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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga)
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Ge, ge, ge ge ge no ge—!GeGeGe no KitarÅ� is a well-known (in Japan) manga and anime that is largely credited for bringing back knowledge of traditional yÅ�kai and folktales to modern generations. Written by Shigeru Mizuki, it was originally known as Hakaba Kitarō (Kitaro of the Graveyard). The story focuses on the adventures of the yÅ�kai boy Kitaro, who fights for peace between the yÅ�kai and humans using a variety of strange abilities and tools. "Ge ge ge no ge" is a sound effect meant to represent ghostly laughter.That's the simple explanation. If you've never heard of this series, it's because it doesn't often show up in Western media, where it remains very obscure.The story follows Kitaro himself: a "ghost boy" who is missing one eye. The empty socket is usually covered by his hair, and usually houses Medama-Oyaji (Papa Eye), literally an eyeball with a body, who is also his father. (Yes, really.) Kitaro also has remote-controlled geta sandals, a detachable hand, and a spiky hair vest which he can use to attack enemies, as well as a few other abilities.Other characters in the main ensemble include Nezumi Otoko, a half-human half-yÅ�kai filthy rodent, Neko Musume, a Cat Girl who can transform and harbors a crush on Kitaro, Sunakake Baba, the sand yÅ�kai woman who runs an apartment for yokai, Konaki Jiiji, an absent-minded elderly yÅ�kai who can turn himself to stone, Ittan Momen, a sentient strip of white cloth, and Nurikabe, a large yÅ�kai shaped like a wall.The original manga ran for about ten years, between 1960 and 1969, and multiple versions and adaptations have been written since, developing a rather different canon as the series progressed. (Kitaro especially is much weirder and much less child-friendly in the original). The different anime versions have been running more or less from 1968 to the present, with the sixth adaptation beginning in 2018. It has also been adapted into multiple live-action versions and video games, as well as earning a place in several theme parks, like Fujikyu Highland. The creator's hometown of Sakaiminato has also been marked with multiple statues of the various characters in recognition of the series' influence.Anime adaptations: The first series (1968-1969) The second series (1971-1972) The third series (1985-1988) The fourth series (1996-1998) The fifth series (2007-2009) The sixth series (2018-2020)To commemerate Shigeru Mizuki's 100th birthday, a movie, Kitaro Birth: The Mystery of GeGeGe was announced. The movie brings back the writers for the sixth anime series and tells a story of the early years of Kitaro.The series is finally available in English, courtesy of Drawn and Quarterly. | |
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Hotter and Sexier | |
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Hotter and Sexier: Neko Musume in the 2018 anime, where she is taller and more mature. The Yuki Onna. In earlier seasons, they weren't ugly but were drawn in the same cartoony style as other yokai. In the 2007 anime however, they are drawn in a more realistic style and all but one are portrayed as unquestionable beautiful. Best exemplified by a recurring Yuki Onna named Aoi who has a cute face and incredibly large breasts. | |
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Age Lift | |
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Neko Musume got this in the 2018 version to coincide with her Age Lift, going from a competent but weak fighter who is easily taken out to a ferocious and powerful warrior who is now just as strong as Kitaro. | |
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Cute Witch | |
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Cute Witch: Agnes she is young cute and she is a witch | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Nezumi-Otoko, for a more literal interpretation than most. | |
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Dream Weaver | |
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Many yokai get more dramatic powers than they did in mythology. The standout example is Makura-Gaeshi, originally a rather harmless prankster whose main goal was to move people's pillows around while they sleep, became an outright Dream Weaver. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: The 2018 anime, while still kid friendly, leans more towards the grim side of the scale. There's a stronger focus on utilizing horror aesthetics than some previous incarnations. Hakaba Kitaro as well, by virtue of being Truer to the Text. | |
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Clothes Make the Superman | |
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Clothes Make the Superman: Kitaro's vest and sandals. | |
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Magical Database | |
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Magical Database: One of these becomes a plot point in an episode when it turns out the encyclopedia of Yōkai some kids have doesn't contain the Monster of the Week and it goes on a rampage in revenge for being left out. | |
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Karakasa | |
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Karakasa: The karakasa appears as a minor character, although its appearance varies wildly between versions. | |
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Dead All Along | |
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Episode 7 of the 2018 anime supplies an especially terrifying example, with a man getting stuck on a ghost train, being scared out of his gourd by Yokai, discovering he has been Dead All Along, that it was the restless souls of his employees who killed him, and finally being told that he is going straight to Hell! Yet considering this man is an extreme Mean Boss who physically and mentally abused his employees to a degree that they committed suicide and then made fun of their deaths.. No one is complaining. Also the bully girl at beginning and end of the same episode is strongly implied to be on the way to suffering the same fate, though she seems to have a (horrified) Heel Realization. | |
