlacks2900

Жыл бұрын

Good one

we need a "Shippeitaro and the Young Man" series of just these two helping people and defeating monsters in simple and straightforward manner

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

I would crowdfund that

@vdate

Жыл бұрын

'The Dog And His Boy', if you will.

@TacComControl

Жыл бұрын

I like the idea that the young man is constantly trying to save the day in consistently more and more convoluted ways, and well he's not looking, shippeitaro just walks up behind him and does something simple and easy to solve everything.

@DJchilcott

Жыл бұрын

@@TacComControl Make the young man an adult, add in a precocious niece, and you've described Inspector Gadget.

@TacComControl

Жыл бұрын

@@DJchilcott Yes, but with a little more Don Quixote thrown in to the mix for added comedy potential.

Still, props to the young man for having the bravery to actually commit to his plan even when the huge demon-cat appeared and just _straight up decapitating it_ after Shippeitaro attacked. Dude deserved a few good drinks on the house for that at the very least.

Everybody give Red more dog related myths This is the best thing I've seen all week

The crying girl in the village is also singing "Memory" That is so perfect, considering the sheer number of cats involved 😆

@B2WM

Жыл бұрын

I immediately assumed Jellicle shenanigans - like the 2019 movie.

@doodledogdiary3644

Жыл бұрын

ITS SO EASY TO LEEEEEEAVE MEEEEEEEE

@Midsomnyx

Жыл бұрын

You had a golden opportunity to write "purrfect" and you didn't use it, the pun gods weep

“he goes to sleep, deciding that is a *tomorrow* problem” …yeah so I don’t relate to the totally thriving in a crisis thing, I relate to this part right here

The sentence “proto-weeb in 1800’s Europe” reminds me why I subscribed to this channel.

i just rewatched the og iliad video, and its amazing to me how much red has improved, in art, in storytelling, and (although she didnt start doing it right away) even as a singer/musician for the outros. She was always _good_ but now she's *_awesome_* . Thank you for the years of content

"Guess who's a good boy!" Random villager: "Is it me?!" :D That got me good.

It's a little weird that the townsfolk never thought "dogs hate cats, maybe a dog could fight off the demon cat"

@lordofuzkulak8308

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they thought it needed to be a demon dog but they only had regular ones to hand? 😉

@josephperez2004

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it was completely clear to the villagers that the Spirit of the Mountain was a feline demon.

@bloodbane007

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, dogs don't hate cats in Japan...They hate monkeys! The Japanese equivalent of fighting like cats and dogs is fighting like dogs and monkeys.

@Dragonlover553

Жыл бұрын

Apparently it was that one specific dog, for some reason? Maybe because he was the lord's dog, and they didn't realize that was significant?

@albinlindh4000

Жыл бұрын

or maybe this is the origin story of why cats hate dogs!?!

Omfg the illustrations on this episode were amazing! "is your dog busy!?" And hero's look when hearing screams are wonderful 😂

0:40 yes of course…that inner monologue that definitely went away and matured over time. I’m definitely NOT pretending to be constantly questing

"It's hard to be a hero in a world with no easy villains in it" this is such a great quote and can explain so many problems today.

@demi-fiendoftime3825

Жыл бұрын

Oh there's plenty of villians everywhere problem is you'd probably go to jail for killing them

@leeshajoi

Жыл бұрын

@@demi-fiendoftime3825 And a lot of them have a vested interest in convincing you that _someone else_ is the villain.

@comradesionnach

Жыл бұрын

@demi-fiendoftime3825 there's also many people wanting to be heros but can't figure out who the real villains are.

@demi-fiendoftime3825

Жыл бұрын

@@comradesionnach That too especially on social media -_-

@samueldimmock694

Жыл бұрын

@@demi-fiendoftime3825 Well, those ones aren't easy villains, are they?

Am I the only one who expected the cats to secretly WANT Shipeitero to come? It sounded a lot like the tale of the rabbit and the briar patch there at first.

Me, at the cats dancing under the full moon: it's fine he's just at the first jellicle ball Me at the end song: 😮🤩 (thank you Red)

It's funny that Red opened up the video talking about being in an action adventure story. My department has a monthly work meeting that ends with one of the staff asking the group a non-work related question. This weeks work question was, "What TV show would you like to live in as a character." My answer was, "Oh, heck no! Not most of the stuff I watch" for this very reason. My answer was "Shows like Mayberry, Leave It To Beaver, The Dick Van Dike Show, Newhart, Cheers, etc." where This "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet" isn't the weekly scenario. (Thank you, Men In Black)

@vyprrgirl3012

Жыл бұрын

I’d want to be in Archer so I could randomly yell Danger Zone! and no one would bat an eye

@jackielinde7568

Жыл бұрын

@@vyprrgirl3012 Well, if you don't mind the high body count and the possibility you might be the red shirt, go for it.

@vyprrgirl3012

Жыл бұрын

🎶Danger Zone!🎵

@leshyaedawnfire

Жыл бұрын

Pokemon.

