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| 2 | [[Characters/AyakashiTriangleMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/AyakashiTriangleHumans Humans]] | '''Ayakashi''']]]]-] |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | !!Ayakashi (妖) |
| 6 | |
| 7 | The disparate variety of spirits that inhabit the world beyond typical human perception. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:General Tropes]] |
| 12 | * AlternateCharacterReading: "Ayakashi" in Japanese is usually spelt "あやかし", but outside of the title, the manga always spells it with the kanji "妖" (whose closest standard pronunciation would be just "aya"). This allows for several bits of wordplay: |
| 13 | ** The kanji is also found in the standard spelling of "{{youkai}} (妖怪)", reflecting how ayakashi are based on traditional youkai. |
| 14 | ** "Ayakashi medium" is written "妖巫女 (ayakashi {{miko}})". "妖" by itself can mean "attractive/enthralling" but also "disaster", reflecting the sway ayakashi mediums hold over weaker ayakashi and the more dangerous ones they attract. |
| 15 | ** Humanoid ayakashi are referred to as "jinyo (人妖)", an old Chinese term for monsters taking human form. Their earlier stages, which simply have some human features, are called "iyo (異妖)". By the series' own use of the kanji, those can also be parsed as "human/strange ayakashi". |
| 16 | * AnimateInanimateObject: ''Tsukumogami'' are a type of ayakashi that take over inanimate objects, giving them a physical body even regular humans can see. There are many other ayakashi that resemble ''tsukumogami'' in the traditional youkai sense, however they only resemble household objects without being corporeal. |
| 17 | * CastFromHitPoints: Ayakashi powers are fueled by the same energy that sustains their existence. If they overuse them, they disappear. |
| 18 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Ayakashi become more powerful when many humans believe they exist. Since they're usually invisible to most humans, this tends to be based on superstition instead of their actual deeds. |
| 19 | * DreamWalker: Ayakashi can enter the dreams of the humans they possess. By extension, Suzu is able to through her omokage. |
| 20 | * EnergyBeings: Ayakashi lack physical bodies, or even spiritual energy, and are made completely of LifeEnergy. Garaku even calls them "energy organisms". |
| 21 | * FadingAway: Ayakashi who've lost their purpose start to weaken and disappear. When this nearly happens to Shirogane, he starts wallowing over his failure as his body burns down to a small sprite until he reaffirms his desire to regain his power. |
| 22 | * GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Ayakashi gain power from humans believing in them or especially worshiping them. Most ayakashi will weaken if people stop putting belief in them, but ayakashi with enough self-assurance, such as Shirogane, can retain their power even without worship, though their power will cease to grow or be replenished if lost by other means. They also don't need to be known ''as'' ayakashi for it to take effect; Garaku enjoys global recognition for his art, even if few are aware that he isn't actually human. [[spoiler:While a lot rarer, it is actually possible for humans to benefit as well, which is where the first Ayakashi Medium came from.]] |
| 23 | * GoodIsOldFashioned: Soga acknowledges that the most violent ayakashi nowadays are ikon and their spawn, the only types specified as modern occurrences, while more traditional ayakashi can be dealt with more peacefully. However, the exorcisms were quite prevalent in the past, when the older types of ayakashi were being created more, suggesting the worst of them were simply exterminated (or sealed away, like Tadare) and not replaced. |
| 24 | * TheHeartless: Some ayakashi are born of negative human thoughts, and so tend to be the most malicious. |
| 25 | * InvisibleToAdults: Children are more likely to be able to see ayakashi, at least in some circumstances, but usually stop as they gain more human relationships. |
| 26 | * InvisibleToNormals: Ayakashi cannot be seen, heard, or even [[WeirdnessCensor remembered]] by humans unless they have some kind of spiritual power (even if they aren't able to use it) or the ayakashi takes deliberate efforts to make themselves visible. Some have a presence so weak, even the spiritually attuned like Matsuri and Suzu may fail to notice them. |
| 27 | * MadeOfBologna: If Shirogane's any indication, ayakashi don't generally have internal organs, they're just full of spectral energy that bleeds out if damaged. If they're strong enough, they can survive and even recover from things like dismembered limbs and losing almost half of their head. Having said that, there are exceptions. While most Omokage don't even bleed, a particularly high quality one ''can'' have the option to accurately duplicate internal human anatomy, to the point that even a doctor wouldn't be able to tell the difference without the right {{Magitek}}. |
| 28 | * NatureSpirit: Many ayakashi are created from natural phenomena that don't involve humans. This presumably includes ones like Shirogane and Ponosuke, which are basically intelligent animals. |
| 29 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Ayakashi's bodies disappear after exorcism, though sometimes the exorcism [[NotEnoughToBury physically annihilates]] their body first. |
| 30 | * NotAlwaysEvil: The ''majority'' of ayakashi are actually peaceful, it's just that the violent (or at least troublesome) type are more plot-relevant and likely to display humanlike intelligence. Even then, the most dangerous ayakashi are generally [[MadeOfEvil formed from]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters human malice]] in the first place. |
| 31 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ayakashi ''aren't'' ever the spirits of deceased humans, but some resemble such because they were created by dying humans (and are based on traditional youkai that are ghosts). They presumably become the basis for ghost folklore in-universe by humans who can't tell the difference. The series even refers to certain ayakashi as ''[[VengefulGhost onryou]]'', a term usually used for actual ghosts. |
| 32 | * OurSpiritsAreDifferent: "Ayakashi" are what the series calls all spirits of disparate origins, abilities, and behavior. The main things they have in common are being InvisibleToNormals and made entirely of [[LifeEnergy haku]]. Despite being a Japanese term, it's applied to spirits from all over the world. |
| 33 | -->'''Seigen''': As it is said there are a myriad of gods, ayakashi can come into existence in this world from various sources--from nature, animals and plants, as well as from human actions and thoughts. |
| 34 | * PurposeDrivenImmortality: They [[TheAgeless don't age]], but generally have some sort of action that's fundamental to their existence. Sometimes these are GhostlyGoals they fulfill to ''cease'' existing, but more commonly they're repeatable activities done to ''continue'' existing, that vary from the mundane to the extremely harmful. It also seems possible, if difficult, for an ayakashi to change what their purpose is, [[spoiler:as Sosuke's goes from eating ayakashi to trying to redeem himself for those he's killed]]. |
| 35 | * {{Tulpa}}: When most people still believed in ayakashi, they would attribute natural phenomena to them, [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve and their belief created new ayakashi]]. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !Recurring ayakashi |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Tanumaro]] |
| 41 | !!Tanumaro (タヌマロ) |
| 42 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HinaKino |
| 43 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tanumaro.jpg]] |
| 44 | A kettle/{{tanuki}} ayakashi that was friends with Matsuri and Suzu until the former drove him off. |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | * AscendedExtra: He was a RecurringExtra in various shots of crowds, then had a prominent role when [[spoiler:Suzu became King of Ayakashi]]. Many chapters later, he makes another appearance where he's tricked into putting a spell on Matsuri. |
| 47 | * BucketHelmet: While the pot may be part of his body, the lid is removable, and he even tips it like a hat. |
| 48 | * HeelRealization: Suzu points out Matsuri is choosing not to break out of Tanumaro's illusion until he's satisfied with the punishment he's dealt out, making Tanumaro realize he's reject Matsuri's sincere desire to make amends. |
| 49 | * IneptMage: He's talented enough to perform several jutsu, but not to ''undo'' them (and he doesn't have the common sense not to use them). |
| 50 | * ALizardNamedLiz: His name is a portmanteau of "tanuki" and "-maro", a common name suffix. |
| 51 | * MasterOfIllusion: His steam clouds can trap people in discomforting illusions, though he doesn't seem to control what they are. Tanumaro is also far from a "master", as he can't even stop his power once it's started. |
| 52 | * MindManipulation: Tanumaro's powers go beyond regular illusions, as he's able to give Matsuri IdentityAmnesia and make him think he's a regular girl. |
| 53 | -->''Befuddling the human mind is a basic skill for an ayakashi tanuki!'' |
| 54 | * PowerIncontinence: He can start his steam cloud illusion, but hasn't learned to undo it yet. |
| 55 | * SpaceMaster: Besides putting his target in an illusion, his steam can make them {{intangib|ility}}le to anything but ayakashi. |
| 56 | * {{Tanuki}}: Tanumaro is a tanuki ayakashi specifically based on the folk tale ''Bunbuku Chagama'', where a tanuki disguised himself as a tea kettle. However, the tea kettle body is his natural state and [[AKindOfOne it's something his clan, if not all tanuki, share]]. |
| 57 | * SeeTheInvisible: His "Manifestation Vapor" technique can make ayakashi in it visible even to normal humans. |
| 58 | * TooDumbToLive: While still training with the Steamy Visions Jutsu, Tanumaro uses it on Matsuri, despite not knowing how to stop it. If Matsuri couldn't undo it himself by dispersing the steam, it could have continued until he'd used up all his energy and disappeared. |
| 59 | * TragicBigot: Tanumaro thinks humans and ayakashi can't live together, because Matsuri betrayed his trust and forced him away from Suzu while saying that almost exactly. |
| 60 | * UnwittingPawn: Shadow Mei easily pulls Tanumaro into her plan to break Matsuri and Suzu up, goading him into putting a spell on Matsuri as a prank that she knew he couldn't undo. |
| 61 | * VerbalTic: Ends his sentences with "-nu". |
| 62 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Years ago, Tanumaro was one of many ayakashi Suzu and Matsuri befriended, but was forced away by Matsuri when he began suspecting every ayakashi as a threat to her. He's very bitter when Matsuri tries to make peace again, but ultimately accepts his offer. |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Donpa]] |
| 66 | !!Donpa (ドンパ) |
| 67 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DaikiKobayashi |
| 68 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donpa.png]] |
| 69 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for Donpa's corrupted form.]]\ |
| 70 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donpa_corrupted.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 71 | A kappa ayakashi who was friends with Suzu and Matsuri in their childhood. He is the third ayakashi that ends up corrupted and tries to attack Suzu. |
| 72 | ---- |
| 73 | * AscendedExtra: After being a RecurringExtra for quite a while, he gets a supporting role in chapter 86, and becomes a corrupted villain in chapter 112. |
| 74 | * ExtendableArms: As traditional for a kappa, Donpa can make one arm extend by having the other retract. |
| 75 | * FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct: The secretions from his head bowl are used in Ninja-exorcist tool cure all ointment. |
| 76 | * HulkingOut: Being corrupted draws out his latent power to make him a huge slab of muscle, though his shell doesn't grow with it. |
| 77 | * {{Kappa}}: He is a child-sized kappa with most of the usual traits (turtle shell, beak, grass skirt, likes to eat cucumbers and ''shirikodama''), except the top of his head is simply bald instead of a bowl (though it still contains liquid). |
| 78 | * OverlyLongTongue: Donpa has a tongue that can extend to many times his body length, which he would use to take a human's ''shirikodama'' from their anus. |
| 79 | * PickyPeopleEater: When corrupted, Donpa tries to use the Crimson Gourd to make wine from the ayakashi medium. Though he sucks Matsuri in by accident as well, he doesn't do the same to Reo when she answers him. Either he'd rather fight without using the gourd than include a different human, or was so focused on Kanade [[ForgotAboutHisPowers he forgot he could use the gourd against anyone else]]. |
| 80 | * RazorWind: When empowered, he can shoot the water from his head as discs that can cut through stone. |
| 81 | * SoulEating: A ''shirikodama'' is an imaginary ball located within the anus in Japanese mythology, representing the soul. He considers eating a person's ''shirikodama'' to be a delicacy, and victims of it do not die in this setting, but do become foolish. |
| 82 | * TopHeavyGuy: His corrupted form has an enormous torso and arms, but squat legs. |
| 83 | * VegetarianVampire: Kappa often eat human ''shirikodama'' (though this does not seem to be fatal in this manga), but Matsuri convinces Donpa not to--even if they offer it voluntarily--because [[WhatWouldXDo Suzu would not want him to]]. |
| 84 | * VerbalTic: Ends his sentences with "-ppa". |
| 85 | * WeaponsThatSuck: His clan are in possession of the Crimson Gourd from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', which can suck in anyone who responds to the holder calling their name. Donpa breaks it out when he's corrupted and tries to use it against the ayakashi medium. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Biruko/Lippy]] |
| 89 | !!Biruko (ビル子)/Lippy |
| 90 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biruko_lippy.jpg]] |
| 91 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for Lippy's corrupted form.]]\ |
| 92 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biruko_lippy_corrupted.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 93 | An benign iyo born from the love and desire gathered in the town's entertainment district. |
| 94 | ---- |
| 95 | * AscendedExtra: Originally one of the ayakashi shown hanging around Suzu in her youth in the first volume (in the background of the first chapter and by name in chapter 7), Lippy reappears in volume 9 when Shadow Mei wants to become a better kisser. Later on, she has a minor role giving Kanade a love potion and then becomes another corrupted ayakashi after Suzu. |
| 96 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Lippy is quite strange looking, but far less monstrous than any other iyo, and unlike them isn't violent. Her corrupted forms is somewhat more humanlike, but in a way that's much creepier. |
| 97 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: When Lippy is corrupted, she thinks [[RapeByProxy coercing Suzu into sex with boy Matsuri]], even drugging her in the process to make her more cooperative, is doing her a favor by "relieving her frustration". |
| 98 | * CelestialBody: She uses Love Wave by lifting her skirt to show the image of a galaxy underneath. |
| 99 | * CharmPerson: Being corrupted makes her kisses go from a simple bludgeon to projectiles that force people to fall in love with her, after which they'll stand in place and enthusiastically chant her name. |
| 100 | * CostumeEvolution: In Suzu's youth, Lippy appeared wearing no clothes but a ribbon in her hair. When she shows up in the present, she's wearing a black dress and has changed her hair to a (very small) bun with no ribbon. |
| 101 | * DubNameChange: Her name is changed in different languages to convey a similar meaning. In Japanese, it's "Biruko", an abbreviation of "kuchibiru (lips)" with the "-ko" feminine name suffix added on. In English, it's "Lippy". In Spanish, it's "Morritos", slang for a pouting expression. |
| 102 | * EyelessFace: She has no facial features except lips. |
| 103 | * GagLips: Her bright, plump lips take up her entire face. She can even create another pair on a wall [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext that people can practice kissing on]]. |
| 104 | * TheHeartless: She was born from the lust of humans who hang around the [[RedLightDistrict entertainment district]]. |
| 105 | * ImmortalityField: When corrupted, she makes a LoveHotel her "castle" where attacks are either blocked or negated entirely. Her Charm Kiss and indirect ability use aren't affected. |
| 106 | -->''In the world of love, there are no weapons allowed.'' |
| 107 | * MarsNeedsWomen: Lippy drools over [[WomenPreferStrongMen a drawing of Masurao shirtless]] and accepts it as payment. She may or may not know he's actually a jinyo. |
| 108 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Unlike other corrupted ayakashi sent after Suzu, Lippy wasn't given an order to kill her. Instead she was told to get Suzu to have sex with boy Matsuri, [[spoiler:which unbeknownst to Lippy will transfer a fatal curse]]. |
| 109 | * {{Orgasmatron}}: Love Wave makes people so sexually-sensitive, they can't even stand. Girl Matsuri can barely keep any kind of composure just from pulling her phone out of her pocket. |
