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Mononoke
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Not to be confused with Princess Mononoke, the Miyazaki film.A spin-off of the third installment of Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, made by Toei Animation. Unlike its predecessor, these ayakashi have merged with powerful human emotions to become mononoke, which are even more dangerous and hard to combat.The story follows our mysterious, nameless medicine seller in his travels and the various people — and monsters — he encounters. To slay each mononoke he must first discover its Shape (form), Truth (origin), and Reason (motive), which often proves far more difficult than it sounds. The 12-episode series is divided into five arcs.The animation style is done in Unmoving Plaid similar to Gankutsuou (although to a lesser extent—there are actually some solid colors here and there, for example), and though it may take some getting used to, the way the series utilizes it is both beautiful and chilling. | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son!" Guy: Cho and her domineering mother have this kind of relationship. | |
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UnreliableNarrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: Everyone. | |
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Little Bit Beastly | |
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Little Bit Beastly: The Medicine Man has abnormally long canine teeth. | |
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Dead All Along | |
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Dead All Along: Every human exclusive to the Nue arc. | |
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The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: The Medicine Man's emotional range is, at best, "somewhat bemused" and "fighting a mononoke". He showed much more emotion in the original Ayakashi arc. | |
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Bishōnen | |
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Bishōnen: You can see why ladies love the graceful good looks of the Medicine Man. | |
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Power Limiter | |
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Power Limiter: The Sword of Exorcism can't be drawn until the Medicine Man solves the mystery. (See Rule Of Three below.) | |
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It Can't Be Helped | |
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It Can't Be Helped: In the first episode, the elderly innkeeper gets tired of arguing with the pregnant foreigner over how there's no room in the inn. She just gives up, says it can't be helped, and lets her sleep in the abandoned room in the attic. | |
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Ambiguously Brown | |
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Ambiguously Brown: The Medicine Seller's alternate form. The masked man from the Noppera-Bo arc. Kayo (and later, Chiyo), too. She also dresses in a rather bright and lavish way for a servant, and her behaviour and overall style are quite modern and animesque compared to other characters. It's possible her look is a play on modern teenagers and fashion subcultures such as gyaru, which stereotypically features a tan, but there's no indication of where she's from or any comment on her looks. The innkeeper and her assistant from the Zashiki-warashi arc are also dark-skinned; it can be assumed it's meant to be a sign of age in the innkeeper, but her assistant's appearance has no apparent explanation. | |
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Ambiguously Human | |
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Ambiguously Human: While the Medicine Man claims to be human, his Facial Markings, Pointy Ears, fangs, demonic sword, supernatural powers, long lifespan and alter-ego suggest otherwise. | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: The series freely mixes Art Nouveau-inspired decor with the Edo setting. | |
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World of Symbolism | |
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World of Symbolism: Pretty much the only way to make sense of the series... especially the Noppera-Bo arc. | |
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Implausible Hair Color | |
| Mononoke / int_28c08395 | comment |
Implausible Hair Color: The Medicine Man, Genkei (even though his sister has black hair), Shino from the Zashiki-Warashi arc... not to mention some characters who look like they're of African descent, complete with afros to match. | |
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The Dreaded | |
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The Dreaded: Apparently, the Medicine Seller is this to mononoke and ayakashi. It's implied that one of the only reasons why mononoke attack him is because they can't resist their own compulsions. And Nue, one of the few mononoke who doesn't recognize him? As soon as it figures out who the Medicine Seller really is, it becomes absolutely terrified. | |
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Bland-Name Product | |
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Bland-Name Product: Zeiko watches in the Bakeneko arc. | |
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Girlish Pigtails | |
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Girlish Pigtails: Despite being in her twenties, Chiyo wears her hair in braids. | |
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Tomato in the Mirror | |
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Tomato in the Mirror: Genkei and Cho; they're actually the mononoke and don't realize it. | |
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FlyingDutchman | |
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Flying Dutchman/Walking the Earth: The Medicine Man's purpose is to wander the earth eternally, exorcising mononoke; but it's quite difficult to figure out whether he does this out of choice or whether he has been forced to do so and is taking it really well. In fact, the series ends with an arc set in the 1920s, whereas the other arcs take place during slightly different time periods from before the Meiji restoration. | |
