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@UnendingEmpire on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2012-01-02T16:27:16-05:00

ThunderBird said:
Technically, a youkai (妖怪, which stands for 'bewitching apparition') is a class of supernatural Japanese creatures. They are mostly corporeal, but include phenomena as well, like the Yuki-onna (snow woman).
Apart from youkai, Japanese folklore recognizes ghosts (yuurei) as well, but most other forms of supernatural 'horrors' (quotation marks necessary, these supernatural creatures may only be mischievous, or even benevolent if treated well), such as ascended animals (such as the nekomata and kitsune) and stuff coming to life on its 100th anniversary (tsukumogami, see Tatara Kogasa) are logged under the heading of youkai, but in separate subcategories.

Holy cra...
Give this guy a gold medal!

@ThunderBird on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-11-29T12:48:41-05:00

[KN] said:
Well, i thought that a youkai is just a living creature that has paranormal powers

Technically, a youkai (妖怪, which stands for 'bewitching apparition') is a class of supernatural Japanese creatures. They are mostly corporeal, but include phenomena as well, like the Yuki-onna (snow woman).
Apart from youkai, Japanese folklore recognizes ghosts (yuurei) as well, but most other forms of supernatural 'horrors' (quotation marks necessary, these supernatural creatures may only be mischievous, or even benevolent if treated well), such as ascended animals (such as the nekomata and kitsune) and stuff coming to life on its 100th anniversary (tsukumogami, see Tatara Kogasa) are logged under the heading of youkai, but in separate subcategories.

@phane on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-11-29T12:45:41-05:00

"Youkai" means about the same thing as "Esper" in FF6. It's a specific class of things, even though they don't have anything in common.

@[KN] on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-11-29T12:22:56-05:00

FoolyDooly said:
They're not really youkai. One's an alien species while other is invincible human being.

Well, i thought that a youkai is just a living creature that has paranormal powers

@FoolyDooly on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-11-26T06:48:04-05:00

[KN] said:
The Ultimate Youkai

They're not really youkai. One's an alien species while other is invincible human being.

@[KN] on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-11-26T06:36:50-05:00

The Ultimate Youkai

@EasilyDelighted on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-08-28T21:07:31-04:00

Impending death in 3... 2... 1.

@xin10 on post #983444 (fujiwara no mokou and houraisan kaguya (touhou and 2 more) drawn by onikobe_rin)

2011-08-28T11:11:44-04:00

FUUUUUUSSSSIIIIONNNNNNN!!! HAAAAA!!!!