@peterwhite6415

Жыл бұрын

The same applies to Anime suprisibly enough. You would get some wild answers and people will eitehr go "Yeah, that makes sense and doesnt sound to bad" or "ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!". Example: - Any slice of life anime would problaby be fine. - Anything like AoT, OPM, MHA would mean the person only consider the positives and cool things and is ignoring the Bad Shit.

My dululu mind “I would thrive so much in crisis” *still needs my sister to schedule my haircuts bc I am scared of phonecalls*

@matthewpopow6647

Жыл бұрын

I feel that

@shadowclaw7210

Жыл бұрын

Lol same

@Lionstar16

Жыл бұрын

If it makes you feel better, I'm 32 years old and really don't like having to make phonecalls

@pattheplanter

Жыл бұрын

I use hair trimmers once every few months, 9mm. Not been for a haircut in 25 years.

A story about cats being silly little guys and dogs being very good boys. This now my favorite folktale

@Riya-uy6ik

Жыл бұрын

oops, this giant cat is going to eat this random girl! such a silly creature!

The rendition of the sacrificial victim and the cat was peak class⛩️

That dog's cuteness is certainly worth a legend. Also thumbs up for unexpected InuYasha music.

What a cute little story. Also excellent job on the art of the cat demon, looked the perfect mixture of unhinged and still vaguely fluffy

@phastinemoon

Жыл бұрын

I still wanna pet her!

@0katsuki0

Жыл бұрын

i want to cuddle the kitty

I can confirm that this is an actual Japanese folktale, although the version I'm familiar with uses monkeys rather than cats. (Incidentally, the phrase 犬猿の仲 (*ken'en no naka*, "a relationship like a dog and a monkey"), refers to two sides that simply can't get along due to mutual hostility.)

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

That is delightful to know; thank you!

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

(The last two pieces, after the の, look to me like the character for "person" and for "China", which I would have taken to mean "Chinese Person". Is that the word for monkey, or for dog? 😅 Or am I misreading it entirely, lol?)

@bimyouna

Жыл бұрын

@@RainaRamsay 犬 is "dog," 猿 is "monkey," の is an attributive particle, and 仲 refers specifically to (the tenor of) a relationship between two people or entities. The 中 part actually means "middle," and it has come to refer to China because, of course, back when they were inventing written language the Chinese - like many other peoples, cf. "Mediterranean" - decided that they were the center of the world.

@RainaRamsay

Жыл бұрын

@@bimyouna That is so wonderful! Thank you for explaining!!! I am so excited to know that!

@katerocks82196

Жыл бұрын

There's an anime I like called Yuru Camp where one of the main characters visits the shrine of a dog named Hayatarou. I wondered, "Are Shippeitaro and Hayatarou the same dog?" so I went back and looked it up and, sure enough, the tale of Hayatarou (where Hayatarou ends up traveling to Shizuoka so he can fight a monkey that's causing trouble there) is just a version of the Shippeitaro story local to Nagano prefecture. So, yes, technically, they are the same dog!

Never underestimate the power of a good boy.

5:01 "I am the bestest best good boi who will deserve all the treats you got or otherwise I start being fucking dramatic ex-theatre kid who is definitely not BI" -Shiba inus and huskies.

While I always will adore fantasy and always want to live up to that, I am very aware that I would die before I even spoke a word in most of the fantasy worlds I like.

@mirjanbouma

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, same. I'd die by tripping over something long before the hero(es) show(s) up.

@supreme_king_obama1158

Жыл бұрын

I probably die in the Inciting incident before the stern mom and pop do.

@eshbena

Жыл бұрын

As a parent, I'd die before the story started as a motivating factor for my kid to go off on an adventure. XD In a Disney film, as a mom, I'd have the life expectancy of a mayfly.

@jordanhunter3375

Жыл бұрын

I'd be the character in the horror films that recite the local legends for the heroes and audience, then be found dead hours later

@xanage8413

Жыл бұрын

I'd be zombie n°7 in the background

If there isn't going to be a Shippeitaro Pin with fire eyes and Justice, I will be so sad

Omg that introduction is such a CPTSD mood 😅 Edit: imagine if mortal combat was genuinely someone's comfort zone *but* filing paperwork gives that person panic attacks because they don't know what they're doing and feel overwhelmed 😢

@fangsabre

7 ай бұрын

I don't have to imagine 😁

The art in this is amazing, but that slide of the cats dancing in the darkness with the light and shadow highlighting them... awesome

0:00 This feels like a trope talk the way Red is sitting XD

From Shippeitaro to Hachiko, Japanese dogs never fail to tug my heartstrings.

I read and write fanfiction, so I've read a self-insert or two in my day. It's led to considering writing one myself, but that always leads to the thought of main character who tries to run, rolls their ankle and ends up limping through the rest of their quest, skipping from panic attack to panic attack.

@phastinemoon

8 ай бұрын

DO IT!

