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"Ok so heres a spooky ghost story, the ice cream man, he uh, drives a truck that plays charming music and sells ice cream to kids" "That's just an ice cream man" "That's what I said, I know" "No, like, literally that is a profession people have, they exist, they just sell ice cream" "Oh... right well mine also has only one eye" "Ok..." "And the ice cream kills you" "Of course it does"
@@sarahgray430 beware of the ice cream man who sell ice cream to kid who has diabetes..............................but only at midnight he sell his delicious ice cream
Given that he's so easily bullied, part of me would want to give the little man a hug and liberate him. But then again, given that he is so easily bullied and given that he's good at sneaking up on people, another part of me would want to make him work for me as a process server. I'd pay him adequately...mostly in Tofu.
@@zephyromenix8755 Ha, good one. I would love for you to meet my old boss who put one of his employees (not me,) in a chokehold. Not trying to be rude, just saying that in my opinion bullying from supervisors is pretty damned common.
My favorite high Protein tofu dish: Soak diced tofu in your favorite soup base over night. (I use chicken broth or bullion cube) Dice celery, onion, garlic and chicken. Fry everything adding celery seeds. And add a couple eggs to the frying mixture. Season with soy sauce. Sometimes I like to add bean sprouts and water chestnuts too. Serve over rice or noodles.
Hrm, I'll have to try that one. I don't get a lot of tofu practice cause a lot of my friends have soy allergies, and I rarely get fancy just for myself, but I've been wanting to make some anyway. :)
I've heard cases of OSP'S comment section making a theoretical scenario of our distant descendants theorizing about "pantheons" like marvel characters being some mythological beings like you said And I couldn't stop laughing at that shit
Believe it or not, the stereotypical "clown"-look, i.e. poofy read hair, red nose, white face, red lips in exaggerated grin, is based on depictions of the devil in medieval mystery plays! So all evil clowns like Pennywise from It and so on are basically a "back to the roots" kinda thing...
... "This is Hanzomane, a 69 year old man from Okinawa prefecture presenting to the apothecary with an acute case of tofungemia after eating an offering from a Tōfukozō. This is what happened to his stomach." >)X^D
Do you think Princess Peach is really just abusing some poor tofu boy..... Working him past his limits in a life where his only hope is to satisfy her will until the end of his days?? LOL
I LOVE your channel! Hilarious, well done and fun to watch for sure. I'm not even sure how I stumbled upon it. All I know is that 2 weeks ago I wasn't interested in Japanese history, and now I've binged most of your videos! Thank you so much for all that you do :D
... I reckon to them, it is considered a delicacy. Stinky tofu covered in hairy mold is an actual food culture in many asian culinary traditions, afterall. >):^]
I think yokai are kind of like traditional fairies/mermaids in the sense that they dont really care if they kill or hurt people in the way of their pranks. They dont care about people, and if their prank kills someone they just laugh because their victim fell for it. The OGs of "iTs JuSt a PrAnK bRo"
_tastes like nothing_ then you're doing it wrong! Smoked Tofu marinated in Teriyaki sauce and spiced with Japanese curry and served with noodles in Dashi tastes great! PS: I forgot the name of the curry. It's Japanese pepper, chilli, orange peals, seasam, algae.
@Nick linaras OK, I'm back home and here's the recipe (2-3 persons): 1) cut 800g smoked tofu into small bits and mix it with 8 TBSP Teriyaki sauce 2) cut a large clove of garlic and ca. 1.5 inch of ginger into thin stripes 3) clean and cut two heads of Pak Choi. 4) add 2 TBSP of oil into the frying pan and briefly fry the tofu. 5) remove the tofu and add another 1 TBSP of oil and briefly fry the greens 6) add 1 tsp of crude/brown sugar and mix it in while it's still hot. 7) add everything together and mix in 150mL (1.5 cups) of vegetable broth (bought a powder and dissolved it in warm water) 8) add one tsp of Nanami Togarashi 9) dissolve Dashi powder and simmer the Somen noodles (2 pack); don't boil or it will negatively affect the taste 10) remove the noodles and add some of the remaining dashi and pour it into the vegetable broth. 11) adjust the flavor with more pepper, dashi, teriyaki, or paprika. Careful, there's a big difference between sauce, noodles, and greens regarding the intensity of the taste. 12) plate the noodles and greens
I think the best way to ensure that the tofu you're getting won't kill you with mold is to bow, thank the tofu boy, then ask for a pair of chopsticks, basically be as polite as you can, so that he'll have no real reason to harm you. He might still prank you with moldy tofu, but that's just a harmless prank, and fermented tofu can be quite appetizing. If he was bullied by another yokai to kill you, he might feel bad for killing someone so polite, so he might warn you or ask you to escort him to a monk to protect him.