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Kansai Regional Accent | |
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Kansai Regional Accent: The characters from the Nue arc speak with a Kyoto dialect, since the story is set around the old capital. | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: Very much on the cynical end. | |
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Batman Gambit | |
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Batman Gambit: The Medicine Man is implied to be behind the events of both the Noppera-Bo arc and to some extent the Nue arc. | |
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Art Initiates Life | |
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Art Initiates Life: Several screen paintings come to life in the Nue arc. Also a pair of sparrows on the wall of Cho's home in Noppera-Bo spread their wings and fly away. | |
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Infant Immortality | |
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Infant Immortality: Downplayed. Though the Zashiki-warashi is technically a conglomeration of dead children and could be considered not really alive, it does get destroyed. This trope comes into play when one considers how this is shown to the audience: the Medicine Seller's sword stops just short of colliding with one of the children's smiling faces and then, suddenly, Shino realizes they're not there anymore. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: Just look at the page caption. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: To almost every arc. Especially the Nue arc where although thousands of people died seeking the Todaiji, the Medicine Man manages to exorcise the Nue and destroy the Todaiji, which is actually a rotting ordinary piece of wood, allowing the spirits of the deceased to pass on to the afterlife while preventing anyone from becoming future victims. | |
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Malaproper | |
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Malaproper: The Medicine Man ends up mangling a Japanese idiom (or to be exact, mixing two idioms together) regarding fish, in the Noppera-Bo arc. | |
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Inexplicably Awesome | |
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Inexplicably Awesome: Kusuriuri. We have no idea who he is, where he comes from or how he got his powers, only that he kicks mononoke butt for a living and looks fabulous while doing it. | |
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Story Arc | |
| Mononoke / int_42008602 | comment |
Story Arc: Zashiki-Warashi, Umi-Bozu, Noppera-Bo, Nue, and Bakeneko. However, aside from featuring the Medicine Man doing his job, they're unrelated. | |
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Mysterious Past | |
| Mononoke / int_421ae215 | comment |
Mysterious Past: No-one really knows anything about the Medicine Man; his past, origins, intentions, motivation for slaying mononoke, true personality and species all remain an enigma throughout. | |
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GreyAndGreyMorality | |
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Grey and Grey Morality: The entire series has this as its basis. | |
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ThemeTuneCameo | |
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Theme Tune Cameo: The radio plays the instrumental mix of the opening theme in Setsuko's room while she's writing in the Bakeneko arc. | |
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Facial Markings | |
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Facial Markings: And they change when he draws his sword. | |
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Marked Change | |
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Marked Change: When the Medicine Man switches into mononoke-slayer mode. | |
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Faceless Masses | |
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Faceless Masses: Done very stylishly. The exact specifics depend on the arc, but they'll have clothes, weird skin tones, and usually something... abstract instead of a face. Zashiki-Warashi: While the background characters have hair and clothing, their skin is blank white or black with spinning flower motifs. This is especially unsettling when they are being intimate with normal-looking characters. Noppera-Bo: The abusive in-laws' faces are never shown on camera; if one of their heads is shown, the face is covered with a demonic mask. Bakeneko: Anyone who isn't connected with the Bakeneko's revenge is a half-dressed fashion mannequin during any action that takes place in the Bakeneko's illusion or in a flashback. Again, it's very strange to see a normal, non-insane woman in bed with a blank-faced mannequin. And one person even turns from a mannequin into one of the main characters, perhaps to represent the audience suddenly realizing that character is important. | |
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The Stinger | |
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The Stinger: Right when you think you've more or less got an arc figured out, its stinger will show up and confuses you to hell and back. | |
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SceneryPorn | |
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Scenery Porn: Oh hell, is there ever! The scenery is so rich, detailed and colourful it's like going on a (very beautiful) acid trip. | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws: Taken Up to Eleven in the Noppera-Bo arc. You almost don't blame Cho for wanting them gone. | |
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Mukokuseki | |
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Mukokuseki: Mostly averted, with the obvious exception of the Medicine Man. However, Shino and Genkei both have blond hair and blue eyes; Genkei's pass without comment, but the innkeeper's servant seems shocked to see Shino's hair color after she removes her head scarf, suggesting that she might really be a foreigner (that said, the innkeeper and the aforementioned servant appear to be black to no in-universe reaction...). | |