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Living Forever Is Awesome | |
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Living Forever Is Awesome: The very theme song in all its incarnations over the decades explicitly says that the Youkai never die, in such a way to make it sound like a ton of fun! However there's also many instances of this trope's opposite, located below. | |
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Marshmallow Hell | |
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Marshmallow Hell: In the first episode of the 2018 anime, Mana is so relieved Kitaro is ok she gives him a big hug... And he is about a head shorter than her. Though not stacked, Mana is endowed enough to where Kitaro can’t breath during said hug. | |
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Mutual Kill | |
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Mutual Kill: Dracula IV and the Ox-demon (Otoroshi) kill each other over the human they were planning to eat. | |
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Second Episode Introduction | |
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Second Episode Introduction: In the 1968 series, Nezumi Otoko doesn't appear until Episode 2. Basically all of the recurring cast debut in the second episode of the 2018 show. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: Miage Nyudo was originally just portrayed as a supernatural Grumpy Old Man, whose main goal was simply punishing disrespectful children. His 2018 counterpart banished thousands of people to the netherworld, with he ultimate goal to Take Over the World. In Japanese mythology, the Nurarihyon is a rather benign y�kai best known for being a moocher. GeGeGe no Kitar� reinterprets him as a devious villain with Fantastic Racism against humans, with the 80s series makes him the recurring villain, and eventually the Big Bad. Sunekosuri in Japanese mythology is best known for unintentionally causing people to stumble or trip by nuzzling against people's knees, with some variations causing injuries at worst. In the 2018 series, the Sunekosuri gradually drains people's energy as it passes by them, which causes several deaths in one village, but the Sunekosuri hasn't acknowledged its existence as a yokai. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Many of the 2018 redesigns take their color schemes form their 1980s incarnations, while Neko Musume looks like her 1990s one. One episode of the 2018 series has Kitaro become obsessed with a Dating Sim featuring a character who looks a lot like (and is voiced by) the 2007 version of Nekomusume. | |
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Oblivious to Love | |
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Oblivious to Love: Kitaro has absolutely no idea whatsoever that Neko Musume loves him. Afterall, Kitaro has the emotional maturity of a 13-year-old kid. | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
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Limited Wardrobe: Self-explanatory, Kitaro and co's outfits don't change within the various series. Occasionally averted by Nezumi-Otoko's penchant for suiting up when the smell of success is in the air, and Neko-Musume in the 2007 series with dabbling in various fashions. | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl: The 80s anime brought a human girl named Yumeko Tendo to the main cast as the Girly Girl Counterpart to the rather boyish Neko Musume. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Neko Musume, the most trusted Yokai, punishes wicked humans. Kitaro employs her to threaten Nezumi Otoko to stop his latest scam lest he get dragged off to hell by a more uncompromising Yokai. | |
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Evolving Credits | |
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Evolving Credits: The 2018 series had Nanashi floating ominously behind Mana at the train station, after his defeat, he is replaced with several friendly yokai that appeared over the course of the series up to that point. | |
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Distant Finale | |
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Distant Finale: At the very end of the 2018 anime, we jump ten years into the future, when a new wave of yokai attacks brings Kitaro back to fight it, and Mana's memories are restored. | |
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Team Power Walk | |
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Team Power Walk: The second ending of the 2018 anime ends with Kitaro and his companions doing this. | |
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Adaptational Heroism | |
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Adaptational Heroism: Most of the Kitaro Family, in the japanese lore, are human-killing monsters or nuisances. Nurikabe is meant to block travelers, preventing them from following their path and causing them to lose their bearings, Sunakake Baba, like the occidental Sandman is a witch scattering sand around and causing sleepyness and red eyes, Konaki-Jijii disguises himself as child and then uses his weight-altering powers to crush the human coming to help, Ittan Momen wraps himself around people, strangling them and Neko Musume, while being an original creation of the author, is meant to be a female Bakeneko, a murderous cursed cat spirit. In the manga and anime continuity they are, collectively, a close knit "family" of friendly yokai defending humanity. | |
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To Hell and Back | |
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To Hell and Back: The finale of the 80s series took place in Hell itself. | |