| 110 | * TokenHeroicOrc: She's the only iyo introduced so far that's sane and mostly nonviolent. |
| 111 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Shirogane thinks Lippy telling a young Suzu how great kissing feels is part of why she's so "shameless". |
| 112 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: [[FanDisservice Disturbingly]] parodied; Lippy's corruption gives her a hyper-exaggerated BigBeautifulWoman's figure and long, wavy hair, but she still has the same inhuman face and arms. |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Masurao Sujimori]] |
| 116 | !!Masurao Sujimori (筋森益荒男) |
| 117 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kanehira Yamamoto [[quoteright:302:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2020_07_21_at_204510.png]] |
| 118 | A musclebound English teacher at Matsuri and Suzu's high school. He is actually a muscle jinyo born of strong thoughts of soldiers in the battlefield. |
| 119 | ---- |
| 120 | * BadassTeacher: A ex-mercenary mountain of a man whose lectures intimidate even a trained ninja like Matsuri. |
| 121 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: His eyes are shaded over, making him look scarier. |
| 122 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Seen completely melting and cooing over Shirogane's cat form. After he ends up scaring Matsuri, he frantically apologizes. |
| 123 | * FaceOfAThug: He's hugely muscular jinyo with perpetually shaded eyes, but he loves cats and chose to pursue educating children in favor of the wars that gave birth to him. |
| 124 | * KindheartedCatLover: Loves to pet cats, to Shirogane's displeasure. |
| 125 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: He has highly-caricatured body and facial features unlike any other character, almost like a buff counterpart to the principal in ''Manga/ToLoveRu''. |
| 126 | * RetiredBadass: A caption identifies him as a mercenary before he became a teacher, and he still wears his dog tags. |
| 127 | * SheepInSheepsClothing: After discovering he was a jinyo, Suzu and Matsuri worry he had joined Mei's evil plan and kidnapped Yayo. Really, all he did was keep them from her during Yayo's tutoring. |
| 128 | * SternTeacher: Frequently scolds his students for inappropriate behavior or not focusing on their studies. |
| 129 | * SuperStrength: Masurao simply ''[[PecFlex shoving his chest outward]]'' is able to send Matsuri flying. |
| 130 | * SuperToughness: His muscles are so hard, Matsuri can punch him square in the chest without leaving a mark. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Ponosuke Ninokuru]] |
| 134 | !!Ponosuke Ninokuru (ニノ曲ポ之助) |
| 135 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiArai [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7006_4.png]] |
| 136 | A humanoid pigeon ayakashi that serves the Ninokuru clan, working directly under Soga. |
| 137 | ---- |
| 138 | * AdoptiveNameChange: Ponosuke took the Ninokuru family name upon becoming their servant, making him the only non-humanoid ayakashi with a surname. |
| 139 | * BirdPeople: Ponosuke is a pigeon that wears clothes and has a human-like body shape, though his neck is so short, he's halfway between humanoid and {{Cephalothorax}}. Strangely, he has both wings coming out of his back and wing-like arms in his front. |
| 140 | * BumblingSidekick: In trying to serve Soga, Ponosuke often shows he's bad at keeping secrets, tends to cause embarrassing accidents, is incredibly gullible, and sometimes [[SmallNameBigEgo acts a lot more pompous than his skill warrant him to be]]. |
| 141 | * {{Familiar}}: A small supernatural being that acts as Soga's assistant and spy. |
| 142 | * FeatherFlechettes: Ponosuke can twirl to summon a cloud of feathers, not as weapons, but to simply [[SmokeOut obscure visibility]]. |
| 143 | * FingerlessHands: Ponosuke's arms are like the wings of an actual pigeon simplified to a flipper, which can manipulate objects in a human way without any kind of FeatherFingers. |
| 144 | * IOweYouMyLife: He swore to serve the Ninokuru clan because Soga saved him from a wild cat. |
| 145 | * InstantMessengerPigeon: A rather literal example; he's a pigeon that's acted as Soga's messenger, and his powers allow him to [[FlashStep appear and disappear in a flash]]. |
| 146 | * LooseLips: Muga hears of Soga's troubled love life from Ponosuke, which he regrets sharing after it gets Soga subjected to a brutal training exercise. |
| 147 | * MoralityPet: Suzu decides from Ponosuke and Soga's mutual respect that Soga can't be as bad as he looks. |
| 148 | * OldRetainer: A likely-ageless ayakashi serving a exorcist ninja, though he's mostly loyal to Soga specifically, sometimes even lightly doting on him. |
| 149 | * OnlyFriend: Soga is very antisocial, so Ponosuke is practically the only one close to him (though Soga [[InsistentTerminology insists he's a "familiar", not a friend]]). |
| 150 | * SayMyName: Frequently shouts out "Master!" whenever something embarrassing or unfortunate happens to Soga. |
| 151 | * ShipperOnDeck: Ponosuke wishes Soga would generally lighten up and get a girlfriend. He's elated when Suzu invites Soga to lunch, and Matsuri and Shirogane don't show up as expected. Later on, Ponosuke starts to take notice of Matsuri and Soga's connection, and wonder if Muga is right about them being a good match. |
| 152 | * {{Tengu}}: Ponosuke is a much LighterAndSofter version of a [[http://yokai.com/kotengu/ kotengu]] based on pigeons instead of crows. He's a humanoid bird that dresses and uses a staff like a [[WarriorMonk yamabushi]], but instead of being stupid, violent, and human-sized he's fully-sapient, peaceful, and only a bit bigger than a regular pigeon. Ponosuke also has wings coming out of his back, like a daitengu. An extra in the second volume outright calls him a "pigeon tengu (hatotengu)", and includes concept art for a yatsude leaf fan. |
| 153 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves beans, and can hardly control himself from scarfing them down on sight. |
| 154 | * VerbalTic: Ends his sentences with "po". Even his ''eating'' uses the onomatopoeia "pori". This carries over into English manga, but the subtitles for the anime changes it to [[{{Smurfing}} occasionally replacing a word's first syllable with "po"]]. |
| 155 | * UndyingLoyalty: He's unreservedly loyal to Soga and the Ninokuru clan, not a supposed "King of Ayakashi" like Shirogane. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Suzu's Omokage]] |
| 159 | !!Omokage (オモカゲ / 分身) |
| 160 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/omokage.jpeg]] |
| 161 | An ayakashi duplicate of Suzu. She was at first created by accident and acting on unconscious desires, but Suzu later learns to recreate and control her at will. |
| 162 | ---- |
| 163 | * CriminalDoppelganger: It's a duplicate of a person visible even to regular humans, and doesn't care what it does to fulfil their desires. Suzu's omokage almost breaks into a dairy just to get a crepe. |
| 164 | * DoppelgangerLink: Suzu shares some senses with it, including smell, the feeling on her lips when it kisses Matsuri, and exertion when it tries to pull a metal shutter up. Seigen worried it could manifest strength beyond what Suzu's body can handle and seriously hurt her, but it's later shown to only transfer pain, not injury. |
| 165 | * EnemyWithout: It's a manifestation of Suzu's subconscious desires when she fell asleep, stressed over how she could help Matsuri. |
| 166 | * EquippableAlly: [[https://twitter.com/yabuki_info/status/1562387953527431170 The author describes]] Suzu's merging ability as melding the ayakashi with her omokage and wearing it like a costume, hence why she can have new body parts [[MagicPants growing through her clothes]]. |
| 167 | * FightingSpirit: It's Suzu's LifeEnergy formed into a solid duplicate of her that does her bidding. |
| 168 | * FauxFlame: Bits of spectral flame spew out when it hits its head on a tree, and it disappears into them when it's satisfied. |
| 169 | * GhostlyGoals: It dissipated as soon as it (thought) it fulfilled Suzu's desires: First, to kiss Matsuri in hopes it would reverse his transformation. Second, to eat a fresh crepe. |
| 170 | * HelpingHands: Suzu can summon free-floating parts of her omokage, which unlike the whole thing seems to be normally-invisible. |
| 171 | * InconsistentSpelling: In Japanese, "omokage" may be spelled purely in katakana or as an AlternateCharacterReading of "分身", which is usually used for the word "bunshin" (lit. "alter ego/other self", but often used in fiction to describe SelfDuplication powers). |
| 172 | * ItIsDehumanizing: In the English version, Suzu's omokage is at first called "it" as an antagonist, and later "she" after Suzu manifests her at will. |
| 173 | * MiniMe: Suzu can make her omokage extremely small, which she calls the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issun-boshi Issun-boshi/One-Inch Samurai]] Version", and uses it to sneak around. Unlike the full-sized version, she later learns to control more than one (up to ten) of them at once. |
| 174 | * PowerIncontinence: Even after Suzu gains control, her omokage will disappear if she's very surprised. It may also try to manifest desires Suzu represses, such as nearly confessing to Matsuri that she loved him. |
| 175 | * RemoteBody: After some training, Suzu can consciously create and control it. |
| 176 | * SuddenNameChange: In the English version, omokage have a sudden name '''loss''' when the translation company changed along with the magazine. The former always leaves the term in romaji, whereas the latter replaces it with varying generic descriptions like "another self" or "part of [Suzu]". "Omokage" is used once again from chapter 101 onward. |
| 177 | * TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: Omokage bodies include imitations of the clothes their makers were wearing when they split off. This doesn't give away [[spoiler:Matsuri's]] omokage because they were created naked at the same time the original was pulled out of their clothing. |
| 178 | * VampiricDraining: It gets its strength from LifeEnergy drained from Suzu. If she didn't have plenty to spare, it could have weakened or killed her. |
| 179 | * XtremeKoolLetterz: In Japanese, "omokage" means "image/visage (of something)". The normal word is spelt in kanji as "俤" or "面影", but the type of ayakashi is spelled differently. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder:Ikon, Iyo, and Jinyo]] |
| 183 | !!Ikon (異魂) / Iyo (異妖) / Jinyo (人妖) |
| 184 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ikon_edited.png]] |
| 185 | [[caption-width-right:350:The ikon's form in Lu's dream.]] |
| 186 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for examples of some iyo.]]\ |
| 187 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iyo_swarm.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | Ikon are a recurring type of ayakashi made of negative human thoughts, which proliferate by taking haku from humans and other ayakashi. Eventually, they begin to mutate into solid forms with human-like features (called "iyo"), with some becoming outright humanoid ("jinyo"). |
| 190 | ---- |
| 191 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: Jinmenken (literally "human-faced dog") are a type of iyo that have fanged human heads on top of squat, hairless, and doglike bodies. |
| 192 | * BishonenLine: As ikon mature, they become iyo, who have some human-like features (mostly a face or [[MultipleHeadCase several]]). The most powerful turn into jinyo, who are fully sapient, outright humanoid, and eventually become indistinguishable from humans when not using their power. |
| 193 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Jinyo sclerae often turn black when they exert their powers or become enraged, as displayed by Hinojiki and [[spoiler:Shadow Mei]]. |
| 194 | * BodyOfBodies: Iyo have human body parts in utterly bizarre body structures. Arms and fingers are arranged like legs or tentacles on invertebrates, while eyes, faces, and heads are spread all over their bodies or clumped together in one place. |
| 195 | * BrownNote: Lu taking and looking at a picture of one allows it to possess her. Exorcising the ikon [[NoOntologicalInertia makes it disappear from the photo]], suggesting it was ''physically'' inhabiting the medium. |
| 196 | * TheCorruption: Bits of ikon are like a pollutant, as even minor exposure tends to make ayakashi more malevolent and harm living organisms' health. |
| 197 | * DarkIsEvil: All appear to be made of ephemeral black mass of, which for ikon are fully visible in the form of screaming skulls. |
| 198 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: An iyo Yayo and her sisters run into has a grapefruit-sized eye bulging out of its mouth. |
| 199 | * HumanOutsideAlienInside: Jinyo are initially humanoid masses of blackness that grow to be fully human-looking, but the latter form appears to only be a shell grown over the latter. Whenever injured, their human-like flesh cracks like stone to show the same darkness beneath. |
| 200 | * HumanoidAbomination: The ikon that entered Lu's dream had its faces [[BodyOfBodies form a bipedal shape]], albeit [[{{Cephalothorax}} without a real head]]. |
| 201 | * HulkSpeak: The ikon in Lu's dream spoke to her, but in fragments. |
| 202 | -->''You life force... is delicious. Gimme... more!!'' |
| 203 | * MarsNeedsWomen: Iyo can exhibit sexual lust for humans even when they're very inhuman-looking. When Reo gave Matsuri a set of sexy gear, it actually managed to distract a herd of ravenous jinmenken, and Lippy was once bribed with a photograph of Professor Sugimori (who isn't human, but looks exactly like one). |
| 204 | * MadeOfEvil: While many ayakashi are born of negative human emotions, ikon are made entirely of them. |
| 205 | * MetamorphosisMonster: Ikon start as amorphous black {{Blob Monster}}s that eventually take semi-definite shape upon consuming haku. Then, as iyo, they form fully-solid bodies with humanlike elements (mostly [[BeastWithAHumanFace faces]] and articles of clothing). Some become jinyo, which are humanoid or even outright human-looking. |
| 206 | -->'''Soga''': You could say that they're larvae of malicious ayakashi. |
| 207 | * MonstrousCannibalism: They're just as willing to get haku from other ayakashi as from humans, only instead of draining them like a parasite, they [[EatenAlive eat them alive]]. |
| 208 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The one that showed up in the forest attacking other ayakashi had a mouthful of huge pointed teeth and [[OverlyLongTongue a tongue constantly sticking far out]]. |
| 209 | * NotAlwaysEvil: They are at first assumed to always be dangerous and predatory to humans and even other ayakashi. But it's eventually shown not only are the sapient ones able to gain morality beyond their base instincts, some are benign to start with. Suzu and Matsuri even discover they'd been friends with an iyo since they were children and their English teacher is a jinyo. |
| 210 | * PerceptionFilter: Jinyo are able to specifically manipulate {{muggles}}' perception of them to blend in. When Shadow Mei started attending school as Suzu's cousin, not only does everyone believe it, they act as if she'd been around for a long time. Hinojiki clearly looks like a child, but is able to convince people he's just a short twenty-year-old. It even seems to work unconsciously, as after Hinojiki visits and leaves the school, none of them remember he was ever there. |
| 211 | * PossessionBurnout: Like an omokage, an ikon drains LifeEnergy from its human host, but more slowly. Lu ends up on the verge of passing out after a few hours, and it's implied it would have killed her that night if it wasn't removed. |
| 212 | * ProphetEyes: One of the few parts of them that aren't pitch black are their milky-white eye(holes). |
| 213 | * ShadowWalker: Jinyo can appear and vanish into clouds of darkness. |
| 214 | * TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: Jinyo can form and dissolve clothing from the shadowy material that makes up their body, though they've been shown or implied to be wearing physical clothing as well. |
| 215 | * TheyLookLikeUsNow: Fully-matured ikon become jinyo. They not only look and can act like humans, their presence may be mistaken for human even by the most spiritual aware. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Garaku Utagawa]] |
| 219 | !!Garaku Utagawa (歌川画楽) |
| 220 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiTamaru |
| 221 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_06860.jpeg]] |
| 222 | [[caption-width-right:350:Garaku's human form]] |
| 223 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for the object Garaku was born from.]]\ |
| 224 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garaku_brush.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | An ayakashi born from an ink brush, who has a human form and identity as a famous painter. Though he considers himself a follower of Shirogane, the cat himself doesn't accept his loyalty, and he claims benevolent intent toward Suzu and an interest in making her more powerful. |
| 227 | ---- |
| 228 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: A ([[AmbiguouslyBi presumably]]) nonsexual example: Garaku gives Shirogane a lot of unwanted attention, partially because he loves cats. He'll fawn over how cute he is, and pet Shirogane's smaller form until his fur sticks up. |
| 229 | * AloofAlly: Garaku wants Suzu to grow stronger, and saves Matsuri's life once, but would prefer they solve their problems themselves. More than once he's been shown watching them in danger from the sidelines without interfering. |