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Situational Sword | |
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Situational Sword: Why exactly it needs to empathise with the mononoke before slaying it is never explained. | |
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Psychological Horror | |
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Psychological Horror | |
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Workaholic | |
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Workaholic: It's even implied in Episode 4 that should the Medicine Man be unable to exorcise mononoke (or conversely, should all mononoke cease to exist) he'd disappear from this world. So it's quite difficult to figure out whether he's truly devoted to his duty or whether he has no other choice — though going by his frequent displays of enthusiasm and interest in the mononoke and their histories, he seems to be genuinely fond of "work". | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early Installment Weirdness/Characterization Marches On: In Ayakashi's Bakeneko arc, the Medicine Man is less stoic and more overtly snarky than he is in this series, where he is eternally unruffled and limits his snark to the slightest of knowing smirks regarding events surrounding him. | |
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Body Horror | |
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Body Horror: So very much. One word - fishbaby. | |
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Reincarnation | |
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Reincarnation: Implied. The mononoke in the final arc (Episodes 10-12) is a Bakeneko, and the characters seem to be reincarnations of the people from the original Ayakashi arc (where the enemy was also a Bakeneko). Funny the little coincidences, eh? | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: The Mayor in Bakeneko. True, he was extremely shady in building the railway, but other than that and his "patronage" of the Café Worker, he didn't seem particularly bad—and he had expected Setsuko's boss to just tell her not to run the article, not kill her. | |
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This Is Unforgivable! | |
| Mononoke / int_54cbd0cb | comment |
This Is Unforgivable!: The Bakeneko's only first-hand dialogue. | |
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Mononoke / int_54cbd0cb | |
| Mononoke / int_5586a766 | type |
Luminescent Blush | |
| Mononoke / int_5586a766 | comment |
Luminescent Blush: Standard female reaction to the Medicine Man's appearance. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_5586a766 | |
| Mononoke / int_562abd51 | type |
Let's Get Dangerous! | |
| Mononoke / int_562abd51 | comment |
Let's Get Dangerous!: What happens whenever the Medicine Man appears on the scene, as by this point the mononoke has made its move. | |
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Mononoke / int_562abd51 | |
| Mononoke / int_564c1500 | type |
RedStringOfFate | |
| Mononoke / int_564c1500 | comment |
Red String of Fate: A variation involving a red cloth between and unborn child and their parents. A much more traditional example appears in the OP, with a red string tied to the pinky finger. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_564c1500 | |
| Mononoke / int_582564f5 | type |
The Gadfly | |
| Mononoke / int_582564f5 | comment |
The Gadfly: The Medicine Seller seems to enjoy messing with people. Especially obvious in the manga. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_582564f5 | |
| Mononoke / int_58e43f17 | type |
Cats Are Mean | |
| Mononoke / int_58e43f17 | comment |
Cats Are Mean: Very much averted. Cats are sweet, innocent creatures who only want to help, and even Bakeneko only become what they are because of human cruelty. | |
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Mononoke / int_58e43f17 | |
| Mononoke / int_596f675a | type |
Smoking Is Cool | |
| Mononoke / int_596f675a | comment |
Smoking Is Cool: The main character definitely gets points for smoking a pipe at the end of the Noppera-Bo arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_596f675a | |
| Mononoke / int_59e5940e | type |
AnimalMotif | |
| Mononoke / int_59e5940e | comment |
Animal Motif: Thanks to his face paint, ears, and fangs, the Medicine Man is the spitting image of a traditional Japanese representation of a fox spirit. Cunning Like a Fox The manga is absolutely bursting with cats. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_59e5940e | |
| Mononoke / int_5a1819b7 | type |
PantyShot | |
| Mononoke / int_5a1819b7 | comment |
Panty Shot: A particularly disturbing example in the Bakeneko arc, as Setsuko's underwear are clearly visible while her boss strangles her. | |
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Mononoke / int_5a1819b7 | |
| Mononoke / int_5b057eae | type |
Animalistic Abomination | |
| Mononoke / int_5b057eae | comment |
Animalistic Abomination: The Bakeneko resembles a vast, grinning cat. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_5b057eae | |
| Mononoke / int_5c5ac0e2 | type |
Really 700 Years Old | |
| Mononoke / int_5c5ac0e2 | comment |
Really 700 Years Old: It's implied the main character has been around a long time. Even in the Bakeneko arc, set about 200 years later than the others, he still retains his youthful looks. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_5c5ac0e2 | |
| Mononoke / int_5dfa0fde | type |
Omniscient Morality License | |
| Mononoke / int_5dfa0fde | comment |
Omniscient Morality License: The Medicine Man even says that his job is just to defeat the mononoke, and he has no obligation to save the people involved. Given the series' Grey and Grey Morality this makes sense. | |
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Mononoke / int_5dfa0fde | |
| Mononoke / int_5fcb9ad1 | type |
Time Skip | |
| Mononoke / int_5fcb9ad1 | comment |
