• festnt@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    what i got is that inu yasha is actually a half dog yokai, since there was a wolf yokai who made fun of him for being a dog

    also i think “demon” is a type of yokai, just like other monster types (like dragons and stuff). though i dont know if he is a type of demon yokai or not

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      1 day ago

      You’re probably right… its been a very long time since I’ve gone through all of Inu Yasha.

      But what I was getting at with yokai is that… demons and yokai don’t quite operate by the same kind of supernatural rules as the general western conception of a demon.

      A yokai can be malevolent, or helpful, or a trickster, whereas demons are essentially never helpful.

      A yokai can assume its own form, or, inhabit another form, like a person or animal and morph it into another, kind of possess it.

      But they can also posses objects… which is more like a … poltergeist.

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        21 hours ago

        Speaking of ghosts, demons, and dieties - Kyousougiga.

        Kinda like FLCL, but weirder, and has that Tatami Galaxy seasoning to it too. Opening and ending songs slap hard. And all of it is a nice little 13 ep complete story. MC also sorta sorta has a wolfcut.