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Gag Echo | |
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Gag Echo: In the Halloween episode of the 2018 anime, Neko-Musume rants about how Halloween is so commercialized and basically an excuse for cosplay. She lets up when Mana invites her to a movie event. But at the theater, she has to listen to ticket-puncher Nezumi-Otoko's word for word identical rant. | |
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Light Feminine and Dark Feminine | |
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Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The 2018 anime features the Token Human Mana Inuyama, a Girl Next Door schoolgirl and Neko Musume, a Sexy Cat Person with Tsundere tendencies. | |
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You Dirty Rat! | |
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You Dirty Rat!: Nezumi Otoko, full stop. In both the literal and metaphorical sense. | |
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Magic Carpet | |
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Magic Carpet: Ittan Momen acts like one, rather than just flying around and choking people to death like in the original myths. | |
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Humans Are the Real Monsters | |
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Humans Are the Real Monsters: Heavily Zigzagged and usually Subverted. Throughout the franchise we do see that humans are responsible are for many problems in the series, especially in the 2018 series where most antagonistic y�kai justify their actions by claiming they're just taking back the Earth from the undeserving, greedy and polluting human beings that stopped respecting and revering them. However we also see entire communities of humans who work to fix these mistakes and even build positive relationships with yokai. Also the those aforementioned antagonistic yokai? They are often just as bad, oftentimes even worse, than the humans they are angry at. Furthermore, all of the most wicked characters in the series are always yokai. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_4ac8b81f | |
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Motive Rant | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_4d044580 | comment |
Backbeard, the ruler of the western Yokai who believes that his kind is superior and often tries to conquer the eastern ones, is essentially a Yokai imperialist. The 2018 version again makes this more explicit by giving him a Motive Rant where he outright says that he deserves to rule the world because he’s naturally powerful and his takeover is doing everyone a favor. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_4d044580 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Some of the more irritable y�kai are all about this. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_50b05d30 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: Neko Musume is the most hit with this (see Progressively Prettier), though it also affected characters such as Kitaro's mother, who originally looked like this◊, but is significantly prettier in both the 1985 anime◊ and the 1998 anime◊. In Hakaba, she looks closer to original manga appearance◊. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_557838d1 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_56b53152 | type |
Green Aesop | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_56b53152 | comment |
Green Aesop: Sort of; several of the episodes have humans' abuse of the environment anger the local nature y�kai. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_56b53152 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5740acf7 | type |
Chickification | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5740acf7 | comment |
Chickification: Neko-Musume in the 2000's series was a heavy subject of this. While still capable of holding her own and being scary, her girly side was much more notorious. Her wardrobe also saw a massive upgrade on variety. The role of her crush on Kitaro was also heavier than other incarnations, at points bordering on slightly flanderizing her. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5740acf7 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_575fd5e2 | type |
Dark Is Not Evil | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_575fd5e2 | comment |
Dark Is Not Evil: Some of the friendlier spirits, Kitaro most prominently. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_575fd5e2 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: Backbeard, the ruler of the western yokai, hates Japanese ones and is always trying to conquer them. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_57b80b45 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5838c7c4 | type |
Hunter of His Own Kind | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5838c7c4 | comment |
Hunter of His Own Kind: Kitaro himself, as the Monster of the Week is almost always an evil y�kai threatening humanity and Kitaro, a y�kai himself, is called to stop him. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5838c7c4 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | type |
Central Theme | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | comment |
Central Theme: Each version has it's own set of themes, but there are always two that pop up consistently: The excesses of modern times is making people apathetic towards the environment and society. At the same time, refusing to adapt to the times and being stuck in old ways causes just as many problems. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: When Mizuki addresses the audience directly, it's through Nezumi-Otoko. Even outside of this series. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_66755d29 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_668d2146 | type |
Progressively Prettier | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_668d2146 | comment |