| 230 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: The Exorcist Ninja Association has watched Garaku Utagawa for over a century without any idea if he was dangerous or not. He tries to develop Suzu's powers to draw her at her full potential [[spoiler:to see her past life again]], but what he's willing to do to accomplish that is unknown. [[spoiler:Later chapters lean heavily into him being GoodAllAlong, as his loyalty to Shadow Mei is just a means for her to recover from her trauma instead of killing humans.]] |
| 231 | * AnimateInanimateObject: Subverted; Garaku is the tsukumogami of an ink brush that was used for many years, but his form is that of a human. The volume extras specify the brush did not ''itself'' come alive, rather it absorbed the painter's thoughts and feelings, then [[AnthropomorphicPersonification created Garaku from them]]. |
| 232 | * ArtInitiatesLife: He can turn his ink paintings into constructs under his control, which is made more effective by his ability to [[InstantRunes instantly create enormous, complicated figures]] on his surroundings. |
| 233 | * ArtsyBeret: A renowned painter who wears a beret decorated with a pair of penheads. |
| 234 | -->'''Yayo''': Well, he certainly looks like an artist. |
| 235 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Like Matsuri, his clothing of choice is primarily old-fashion Japanese, even wearing geta instead of modern footwear. |
| 236 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He sacrifices himself to protect Shadow Mei from the Gogyosen, and reverts to a lifeless brush... until Suzu's life energy as the complete ayakashi medium revives him.]] |
| 237 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's implied by Garaku's date of birth and name that the painter he was created from was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_Kuniyoshi Kuniyoshia Utagawa]]. Kuniyoshi often drew cats and used them in place of humans, hence Garaku's love of them. |
| 238 | * BelatedLoveEpiphany: [[spoiler:He didn't realize he was in love with Mei until after she was killed.]] |
| 239 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's largely averse to violence, and would rather focus on his art... which lets him maintain widespread recognition, thus considerable power, in an era where people are generally less superstitious. His affable attitude is replaced with a sadistic SlasherSmile and cold indifference as he [[spoiler:kills his former master]]. Then he snaps backs to being cheerful just as suddenly. |
| 240 | * BornAsAnAdult: He was born NakedOnArrival, looking like a human teenager. Currently, he looks like an adult, but if he aged naturally or deliberately is unknown. |
| 241 | * CelebrityMasquerade: To the public, Garaku is a famous artist, known for his skill in a variety of genres. As [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve human recognition empowers ayakashi]], being a celebrity [[ExploitedTrope directly makes him more powerful]]. |
| 242 | * CelibateEccentricGenius: While he definitely has romantic feelings for Mei (which somewhat extend to [[spoiler:Shadow Mei]]), he insists that a painter ayakashi like him has no need for sexual attraction. He brushes off the latter's teasing about getting to see her nude, and instantly shoots down her request to practice tongue kissing. |
| 243 | * DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: [[spoiler:He allies with Shadow Mei after she's unsealed, as she's an omokage of his beloved Mei Hirasaka, even though he acknowledges that her personality couldn't be more different. However, he does not support her misanthropy, and wants Matsuri and his friends to gradually mend her broken heart.]] |
| 244 | * ExpositoryPronoun: In his flashback to around when he was born, Garaku used the rough, masculine pronoun ''ore''. In the present, he uses the relaxed but still informal ''boku'' (men are more likely to do the opposite as they mature), indicating how he's adopted a more laid back attitude. |
| 245 | * FakeDefector: A rather frequent occurence. His introduction arc has him suddenly trap Matsuri and Suzu and pretend he's hostile to them as a test; a later arc has him [[spoiler:lead them into the clutches of a powerful ancient ayakashi that he used to obey, to draw it out.]] Finally, [[spoiler:Garaku initially claims to side with Shadow Mei just because [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment he can't turn down a request from a version of the woman he loved]], even if he knows [[LoveMakesYouEvil she doesn't want what the real Mei would]]. Turns out he was actually trying to make Shadow Mei stop being evil and acts as Matsuri and Suzu's StealthMentor. He let Matoi in on it fairly early, but Matsuri eventually figures out the truth by himself.]] |
| 246 | * TheGadfly: Garaku isn't afraid to egg on Suzu's concerns to provide further motivation to develop her power. For instance, when Suzu was worried Matsuri was acting more like a girl, Garaku mentions hearing that Matsuri enjoyed wearing some cute clothes. |
| 247 | * TheGlassesComeOff: He removes his glasses as he starts fighting [[spoiler:Suzu and Matsuri under Shadow Mei's order]]. |
| 248 | * GodInHumanForm: He's an ayakashi whose [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm "basic" form]] is indistinguishable from a human without the spiritual awareness to detect his power, and resembles the human who used him when he was just an inanimate object. |
| 249 | * HealingHands: His paint can patch up injuries, at least on ayakashi, by replacing their damaged flesh. |
| 250 | * HeartDrive: The brush Garaku was born from rests inside his body. [[spoiler:After the rest of him is destroyed, he appears deceased, but Suzu's Life Halo accidentally restores him.]] |
| 251 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Gogyosen exorcise him by targeting Shadow Mei, forcing him to [[TakingTheBullet use himself as a human shield]]. His death leaves behind the ancient ink brush he was born from.]] |
| 252 | * HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: Notwithstanding his paintings' weakness to water, Garaku is amazingly powerful, but rarely willing to use that power to the protagonists' benefit. When he eventually does offer to protect Suzu, it's implied Garaku only did so because he knew Matsuri would refuse, and Suzu would like it better that way. |
| 253 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: His ghastly wraith of a former master is absolutely terrified as Garaku proves himself immune to their power and summons a dragon that kills them. |
| 254 | * HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:The Gogysen end up putting over a half-dozen swords through his back, destroying all of his body but the brush.]] |
| 255 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:Garaku shows in the final battle that he can create drawings out of pure haku instead of ink, making them waterproof. This was hinted at mid-way into the series when the seal he puts on Matsuri couldn't be washed off.]] |
| 256 | * ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Garaku can create anything he can draw. This includes moving creatures, but also objects like walls, chains, and duplicates of things he wishes to steal. |
| 257 | * KillItWithWater: [[LogicalWeakness As they are made of soluble ink]], Utagawa's drawings [[ImMelting are dissolved by water]]. |
| 258 | * LogicalWeakness: Garaku needs a brush to make art. If it's broken, he's largely powerless--which is why he [[MundaneSolution carries a backup]]. |
| 259 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Garaku at least claims to side with Shadow Mei just because [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment he can't turn down a request from a version of the woman he loved]], even if he knows she doesn't want what the real Mei would. Turn out he's lying, and probably trying to get this version of Mei to stop being evil.]] |
| 260 | * MadArtist: [[DownplayedTrope He's relatively functional]], but still tends to suddenly drop everything to sketch inspiring sights, even during tense confrontations. He'll even sketch as he walks, not caring about things like bicycle traffic or climbing to dangerous heights. |
| 261 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 262 | ** "Garaku" contains the kanji for "brush-stroke (画)" and "comfort (楽)", fitting for an artist with a laid-back attitude who was born from an ink brush. |
| 263 | ** "Utagawa" is the name of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_school school of ukiyo-e artists]]. |
| 264 | * MellowFellow: Usually a very affable and calm type, though the sincerity of this behavior is sometimes questionable. |
| 265 | * TheMinionMaster: A multitude of Utagawa's drawings can fight for him at once, in great size or number. |
| 266 | * MorphicResonance: His hair, especially when poking out of his hat, resembles the bristles of the paintbrush he was born from. |
| 267 | * MyGreatestFailure: He was powerless to [[spoiler:save Mei from being drowned as a TargetedHumanSacrifice, ForcedToWatch while beaten and restrained.]] |
| 268 | -->'''Garaku''' (to Matsuri after [[spoiler:sealing his powers]]): Doesn't it feel so sad... to be powerless? |
| 269 | * NinjaLog: He can instantly create an ink decoy of himself to take attacks in his place. |
| 270 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: He plays up his [[CutenessProximity gushing over Shirogane]] as a means to drag the cat away from Suzu and Matsuri, leaving Suzu alone to try using her power to cure Matsuri. |
| 271 | * OpaqueNerdGlasses: His large, circular glasses sometimes become opaque. Depending on the scene, they can make him seem more nerdy or function as ScaryShinyGlasses. |
| 272 | * PaperPeople: His octopus, and possibly other drawings, can move around as flat features on surfaces even without coming out of them. |
| 273 | * PowersDoTheFighting: Utagawa relies heavily on his drawings to handle his opponents, dedicating what physical abilities he possesses to drawing ''faster'' (enough so to draw on his opponents). |
| 274 | * PurelyAestheticGlasses: Garaku normally wears glasses, which have actual glass lenses, but don't seem to do anything, given he's a humanoid spirit. He's shown without them in flashbacks to his "youth" (as much as he had one), and can fight without them. |
| 275 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's been around since the end of the Edo Period, making him about 150 years old. |
| 276 | * ShapeshifterDefaultForm: He usually looks human, but refers to that as his "basic" form. He already looked human, but younger, when first born from an ink brush, suggesting it's a "true form" to some extent. |
| 277 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: Garaku sees Matsuri as the best way to awaken Suzu's powers, and so has repeatedly arranged for them to be alone together. Conversely, he doesn't want them to get ''too'' close together, concluding Suzu will advance most swiftly if she believes her love is just out of reach. |
| 278 | * SinisterSurveillance: One of his more suspicious activities is to have his small drawings carry a camcorder around to covertly keep tabs on Suzu and Matsuri. |
| 279 | * SuperSpeed: Garaku can make large, complex drawing instantly and seems to be able to move fast as well, catching up with an opponent he launched into the sky and exiting battle via FlashStep. |
| 280 | * SupernaturalSealing: Garaku can draw a crest on a human's hands, applying a {{curse}} that [[PowerNullifier seals away their spiritual powers]], though abilities that only involve controlling ''kon'' internally are unaffected. Despite being drawn with ink, washing the physical mark off does nothing to remove the curse. |
| 281 | * TentacledTerror: One of his drawings is a giant octopus that ends up [[TentacleRope (suggestively) grabbing Matsuri and Suzu]]. |
| 282 | * TricksterMentor: Besides openly mentoring Suzu to use her powers, Garaku also covertly puts her in situations that will bring them out. |
| 283 | * WildCard: He's not much for loyalty, and will give his aid to whoever advances his personal interest. Garaku seemingly considered himself a follower of Shirogane simply because he thought the cat ayakashi was cute. Yet even though it goes against Shirogane's wishes, he helps Suzu train her ayakashi medium powers for the chance to draw her at full power. [[spoiler:He eventually declares his loyalty to Shadow Mei just for being some version of the woman he loves, but turns out to be a FakeDefector--likely hoping Shadow Mei can be led away from destructive goals.]] |
| 284 | * {{Youkai}}: He's identified as the ''[[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]]'' of a famous artist's brush. |
| 285 | * ZergRush: He makes a swarm of rabbits and frogs to overwhelm Matsuri and take his scroll. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Sosuke Hinojiki '''(spoilers)''']] |
| 289 | !!Sosuke Hinojiki (日喰想介) |
| 290 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka |
| 291 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sosuke_8.jpg]] |
| 292 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for his form shortly after becoming a jinyo.]]\ |
| 293 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/early_jinyo_sosuke.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 294 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for his form after his defeat.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/56_sosuke_revived.jpg]] |
| 295 | [[/labelnote]] |
| 296 | A jinyo (humanoid ayakashi) born from an ikon. Before becoming fully human-like, he fought Shirogane, and they injured each other before retreating. He posed as a high school student to kidnap Suzu and feed on her power. |
| 297 | |
| 298 | After his initial appearance ends with his defeat and exorcism, Sosuke is revived by Shadow Mei to act as her servant, and himself plans to get revenge on Matsuri. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * AccidentalPervert: Sosuke attacks Matsuri while he's using the toilet simply because he was alone, not expecting Matsuri to react as if he was a peeping tom. Either Sosuke underestimated how much Matsuri had gotten used to being female, or just generally doesn't understand human shame. |
| 301 | * AmbiguousSyntax: After his HeelFaceTurn, "Devouring Shadow" is replaced with "Wicked Devourer". While the former is a shadow ''that'' eats people's haku, Sosuke's inner monologue specifies the "wicked" are ''what'' the latter eats. The ambiguity is even more emphasized in Japanese, where they're called "Kagebami (影食)" and "Magabami (禍食)", which mean "Shadow/Evil Eater". |
| 302 | * ArcVillain: The manga's first extended story arc, which takes up the majority of the third volume, centers on defeating Sosuke and his army of iyo. |
| 303 | * ArchEnemy: He proved more than a match for a fully-powered Shirogane, which pressed the latter into his initial goal to devour Suzu. Shirogane remains hostile toward him even after he revives as a better person. |
| 304 | * AntagonistAbilities: As a villain, Hinojiki used Devouring Shadow, which created a sense of dread as it could strike unseen from any direction. Its heroic restoration, Wicked Devourer, acts like an extension of Hinojiki's body as he directly attacks. |
| 305 | * AscendedDemon: After Engulfing Shadow is destroyed, Sosuke's hunger ceases and he makes it his life mission [[TheAtoner to make up for the ayakashi he's killed]]. |
| 306 | * TheAtoner: After he's saved from his out-of-control powers by Matsuri and Suzu and learns what empathy is, he vows to make up for all the ayakashi he sadistically devoured. |
| 307 | * BackFromTheDead: After Matsuri's exorcism scatters Sosuke to the wind, Shadow Mei is able to gather his energy back together to reform his body, albeit imperfectly. |
| 308 | * BadPowersBadPeople: Engulfing Shadow is almost inherently lethal, eating people's life away, and Sosuke's HeelFaceTurn involves him [[RedemptionDemotion losing it]]. |
| 309 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: He eventually decides he can use his power to devour ayakashi alive [[GoodIsNotSoft because they're dangerous and malicious enough that it's necessary to protect the innocent]]. |
| 310 | * BaitTheDog: He introduces himself as another human who can see ayakashi, and approaches Suzu to heal an injured one he found. Then he eats it, revealing it was all a trick to taste Suzu's haku (most likely he injured it to begin with) before taking her away. |
| 311 | * BattleButler: After he's saved from Shadow Mei's cruel servitude, he gets hired by Lucy to work at her mansion, and develops Wicked Devourer to protect her. |
| 312 | * BeautyIsBad: He has a pretty, [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon innocent-looking]] face that makes everyone take notice, but his behaviour is fundamentally the same as any ravenous ikon. |
| 313 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Seeing Suzu show concern for him inspires Sosuke to feel the same for others for the first time. |
| 314 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Sosuke did his best to seem like a kindred spirit to Suzu, acting shy, meek, worried about ayakashi, and enamored with her in particular. |
| 315 | * TheBlank: Before he became flat-out human-looking, the jinyo that would later call himself "Sosuke Hinojiki" was a human-shaped mass; solid black, barring his stark-white teeth. |