Time Skip: The Bakeneko arc takes place in the 1920s while the rest appears to be set in the Edo Period, but the Medicine Man himself hasn't changed at all (besides having some new jewelry). There are arguably small hints in each arc that time skips forward about 50 years in between each of them. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_5fcb9ad1 | |
| Mononoke / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Mononoke / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: In the finale of Bakeneko on both sides with different levels (though it's a little unclear in motivations and plot; and it can be interpreted in many ways) the Bakeneko might have realized that even if the people were not entirely good They weren't entirely to blame and were really just bystanders who didn't really deserve a punishment (that honor goes to her boss, who directly caused her death; and the Mayor, who is put on trial for his dubious actions) and lets them all go back to reality. On the other side, almost everyone becomes a better person, either helping the testimony, or paying their respects. The mayor is let go because he simply thought the boss was going to convince her not to run the article that would ruin him. The Detective, who dismissed her death as a suicide out of laziness, looks into her death way better than his initial investigation. The Train Operator, who fell asleep at the wheel and didn't notice her until it was far too late, cooperates with the Detective on his investigation. The Café Worker, who prostituted herself to the Mayor and lied about it being a suicide to become famous; the Delivery Boy, who was a witness to the killing; and the Widow, who wanted her dead for being more successful and pitying her, bring flowers to the site of her death and pay respect (and may have testified). | |
| Mononoke / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_617f0563 | |
| Mononoke / int_652bf890 | type |
Drone of Dread | |
| Mononoke / int_652bf890 | comment |
Drone of Dread: Generally when something creepy is about to happen. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_652bf890 | |
| Mononoke / int_697b1af | type |
Jump Cut | |
| Mononoke / int_697b1af | comment |
Jump Cut: Used deliberately and frequently, the better to increase viewer confusion. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_697b1af | |
| Mononoke / int_6c00ba30 | type |
Musical Assassin | |
| Mononoke / int_6c00ba30 | comment |
Musical Assassin: With a biwa! | |
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Mononoke / int_6c00ba30 | |
| Mononoke / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
| Mononoke / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Cho's husband's first wife — or so it is said. | |
| Mononoke / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_6d332aea | |
| Mononoke / int_713a0c13 | type |
"Silly Me" Gesture | |
| Mononoke / int_713a0c13 | comment |
"Silly Me" Gesture: The Medicine Man in the ninth episode with plenty of sarcasm, when he 'realizes' that he's given poisonous oleander to one of the characters. | |
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Mononoke / int_713a0c13 | |
| Mononoke / int_715c463e | type |
Literal Split Personality | |
| Mononoke / int_715c463e | comment |
Literal Split Personality: Or something along those lines. It's implied that the Medicine Man's normal and demon-slaying personas are two separate entities who switch places as necessary, and at one point the normal persona passes the demon-slayer a mirror to shield himself with. | |
| Mononoke / int_715c463e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_715c463e | |
| Mononoke / int_7276d0de | type |
Mugging the Monster | |
| Mononoke / int_7276d0de | comment |
Mugging the Monster: In the Nue arc, the mononoke attempted to torture the Medicine Seller via an eternal "Groundhog Day" Loop. Needless to say, the mononoke very soon came to regret it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_7276d0de | |
| Mononoke / int_72d31973 | type |
Surreal Horror | |
| Mononoke / int_72d31973 | comment |
Surreal Horror | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_72d31973 | |
| Mononoke / int_74c3078d | type |
TheRashomon | |
| Mononoke / int_74c3078d | comment |
The Rashomon: Absolutely no one tells the truth the first time they're asked for their story. A lot of the time they pay for it, too. | |
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Mononoke / int_74c3078d | |
| Mononoke / int_768e1bbf | type |
Henohenomoheji | |
| Mononoke / int_768e1bbf | comment |
Henohenomoheji: In a Crowning Moment of Awesome for the Medicine Man in the Noppera-Bo arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_768e1bbf | |
| Mononoke / int_771f6307 | type |
BrotherSisterIncest | |
| Mononoke / int_771f6307 | comment |
Brother–Sister Incest: A major motivation for Genkei, and was the reason for the creation of the mononoke in the Umi-Bozu arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_771f6307 | |
| Mononoke / int_79f9249 | type |
Horrifying the Horror | |
| Mononoke / int_79f9249 | comment |
Horrifying the Horror: The Medicine Seller outright states in the fourth episode that his invitation is what ayakashi and mononoke fear the most. Justified, since the Medicine Seller, in his human form, is strong enough to hold powerful mononoke at bay for a limited period of time, and his other form can outright kill them. It's quite possible that, while not shown in the series, most ayakashi would rather flee than confront a man who survived fighting mononoke for centuries, and that the mononoke only fight him because they cannot resist their compulsions. | |
| Mononoke / int_79f9249 | featureApplicability |
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Mononoke / int_79f9249 | |
| Mononoke / int_7ec94d53 | type |
WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds | |
| Mononoke / int_7ec94d53 | comment |
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: The "regret" of some of the mononoke could make them this, especially the Bakeneko in both Ayakashi and the final arc of Mononoke, as well as the Noppera-Bo. The Medicine Man even ends up apologizing to the mononoke before slaying it in the manga. | |
| Mononoke / int_7ec94d53 | featureApplicability |