Progressively Prettier: In the 2000s series, Cat Girl goes from a gangly, weird-looking... thing with a bowl cut and mouth full of needle-like teeth to a pretty girl with an attractive, if tomboyishly scruffy hairstyle, Cute Little Fangs and the figure of a ballerina. She's also red-haired now for some reason, too. Her 2018 incarnation (at least, when she's not in youkai mode) goes farther by adding height, turning her cat eyes into large Tsurime Eyes, an adding a more feminine figure to her. Kitaro as well, just not to Neko-musume's extent. Over the years his Gonkish features have been done away with, leaving him a reasonably cute young boy. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_668d2146 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_66dfe36a | type |
Missing Mom | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_66dfe36a | comment |
Missing Mom: Kitaro's mother, Iwako, died while she was pregnant with him from illness, and unlike her husband, didn't come back. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_66dfe36a | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: Once In a blue moon, Nezumi Otoko actually makes a strong point on something. Many villainous yokai are miles more corrupt and arrogant than the humans they hate, but even they sometimes make good points criticizing humanity’s pettiness and selfishness. Hihi may have gotten himself into his own mess by refusing to adapt to the times, but he was right saying the reporters going after him were being bullies. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6b05b601 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6bdfbb84 | type |
Prehensile Hair | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6bdfbb84 | comment |
Prehensile Hair: Kitaro's hair can be used as a rope. The Yasha in each series is a strangling hair monster. The Otoroshi also has this kind of hair. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6bdfbb84 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6c4ed101 | type |
Breath Weapon | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6c4ed101 | comment |
Breath Weapon: A lot of yokai have these. On a similar note, Nezumi-Otoko's halitosis can subdue people. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6c4ed101 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6ec4232f | type |
Casting Gag | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6ec4232f | comment |
Casting Gag: Masako Nozawa voiced Kitaro in the 1st and 2nd series from 1968 and 1971, Hakaba Kitarō and in the Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside - The Return of the Oni King movie. In the 2018 version, she's once again part of the main cast...as Daddy Eyeball, Kitaro's dad. Episode 39 of the 2018 series brings former Neko Musume actresses Chinami Nishimura, Yuko Mita, and Hiromi Konno back to the series. The former two are a Yuki-onna family, while the latter plays Numagozen. Kitaro's Graveyard Gang features Butch Patrick, best known for portraying Eddie Munster, as a wolfman. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_6ec4232f | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_70bdac19 | type |
Honest John's Dealership | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_70bdac19 | comment |
Honest John's Dealership: It is easier to count the times Nezumi Otoko HASN’T made one of these in an episode. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_70bdac19 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_710ae822 | type |
Butter Face | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_710ae822 | comment |
The Yuki Onna. In earlier seasons, they weren't ugly but were drawn in the same cartoony style as other yokai. In the 2007 anime however, they are drawn in a more realistic style and all but one are portrayed as unquestionable beautiful. Best exemplified by a recurring Yuki Onna named Aoi who has a cute face and incredibly large breasts. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_710ae822 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_736d791f | type |
Adaptational Badass | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_736d791f | comment |
Adaptational Badass: Many yokai get more dramatic powers than they did in mythology. The standout example is Makura-Gaeshi, originally a rather harmless prankster whose main goal was to move people's pillows around while they sleep, became an outright Dream Weaver. Neko Musume got this in the 2018 version to coincide with her Age Lift, going from a competent but weak fighter who is easily taken out to a ferocious and powerful warrior who is now just as strong as Kitaro. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_736d791f | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_776a06eb | type |
All Myths Are True | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_776a06eb | comment |
All Myths Are True: Kitaro often fight alongside, or against, other Youkai and even foreign mythological beings. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_776a06eb | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_7ec94d53 | type |
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_7ec94d53 | comment |
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Nanashi is an especially tragic example, being the spirit of an unborn half-human, half-yokai hybrid who was killed in his mother’s own womb! The only reason he thrives on death and despair is because it is all he has ever known. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_7ec94d53 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In the 2018 series most evil y�kai are motivated into their villainy by the realization that humans don't fear or respect them anymore. Even Kitar� believes that mankind should revere and fear the darkness, but only the little bit necessary for self-preservation. But, Kitar� himself spent every day of his life protecting mankind from evil y�kai, becoming the main reason there's no longer anything in Japan able to hurt people in the darkness. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_7fbb2a3 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_83445379 | type |