| 316 | * TheBusCameBack: After over 50 chapters absent, Sosuke returns to the story, having become a steward at Lu's mansion. |
| 317 | * CardCarryingVillain: Sosuke will proudly declare that he's a deceitful sadist, though he attributes it to a jinyo, the ayakashi closest to [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans]]. |
| 318 | * CombatPragmatist: Although quite arrogant, Sosuke is quick to resort to misdirection (lying about how his powers work, attacking from the front while Engulfing Shadow comes at his enemy from behind) or outright underhanded methods (attacking Suzu as a distraction to create an opening). |
| 319 | * ConfusionFu: Engulfing Shadow can materialize anywhere in Sosuke's view, letting him completely blindside his enemies. |
| 320 | * CripplingOverspecialization: His Engulfing Shadow devours the haku that ayakashi and their jutsu are made of, allowing him to overwhelm Shirogane even after the latter regains his full power. However, it ''only'' devours haku, so Matsuri force-feeding it his kon-based wind ultimately does him in. |
| 321 | * CuriousQualmsOfConscience: Seeing Suzu crying as he died, despite the bad thing he'd done to her, makes Sosuke unwilling to eat other people or ayakashi. He's confused and infuriated that something he did without question now feels wrong. |
| 322 | * DePower: After Shadow Mei sends Engulfing Shadow out of control, Suzu and Matsuri destroy it, leaving Sosuke unable to use it again but also causing him to cease hungering. |
| 323 | * DemotedToDragon: He was the series' first ArcVillain and seemingly died. When he shows back up, he's serving a new major villain, Mei. |
| 324 | * DeathOrGloryAttack: Though Engulfing Shadow is devastating if it makes contact, it's also fragile, and any damage it suffers carries over to his actual body. For this reason, it's usually held back until the target is distracted or otherwise unable to counterattack. |
| 325 | * DiscardAndDraw: After losing his Engulfing Shadow, he develops a new power, Wicked Devourer, consisting of a pair of phantom hands with mouths. |
| 326 | * EmotionEater: Although he feeds on LifeEnergy, the emotions of those he takes it from affect the flavor. Since he was born of negative emotions, pain, sadness, and fear make it taste better to him. |
| 327 | -->''Hurting them… devouring their friends in front of them… instead of giving them a quick death, [[JustToyingWithThem toying with them as they attempt to escape]]… This deliciously changes the taste of haku.'' |
| 328 | * EnergyAbsorption: His Engulfing Shadow can absorb haku even from ayakashi jutsu, completely nullifying them. It doesn't work against human ninjutsu, because those are made of kon. |
| 329 | * EvilIsHammy: He makes a big show of explaining himself to Suzu, with some outright flamboyant hand gestures. |
| 330 | * ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: Subverted. Sosuke actually ''lies'' about how his powers work, claiming that he can devour the haku of anyone he touches, but he really just summons a mouth that devours haku within its vicinity. Sosuke even mocks Matsuri for actually believing he would explain how his abilities work to the enemy and proudly states he's not trustworthy. When the revived Matsuri deduces that he can't devour kon at all, Sosuke's InnerMonologue confirms this, but he refuses to say it out loud to avoid giving Matsuri an advantage and instead continues to lie. Unfortunately for him, Matsuri easily sees through his lies and is able to successfully exploit his weakness with a technique. |
| 331 | * ExplosiveLeash: When reassembling him, Mei planted one of her black origami inside, making it possible for her to torture or kill him at will. |
| 332 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Bits of insincere politeness are mixed in with his smug condescension. He even calmly addresses Matsuri on a FullNameBasis, despite Matsuri furiously calling him [[RaceNameBasis "jinyo"]]. |
| 333 | * FightingSpirit: His most powerful ability, Engulfing Shadow, is a spectral human mouth that eats haku, which he can manifest anywhere in sight up to a considerable distance, and is how he's able to eat ayakashi too large for his humanoid mouth. However, it's also [[AttackItsWeakPoint a giant gaping weak point]] [[{{Synchronization}} that will damage his actual mouth]], so he usually reserves it for surprise attacks. |
| 334 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Sosuke started off like any other ikon, but gradually accumulated enough power to rival the ayakashi king himself. |
| 335 | * GlassCannon: He can instantly incapacitate seemingly anyone by taking away their haku, but it's implied his durability is far less impressive. Once he consumes almost all of Shirogane's haku, Sosuke gains his SuperToughness along with it. However, his mouth remains a weak point, leaving him a literal "Glass-''jawed'' Cannon". |
| 336 | * GodInHumanForm: He is a jinyo, an ayakashi that's visibly very much like a human. Unlike Garaku, this seems to be his natural form, and even his spiritual presence is difficult to distinguish from that of a human. |
| 337 | * GoodHurtsEvil: Sosuke finds still-inhabited places like a school "tiring" for the positive thoughts they possess, and prefers to hang around an abandoned hotel. |
| 338 | * HopeCrusher: Sosuke took Suzu alive, letting her friends follow after so he could kill them. Seeing their bodies would fill her with despair, making her haku taste that much better. |
| 339 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: He considers his callous, hedonistic disregard for the lives of both humans and ayakashi as a natural result of being created by humans. |
| 340 | -->'''Suzu''': You're really sick.\ |
| 341 | '''Sosuke''': That's right. The same as you humans. |
| 342 | * HumanoidAbomination: When he first became a jinyo, he was a [[TheBlank featureless]] silhouette, and only became indistinguishable from a human later on. |
| 343 | * InhumanEyeConcealers: Sosuke eventually wears an eyepatch to cover a facial injury that shows his shadowy innards. |
| 344 | * KnightOfCerebus: Unlike Shirogane, he's played completely seriously as a threat, and the RescueArc he incites caused major changes to the series status quo. After his revival, he keeps going for the same gravitas but isn't strong or intimidating enough to pull it off, instead becoming TheComicallySerious. |
| 345 | * LastNameBasis: He's referred to exclusively by his (self-appointed) surname. |
| 346 | * TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: Despite easily devouring jutsu from a fully-powered Shirogane, and wanting to eat Suzu, he physically defends himself from her haku-infused origami, which clues Matsuri in that his Engulfing Shadow can only devour pure haku. |
| 347 | * TheManBehindTheMonsters: A humanoid ayakashi that leads a group of much more monstrous-looking iyo. |
| 348 | * ManOfKryptonite: Although a tough customer even to an exorcist ninja, Sosuke's Engulfing Shadow makes him especially effective against other ayakashi. By directly eating the haku that fuels their jutsu and composes their body, he easily negates their attacks and punches right through their defenses. |
| 349 | * MasterOfIllusion: Sosuke can create illusions of multiple mouths in order to trick the enemy and catch them off-guard. |
| 350 | * MeaningfulName: He eats other ayakashi and "Hinojiki" is spelled with the kanji for "eat (喰)". |
| 351 | * MeaningfulRename: He was NeverGivenAName because of his barely-sentient origin, and so came up with his current one upon achieving fully-human form. |
| 352 | * NoSavingThrow: Although very powerful ayakashi are resistant to most forms of attack, Engulfing Shadow seems to ignore that entirely to eat right through them. Matsuri was able to recover only because he had an extra store of haku that replaced what he lost. |
| 353 | * OneTrackMindedHunger: Despite having fully-human intelligence, Sosuke is focused entirely on devouring as much haku as possible, and making it taste as good as he can. His encounters with Suzu suddenly make him doubt himself, and put aside his hunger to resolve the ensuing existential crisis. |
| 354 | * OneWingedAngel: After Shadow Mei suspects Sosuke has failed or will betray her, she induces a SuperpowerMeltdown in him that turns him into a raging, giant version of his shadowy form with a BellyMouth. |
| 355 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He wants revenge on Matsuri personally, and even saves him from Shadow Mei to do so later. |
| 356 | * TheParalyzer: Any body part he takes haku from is rendered paralyzed and numb, though if he takes enough, it's outright lethal. |
| 357 | * PickyPeopleEater: Sosuke picks his meals for taste as much as the power he'll gain from them. He tried to torment Suzu to make her taste better, and described the haku from Shirogane's curse on Matsuri as "too strong". |
| 358 | * PutOnABus: After Suzu and Matsuri free Sosuke from Shadow Mei's control, he turns down a room at the Kazamaki residence to go on a RedemptionQuest elsewhere. |
| 359 | * RedBaron: "The Gourmet Jinyo" |
| 360 | * ReallySeventeenYearsOld: In his childlike form, Sosuke says he's a short twenty-year-old to get a job at Lu's mansion, which they believe because jinyo have power over how people perceive them. Though he's not technically a child in either case. |
| 361 | * RedemptionEqualsAffliction: His damaged and weakened form after resurrection leads him to switch sides. Afterward, his eye is only partly healed and he remains in his smaller form. |
| 362 | * RubberMan: He can reshape and resize his body in shadowy form, usually [[ShapeshifterWeapon turning his hands]] into a giant [[ForkFencing fork]] and [[BladeBelowTheShoulder knife]]. |
| 363 | * {{Sadist}}: Inflicting misery on people before he kills them quite literally gives him pleasure. |
| 364 | * ToServeMan: Sosuke is willing to eat humans, and unlike Shirogane, doesn't limit himself to ayakashi mediums, even if they are the most desirable. If Suzu hadn't caught his attention, he would have gone on a feeding spree. |
| 365 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Sosuke created a Hokusai High School uniform to blend in when first introduced, but continued to wear it in the ensuing battle, though a flashback shows he had other clothes. After his revival, he salvages the same clothing [[ImprovisedClothes and some scraps]] to fit his shrunken body. |
| 366 | * SinisterSurveillance: The smaller, hard-to-detect ikon gathered intelligence on Matsuri and Suzu on Sosuke's orders. |
| 367 | * SleepModeSize: After Matsuri defeats him, he spends most of his time by Mei's side as a small black spirit that looks more like a regular ikon. Even when taking humanoid form, he's still much smaller and younger-looking than he was originally. |
| 368 | * TheSociopath: He views the iyo under him as tools, and all other forms of life as a means to satisfy his hunger and hedonism. In his final moments, he does manage to show some empathy for Suzu. Once brought back, he's suddenly averse to eating people and only wants to kill Matsuri, indicating jinyo like him may eventually develop a conscience. |
| 369 | * SympathyForTheHero: Seeing Suzu crying as he dies, despite the pain he'd caused her, makes Sosuke "lose his appetite". Far from a passing feeling, he outright stops eating even once he's revived. |
| 370 | * TeethFlying: The blast of wind Matsuri shoves down Engulfing Shadow blows several of its teeth out. |
| 371 | * TooPowerfulToLive: Before he can take advantage of the tremendous power he absorbed from Shirogane, Matsuri kills him by taking advantage of his biggest weak point. When he comes back, it's in a much weaker form, and he's unwilling to use his most powerful technique. |
| 372 | * UncannyValleyGirl: {{Gender Inverted|Trope}}; he seems like a quiet, polite PrettyBoy, albeit with a bit of a [[ThousandYardStare blank stare]]. In reality, he's a heartless [[SapientEatSapient cannibal]]. |
| 373 | * VampiricDraining: He can consume LifeEnergy from people so fast as to cause local paralysis in a single strike, and death in a few more. It's visualized for humans as if he was tearing chunks out of their physical body; for other ayakashi, it's more than a visual. |
| 374 | * VegetarianVampire: Ikon-spawn are defined by their hunger for haku, but Suzu's influence has left him unwilling to eat any, even as he wastes away to the point of collapsing mid-battle. |
| 375 | * WillfullyWeak: His acquired aversion to eating haku keeps him from using Engulfing Shadow, even in battle against people he specifically ''wants'' to kill. |
| 376 | [[/folder]] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | [[folder:Snegurochka/"Rochka"]] |
| 379 | !!Snegurochka (スネグーラチカ)/"Rochka (ラチカ)" |
| 380 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rochka_color_ayakashi.jpeg]] |
| 381 | [[caption-width-right:350:Rochka in her ayakashi form]] |
| 382 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here for Rochka's human form.]]\ |
| 383 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rochka_color.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | A snow spirit from Russia that tries to take the title of King of the Ayakashi. |
| 386 | ---- |
| 387 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: Though Snegurochka is an embodiment of winter, she is traditionally a corporeal being. In ''Theatre/TheSnowMaiden'', she's not treated as much different than a human. Here, Snegurochka is a spirit that most people cannot see or hear until she makes an effort to make herself visible. Most likely, she is a {{tulpa}} created by knowledge of the folklore character, but only matching her as closely as an ayakashi can. |
| 388 | * AdoptedToTheHouse: After giving up her ambition to be King of the Ayakashi, she moves into Garaku's studio and takes a human form, [[RelativelyFlimsyExcuse pretending to be his niece]]. After [[spoiler:Garaku starts working for Mei]], Rochka moves into the Kazamaki house, and Suzu says she's like Matsuri's little sister. |
| 389 | * AlternateCharacterReading: One of her attacks is spelled "雪玉乱舞", which would normally be pronounced "yukidama ranbu (wild dance of the snowballs)", but is instead give the transliterated pronunciation of the Russian word "pulemet (machine gun)". |
| 390 | * ArcVillain: Rochka's attempt to usurp Suzu's position as King of the Ayakashi is the focus of the manga's second continuous story arc. |
| 391 | * BenevolentGenie: Her "Podarok" power can give one person a day whatever they most want at the moment, imitating her grandfather. As it's weaker than the original ability, whatever it is [[HourOfPower will disappear after a few hours at most]], which is compared to melting snow. |
| 392 | * CostumesChangeYourSize: Her snowshoes are highly cylindrical, yet her (proportionally-human) bare feet outside them are clearly too long to fit inside. |
| 393 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After Suzu calms down her rampage, she and Ungaikyo give up on trying to take her title. |
| 394 | * ElementalSpeed: She freezes the ground under her feet to slide around at high speed. |
| 395 | * EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: Snegurochka is likely decades or over a century old, but acts just as young as she looks. Because of this, Suzu feels it's her responsibility as King of the Ayakashi to look after her. Rochka once insisted to Une she could be let in on mature topics, but was ignored and [[IResembleThatRemark responded in a very childish way]]. |
| 396 | * TheFairFolk: A cute, mischievous spirit who gladly pulls mean-spirited or outright dangerous tricks on Suzu for getting in her way. |
| 397 | * FearOfThunder: A lightning storm outside causes Rochka to suddenly huddle on the ground and [[SecurityCling cling to Matsuri]]. |
| 398 | * ForgotAboutHerPowers: Her clothes tend to melt in hot weather simply because she doesn't remember to use her powers to cool them off. |
| 399 | -->'''Soga:''' Why don't you envelop yourself with cold air? Not that it's any of my business.\ |
| 400 | '''Rochka:''' You're so smart!\ |
| 401 | '''Ponosuke:''' ''(thinking, holding back laughter)'' She's not so bright, Po. |
| 402 | * AnIcePerson: Rochka can lower temperatures and create ice, letting her do things like freeze water in a sink, encase things and even people in ice, and launch giant icicles. |
| 403 | * GodInHumanForm: Another humanoid ayakashi, though unlike Garaku and Sosuke, normal people still couldn't see her at first. She eventually takes an outright human form, that only visibly differs by the more mundane clothes. |
| 404 | * GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Her clothes are apparently made by her ice powers. They melt in hot water, and are shown reformed in a cloud of snowflakes. She can even duplicate a PimpedOutDress she's just seen in a photo. |
| 405 | * HornedHumanoid: Antlers form on Rochka's head when she unleashes her power, much like ones on her ice golem's head. |
| 406 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Despite her powers and harassing Suzu, she's ultimately just a little girl desperate for companions after winding up in a foreign land. When Une, her only friend at the time, turns on her for losing a snowball fight, she becomes so distraught that her powers go out of control until she's comforted by Suzu, who had also suffered from loneliness before meeting Matsuri. |
| 407 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: After moving into the Kazamaki household, Rochka acts much like his AnnoyingYoungerSibling. |