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Mononoke / int_7ec94d53 | |
| Mononoke / int_806b07e7 | type |
Black Eyes of Evil | |
| Mononoke / int_806b07e7 | comment |
Black Eyes of Evil: Played with. The Medicine Man's other form has red irises and black sclera; while he isn't "evil" per se, if you're a mononoke you had better stay well clear. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_806b07e7 | |
| Mononoke / int_816c63d4 | type |
Dramatic Wind | |
| Mononoke / int_816c63d4 | comment |
Dramatic Wind: The Medicine Man seems to be affected by this even when he's indoors. Plus, it's sparkly. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_816c63d4 | |
| Mononoke / int_823c6e3e | type |
LargeHam | |
| Mononoke / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: The minstrel and the minstrel-like-fish-demon-thing who appear in the Umi-Bozu arc. To be fair, the latter was voiced by Norio Wakamoto. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_823c6e3e | |
| Mononoke / int_834420aa | type |
BFS | |
| Mononoke / int_834420aa | comment |
BFS: The Medicine Man's sword looks so... stunted in its little case, but once he gets his Shape, Truth and Reason, it can grow as long as a building. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_834420aa | |
| Mononoke / int_83a903f6 | type |
Stepford Smiler | |
| Mononoke / int_83a903f6 | comment |
Stepford Smiler: Cho refusing to escape her abusive mother and husband and insisting she loves them eventually turns her into a mononoke. | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_83a903f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_83a903f6 | |
| Mononoke / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Mononoke / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: The Medicine Seller gives one in the Umi-Bozu arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_86b21114 | |
| Mononoke / int_88f16cee | type |
Go Out with a Smile | |
| Mononoke / int_88f16cee | comment |
Go Out with a Smile: The zashiki-warashi, since it has finally found the mother it always wanted. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_88f16cee | |
| Mononoke / int_89a17726 | type |
Spell My Name with an S | |
| Mononoke / int_89a17726 | comment |
Spell My Name with an "S": Officially, it's Mo No No Ke. | |
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Mononoke / int_89a17726 | |
| Mononoke / int_8c8bd091 | type |
Fetus Terrible | |
| Mononoke / int_8c8bd091 | comment |
Fetus Terrible: A whole army of them in the Zashiki-Warashi arc. And an illusionary one in the Umi-Bozu arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_8c8bd091 | |
| Mononoke / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| Mononoke / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: Cho's husband and in-laws. | |
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Mononoke / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| Mononoke / int_90d44f44 | type |
Karmic Death | |
| Mononoke / int_90d44f44 | comment |
Karmic Death: It's either this or nothing! Genkei from the Umi-Bozu arc manages to escape, though narrowly, by repenting for his sins. | |
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Mononoke / int_90d44f44 | |
| Mononoke / int_9397414 | type |
Unmoving Plaid | |
| Mononoke / int_9397414 | comment |
Unmoving Plaid: Further emphasizes the generally odd art style. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_9397414 | |
| Mononoke / int_94398534 | type |
MaskPower | |
| Mononoke / int_94398534 | comment |
Mask Power: The Fox Man in the Noppera-Bo arc, though his physical resemblance to the Medicine Man causes a Mind Screw. Masks also play an important symbolic role throughout the arc. | |
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Mononoke / int_94398534 | |
| Mononoke / int_9657fe0f | type |
Transformation Sequence | |
| Mononoke / int_9657fe0f | comment |
Transformation Sequence: The most AWESOME one ever animated. And it gets mixed up a ton, too. Never, ever boring; always super pretty. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_9657fe0f | |
| Mononoke / int_98ff7254 | type |
Long-Haired Pretty Boy | |
| Mononoke / int_98ff7254 | comment |
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: The Medicine Man's normal form is the 'shoulder-length hair' type, while his mononoke-slaying alter-ego has much longer hair. | |
| Mononoke / int_98ff7254 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_98ff7254 | |
| Mononoke / int_a031ff7b | type |
Noblewoman's Laugh | |
| Mononoke / int_a031ff7b | comment |
Noblewoman's Laugh: Princess Ruri in the Nue arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a031ff7b | |
| Mononoke / int_a300ab6f | type |
Living Memory | |
| Mononoke / int_a300ab6f | comment |
Living Memory: The mononoke can manifest as this. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a300ab6f | |
| Mononoke / int_a679184b | type |
Due to the Dead | |
| Mononoke / int_a679184b | comment |
Due to the Dead: At the end of the Bakeneko arc, the train's passengers are seen placing flowers and praying at the spot where Setsuko died. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a679184b | |
| Mononoke / int_a6cda066 | type |
Rule of Three | |
| Mononoke / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Rule of Three: The Medicine Man needs the mononoke's Shape (形 katachi), Truth (誠 makoto), and Reason (理 kotowari) in order to purify it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a6cda066 | |
| Mononoke / int_a859f080 | type |
Agent Peacock | |
| Mononoke / int_a859f080 | comment |
Agent Peacock: The eponymous Medicine Seller himself. He crossdresses in an obi, paints his nails, and speaks with a traditionally feminine politeness. That doesn't stop him from absolutely demolishing mononoke. | |
| Mononoke / int_a859f080 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a859f080 | |
| Mononoke / int_a8a4b41e | type |
Not So Stoic | |
| Mononoke / int_a8a4b41e | comment |
Not So Stoic: Sasaki Hyouei in the Umi-Bozu arc normally speaks in a quiet Creepy Monotone, but completely loses his shit when trying to attack something or being attacked by his greatest fear. | |