Nue | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_83445379 | comment |
Nue: In the fifth anime, Nue is depicted as a large shadowed equine figure, resembling that of the Qilin or the Longma. He has voluminous and flowing mane and tail, as well as having tufts of hair around his hooves. His face has a long thin snout with a thin pair of whiskers, glowing green eyes and lighter bushy eyebrows. He usually covers himself with a black cloud. Within the sixth anime, Nue's appearance returns to the usual depiction, being a chimerical youkai, having the head of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the limbs of a tiger and the tail of a snake. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_83445379 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: Backbeard is a giant ball with a big eye in the centerthat wants to Take Over the World and dislikes japanese yokai | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_898ff050 | comment |
Nezumi Otoko is this on a good day, when he's not plotting something horrible. He'll sometimes save Kitaro's life, even when it's not to his benefit, and he has a soft spot for pretty girls and will try to impress them anyway he can. Other times though, he's a Villain Protagonist. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_898ff050 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: VERY frequently Nezumi Otoko, he takes a huge amount of abuse but is so selfish and duplicitous it’s hard to feel sorry for him. Also a lot of humans over the series end up paying big time for their arrogance, greed and apathy; often at the hands of an angry Yokai. Also in the first 2018 episode, Charatomi, the arrogant vlogger who unknowingly removed the talisman that sealed away the episode's demon. By his second major appearance however, his status of this is deconstructed. Episode 7 of the 2018 anime supplies an especially terrifying example, with a man getting stuck on a ghost train, being scared out of his gourd by Yokai, discovering he has been Dead All Along, that it was the restless souls of his employees who killed him, and finally being told that he is going straight to Hell! Yet considering this man is an extreme Mean Boss who physically and mentally abused his employees to a degree that they committed suicide and then made fun of their deaths.. No one is complaining. Also the bully girl at beginning and end of the same episode is strongly implied to be on the way to suffering the same fate, though she seems to have a (horrified) Heel Realization. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_90328f91 | type |
Unscrupulous Hero | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_90328f91 | comment |
Unscrupulous Hero: Kitaro every once in a while, such as the fact that in one episode, he causes a vampire and his human assistant to burn themselves to death inside their own shack. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_90328f91 | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_91672d3e | type |
Children Are Innocent | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_91672d3e | comment |
Children Are Innocent: The usually grouchy and grumpy Sunakake-Babaa has a soft spot for children in every incarnation of the trope, and in the 2018 anime Medama Oyaji declares that, since human children are still growing, their soul is also in flux and their natural innocence puts them halfway between human beings and y�kai, allowing them to believe in the supernatural, seeing spirits and ghosts and access the mystical GeGeGe Forest where y�kai thrive and gather in modern times. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_91672d3e | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_970c790a | comment |
A minor detail in the anime and the manga, a major plot point in the live action movie GeGeGe no Kitar�: Sennen Noroi Uta, where Medama Oyaji willingly witheld this tidbit of lore from Kitar� as he knows the Big Bad would try to turn Kitar� to his side by giving him a reason to hate mankind. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_970c790a | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_97522514 | type |
Heel–Face Revolving Door | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_97522514 | comment |
Heel–Face Revolving Door: Nezumi-Otoko can always be trusted to be untrustworthy, in the older series more than the more recent ones. | |
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| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9858c391 | type |
Chick Magnet | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9858c391 | comment |
Chick Magnet: A minor case, but Kitaro had shades of this in the 80's version. | |
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Unwitting Instigator of Doom | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_99ddfcec | comment |
Also in the first 2018 episode, Charatomi, the arrogant vlogger who unknowingly removed the talisman that sealed away the episode's demon. By his second major appearance however, his status of this is deconstructed. | |
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| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: The third episode of the 2007 series is basically a rematch with the Yasha, a soul-eating musical y�kai that the gang faced in the 1986 series. The 1968 series too. Episode 2, in fact. In the brief flashback, the animation seems to be intentionally made to look retroactively black and white, similar to the 1968 visuals. | |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9dab0a6e | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9e1b8e97 | type |
Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_9e1b8e97 | comment |