| 408 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Ungaikyo calls Snegurochka useless as soon as their planned coup fails, causing the snow ayakashi to [[TantrumThrowing throw a fit]] by trashing Ungaikyo's mirror world. Suzu gets Ungaikyo to apologize, after which they become friends again. |
| 409 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: All of her antics are played for humor, but some of her actions could easily hurt or kill Suzu, and Garaku points out she could easily escalate to something much worse. A bad mood will show how frighteningly powerful and uncontrolled she is, though she may be more of a threat to herself than others. |
| 410 | * ObliviousAdoption: Rochka effectively gets adopted into the Kazamaki household, but (separately) thinks Seigen is her biological grandfather (as much as she understands the concept). |
| 411 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mostly goes by "Rochka", a shortened version of her name/title. |
| 412 | * PhenotypeStereotype: A blonde, blue-eyed Russian. |
| 413 | * PoirotSpeak: Peppers her dialogue with GratuitousRussian exclamations, like shouting out "страшно (scary)!" when she tricks Suzu into biting a frozen donut. |
| 414 | * PowerIncontinence: Once Rochka gets into an UnstoppableRage, she loses control of her powers, even as her BerserkerTears turn into TearsOfFear. Without Suzu's CooldownHug, she may not have stopped until she exhausted her power and disappeared. Being afraid can also cause her powers to falter. |
| 415 | * ThePrankster: Rochka plans to usurp Suzu's title by driving her away from ayakashi with things like freezing her food so she hurts herself biting into it, or making her trip into Matsuri during gym glass. Occasionally, she'll throw in much more dangerous "pranks" (like almost impaling her on a giant icicle). |
| 416 | * PublicDomainCharacter: While most ayakashi are based on types of mythological creatures, Snegurochka is a specific individual from Russian folklore. Garaku describes her in [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasIsBourgeois the Soviet tradition where she is Ded Moroz's granddaughter]], though the original character had older origins. |
| 417 | * RaisedByWolves: Although Snegurochka looks human and acts like a child, she spent most of her life in a picture book without actual humans treating her like one. This leaves her ignorant of things like completely basic sex education or [[LethallyStupid how extreme cold can kill people]]. Rochka also doesn't seem to understand how families and relatives work, thinking she and Matsuri are both Ded Moroz's "grandchildren" without piecing together that would make them either siblings or cousins. |
| 418 | -->'''Rochka''': Oh! Want me to freeze your intestines!\ |
| 419 | '''Suzu''': That'd kill Matsuri! |
| 420 | * RefugeeFromTVLand: Snegurochka was either created by or summoned into a picture book where she was the main character, referred to as her "spirit vessel (yorishiro)". Rochka speaks of another character from the book as if he was real, but knows he would have to become an ayakashi for that to happen. |
| 421 | * {{Snowlems}}: One of her more dangerous abilities is creating a multi-story ice golem with the head of a deer around herself, which she controls while sticking out of its head. |
| 422 | * TookALevelInKindness: By the time she moves in with Matsuri, Rochka's antagonism to him has completely disappeared, and she's happy to join him in doing household chores. |
| 423 | * TopHeavyGuy: Her ice golem has a huge, humanoid torso and arms, but narrower deer-like legs. Suzu realizes [[HobblingTheGiant that makes them a weak point]]. |
| 424 | * {{Tsundere}}: |
| 425 | ** Rochka is initially the Bitter-type to Matsuri, vocalizing her distrust and dislike while holding many more positive thoughts to herself. She even does [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial the classic line]]: |
| 426 | --->''It's not like I opened up to you, Kazamaki.'' |
| 427 | ** After moving into his home, she becomes the Sweet-type, usually getting along nicely but getting loudly upset over things like Matsuri not letting her win at video games. |
| 428 | * VagueAge: Physically, Snegurochka is clearly prepubescent, but her chronological age is unspecified. The folklore character is well over a century old, but this character came from a specific book that could have been printed much more recently. Rochka once insisted she was "not a child", but that could be talking about actual age or just pointing out she is an ageless spirit. |
| 429 | * WinterRoyalLady: She's called a "Snow Princess" and wears a fancy-trimmed fur suit with an elaborate star jewel on the hat. |
| 430 | * YukiOnna: Tanumaro initially mistook her for a yuki onna, and Matsuri calls her the Russian equivalent thereof after learning her true identity. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:Une/Ungaikyo]] |
| 434 | !!Une (卯音)/Ungaikyo (雲外鏡) |
| 435 | |
| 436 | [[quoteright:223:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/une_color.jpg]] |
| 437 | [[caption-width-right:223:[[labelnote:Click here for Une's form in old times.]]\ |
| 438 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/une.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | A mirror ayakashi that works alongside Rochka to take Suzu's title. |
| 441 | ---- |
| 442 | * AdoptedToTheHouse: After giving up her ambition to be King of the Ayakashi, she moves into Garaku's studio to stay with Rochka and then moves into the Kazamaki household with her as well. |
| 443 | * AffectionateNickname: Referred to by Rochka as "U-chan". The first translation localized this as "Ungai" (probably so people wouldn't mispronounce the "u" part like the word "you"), but the second kept it unchanged. |
| 444 | * AintTooProudToBeg: When Snegurochka turns on her, Ungaikyo does an about face and starts begging for Shirogane's help. |
| 445 | * BeamSpam: Her humanoid form can create [[AttackDrone several other floating mirrors]] that can shoot and [[AttackReflector reflect]] beams of light. |
| 446 | * BizarreAlienLimbs: The cloudy "hair" around her mirror body sometimes extends slightly to gesture or grasps small objects as hands would, like sticking out under her mouth for a NoblewomansLaugh. |
| 447 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: Her humanoid form's irises and sclera invert colors [[MindControlEyes when she becomes corrupted]]. |
| 448 | * BrokenPedestal: She looked down on Shirogane for being "domesticated" and passing his title to a human, and decided to take it herself. |
| 449 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After Suzu gets her to reconcile with Rochka, the two of them give up on trying to take her title. |
| 450 | * DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: She's occasionally shown smoking a ''kiseru'' (even though her face is a mirror), fitting a likely very-old ayakashi. In her humanoid form it is presented as SmokingIsGlamorous. |
| 451 | * {{Flight}}: Her mirror form levitates on its own while her human form does so on a cloud. |
| 452 | * FlyingFace: Her weaker form is basically a face on a levitating mirror. |
| 453 | * GodInHumanForm: She looks like a human when she gets powerful enough, though unlike Garaku or a jinyo she's implied (by her speech bubble) to still be humanly invisible. |
| 454 | * HarmlessVillain: Her idea to take Suzu's title is challenging her to a snowball fight, and (angrily) keeps her promise to give up once she loses. She is more dangerous when corrupted. |
| 455 | * HotInHumanForm: The form she has at the peak of her power looks like an ''[[HighClassCallGirl oiran]]'' from the RedLightDistrict of old Edo. |
| 456 | * InconsistentSpelling: "Une" was originally written "ウネ" in just hiragana, then it was rewritten in kanji in chapter 100. |
| 457 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: When Matsuri [[spoiler:splits into separate male and female bodies, and they're arguing over which one is real, Une innocently brings up that inanimate objects can become ayakashi, leading everyone to think that female Matsuri is merely a personification of the Gender Swap Awakened jutsu. She regrets her choice of words when female Matsuri runs off in an existential crisis.]] |
| 458 | * LightEmUp: As a mirror, many of her powers are based on controlling light. Currently, this mostly consists of illusion. At the height of her strength, she can use her power over mirrors to redirect light into a laser powerful enough to melt Reo's blacksmithing hammer's metal head. |
| 459 | * LoadBearingBoss: If she loses consciousness, her mirror world disintegrates--which can be quite a problem if she's ''in'' it at the time. |
| 460 | * MasterOfIllusion: She can make light projections in her mirror world, creating a DoppelgangerSpin of herself and Rochka. [[SoLastSeason What she doesn't anticipate]] is that Matsuri's Calm Formation can already see through such illusions. |
| 461 | * MirrorMonster: Besides being a MagicMirror herself, Ungaikyo can bring herself and others in and out of a mirror world through reflective surfaces. |
| 462 | * MonstrosityEqualsWeakness: Une went through the BishonenLine in reverse, looking like a human when she was most powerful and taking her mirror form as her power faded with time. |
| 463 | * MorphicResonance: Her human form has the same eyebrows as her mirror form, wears lipstick the same color as its mouth, hair similar to the clouds around it in shape and color, and the handle sticks out of her head like a hairpin. |
| 464 | * NeverMyFault: Ungaikyo and Snegurochka both promise to leave Suzu alone if they're hit by a single snowball, assuming Ungaikyo's illusion meant they couldn't lose. When Matsuri quickly sees through it and defeats them, Ungaikyo blames Snegurochka and calls her useless. |
| 465 | * PhantomZone: The mirror world she created is an uninhabited copy of the material world, letting her use reflective surfaces to spy on people and create {{Extra Dimensional Shortcut}}s. Damaging it has no effect on the other side. |
| 466 | * PowersDoTheFighting: Une's mirror form lacks any physical ability to fight, instead relying on illusions and mirror traveling powers. Though her humanoid form has actual limbs, she stays mostly stationary while attacking with summoned mirrors. |
| 467 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Une is about two centuries old. |
| 468 | * RedHerring: Introduced as TheManBehindTheMan to Rochka, seemingly insisting they use violence against Suzu and Matsuri, which she'll be able to in her mirror world. Then it turns out Ungaikyo's plan was very benign and easily dealt-with, while Snegurochka proves to be the much more powerful and dangerous one during their intro arc. |
| 469 | * SuddenNameChange: Initially, "Ungaikyo" is treated as a name[[labelnote:*]]Most uses in the Japanese version are ambiguous, because the language lacks definite articles, but at least one (by Matsuri in chapter 40) only makes sense as a name.[[/labelnote]]. Then, in chapter 43, Matoi speaks of "Ungaikyo" as her ''[[RaceNameBasis species]]'' and "Une" her individual name. |
| 470 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristic: Her "face" has some lines indicative of eyelashes. |
| 471 | * TormentByAnnoyance: The most malicious thing she tries is throwing snowballs at Suzu until she gives up. |
| 472 | * UnusualEyebrows: In both mirror and human form, her eyebrows are only crescent-shaped nubs on the innermost part of her face. |
| 473 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Une avoids the rain, because it causes her to rust. |
| 474 | * {{Youkai}}: She is an [[http://yokai.com/ungaikyou/ ungaikyo]], specifically the version that's a living creature rather than an inanimate object. She is specifically the tsukumogami of a mirror from the Yoshiwara RedLightDistrict. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Shadow Mei '''(spoilers)''']] |
| 478 | !!Shadow Mei (カゲメイ) |
| 479 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/56_mei_jinyo.jpg]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | Originally an omokage Mei accidentally created in her dying moments, she later gained full sapience but is still driven by the desire that created her--namely to "end the world of humans". Despite having a different origin than an ikon, her malicious nature causes Matsuri and Soga to consider her a jinyo. |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * AbsurdPhobia: Mei is desperately afraid of having her picture taken because she sincerely believes in the superstition that it will pull out your spirit. |
| 484 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has long dark hair and a haughty and cold attitude, which she maintains even after she [[HeelFaceTurn stops being a villain]]. |
| 485 | * AppropriatedAppelation: Matoi called her "Shadow Mei" during a fight, which she immediately took a liking to and started using. |
| 486 | * ArcVillain: She's the main antagonist of volumes 7 and 8. Although she doesn't explicitly stops being a villain after, she's reduced to being more of a SitcomArchnemesis. |
| 487 | * AscendedDemon: According to Lippy, her LovePotion working on Shadow Mei means her heart has once again become that of a human's. |
| 488 | * AwesomenessIsAForce: Upon exerting a significant amount of power, her surroundings quake just from her presence. A kunai accidentally thrown at her head is ''disintegrated'' on contact by her BattleAura before noticing it. |
| 489 | * BadBoss: After Sosuke defies her orders, Mei beats him and threatens to kill him if he disobeys. She later drives his powers out of control to have him kill Matsuri, not caring in the slightest that he'll die in the process. |
| 490 | -->'''Sosuke''': Is that what you do to a '''friend'''? |
| 491 | * BathingBeauty: She has several scenes where she bathes, which she seems to like to do whenever she needs to think. |
| 492 | * BookDumb: Thanks largely to her upbringing and FishOutOfWater status, she gets '''every''' question wrong on all of her first set of exams. |
| 493 | * BrokenBird: She was created out of the resentment of Mei at her lowest point, with her only goal being to KillAllHumans. But as she starts to become human once again and gives up on her genocidal goals, she becomes more broken by having to deal with Mei's emotional trauma. |
| 494 | * ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: After she learns to use the Life Halo's power to destroy instead of create, Mei compares the way it sits behind her to a butterfly's wings. |
| 495 | -->''I will flutter like a butterfly and bring an end to the human world.'' |
| 496 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: She has the same sizable bust that Mei had, but it's put in much more emphasis than Mei's chest ever was, due to her constant nudity and frequent MaleGaze shots on her chest. Yayo explicitly refers to her breasts as "ginormous" and even Matsuri is in awe of her breasts, referring to them as a [[UnusualEuphemism "terrifying pressure"]] and finding them incredibly hard to ignore. |
| 497 | * CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Shadow Mei normally cares little for modesty, first confronting Matsuri and Soga while bathing without the slightest concern about her nudity. When Matsuri (unintentionally) drugs her with a powder-based LovePotion, she attempts to bathe with Matsuri so she can provoke envy from Suzu, only to find herself suddenly mortified from being seen naked. |
| 498 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: |
| 499 | ** After Matsuri expels her from Suzu's body, and Kanade admits that he helped her move past misanthropy, she deems him her biggest obstacle to her vengeance against humanity. However, she also realizes that outright killing him will lead to Suzu's body rejecting her, so the next best thing is to mess with their relationship. |
| 500 | ** Since she needs to merge with Suzu to obtain their full power as an ayakashi medium, Matsuri is skeptical that she's responsible for the corruption of Bakuzou and Une, who were both specifically trying to kill Suzu. This is made more apparent with the corrupted Donpa, who tries kill Mei as well. The Gogyosen later admit to being the culprits. |
| 501 | * CharacterTics: She's constantly putting her extended fingers in front of her mouth, palm in, as a show of haughtiness. |
| 502 | * DarkIsEvil: Her ''yakko'' are made of black paper instead of white like Suzu and the original Mei. |
| 503 | * DemonicPossession: She takes possession of Suzu's body. |
| 504 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Her eyes are always drawn as solid, without any sheen, undermining her superficial cheerful attitude. [[EyesAreMental This carries over]] to Suzu when [[MindControlEyes Mei possesses her]]. When she shows signs of getting over her grudge, Mei's eyes are drawn normally. |
| 505 | * EnemyWithout: She embodies the darkest feelings of resentment Mei buried deep inside herself. |
| 506 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite trying to sabotage their relationship, Shadow Mei is noticeably shocked when [[PowerPerversionPotential Suzu uses her omokage powers to grope Matsuri after Kanade leaves the former's body]]. |
| 507 | * EvilDoppelganger: She's a version of Mei with similar powers but driven entirely by her darkest, most hateful desires. She even considers her powers just a recreation of what she had as a human. |