| Mononoke / int_a8a4b41e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a8a4b41e | |
| Mononoke / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
| Mononoke / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Medicine Man's other form has red irises and black sclera, and he usually emerges when it's time to get rid of malevolent mononoke or slice something up. The Bakeneko in the last episode, made particularly scary by the fact that the eyes are seemingly sketched-in and swirling around her eye sockets. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_a939a527 | |
| Mononoke / int_abb9ebaa | type |
Dramatic Pause | |
| Mononoke / int_abb9ebaa | comment |
Dramatic Pause: The... Medicine... Man... loves... this trope. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_abb9ebaa | |
| Mononoke / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Mononoke / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: In the Nue arc, the mononoke reacts with pants-crapping terror the very moment the Medicine Seller transforms. | |
| Mononoke / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_ad1db87c | |
| Mononoke / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Mononoke / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: The Medicine Man is shown to possess a brutally dry wit, especially when it concerns people who annoy him or get in his way (like the idiotic samurai from the original Bakeneko arc). | |
| Mononoke / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_ae3d6438 | |
| Mononoke / int_ae592123 | type |
Editorial Synaesthesia | |
| Mononoke / int_ae592123 | comment |
Editorial Synaesthesia: Artistically utilized in the Nue arc. | |
| Mononoke / int_ae592123 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_ae592123 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_ae592123 | |
| Mononoke / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
| Mononoke / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catch-Phrase: "Tada no kusuriuri desu yo," or "I'm just a simple medicine seller." | |
| Mononoke / int_b01abe4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b01abe4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b01abe4f | |
| Mononoke / int_b1346878 | type |
Fate Worse than Death | |
| Mononoke / int_b1346878 | comment |
Fate Worse than Death: In Bakeneko The titular Mononoke subjects anyone who steps outside the train car (or simply waiting until they give an important clue) to offing them with invisible cats and leaving them in a perpetual state of rot in its illusion. However, once her killer (her boss) - and therefore her Regret - is revealed, she lets everyone aside from him go. | |
| Mononoke / int_b1346878 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b1346878 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b1346878 | |
| Mononoke / int_b3bdf232 | type |
Alien Geometries | |
| Mononoke / int_b3bdf232 | comment |
Alien Geometries: In multiple arcs; in Zashiki-Warashi, a single room extends to infinite copies of itself in both directions, and Bakeneko features a train car that can be entered from the previous car, but exiting it from the same door just leads into open air. | |
| Mononoke / int_b3bdf232 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b3bdf232 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b3bdf232 | |
| Mononoke / int_b4250f98 | type |
Paper Talisman | |
| Mononoke / int_b4250f98 | comment |
Paper Talisman: The Medicine Man uses these frequently and he has a TON of them hidden up his sleeves. | |
| Mononoke / int_b4250f98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b4250f98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b4250f98 | |
| Mononoke / int_b58c51d8 | type |
My Beloved Smother | |
| Mononoke / int_b58c51d8 | comment |
My Beloved Smother: Cho's mother from the Noppera-Bo arc. | |
| Mononoke / int_b58c51d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b58c51d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b58c51d8 | |
| Mononoke / int_b5ac90ac | type |
"Groundhog Day" Loop | |
| Mononoke / int_b5ac90ac | comment |
"Groundhog Day" Loop: The Nue arc. | |
| Mononoke / int_b5ac90ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b5ac90ac | |
| Mononoke / int_b7e1dcc8 | type |
Empathic Weapon | |
| Mononoke / int_b7e1dcc8 | comment |
Empathic Weapon: The demon sword, which seems to have a mind of its own and even speaks or screams occasionally ("TOKIHANAAATSU"). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b7e1dcc8 | |
| Mononoke / int_b85c06f2 | type |
Glowing Eyes of Doom | |
| Mononoke / int_b85c06f2 | comment |
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Almost nothing is seen of the Bakeneko except its huge, round, burning yellow eyes. | |
| Mononoke / int_b85c06f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b85c06f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b85c06f2 | |
| Mononoke / int_b8d93317 | type |
12-Episode Anime | |
| Mononoke / int_b8d93317 | comment |
12-Episode Anime | |
| Mononoke / int_b8d93317 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b8d93317 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b8d93317 | |
| Mononoke / int_b8dbe475 | type |
Blood from the Mouth | |
| Mononoke / int_b8dbe475 | comment |
Blood from the Mouth: In the manga, the Medicine Seller coughs blood after the Bakeneko socks him in the chest. | |
| Mononoke / int_b8dbe475 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b8dbe475 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b8dbe475 | |
| Mononoke / int_b95d100b | type |
Pointy Ears | |
| Mononoke / int_b95d100b | comment |
Pointy Ears: The Medicine Man, which make him look vaguely elf-like. | |
| Mononoke / int_b95d100b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_b95d100b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_b95d100b | |
| Mononoke / int_bafac7bc | type |
Sad Battle Music | |
| Mononoke / int_bafac7bc | comment |
Sad Battle Music: "Kanashige", the BGM for mononoke-slaying in the Umi-Bozu arc. | |
| Mononoke / int_bafac7bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_bafac7bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_bafac7bc | |