Does This Remind Youof Anything: The 808 Tanuki are clearly meant to represent fascists, and are even directly compared to them in the original manga. The 2018 version cuts that, but makes it more explicit with scenes of them arresting innocent people who are suspected of being “anti tanuki�. Backbeard, the ruler of the western Yokai who believes that his kind is superior and often tries to conquer the eastern ones, is essentially a Yokai imperialist. The 2018 version again makes this more explicit by giving him a Motive Rant where he outright says that he deserves to rule the world because he’s naturally powerful and his takeover is doing everyone a favor. | |
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Badass in a Nice Suit | |
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Occasionally averted by Nezumi-Otoko's penchant for suiting up when the smell of success is in the air, and Neko-Musume in the 2007 series with dabbling in various fashions. | |
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Grumpy Old Man | |
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Miage Nyudo was originally just portrayed as a supernatural Grumpy Old Man, whose main goal was simply punishing disrespectful children. His 2018 counterpart banished thousands of people to the netherworld, with he ultimate goal to Take Over the World. | |
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Eye Scream | |
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Eye Scream: Kitaro's father lives in his eye socket. In some incarnation of the myth, Kitar� was born with both eyes, and he lost his left one when Mizuki dropped him as a kid and he fell facefirst on a tombstone. | |
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Half-Human Hybrid | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_a2cbad1 | comment |
Half-Human Hybrid: In the 2007 series, Sunakake Baba explains this as reason for Nezumi-Otoko's questionable relationship with other y�kai and his penchant for dabbling in human society. He himself brings it up in the 1968 series, and in the 2018 series he has a conflicted view about it, moving by happily bragging to a human child to be far superior to regular y�kai because of his half-breed nature to berate Kitar� because he feels pure blooded y�kai are always looking down to him. Nanashi, The first major villain in the 2018 anime, turns out to be this. | |
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It's Not You, It's My Enemies | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_a4878b81 | comment |
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: In the 2018 series Kitar� tries to pull a Shoo the Dog caper on Mana Inuyama, his human friend; after the Kitar� family calls him out he references this trope, claiming that humans should revere and fear the supernatural and the darkness because while y�kai can thrive and survive in the supernatural world, humans cannot and thus a human among y�kai will keep risking needlessly her life. This time he just decides to keep Mana's friendship, but cautioning her to trust him and avoid dangers as much as possible. | |
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Hidden Elf Village | |
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Hidden Elf Village: The GeGeGe Forest, the mystical place where Kitar� and most y�kai live in modern times, a place where only children and y�kai can go, and the former have to abide the rules set by the latter. | |
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Setting Update | |
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Setting Update: While the 2018 keeps the Ghost Postbox in which Kitar� receives letters asking for his help, Token Human Mana prefers to contact Kitar� sending messages to Neko Musume's cellphone. | |
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Fish out of Water | |
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Fish out of Water: When coaching a girl in tennis, the yokai Hihi finds out the hard way that not only does preaching about “spirit� not work with everyone but that smacking your student around is frowned upon in modern society. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: The very first episode of the 2018 reboot has a vlogger, after making an ass out of himself in the middle of Shibuya, transform into a large tree. Earlier that year, YouTube vlogger Logan Paul got in trouble over vlogging a hanged man in Aokigahara and generally acting obnoxious in public. Quite a few episodes throughout the whole franchise have scathingly criticized Japan’s real life corrupt businessmen, often calling out their greed and how they abuse their employees. Episodes 7 and 9 in the 2018 anime are the most recent examples of this. | |
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Truer to the Text | |
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Hakaba Kitaro as well, by virtue of being Truer to the Text. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
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Too Dumb to Live: the majority of humans who piss off Yokai either by accident or on purpose. Special mention goes to the "Not Logan Paul" who released the vampire tree spirit while recording it for his YouTube account. The yokai themselves fall under this as well, especially if they aren’t familiar with modern technology. | |
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Blood Knight | |
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Blood Knight: In the 2018 anime Neko Musume, part of the Kitar� Family, the inner circle of Kitar�'s close friends, is always at his side when there are fights to fight. When she's not fully transformed in her yokai form, her Slasher Smile and Badass Boast sentences tell how much she relishes fighting. | |
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The Noseless | |
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The Noseless: Dracula IV after Nezumi-Otoko accidentally snatched his nose off trying to get at Medama-Oyagi. | |