| 508 | * FamilialBodySnatcher: She's Mei's EvilDoppelganger and wants to possess Mei's {{Reincarnation}} so she can obtain the full powers of the ayakashi medium. |
| 509 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Since she's an ayakashi from the edo era, she has little knowledge of how things work, and is especially troubled and confused by modern technology, even getting scared of a bus and being [[AbsurdPhobia afraid of getting her picture taken]]. |
| 510 | * FullFrontalAssault: Matsuri and Soga run into her while she's bathing, and Mei decides to fight without bothering to dress because she knew how Soga would react to a naked woman. When they manage to IgnoreTheFanservice, she just conjures clothes back on her in an instant. |
| 511 | * GameBreakingInjury: She was heavily injured when Matsuri exorcized her from Suzu's body. Though Garaku's paint can patch her up, it and her body will eventually [[HeroicRROD start to deteriorate if she seriously fights for too long]]. |
| 512 | * GhostlyGoals: Like any other omokage, her fundamental desire is the one that created her--to destroy the world of humans--and she'll presumably disappear if she does. |
| 513 | * GodivaHair: A scene of Mei bathing has her hair draped over her breast, though the strands are so thin they only "cover" her breast thanks to BarbieDollAnatomy. |
| 514 | * GoodHurtsEvil: As with regular jinyo, Mei is averse to positive human emotions (even if she seems to view them as good things). |
| 515 | -->''How lovely. Is this what you humans call friendship? It makes me want to puke.'' |
| 516 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal: Mei is less durable than the similarly-powerful Shirogane, as Soga is perfectly able to cut her, but her regenerative powers make up for it. |
| 517 | * HarmfulHealing: By using the Ayakashi Medium's HealingHands with malice, she is able to make life [[OverclockingAttack go out of control and die rapidly]]. |
| 518 | * TheHeavy: As Suzu's HerosEvilPredecessor, she is a central and recurring antagonist throughout the story and Suzu has to make peace with her eventually in order to become a real ayakashi medium and reverts Matsuri and Shirogane's curses. |
| 519 | * HerosEvilPredecessor: Though the original Mei was just as kind as Suzu, Shadow Mei was [[MadeOfEvil born out of Mei's final resentful feelings towards humans]], and as such is is evil and has the much-more-realized ayakashi medium powers. (She's also technically older than Suzu, even if she's only been active for a short time.) |
| 520 | * HolyHalo: After training, she ended up rediscovering something even Mei Hirasaka had all but forgotten, the Life Halo. The Life Halo is a circle of life energy centered behind the Ayakashi Medium's head, allowing her to open a door to the outside of LifeEnergy. |
| 521 | * HumansAreBastards: Since he was born out of Mei's resentment towards the villagers who used her as a HumanSacrifice, Shadow Mei sees humans as scum and wants to KillAllHumans. |
| 522 | * InconsistentSpelling: In Japanese, "Shadow Mei (Kagemei)" is first written "カゲ命依" (keeping her actual name in kanji), then afterwards simplified to "カゲメイ" (all katakana). When she's later just called "Mei", the katakana still distinguishes her from her human body. |
| 523 | * IncredibleShrinkingMan: Just as Suzu can shrink her omokage, Shadow Mei can shrink herself small enough to ride on her own origami. |
| 524 | * ItsWhatIDo: Although this Mei is independently sapient, she doesn't question the morality of her goals, just seeing it as an inherent part of her being. |
| 525 | -->'''Shadow Mei:''' I'm just [[JustFollowingOrders fulfilling the wish]] of my human body. |
| 526 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: She resents Suzu for being able to leave a relatively normal life with friends and loved ones, while she has Mei's painful memories of the Edo period and is literally MadeOfEvil. |
| 527 | * JerkassToOne: As her interest in seeing humanity destroyed wanes but her resentment remains, Shadow Mei decides--by his suggestion--to make Matsuri her whipping boy. |
| 528 | * KickChick: Her physical attacks are mostly kicks and knees. |
| 529 | * KickTheDog: One of her first scenes has her literally kicking Sosuke in the head, to illustrate how little empathy she has for others. |
| 530 | * KillAllHumans: She was born from Mei Hirasaka's dying wish, to get {{Revenge}} against humanity for murdering her [[UngratefulTownsfolk despite everything she did for them]]. |
| 531 | * KissOfDeath: Matsuri gives her a kiss in order to exorcise her [[DemonicPossession from Suzu's body]] and wake Suzu up. The kiss gives them a direct connection Shadow Mei tries to channel her HarmfulHealing through. |
| 532 | * KungFuWizard: She uses her powers to fight with origami like Suzu does, but is much more capable of fighting with her bare hands because she doesn't have a human body limiting her. |
| 533 | * LasciviousBeautyMark: Since she has Mei's body, she also has the beauty mark under her left eye, but unlike her original self Shadow Mei has [[SexierAlterEgo coy and seductive attitude]] and is much more willing to [[TheVamp use her feminine charms to manipulate others or get her way]]. |
| 534 | * LettingHerHairDown: She's identical to Mei, with the only real way to tell them apart is the fact Shadow Mei keeps her hair down, possibly to illustrate how she has a much more wild and seductive personality than the mature and composed Mei that kept her hair in a ponytail. |
| 535 | * LivingWithTheVillain: After her first defeat, she decides to pull a truce with the protagonists, and starts living normally around them, even going to the same school, even though she's still plotting to take over Suzu's body. The protagonists know this, but Suzu hopes living among humans might also soften her up and have her give up on her goals to KillAllHumans. |
| 536 | * LongHairIsFeminine: Just like Mei she's very feminine and has incredibly long hair, which is even more emphasized by the face she keeps it down. |
| 537 | * LoveRedeems: After Garaku is revived from his HeroicSacrifice, Mei decides to leave her ayakashi medium powers inside Suzu and live by his side. |
| 538 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Her origami can create a very durable turtle that can block attacks, and once she possesses Suzu she can make a shield projected between several yakko servants. |
| 539 | * MadeOfEvil: Soga and Matsuri consider her a jinyo because her spiritual energy is full of the hate and resentment that created her by the despair Mei felt upon being betrayed and used as a HumanSacrifice. |
| 540 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: Upon possessing Suzu, Mei can make her own omokage, and instead of making it smaller, she makes it a giant with GlowingEyesOfDoom she calls a "[[https://yokai.com/daidarabotchi Daidara Botchi]]". |
| 541 | * MoralMyopia: She gets angry at Matsuri for accidentally subjecting her to a LovePotion (which he dispelled the moment he realized she was afflicted), despite repeatedly and maliciously pulling similar stunts on him (she'd turned him into a cat just a few chapters beforehand) when she stopped trying to kill him outright. |
| 542 | * MsFanservice: She's a very attractive girl with a [[BuxomBeautyStandard voluptuous figure]] that frequently acts seductively or is showing skin. Her very first has her NakedOnArrival, with a MaleGaze shot of her ToplessnessFromTheBack as she bathes, and she soon goes on a FullFrontalAssault against the protagonists, with only GodivaHair, ShouldersUpNudity and BarbieDollAnatomy preventing the scene from being explicit. |
| 543 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Being an omokage converts her tremendous spiritual power into physical force without changing the original Mei's slender frame. |
| 544 | * MyGrandsonMyself: When she attends school, she pretends to be the cousin of Suzu, her {{Reincarnation}}. |
| 545 | * NakedFirstImpression: She's first encountered by Soga and Matsuri when they happen upon her [[OutdoorBathPeeping taking an outdoor bath]]. It's implied this wasn't an accident, but a trap to send Soga reeling and lower Matsuri's guard while she goes on a FullFrontalAssault. |
| 546 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Even when she's [[VillainsOutShopping trying to relax]], she can be disturbing. For karaoke, she picks the [[IronicNurseryTune famously creepy]] children's song "Kagome, Kagome" and performs it in a very dark and disturbing manner. |
| 547 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: She's strangely affectionate toward Matsuri, casually [[VillainousFaceHold grabbing his face]] and [[CradlingYourKill hugging him]] in the middle of a fight. She also examines the body of Mei's reincarnation, Suzu, by grabbing her thighs, much to Suzu's annoyance. One chapter visualizes Mei possessing Suzu as [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty feeling her up while she's bound and unconscious]] while [[OutOfClothesExperience both are naked]]. |
| 548 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: After Shadow Mei starts attending school, the pleasantries of modern living largely distract her from her villainous goals, but it's shown she is still incredibly powerful, temperamental, and quick to violence. |
| 549 | * PerpetualSmiler: She's almost always smiling, even though she's [[StepfordSmiler never happy]]. |
| 550 | * PragmaticPansexuality: She doesn't hesitate to let herself be seen naked by Soga or forcibly kiss Matsuri if she thinks she can get something out of it. |
| 551 | * ProudBeauty: At first she only used her good looks to manipulate others to fulfill her objectives, but as she becomes more human, she seems to view her beauty more positively and starts being arrogant about it, especially her [[BigBreastPride chest size]]. |
| 552 | * PullingThemselvesTogether: Soga cuts off her arms, but it quickly floats back up and reattaches itself. |
| 553 | * RedemptionDemotion: She is introduced as an extremely vicious villain much stronger than almost any other character. A few arcs later, she pulls a truce, but is still both plotting evilly and capable of fighting if she wanted to. But once she goes from biding her time among humans to [[spoiler:regaining a human heart]], simply ''being upset'' makes her incapable of using her powers at all. |
| 554 | * RelationshipSabotage: After her first attempt at a DemonicPossession of Suzu ended in failure due to her feelings for Matsuri, she decides her best course of action is to break up their relationship, so she can take over Suzu when she's at an emotional low. |
| 555 | * RemovedAchillesHeel: Omokage have superhuman strength, but using it usually causes damaging feedback to their creator's body. The original Mei's body is long dead and gone, so her omokage doesn't have to worry about that. |
| 556 | * RevengeBeforeReason: In her past lives, she was a victim of AllTheOtherReindeer, always culminating in her murder. Protecting them from Ayakashi only resulted in the {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s using her as a HumanSacrifice. Her other personality considered revenge, but thought it through carefully, and ultimately decided on a different tactic, to blend in with normal humans completely. But Shadow Mei has decided to KillAllHumans, even though she is technically of humanity as well. She doesn't seem to have considered [[AndThenWhat what will happen next]]. |
| 557 | * SandInMyEyes: She gets teary-eyed when Garaku comes BackFromTheDead, but when Kanade points this out, she excuses it as dust in her eyes, despite being in a spirit world inside Suzu at the time. |
| 558 | * SealedEvilInACan: The jinyo Mei was until recently sealed in a rock along with several other ayakashi from the human Mei's lifetime. Unlike the others, Mei didn't deliberately seal her away, she was formed inside the rock to begin with. |
| 559 | * SelfDuplication: While possessing Suzu, she can create her own omokage, and have out (though not necessarily control) more than one at a time. |
| 560 | * SexierAlterEgo: She acts in a much more sensual manner than Mei ever did. This is partly out of pragmatism since she's aware she's attractive and [[TheVamp uses it to her advantage]]. |
| 561 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Has no problem whatsoever with being seen naked, only sarcastically chiding Matsuri for "peeping" during his NakedFirstImpression of her. She's also not above taking advantage of going on a FullFrontalAssault because she knows that people find her body [[DistractedByTheSexy distractingly attractive]], so it may give her an edge in battle. |
| 562 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: Mei wants Suzu and Matsuri to break up so Suzu will be easier for her to possess, and so encourages anyone else who'd rather get with Matsuri instead, including Lu and Soga. |
| 563 | * SinisterSurveillance: She frequently uses her black origami to spy on Suzu and Matsuri, which was how she knew the latter’s name as well as Soga’s vulnerability to women before she even met them. |
| 564 | * SitcomArchnemesis: She eventually makes a goal of tormenting Matsuri, but Mei finds herself unwilling to kill him or even enjoy beating him, instead aiming just to humiliate him (though still potentially endangering in the process). |
| 565 | * SleepsInTheNude: She sleeps without any clothes, and even her ModestyBedsheet does not cover much of her, illustrating her sensual and shameless personality. |
| 566 | * SplitPersonalityMerge: She is far more than just an Omokage. She is an actual separated piece of the Ayakashi Medium. She hopes to merge back with Suzu and Mei Hirasaka while convincing them to KillAllHumans. |
| 567 | * SoulFragment: After possessing Suzu, Shadow Mei realizes she only has self-awareness because she has part of the original Mei's spirit. |
| 568 | * SugaryMalice: She keeps a cheerful and coy attitude even while being insulting, threatening, or violent. |
| 569 | * SweetTooth: She shares Suzu and the original Mei's love of sweet foods, and is impressed at how much modern-day humanity has besides persimmons. |
| 570 | * ThereCanBeOnlyOne: She plans to take the power of Mei Hirasaka's current {{Reincarnation}}, Suzu, to enact her goals. |
| 571 | * UncannyValleyGirl: This Mei maintains the original's upbeat and pleasant demeanor, even to people she's savagely beating and intends to kill. |
| 572 | * UnevilLaugh: She keeps Mei's "ni hi hi/heh heh heh" laugh, though the effect is deliberately jarring rather than comedic. |
| 573 | * TheVamp: She tries to use her looks to manipulate people, including taking advantage of Garaku's attraction to Mei to seduce him and have him side with her. This gets PlayedForLaughs when she later attempts to seduce Matsuri by pulling him with a ForcefulKiss Matsuri, but it ironically backfires not only due to Matsuri's feelings for Suzu, but because Suzu actually manages to outdo her by pulling Matsuri for a tongue kiss, which Shadow Mei is surprised by since she's a FishOutOfTemporalWater her ideas of what is "sexually bold" are very different and she didn't even realize kissing with tongues was a thing. |
| 574 | * VillainDecay: She was introduced as a powerful and plot-relevant villain who managed to defeat both Matsuri and his much stronger mother, and was only foiled via a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind when possessing Suzu. After that, she continues to be an antagonist but pulls a truce with the protagonists and her EvilPlan from that point forward is mostly trying to sabotage Matsuri and Suzu's relationship, and her character is overall played as more comedic than threatening. |
| 575 | [[/folder]] |
| 576 | |
| 577 | !Minor ayakashi |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Genba/Human-faced spider]] |
| 580 | !!Genba (減罵)/Human-faced Spider (人面蜘蛛) |
| 581 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ryou Sugisaki [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spider_3.jpg]] |
| 582 | |
| 583 | A skeletal, spider-like ayakashi that caused car accidents on a country road. Matsuri exorcises him in the first chapter. Later, it is specified to be an iyo. |
| 584 | ---- |
| 585 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: It not only has a humanoid head, but many other humanlike faces on its abdomen. |
| 586 | * BrokenRecord: What little dialogue it provides suggests it's incredibly violent and simpleminded. |
| 587 | -->''I'll kill you… kill kill kill kill kill kill!'' |
| 588 | * ClothingAppendage: The shape of and pattern on its head resembles a hard hat. |
| 589 | * TheHeartless: It is iyo, and thus developed from an ikon. The helmet-shaped head, clothes like overalls, and it attacking people on the road suggests some connection to construction workers. |
| 590 | * MeaningfulName: His name is spelt with the kanji for "reduce (減)" and "verbal abuse (罵)", reflecting how the only speech he's capable of is violent threats. |
| 591 | * MonstrousMandibles: Its upper jaw has a pair of sickle-like mandibles on each side. |
| 592 | * NoNameGiven: Not referred to by name, and may not actually have one in-universe, though the concept art in volume 1 calls him "Genba". |
| 593 | * StarterVillain: Allows Matsuri to demonstrate his exorcist abilities before facing the much more powerful Shirogane. |
| 594 | * TsuchigumoAndJorogumo: A GiantSpider with a humanlike head and hands. |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[folder:Tadare]] |
| 598 | !!Tadare (襴) |
| 599 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Itaru Yamamoto |