| Mononoke / int_bb655f46 | type |
Dark-Skinned Blond | |
| Mononoke / int_bb655f46 | comment |
Dark-Skinned Blond: The Medicine Man turns into this after unsheathing his sword. | |
| Mononoke / int_bb655f46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_bb655f46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_bb655f46 | |
| Mononoke / int_bef696dd | type |
Mind Screw | |
| Mononoke / int_bef696dd | comment |
Mind Screw: And how! | |
| Mononoke / int_bef696dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_bef696dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_bef696dd | |
| Mononoke / int_bf414570 | type |
Cunning Like a Fox | |
| Mononoke / int_bf414570 | comment |
Cunning Like a Fox | |
| Mononoke / int_bf414570 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_bf414570 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_bf414570 | |
| Mononoke / int_c1b2c63f | type |
Dull Surprise | |
| Mononoke / int_c1b2c63f | comment |
Dull Surprise: The unflappable Medicine Man. If he's wearing this expression, expect all the other characters to be completely freaking out. | |
| Mononoke / int_c1b2c63f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_c1b2c63f | |
| Mononoke / int_c382cc03 | type |
Obake | |
| Mononoke / int_c382cc03 | comment |
Obake/Youkai: Rather than being interchangeable, mononoke are defined as a specific kind of being. | |
| Mononoke / int_c382cc03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_c382cc03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_c382cc03 | |
| Mononoke / int_c5835f29 | type |
Ghostly Goals | |
| Mononoke / int_c5835f29 | comment |
Ghostly Goals: Each mononoke has something it died wishing to accomplish. The Zashiki-warashi was the result of multiple abortions made against their mothers' will so they can continue working as prostitutes. As such, the spirits of the unborn babies haunted the place they died in until they found a woman who was completely willing to "give birth" to them - namely Shino, who happened to be pregnant. The Umi-Bozu was the darker half of Genkei who, unable to accept the fact that he harbored incestuous feelings towards his beloved sister and that he felt happy when she became the ayakashi's sacrifice in his place, had discarded those darker feelings which gave birth to a mononoke. Remember that fish person who was revealing everyone's worst fear? It was Genkei's mononoke, trying to make him acknowledge and accept his feelings regarding his deceased sister. The Noppera-Bo was born from Cho's long-suppressed wish to be free and live her life as she wanted. For years she had to put up with her abusive mother, husband, and in-laws, and in order to please them she erased everything, including her own personality, to fit their high expectations, unwittingly turning herself into a mononoke in the process. The Nue is actually a rotting piece of wood that is rumored to give the person who wields it great power, and as a result is heavily sought after. The reason why it keeps killing people is because it loves the feeling of being regarded so highly, and keeps the souls of those people it murdered from passing on so they'll keep looking for it. The Bakeneko (no, not that one) was the vengeful spirit of a young journalist who had combined with a cat that was present at her murder. She had uncovered corruption involving the mayor and the new train station's construction. The mayor asked her chief to keep this quiet, and he ended up burning her notes, strangling her, and dropping her off a bridge to be killed by a train in a fake suicide. She has been looking for her killer ever since, venting her anger, grief and hatred on anyone who might be connected to him. | |
| Mononoke / int_c5835f29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_c5835f29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_c5835f29 | |
| Mononoke / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Mononoke / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The painting on the boat in the Umi-Bozu arc is reminiscent of the 1907 artwork "The Kiss" by Klimt. There is also a Matisse "Blue Dancers" reference in the Nue arc and a Picasso in Bakeneko. | |
| Mononoke / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_c75df49a | |
| Mononoke / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
| Mononoke / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: Well, no one bothers to ask for it either... | |
| Mononoke / int_ca87e3ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_ca87e3ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_ca87e3ec | |
| Mononoke / int_cc4d190a | type |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? | |
| Mononoke / int_cc4d190a | comment |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The Medicine Seller does this in every arc. Despite being human, he's somehow able to kill mononoke. Hell, he not only kills them, but by his own admission, he absolutely terrifies them! | |
| Mononoke / int_cc4d190a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_cc4d190a | |
| Mononoke / int_cf48c17 | type |
Nightmare Face | |
| Mononoke / int_cf48c17 | comment |
Nightmare Face: The Medicine Seller, of all people, makes one occasionally. It's an animal-like snarl that looks totally out of place on him. | |
| Mononoke / int_cf48c17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_cf48c17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_cf48c17 | |
| Mononoke / int_d028ca10 | type |
Deliberately Monochrome | |
| Mononoke / int_d028ca10 | comment |
Deliberately Monochrome: Much of the Nue arc; the backgrounds are all like this and only certain important aspects of characters are coloured. However the Medicine Man is in full colour, and after he takes down the mononoke the rest of the colour returns, though it's a little hard to tell if that's real or not. | |
| Mononoke / int_d028ca10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_d028ca10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_d028ca10 | |
| Mononoke / int_d3b02ffb | type |
I Know Your True Name | |
| Mononoke / int_d3b02ffb | comment |