@Amanda-C.

7 ай бұрын

I would read that. That sounds rad.

I'm at the point where I've crossed from "I would thrive so much in a crisis" to "I kinda thrived in crisis, but I *never* want do it again."

What a heroic little good boy. And also that other guy was there.

I can not imagine anything other than a corgi puppy on a pedestal being sweet and adorable while “I! AM! BATMAN!” and similar heroic “I am justice” quotes run through its head.

@onlylonelystars9268

Жыл бұрын

YES!

Shippeitaro, the story of the goodest, bestest dog.

One of my favourite things red does is playing the inuyasha ost whilst talking about japanese folktales😊

Ok i expecyed this to end horribly, yet It turned out waaaay more heartwarming than i would have ever even imagined

0:20 I love that the theoretical guy who wants to adventure you drew fantasizes about being Gimli of all people XD

@artemis_areia8108

Жыл бұрын

We do not shame the short kings here

@Nortarachanges

Жыл бұрын

Because Gimli is the best! ^_^

@MegaDzib

Жыл бұрын

Because Gimli is the best one of the original fellowship.

Love the attention to detail in your drawings when you drew a Kasa Obake at 1:52. It’s one of my favorite yokai.

@Josiahiswatching

Жыл бұрын

The little guy with the big hammer?

@adammcelroy3143

Жыл бұрын

@@Josiahiswatching no it’s the umbrella one with one eye

@Josiahiswatching

Жыл бұрын

@@adammcelroy3143 they are pretty good!

This story was read to me at a summer reading program at our local library when I was 7 or 8. Straight up scared the crap out of me. Lost sleep for weeks over this.

2:35 jellicle cats come out tonight, jellicle cats come on come on , the jellicle moon is shining bright, jellicles come to the jellicle ball

The sheer amount of nostalgia that kicked in when I heard the Inuyasha music is incredible

@xenomang3149

Жыл бұрын

This.

Love how Shippeitaro has a permanent blep

Coincidently I just bought the "supernatural lives of cats in Japan" book! Its a really great read! I love it so far.

2:58 I've never identified more with something.

If I'm going to be in a fantasy story, I want to be... One of the background Hobbits in the Shire. Those guys are living the good life and I want in.

@ShanRenxin

Жыл бұрын

You’re going to want to be a movie hobbit then, ‘cause in the books they get wrecked too😭

@Rutgerman95

Жыл бұрын

@@ShanRenxin But they bounce right back thanks to Sam's Loth Lorien soil. They're fine

@kjj26k

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rutgerman95 Does Sam's magic dirt therapize the trauma they endured?

@Rutgerman95

Жыл бұрын

@@kjj26k Probably not for everyone, but I can imagine that seeing their lands bloom anew and better than ever after being razed would restore some hope to at least a few

@B2WM

Жыл бұрын

​@@ShanRenxin At least Farmer Maggot rocks in the book. (And also has a pack of goodest Bois.)

I love the evolution of your art style. The simplicity of the normal characters’ designs and the stylization of cultural art! Also props for using Inu Yahsa music. 🙌😎

The dog is and will always be the best part of any story. This one especially. The goodest of good bois

"proto-weeb" has got to be one of the most hilarious phrases I've heard in my life

I didn’t know I needed a Japanese folkloric tale about a cute pupper of the goodest variety today, but I sure am grateful I found one.

If you keep going back 5 seconds after the "have you ever had that thought" line in the beginning you get a sick beat

Shippeitaro is the Air Bud of folklore

To be fair if I found out that a cure dog was part of a duo that helped save my village I would only focus on it cause that's just too darn cute

4:14 That inuyasha music got me the chills

Doggy! Such a good boy! And Red, you did a fantastic job depicting Shippeitaro, you're hours on google were well worth it.

I was not expecting to be smacked with Memory but it’s lovely and soothing as all the endings

Off topic but I really love your use of the word "quixotic" it just rolls off the tongue so nicely

I know I am not allowed to listen to my inner storyteller, but now I want to go on a cool adventure with my dog

1:53 The person with the long hair there reminded me of Tamamizu and I thought it might be a cameo, but maybe it's just the round brows.

Heroic goodest of boys is not a line i would have expected Red to ever say but man am I glad she did.

I think over time, a lot of us realized that without a powerful McGuffin, we would probably get our collective asses handed to us on a silver platter the first outing. The world of adventure tends not to look to kindly upon ordinary humans. You gotta have something special otherwise welcome to background character status.

So much so awesome in this video but "just the cutest little guy, yes you are! 🔥*JUSTICE*🔥" just got me so good

I love how casual you make old folklore seem it’s very entertaining (especially when you do mythology) also when are you going to make more deVINEs those are awesome and we need more

I know everyone's the main character of their own story. I'm just saying that I know I'm barely an NPC in someone else's story. I'm like one of those corpses they use as checkpoints on Mount Everest.

"I don't want to call my doctor, I just want to do kung-fu" Mood