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Youkai | |
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Youkai: of every shape, size and inclination, which is really saying something. In fact, the series has often been credited with popularizing/reintroducing youkai and the folklore surrounding them to a modern audience. | |
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Anti-Hero | |
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Anti-Hero: Believe it or not, Kitaro and Medama-Oyaji were this in the beginning as seen in 'Kitaro Night Tales', which basically follows Hakaba Kitaro's storyline with a few deviations here and there. Kitaro was a very Creepy Child who mostly cared about his father, pretty girls and making money to survive; he was, more or less, a younger Nezumi Otoko. Medama-Oyaji tricked Mizuki into falling down a hole to Hell when the man called the cops on them. This can be seen as a bit of Disproportionate Retribution since Mizuki raised Kitaro from infancy despite his creepy nature. Thankfully, they showed him the way back to the world of the living. Nezumi Otoko is this on a good day, when he's not plotting something horrible. He'll sometimes save Kitaro's life, even when it's not to his benefit, and he has a soft spot for pretty girls and will try to impress them anyway he can. Other times though, he's a Villain Protagonist. | |
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Immortality | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_bf9ed416 | comment |
Immortality: The Youkai are all immortal beings, although just how immortal is often up for grabs. Although Kitaro can survive all sorts of seemingly death insured fates, and even be regenerated or resurrected if the need calls for it...it does seem sometimes that Youkai can be killed. Kitaro's race was killed off somehow after all. The specifics however are never really explained. Starvation. In every incarnation of the manga and the anime Kitaro's race choose willingly to hide from humanity and as a result they had to surrender their living space and became unable to gather enough resources for their race as a whole. A minor detail in the anime and the manga, a major plot point in the live action movie GeGeGe no Kitar�: Sennen Noroi Uta, where Medama Oyaji willingly witheld this tidbit of lore from Kitar� as he knows the Big Bad would try to turn Kitar� to his side by giving him a reason to hate mankind. | |
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Cute Little Fangs | |
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In the 2000s series, Cat Girl goes from a gangly, weird-looking... thing with a bowl cut and mouth full of needle-like teeth to a pretty girl with an attractive, if tomboyishly scruffy hairstyle, Cute Little Fangs and the figure of a ballerina. She's also red-haired now for some reason, too. Her 2018 incarnation (at least, when she's not in youkai mode) goes farther by adding height, turning her cat eyes into large Tsurime Eyes, an adding a more feminine figure to her. | |
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Afterlife Express | |
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Afterlife Express: Episode 7 of the 2018 anime features a cruel businessman boarding a mysterious train late at night. Throughout the trip, the man has some supernatural experiences, such as encountering the ghosts of former employees who had killed themselves after being fired. It turns out that the man had been Dead All Along, having been killed by the restless souls of his dead employees, and that the mysterious train he's on is heading towards hell. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: In the 2018 series, the harmless yokai Nopperabo's (poor) attempt to draw himself a face looks suspiciously like the Egg of the Perfect World from Berserk. | |
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Eat the Camera | |
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Eat the Camera: Nezumi Otoko does this in the opening of the 1985 anime. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
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Quite a few episodes throughout the whole franchise have scathingly criticized Japan’s real life corrupt businessmen, often calling out their greed and how they abuse their employees. Episodes 7 and 9 in the 2018 anime are the most recent examples of this. | |
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Nothing Is Scarier | |
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Nothing Is Scarier: We don’t see exactly what Sara-Koz� does to Poor Man Isamu, only that it almost assuredly resulted in the comedian’s painful death. The fact we don’t see the audience or Isamu’s family’s reactions to this makes it even worse. | |
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Lighter and Softer | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: Progressively. The 1996 and 2007 anime in particular, which made the few times someone actually died in those versions much more shocking. Slightly averted with the 2018 anime which is considerably darker and outright becomes a Horror anime at times, as well as the Truer to the Text Hakaba Kitaro mini-series, though they are still lighter than the original picture show. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Threaten someone Kitaro cares for and you're bound to get this. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
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What the Hell, Hero?: Medama Oyaji REALLY let’s Kitaro have it after he lashes out at Mana for Neko-Chan’s death. | |
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Our Dragons Are Different | |
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Our Dragons Are Different: As expected most dragons in the series are of the Eastern variety, though some such as Kouryou don’t look like any sort of traditional dragon. The main villain of the 2008 movie is a demonic dragon named Yato-no-Kami who for most of the movie takes the form of a little boy. | |