I Know Your True Name: The mononoke's "katachi" (which can mean "name" or "form") is one of three factors that must be known to the Medicine Man before he can draw the Sword of Exorcism. | |
| Mononoke / int_d3b02ffb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_d3b02ffb | |
| Mononoke / int_d7b34c31 | type |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
| Mononoke / int_d7b34c31 | comment |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Well, what else are you going to call the Medicine Man? | |
| Mononoke / int_d7b34c31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_d7b34c31 | |
| Mononoke / int_d99a228f | type |
UnusuallyUninterestingSight | |
| Mononoke / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: The Medicine Man, who amongst other things is blond and blue-eyed. Particularly in the Bakeneko arc, when in addition to being a guy with pointy ears and red markings all over his face in the middle of a Japanese cast, he's also dressed a good 100 years out of date. (Even in the other arcs, his manner of dress is pretty bizarre, mixing male/female styles and gaudy aristocratic fabrics despite his humble profession, as well as allusions to Ainu culture.) At least he explains that people who seek folk remedies expect their seller to look exotic. | |
| Mononoke / int_d99a228f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_d99a228f | |
| Mononoke / int_dcb9c541 | type |
Ship Tease | |
| Mononoke / int_dcb9c541 | comment |
Ship Tease: The Medicine Man and Kayo | |
| Mononoke / int_dcb9c541 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_dcb9c541 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_dcb9c541 | |
| Mononoke / int_e2a6ebc1 | type |
Closed Circle | |
| Mononoke / int_e2a6ebc1 | comment |
Closed Circle: About once an episode, often due to the Medicine Man closing off all the exits to prevent the mononoke attacking and/or escaping. Additionally, the Umi-Bozu arc is set on a boat and the Bakeneko arc in a train carriage. | |
| Mononoke / int_e2a6ebc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_e2a6ebc1 | |
| Mononoke / int_e3226029 | type |
Bag of Holding | |
| Mononoke / int_e3226029 | comment |
Bag of Holding: How many scales can he fit into one of that backpack's single, small compartments? | |
| Mononoke / int_e3226029 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke / int_e3226029 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_e3226029 | |
| Mononoke / int_e4706bfc | type |
Hair Decorations | |
| Mononoke / int_e4706bfc | comment |
Hair Decorations: As was the fashion, women like Kayo, Shino, and Cho all wear decorative combs and hair pins. Chiyo also wears a single red flower in her hair. | |
| Mononoke / int_e4706bfc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mononoke | hasFeature |
Mononoke / int_e4706bfc | |
| Mononoke / int_e596f27b | type |
Star-Crossed Lovers | |
| Mononoke / int_e596f27b | comment |
Star-Crossed Lovers: The Noppera-Bo and Cho. | |
| Mononoke / int_e596f27b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_e596f27b | |
| Mononoke / int_e8e56799 | type |
Blue-and-Orange Morality | |
| Mononoke / int_e8e56799 | comment |
Blue and Orange Morality: The mononoke, as explained in the manga. | |
| Mononoke / int_e8e56799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_e8e56799 | |
| Mononoke / int_e9604359 | type |
Monster of the Week | |
| Mononoke / int_e9604359 | comment |
Monster of the Week | |
| Mononoke / int_e9604359 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_e9604359 | |
| Mononoke / int_e9859d0 | type |
Kabuki Sounds | |
| Mononoke / int_e9859d0 | comment |
Kabuki Sounds: Used to punctuate the eye catches and endings. | |
| Mononoke / int_e9859d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_e9859d0 | |
| Mononoke / int_eb7c34cf | type |
Crossover | |
| Mononoke / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover: With Onmyōji for the anime's 10-year anniversary. The Medicine Man is released as a limited-offer SSR shikigami. | |
| Mononoke / int_eb7c34cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_eb7c34cf | |
| Mononoke / int_ec6b0734 | type |
Mystical White Hair | |
| Mononoke / int_ec6b0734 | comment |
Mystical White Hair: The Medicine Seller's mononoke-slaying persona, who also has Rapunzel Hair. | |
| Mononoke / int_ec6b0734 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_ec6b0734 | |
| Mononoke / int_ed358a04 | type |
Jidaigeki | |
| Mononoke / int_ed358a04 | comment |
Jidai Geki: Though it frequently jumps throughout different eras. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_ed358a04 | |
| Mononoke / int_fccd06b6 | type |
Beware the Nice Ones | |
| Mononoke / int_fccd06b6 | comment |
Beware the Nice Ones: If someone is initially presented as wise, patient, or kind, odds are they're actually behind the whole thing. | |
| Mononoke / int_fccd06b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_fccd06b6 | |
| Mononoke / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
| Mononoke / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: All the tracks on the OST are written in katakana and end in "怪" (ke/ge), just like "Mononoke". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mononoke / int_fd94c4ac | |
| Mononoke / int_ffad4e9f | type |
Shown Their Work | |
| Mononoke / int_ffad4e9f | comment |
Shown Their Work: The Nue arc delves deeply into the extremely antiquated and complex traditions surrounding Japanese incense, and is more or less 100% accurate. The incense parlor games portrayed by the episode actually existed, with more or less the exact rules portrayed in the show. The Rannanatai and the Todai-ji also have basis in reality, albeit with cause and effect reversed: Todai-ji is, in real life, the place where the true Rannanatai, actually called Ranajyatai, is stored. The Ranajyatai was a single seemingly inexhaustibly aromatic log that only ever graced the parlors of emperors and generals due to its value. It was used for centuries in incense ceremonies and never ran out of fragrance. In-Universe, it was the reason those people became emperors and generals in the first place. | |
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Mononoke |
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