| 600 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tadare_edited.png]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | A oni-like ayakashi that was sealed in Mount Giboshi. Shirogane broke him out to recruit him as a minion, to little effect. |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * BigBadWannabe: Figured he could eat Suzu to become the new King of the Ayakashi, but is easily dispatched by Matsuri's wind ninjutsu. |
| 605 | * ChainedByFashion: Has chains wrapped around his shoulders and a shackle on his wrist, likely a remnant of his sealing. |
| 606 | * EyesAlwaysShut: His two regular eyes are mostly shown closed. |
| 607 | * EyesAreUnbreakable: An intact (regular-sized) eyeball of his is sent flying after his head is sliced in half. |
| 608 | * OffWithHisHead: Bisected above the jaw by Matsuri's razor wind. |
| 609 | * {{Oni}}: Has the monstrous, giant figure of an oni, though the ThirdEye and smaller regular eyes give a little resemblance to a ClassicalCyclops. |
| 610 | * SealedEvilInACan: Sealed in a small stone tower almost two hundred years ago; its power faded with time, allowing Shirogane to release Tadare even at low power. |
| 611 | * TheStarscream: Shirogane thought he would assist in retrieving the scroll from Matsuri. However, Tadare has no respect for an ayakashi "king" with no power, and simply followed him to learn Suzu's location so he could eat her himself. |
| 612 | * ThirdEye: Has one large eye in the middle of his brow that opens sideways. |
| 613 | * TopHeavyGuy: His lower half is not shown in the manga (and actually seems sunken into the ground), but the concept art in volume 1 shows he has a disproportionately squat lower body. |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[folder:Chochi]] |
| 617 | !!Chochi (チョッチー) |
| 618 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chochi_edited.jpg]] |
| 619 | A lantern ayakashi who hung around Suzu and pestered Matsuri in their childhood. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * TheImp: He scares Matsuri for fun, but Suzu insists he doesn't mean any harm. |
| 622 | * ALizardNamedLiz: "Chochi" is a diminutive of "''chōchin''", exactly the type of paper lantern he is. |
| 623 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He directly led to Matsuri and Suzu's first meeting. |
| 624 | * StealthPun: He's a paper lantern, like those used for decorative lighting in Japanese festivals, which followed around Matsuri. The Japanese word for "festival" is "matsuri". |
| 625 | * {{Youkai}}: Based on ''[[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]]'', specifically a ''chōchin-obake'' (paper lantern spirit), though he doesn't appear to be a ''tsukumogami'' in the in-universe definition. |
| 626 | [[/folder]] |
| 627 | |
| 628 | [[folder:Bottle-nosed Roller]] |
| 629 | !!Bottle-nosed Roller (とっくり転かし) |
| 630 | [[quoteright:231:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bottle_nose_roller.png]] |
| 631 | A very small ayakashi that possessed Yayo and caused her to trip. |
| 632 | ---- |
| 633 | * BeneathSuspicion: Its spiritual power is so low, even Matsuri's pinwheel couldn't detect it. |
| 634 | * {{Curse}}: It possessed Yayo, but instead of [[DemonicPossession controlling her]], it simply made her constantly trip. |
| 635 | * GoAndSinNoMore: Matsuri "exorcises" a spirit such as it by performing a bizarre ritual to scare it away from where humans live. |
| 636 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Described as having low intelligence, apparently not having any idea how its possession affects people. |
| 637 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite its incredibly low power and causing people to trip seeming like a minor annoyance, he almost makes Yayo [[StaircaseTumble fall down a flight of steps]]. |
| 638 | * {{Youkai}}: Similar to a ''[[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]]'', in this case a small jar, though like Chochi he doesn't have a physical body. |
| 639 | [[/folder]] |
| 640 | |
| 641 | [[folder:Azubeh]] |
| 642 | !!Azubeh (あずべえ) |
| 643 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azube.jpg]] |
| 644 | An azuki bean counter that comes to Suzu after his box of beans went missing. |
| 645 | ---- |
| 646 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Written on his apron is the kanji for "bean (豆)". |
| 647 | * LiteralMetaphor: He's a "bean counter"; not an accountant, but someone whose sole purpose is to literally count beans. |
| 648 | * FadingAway: Counting his beans is so fundamental to his existence, he'll disappear if prevented from doing so for too long. |
| 649 | * ALizardNamedLiz: An azuki bean counter named "Azubeh". |
| 650 | * {{Youkai}}: Azubeh is an [[http://yokai.com/azukihakari/ azuki hakari/azuki bean counter]]. He fits the description of a shirtless imp, though he's less mischievous from what we see, being happy to count his beans instead of making mysterious noises to bother people. |
| 651 | [[/folder]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | [[folder:Sohachi-bon]] |
| 654 | !!Sohachi-bon (そうはちばん) |
| 655 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sohachi_bon.jpg]] |
| 656 | |
| 657 | A tsukumogami that possessed a cymbal, causing it to fly around and be seen by humans as a UFO. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | * AlienFairFolk: UFO sightings were reported in the area where Sohachi-bon flew around. After Lu investigates the area and finds "Shiromatsu", he disappears right as Sohachi-bon passes overheard, which she concludes is his spaceship. |
| 660 | * ADogNamedDog: "Sohachi-bon" is the type of instrument this spirit has possessed, a cymbal used for traditional Buddhist rituals. |
| 661 | * EyesAreMental: Sporting a pair of eyes show the cymbal is being inhabited by a spirit. |
| 662 | * GoAndSinNoMore: Suzu decides chasing down and catching it was enough punishment, though Matsuri accidentally [[AssKicksYou sits on it]], causing it to flee far away. |
| 663 | * InconsistentSpelling: The English version spells its name both "Sohachi-bon" and "Sohachibon". |
| 664 | * MeaningfulName: Besides describing the possessed object itself, "sohachi-bon" is regional slang for a FlyingSaucer or other UFO. |
| 665 | * PokemonSpeak: It can only say "bon", the last syllable of its name. |
| 666 | * {{Youkai}}: Identified as a [[AnimateInanimateObject tsukumogami]] of a cymbal. |
| 667 | [[/folder]] |
| 668 | |
| 669 | [[folder:Lost house]] |
| 670 | !!Lost house (迷イ家) |
| 671 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lost_house.jpg]] |
| 672 | A spirit inhabiting a vacant house Garaku purchased. It was created by the memories of a married couple who lived there in the 1970s. |
| 673 | ---- |
| 674 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: It's shaped like a stylized house. |
| 675 | * DomainHolder: Within [[HauntedHouse the house it haunts]], it's able to eject Shirogane, seal the exits, recreate furniture, and control the [[PeoplePuppets bodies]] and [[EmotionControl emotions]] of people inside while preventing them from seeing anything outside. Only [[spoiler:Suzu's awaken power]] is able to break from its control. |
| 676 | * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: It duplicates the happiness of the married couple on Suzu and Matsuri, in their case helped by them actually being in love with each other. |
| 677 | * GhostlyGoals: It wanted to see the couple who lived in the house again, and happily faded away upon being shown a projection in their image. |
| 678 | * IntriguedByHumanity: It's only interest in humans, not other ayakashi, and ejects Shirogane from the building. |
| 679 | * MadeOfGood: Formed by the memories of a HappilyMarried couple. |
| 680 | * NeverGivenAName: It doesn't have a name, it's just identified by the type of ayakashi it is. |
| 681 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Suzu and Matsuri can feel it has no ill intent as it puppeteers them. |
| 682 | * TenderTears: It tears up at the sight of its creators. |
| 683 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: It would eventually fade away once its house goes uninhabited for long enough. |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | [[folder:Chirizuka Kaiou]] |
| 687 | !!Chirizuka Kaiou (塵塚怪王) |
| 688 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chirizuka_kaiou.jpg]] |
| 689 | The Ghost King of Dust who ruled over the tsukumogami before being sealed away in a stone. Eventually the Ghost King breaks out, and for some reason turns to Suzu for revenge. |
| 690 | ---- |
| 691 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Their wind powers completely overwhelm Matsuri's and bring the young ninja to his knees. But the Ghost King is in turn slain by Garaku, showing off the power ayakashi can obtain in modern times. |
| 692 | * BadassBoast: "All things eventually turn to dust. Fear and respect me, humans. As I command over everything in this world." |
| 693 | * BlackCloak: Everything but its head and hands is covered in a tattered black cloak. |
| 694 | * BlowYouAway: Their fan makes gales that transmit their decay. |
| 695 | -->''It is the wind that transforms all things to dust.'' |
| 696 | * CombatHandFan: It carries a hand fan, which can apply its corrosive powers on contact, disintegrating Matsuri's kunai seconds after they clash, and creates gusts of the wind that do the same. |
| 697 | * DarkIsEvil: A being in a black cloak and black hat, with long black nails, that comes after Suzu with vicious intent. |
| 698 | * ExpressiveMask: Their mask ''sweats'' in fear of Garaku's true power. |
| 699 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: After being sealed away for 150 years, the Ghost King has no idea how humans have proliferated and developed new technology, or how ayakashi can use that to their advantage. |
| 700 | * FogFeet: It has arms, but floats around without any visible feet. |
| 701 | * HatOfAuthority: Wears an ''eboshi'' to signify its position as King of Tsukumogami. |
| 702 | * HumanResources: They made a habit of gathering dust made from human remains, especially those of exorcist ninja who went after them. |
| 703 | * MakeThemRot: It can make things rapidly corrode, [[WalkingWasteland including everything around it]]. For living things, their actual flesh won't rot until its energy spreads through the whole body, [[NoOntologicalInertia which will be stopped and reversed if the Ghost King is defeated]], but it will still hurt and weaken them in the meantime. Ayakashi that are powerful enough [[NoSell will simply be unaffected]]. |
| 704 | * MistakenIdentity: It mistakes Suzu for another ayakashi medium, [[spoiler:her past life]], who sealed it away. When Garaku explains the difference, [[AlternatePersonalityPunishment the Ghost King decides to hold her accountable anyway]]. |
| 705 | * OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Besides the beard on their mask, nothing points to them as a particular gender. In the Japanese version, they use the archaic gender-neutral pronoun [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns ware]]. In English, Shirogane calls Chirizuka Kaiou "that one" and Matsuri calls them [[ItIsDehumanizing "it"]]. (Their title is translated as "king", but elsewhere the word is treated as gender-neutral.) |
| 706 | * Really700YearsOld: Garaku said the Ghost King's been around since the Heian period, which would make them over eight centuries old. |
| 707 | * SealedEvilInACan: It was sealed away in stone since the Meiji era by an ayakashi medium, but somehow managed to break from its prison. |
| 708 | * WeaponsThatSuck: They can summon a chest that opens up and sucks things in, making them more powerful by literally gathering dust. |
| 709 | * WhiteMaskOfDoom: It wears a stark-white Noh mask, assuming that's not its face. |
| 710 | * YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord: The English version introduces it by its untranslated Japanese name/title, then afterward by the loose translation "Ghost King of Dust". |
| 711 | * {{Youkai}}: [[http://yokai.com/chirizukakaiou/ Based on a yokai of the same name]]; it shares the chest full of dust and authority over tsukumogami. Instead of an oni-like creature with a crown, it's a wraith-like figure in a cloak, mask, and noble's hat. |
| 712 | [[/folder]] |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[folder:Oshira]] |
| 715 | !!Oshira (オシラ) |
| 716 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oshira.jpg]] |
| 717 | An ayakashi moth living in the hidden village, who tailors Suzu's ayakashi medium costume. |
| 718 | ---- |
| 719 | * AllWebbedUp: To size Suzu's outfit, she uses silkworm threads that take off Suzu's clothes and wrap around her body. |
| 720 | * EquippableAlly: Oshira carries a pair of silkworms, possibly young of her own species, which extrude strands under her control. |
| 721 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: She starts measuring Suzu's body the instant she walks into her shop, without explaining herself or even making her presence known. |
| 722 | * MothMenace: Suzu and Matsuri believe she was on the edge of attacking them for intruding, [[SubvertedTrope though she was actually just taking Suzu's measurement]]. |
| 723 | * MultiarmedMultitasking: She uses one pair of arms to hold her silkworms while the other pair write the measurements she takes in a notebook. |
| 724 | * PrettyButterflies: A very cute moth woman. |
| 725 | [[/folder]] |
| 726 | |
| 727 | [[folder:Hiderigami/Batsu]] |
| 728 | !!Hiderigama (日照り神) / Batsu (魃) |
| 729 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiderigami.jpg]] |
| 730 | |
| 731 | The second of four ancient ayakashi that were released from Mei's seal, an embodiment of drought that causes a heat wave throughout Omiko City. |
| 732 | ---- |
| 733 | * BackstabBackfire: Pretends to accept Suzu's handshake, but actually planned to incinerate her. Matsuri sees his glowing hand and kills him before he can try. |
| 734 | * {{Cyclops}}: An ayakashi with only a single, large eyeball. |
| 735 | * EmotionEater: The suffering its heat waves inflict make the Hiderigami grow stronger. |
| 736 | * ElementalShapeshifter: It can turn into heat itself, making it impossible to fight. Matsuri's group must lure it out beforehand. |
| 737 | * TheFarmerAndTheViper: The Hiderigama comes to realize that what Mei Hirasaka said was true. Humans have changed over time and have largely forgotten the existence of ayakashi. Even as it scorched the humans, they did not bend down in fear, and the attention it received from the exorcist ninjas almost resulted in it being slain. Suzu offers it a new life in an old ayakashi village. Seeing Suzu's outstretched hand of friendship, it considers her offer and moves its own hand... to burn her. As a result, Matsuri is forced to kill it. |
| 738 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: |
| 739 | ** Being sealed away in the 19th century, it's completely stunned at how openly sexual Reo and Suzu can act. |
| 740 | --->'''Hiderigami:''' The world during the Edo Period never had any people like this! |
| 741 | ** The technology humans have developed to deal with heat and drought (like air conditioning and refrigeration) leave him admitting he's far less feared than he used to be. |
| 742 | * FunHatingVillain: It hates when people enjoy themselves despite its heat waves, which Reo takes advantage of to draw it out with a beach party. |
| 743 | * GenderFlip: Traditionally, Hiderigami are [[OneGenderRace all-female]] (though not visibly feminine), but this version uses the mostly-masculine pronoun ''washi''. The English version mostly has characters use [[ItIsDehumanizing "it"]], but switch to masculine pronouns in its last scene. |
| 744 | * AGodAmI: Several ayakashi have been worshipped as gods, but the Hiderigami gets especially into the idea of actually being one. |
| 745 | -->''Fear me! Worship me!'' |
| 746 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Matsuri's wind horizontally bisects it at torso level. |
| 747 | * IHaveManyNames: Referred to as both "Batsu" and "Hiderigami". Though more ambiguous in Japanese, the English version makes it sound like "Batsu" is a personal name while "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe the Hiderigami]]" is either a title or description of species. |
| 748 | * JerkassGods: It's been worshiped as a god and doesn't just get more powerful from the misery it inflicts, it enjoys it as well. |
| 749 | * JustIgnoreIt: It's so desperate to inflict misery on people with its heat, it focuses its attention on anyone who can ignore it. If its confidence is lost, its power will falter and force it into the open. |
| 750 | * MistakenIdentity: Like Kaiou, the Hiderigami mistakes Suzu for Mei. Suzu corrects him, though it's not clear if he understood or cared. |
| 751 | * RedemptionRejection: Seemingly realizes its time as a feared god has passed, but instead of retiring peacefully, it spends its last moment trying to get [[SoreLoser petty revenge]] on Suzu. |
| 752 | * SoreLoser: He realizes that Mei and Suzu are correct in that his time as a dreaded god has passed, but rejects Suzu's offer for friendship and redemption in favor of just trying to incinerate her instead. |
| 753 | * WeatherManipulation: Able to cause an intense, city-wide HeatWave. |
| 754 | * {{Youkai}}: [[http://yokai.com/hiderigami/ A youkai]] associated with heat and drought. It has the traditional [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]] and matted hair, but instead of being a humanoid with one arm and leg, it's a {{Cephalothorax}} with two arms and FogFeet. |