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Soul Jar | |
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Soul Jar: In most appearances, the Yasha kept stolen souls inside balloons. | |
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Immortal Immaturity | |
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Immortal Immaturity: Although Kitaro sometimes shows wisdom and sense far beyond his appearance, he often displays very childlike impulses and feelings. Nezumi Otoko, Neko Musume, and other "childlike" Youkai have all displayed this quality at times as well. | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Dai-Tengu who presides over Kitaro’s trial is this, giving the defense plenty of time to prove Kitaro’s innocence (even after the trial is technically over). As strict and terrifying as he is, Lord Enma also is this. | |
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Dub Name Change | |
| GeGeGe no Kitarō (Manga) / int_e2c4b927 | comment |
Dub Name Change: A short lived 2002 print of the manga used this, which carried over to the Crunchyroll subtitles of the 2018 show. Neko Musume became Cat Chick, Medama Oyaji Daddy Eyeball, Nezumi Otoko Ratman, Nurikabe Wally Wall, Ittan Momen Rollo Cloth, Konaki Jiji Old Man Crybaby, and Sunakake Baba Sand Witch. | |
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Fartillery | |
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Fartillery: About the only ability of note that Nezumi-Otoko possesses in addition to halitosis. | |
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Animal Jingoism | |
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Animal Jingoism: Neko Musume and Nezumi Otoko are cat and rat, and therefore she attacks him when things go awry. | |
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Art Evolution | |
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Art Evolution: The most obvious sign is Neko-Musume, who was progressively drawn less pudgy and had her hairstyle changed from a bowlcut to a more natural-looking short cut that also went from black to red. Compare the drawings in the picture above to the 2007 Character Roster and the 2018 design for yourself. | |
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Gonk | |
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Kitaro as well, just not to Neko-musume's extent. Over the years his Gonkish features have been done away with, leaving him a reasonably cute young boy. | |
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Pokémon Speak | |
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Pokémon Speak: Nurikabe (at least in the 80s and 2018 series). | |
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Dark Is Evil | |
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Dark Is Evil: Backbeard, a big one-eyed ball of darkness and one of the most dangerous recurring villains in the series. | |
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Monster of the Week | |
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Monster of the Week: Arguably one of the progenitors of this trope. Nearly every episode features some sort of yokai that either causes problems, helps Kitaro in some way, or both. The sheer variety of Yokai, both from myth and from the author himself, makes this a very strong usage of this trope. | |
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Who Wants to Live Forever? | |
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Who Wants to Live Forever?: Despite the cast's generally okay attitude to living forever, as they have each other, with Kitaro in particular this sentiment occasionally rears its ugly head. A few times, even in the live action movies, Kitaro has shown a quiet but very apparent longing to have human friends and love... but is often stopped, sometimes by his father behind his back, by the notion that outliving friends or a love is just too painful for Youkai and is generally avoided. This has led to many scenes of Kitaro walking lonesomely away from humans he had just helped, or staring longingly at a world he can never really be a part of. | |
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Crossover | |
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Crossover: The fourth Yo-kai Watch film Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside - The Return of the Oni King features Kitaro, Neko Musume, and a few other characters. | |
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Creepy Child | |
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Creepy Child: Kitaro, specially in the original manga and Hakaba Kitaro. Neko-Musume counts too. Neko Musume, who is a cute little assassin of the wicked. | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
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Dude, Where's My Respect?: The main motivation for many evil y�kai in the 2018 anime: while they spent most of their immortal life revered and feared by humanity, the XXI century has no place for them. So, they try to bring back the fear of the Darkness humanity used to have. | |
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Impact Silhouette | |
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Impact Silhouette: Nezumi Otoko leaves this behind after spotting a cat. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: Some of the villainous yokai will outright claim to be this, though few of them actually are. | |
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Once a Season | |
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Once a Season: Many of the animated series open up with a buck-toothed, bespectacled, bowlcut wearing young lad asking Kitaro and co. for help. This also happens in the 2018 version, but he's more or less taken aside when Mana first appears. | |
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