| 755 | [[/folder]] |
| 756 | |
| 757 | [[folder:Kubire Oni]] |
| 758 | !!Kubire Oni (縊鬼) |
| 759 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kubire_oni.jpg]] |
| 760 | |
| 761 | The third of four ancient ayakashi that were released from Mei's seal, a long-haired humanoid that kills humans and makes it look like suicide. |
| 762 | ---- |
| 763 | * ConditionalPowers: Only humans able to see ayakashi are affected by Kubire Oni's powers. |
| 764 | * EvilGloating: Moments before it tried to kill Yayo, it started talking with her just to mock her. |
| 765 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: It thinks that cutting short the lives of kind people who deserve a good life is hilarious. |
| 766 | * FogFeet: It has no legs; it's body below the waist is just a tattered robe. |
| 767 | * ForTheEvulz: Doesn't just kill people for fun, but likes when its victims are kind and virtuous. |
| 768 | -->''You deserve to have a good life. It would be soooo unfair for it to be cut short. If such a thing were to happen… [[BaitAndSwitchComment it'd be hilarious]].'' |
| 769 | * TheHeartless: It is an embodiment of the contempt for the living felt by people who killed themselves. |
| 770 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Holding a similar view to Sosuke, Kubire Oni blames its inherently murderous nature on the humans whose emotions created it. |
| 771 | -->''It is the wish of humans to kill other humans.'' |
| 772 | * OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Kubire Oni is humanoid, but too monstrous (and their bare chest too [[NothingButSkinAndBones emaciated]]) to identify as male or female. Considering they were born from the emotions of multiple humans, they may be neither. In Japanese, they use the feminine-leaning pronoun ''watashi''. In English, Yayo calls them "her" when mistaking them for a human, most others use "it", and Suzu switches to "they" while praying for them after they're exorcised. |
| 773 | * IRegretNothing: It thinks that its own pointless death is pretty funny. |
| 774 | * TheNoseless: It has no nose or nostrils, just a blank space on its face between its eyes and mouth. |
| 775 | * PrehensileHair: Its hair is able to move and grab things, using the humans it possesses as PeoplePuppets. |
| 776 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide: It controls people's bodies to kill them while making it look like suicide, for instance making Yayo step off her apartment's balcony. |
| 777 | * SealedEvilInACan: Mei Hirasaka sealed it away in the hope that it would reform by the time of her next life. Unfortunately, even by the time the seal is broken, it is still up to its old tricks. |
| 778 | * StringyHairedGhostGirl: It has the white robe and long stringy hair of an ''onryo'', though it's gender isn't exactly obvious. |
| 779 | * VengefulGhost: Though not the ghost of an individual person, it is a murderous entity created by the hate of the deceased--not for any particular wrong-doing, just a general spite toward the living. |
| 780 | * {{Youkai}}: Based on [[http://yokai.com/itsuki/ a yokai of the same name]], which are also created by humans that committed suicide and try to force more to do the same. Traditional kubire oni are the ghosts of those actual individuals, who use a CompellingVoice and hope that they'll get someone to take their place in the afterlife. This version is an inhuman spirit formed by their resentment, that physically controls people's bodies and kills purely out of spite. Oddly, Matoi actually calls it both "ayakashi" and "youkai". |
| 781 | [[/folder]] |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[folder:Sukerūpe/See-Thru Loupe]] |
| 784 | !!Sukerūpe (スケルーペ)/See-Thru Loupe |
| 785 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loupe.jpg]] |
| 786 | An apparently mindless iyo formed from "certain perverted human wishes" that causes people to see through clothing. |
| 787 | ---- |
| 788 | * PunnyName: Its Japanese name is an amalgamation of "suke suke (see through)", "sukebe (lecher)", and "rūpe (loupe)". |
| 789 | * SeeThruSpecs: Causes whoever it's in contact with to see through the clothing of those it's paying attention to. |
| 790 | [[/folder]] |
| 791 | |
| 792 | [[folder:Buruburu/Shiv]] |
| 793 | !!Buruburu (震々)/Shiv |
| 794 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shiv_7.jpg]] |
| 795 | An ayakashi born from the imagination of people feeling the chills, which was sealed away in the Edo era and freed by Shadow Mei to menace a beach. |
| 796 | ---- |
| 797 | * DubNameChange: Their Japanese name is "Buruburu", an onomatopoeia for shivering. The English version makes their name "Shiv", an abbreviation of "shivver". The Spanish version makes it "Tembleque", which means "shakes/trembling (from illness, cold, or fear)". |
| 798 | * AnIcePerson: It possesses people to make their bodies (feel) cold. |
| 799 | * HarmlessVillain: Making tourists feel cold isn't exactly the most dangerous thing ayakashi have tried. (Fooling around with Matsuri's swimsuit is more questionable, but not something he holds them accountable for.) |
| 800 | * TheNoseless: They just have nostrils, not a full nose. |
| 801 | * OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Like Kubire Oni, its humanoid features are too decrepit to identify a gender. In the English version, Mei refers to Shiv as "it". |
| 802 | * {{Poltergeist}}: After being driven from Matsuri's body, it instead possesses his ''[[PowerPerversionPotential bikini briefs]]'' to make them "shiver". |
| 803 | * SealedEvilInACan: It was sealed in a rock in the Edo era. Suzu agrees with Shadow Mei that this was far too harsh and lets them off with a scolding afterward. |
| 804 | * SleepModeSize: They take a smaller, less-intimidating form after being expelled from Matsuri's body. |
| 805 | * VerbalTic: Frequently throws "buru (brr)" into their speech. |
| 806 | [[/folder]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[folder:Bakuzou]] |
| 809 | !!Bakuzou (バク蔵) |
| 810 | [[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baku.jpg]] |
| 811 | [[caption-width-right:308:[[labelnote:Click here for Bakuzou's corrupted form.]]\ |
| 812 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bakuzou_corrupted.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 813 | |
| 814 | |
| 815 | A dream-eating ayakashi that would normally help people, but was somehow corrupted to attack Suzu through Ritta's dreams. |
| 816 | ---- |
| 817 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a ''haramaki'' (stomach band) and nothing else in their regular form. |
| 818 | * ADogNamedDog: His name is basically a combination of "baku" and "zou", the Japanese word for elephant (albeit using a different kanji for the latter). |
| 819 | * {{Baku}}: It mostly resembles a black elephant. Shirogane implies it normally fulfills the roles of protecting humans by eating their bad dreams. This one was corrupted, causing it ''give'' people bad dreams, and even kill them inside them. |
| 820 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: It was turned violent and evil by some outside force, most likely an ikon. |
| 821 | [[/folder]] |
| 822 | |
| 823 | [[folder:Onryou/Vengeful spirit]] |
| 824 | !!Onryou (怨霊)/Vengeful spirit |
| 825 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vengeful_ghost.jpg]] |
| 826 | |
| 827 | A skeleton ayakashi manifesting soldier killed in a Sengoku era battle. It was disturbed by the ayakashi medium wandering near their grave and possessed Lu to attack her. |
| 828 | ---- |
| 829 | * CombatPragmatist: Being made from soldiers, it isn't above [[GroinAttack kicking Matsuri in the crotch]] or [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown stomping him into the dirt]]. |
| 830 | * DemBones: Appears as a skeleton in armor. |
| 831 | * DemonicPossession: Possesses Lu to fight Matsuri and Suzu. |
| 832 | * NoNameGiven: Not called by any name, just its broad category of ayakashi. |
| 833 | * SwordAndFist: Fights in Lu's body with a sword and [[KickChick a series of stomps and high kicks]]. |
| 834 | * VengefulGhost: It's born of the hatred felt by many people killed in a battle, though it's not the ghost ''of'' a particular individual. In Japanese, it's called an ''onryou'' just like Kubire Oni. |
| 835 | [[/folder]] |
| 836 | |
| 837 | [[folder:Nurikabe/Wall Ayakashi]] |
| 838 | !! Nurikabe (ぬりかべ)/Wall ayakashi |
| 839 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1b.jpg]] |
| 840 | |
| 841 | A wall ayakashi that Soga and Ponosuke find obstructing a mountain road. |
| 842 | ---- |
| 843 | * DubNameChange: Despite ''nurikabe'' (lit. "painted wall") being a well-known type of yokai, the English version refers to it by the generic descriptor of "ayakashi wall". |
| 844 | * GoodAllAlong: Soga and Matsuri thought it was sleeping in the road for no reason and would have stayed as cars crashed into it. It was actually there to block a landslide from reaching a village beneath the mountain and left before any cars came. |
| 845 | * HeavySleeper: Matsuri and Soga are barely able to get it to react, much less wake up. |
| 846 | * HeroicDog: Its canine features are heavily emphasized and it wants to save a village full of humans just because it could. |
| 847 | * HeroicWillpower: Its powers have not faded in the modern era because it kept a strong sense of self, likely for the purpose of protecting people. |
| 848 | * NoSell: All Reo's ayakashi-repelling incense does to the nurikabe is make it [[SneezeOfDoom sneeze]], [[TheNudifier destroying some of Matsuri's clothes]]. |
| 849 | * {{Nurikabe}}: It's an old-fashioned fortress wall with three eyes and canine features--even the "stone" parts are shown in closeup to be a dense mat of fur that Matsuri gets stuck in. Instead of extending to block people it merely stays in place on a road. |
| 850 | * AnOddPlaceToSleep: Soga and Matsuri find it sleeping in the middle of a country road. Turns out it was just napping while waiting for something that would happen there later. |
| 851 | * StoneWall: Literally and figuratively; it simply ignores Matsuri and Soga's attempts to move it without budging or retaliating at all. |
| 852 | [[/folder]] |
| 853 | |
| 854 | [[folder:Nurarihyon]] |
| 855 | !!Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん) |
| 856 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nurarihyon_2.jpg]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | An ayakashi Suzu encountered in middle school. |
| 859 | ---- |
| 860 | * {{Youkai}}: It has the appearance of its traditional namesake and ability to make people unaware of the presence of itself or others. |
| 861 | [[/folder]] |
| 862 | |
| 863 | [[folder:Raijū/Lightning Beast]] |
| 864 | !!Raijū (雷獣)/Lightning Beast |
| 865 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raiju.jpg]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | A small lightning ayakashi that Soga chases through power lines and electronic devices. |
| 868 | ---- |
| 869 | * MultipleTailedBeast: It has two tails, each of which looks like a cable with an electrode at the end. |
| 870 | * NonMaliciousMonster: It's never shown as directly dangerous to people, Soga just captures it because it's a nuisance that accidentally damages personal electronics. |
| 871 | * {{Raiju}}: It's a quadruped with electrical powers about the size of a cat that constantly runs around. |
| 872 | * RideTheLightning: It turns into electricity to travel through power lines and electronic devices, deleting the latter's data when it enters. Soga captures it with [[SupernormalBindings a special leash]] that keeps it solid. |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:Tennin/Heavenly Beings]] |
| 876 | !!Tennin (天人)/Heavenly Beings |
| 877 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heavenly_beings.jpg]] |
| 878 | [[caption-width-right:350:The moon ayakashi while (above) and after (below) Matsuri was afraid of them]] |
| 879 | Ayakashi that live in the sky, created by human imagination of beings living on the moon. Their form is dictated by the people looking at them. |
| 880 | ---- |
| 881 | * AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: Matsuri saw them as the {{Lunarians}} from ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'' because he was always afraid Suzu would get taken away like Princess Kaguya. Once Suzu allays those fears, they instead look like a flock of {{Moon Rabbit}}s. |
| 882 | * MorphicResonance: Matsuri's fear made them look like moon people to him, but their eyes and eyebrows are the same, their clothes are the color of their fur, and their hair loops look like bunny ears. |
| 883 | * TimeStandsStill: They freeze time to eat Suzu's offerings. [[MoveInTheFrozenTime Suzu was unaffected]], either because they wanted to thank her or being the ayakashi medium made her immune. Matsuri wasn't frozen either because he'd recently eaten food she put her haku into. |
| 884 | [[/folder]] |
| 885 | |
| 886 | [[folder:The Corruption]] |
| 887 | !!The Corruption (穢れ) |
| 888 | A mysterious force that has recently appeared targeting Ayakashi, granting them the power they had at their height, at the cost of driving them to attack the current Ayakashi Medium Suzu Kanade. |
| 889 | ---- |
| 890 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Any Ayakashi it has infected becomes obsessed with killing the Ayakashi Medium. |
| 891 | * {{Curse}}: The corruption's primary purpose is to kill the ayakashi medium, taking control of anyone (or at least any other ayakashi) as a means to accomplish such. The final version of the curse is supposed to render the medium DeaderThanDead. [[spoiler:It ends up [[SealedInAPersonShapedCan sealed inside]] boy Matsuri, letting the Gogyosen control him to spread it to Suzu.]] |
| 892 | * TheHeartless: The corruption is a spell the [[spoiler:Gogyosen]] created out of [[ThePowerOfHate their hatred]] for the Ayakashi Medium. |
| 893 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: All that is known about the Corruption is that Suzu is its intended target. We don't know who controls it, what they want, or why they're using other Ayakashi to do so. [[spoiler:It is actually a weapon created by a human spell. The exorcist ninja council created it to kill their ArchEnemy, the Ayakashi Medium.]] |
| 894 | * ImmortalBreaker: [[spoiler:Since Amaterasu is a goddess, killing her for good is difficult. While the Ayakashi Medium she is part of can be killed, she will just reincarnate again. This spell was especially tailored to work around it so that the Gogyosen can finally put her down permanently.]] |
| 895 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: [[spoiler:If the current incarnation of the Ayakashi Medium witnesses this jutsu in its true form before it can take effect, it will no longer work on her until the next time she reincarnates. When an OutOfCharacterAlert causes Suzu to realize that boy!Matsuri is NotHimself, the Gogyosen's plans are foiled for the current generation.]] |
| 896 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: When Shadow Mei [[spoiler:enters boy Matsuri's body]], the curse manifests as dozens of arms coming out of a black void to attack her. |
| 897 | * NotMeThisTime: Matoi believed that Shadow Mei was responsible for the corruption since Suzu seems to be the intended target but Matsuri doesn't think so. He's proven right when Donpa, under the corruption's influence, absorbs her into the Crimson Gourd along with Suzu. |
| 898 | * SuperpoweredEvilSide: Any Ayakashi that falls under its influence gains a significant power boost while becoming obsessed with attacking Suzu. |
| 899 | * ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: The corruption was ''not'' spread to ayakashi expecting them to succeed at killing the ayakashi medium. Primarily, they were test subjects for a curse meant to destroy the medium permanently. |
| 900 | [[/folder]] |
| 901 | |
| 902 | [[folder:Medusa]] |
| 903 | !!Medusa (メデューサ) |
| 904 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/medusa_57.jpg]] |
| 905 | The series' second foreign ayakashi, it arrives at Lu's mansion in an art shipment and turns everyone to stone trying to make a nest. |
| 906 | ---- |
| 907 | * AmplifierArtifact: Most of its strength comes a sculpture it uses as a spirit vessel, which turns out to also be a HeartDrive. |
| 908 | * DeadlyGaze: Whatever it looks at [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]]. This doesn't seem to be based on eye contact, as a glancing blow to a person will simply cause ClothingDamage. |
| 909 | * EyeScream: Matsuri stabs his pinwheel into its left eye so it can't petrify him as quickly with just the other. |
| 910 | * HealingFactor: Matsuri decapitates its snakes and they regenerate seconds later. |
| 911 | * ItCanThink: Medusa mostly seems bestial and territorial, but may have deliberately kept its main eyes closed while smashing a mirror so its ability wouldn't be reflected back on it. Hinojiki also thinks it targets Lu because it recognizes her as the mansion's master. |
| 912 | * {{Medusa}}: It's a giant fanged FlyingFace covered in snakes, mostly seeing through their eyes and only exposing the main eyes to use its petrifying vision. |
| 913 | * NoOntologicalInertia: Everyone it petrified changes back to normal once it's slain. |
| 914 | * SnakesAreSinister: Seigen once told Matsuri that snake ayakashi are particularly dangerous because of humanity's deep-seated fear toward them. |
| 915 | [[/folder]] |
| 916 |
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