I put these in my Japanese inspired D&D campaign. So in my setting, I have a continent that I created when I was 18 that Ive worked on the last decade to make into a playground for sandbox D&D, and 2 campaigns ago, I ran a campaign I called, "The Razing of Espire" which was an invasion of Aztec inspired warriors in service to a theocratic Empire called the "Empire of the Sun" in the common tongue. They invaded enmasse, and they had 3 different fleets that broke away after the trip to attack 3 places on the coast in a giant slave raid. Didn't play for a few years but then created a new campaign called the "Raising of Espire" and in that gap, I came to the conclusion that the "Civilized" warrior culture of Japan would make a good foil to the barbaric manners of Aztec society. A culture of people forced to work together to make a unified warrior culture to face off against the Darwinistic Empire of the Sun. It wasn't meant to be that much in depth, but 2 players wanted to have that complete "Newby" experience, so they chose to be foreigners to the old continent, which lead to me fleshing out the new continent more. I'm not going to bore you with setting information, but the party voted to play on this continent this campaign, and thus have lead to me doing a lot more research on Yokai as they are my replacement for ghosts and spiritual undead. Tofu boy made the cut as a spirit of a young boy whom starved and thus never wants others to starve, so he gives out blocks of Tofu. The party have identified that they give out power ups.... sometimes.... but the roll was mid so they didn't get the whole picture. SO far they were given one with a cherry in it for extra HP, they ate the one with a cockroach on it and received wallclimb, and they have one with a maple leaf on it that offers the effect I call, "Sticky fingers" which is slight of hand. None of them have been poisoned..... yet.
Can anything in Japan become a yokai? This just seems like some kid offered tofu to someone but it ended up being old and the guy got food poisoning. When are we getting toe stomper, the yokai that walks around to stop on your toes when you are in public places. Maybe wont mover will show up, the yokai that takes two seats on the bus and won't move even if you ask.
Perhaps the reason why Tofu Boy's tofu sometimes turns out to be spoiled is because a tanuki yokai bullied and forced him into selling some leftover trash tofu enchanted with transformation magic (hence the leaf) to fool customers?
This sure is going to help for my school project (we have to write full books based on different mythology over the world, oddly I'm the only one who chose Japan) and i won't eat tofu at all
Look, I'm rarely not packing chili crisp oil. You let some adorable Japanese boy monster come and offer me tofu and I will adopt that mofo and take him home.
Listening to what people did in good faith that it will keeo small pox away sounds not more or less ridiculous to me, than how some people chose to handle the current situation in this decade. A color making a virus scared? Yea, sure. Why not.
Why is the Tofu Boy deemed not evil if the tofu you might eat could grow mold and kill you? Also , this is my first time learning of Tofu Boy despite used to having known a lot about youkai / read a lot about them. They really do have a youkai for every thing / every concept one could think of , don't they? 😺
I guess it all depends. On one hand, he may kill you. On the other hand, he might just give you a healthy albeit bland snack. So I guess that he would be evil to some and not to others. Another factor is that he's depicted as doing evil because he's coerced into it by stronger, more intimidating creatures; giving people lethal food poisoning isn't necessarily his desire and he does this out of fear. So I guess that the viciousness is on an individual level, not across the board, and sometimes it's viciousness with a "yes, but" attached to the evil action. I believe that any particular society's mythology springs from its aspirations and fears and I find myself wondering if the Tofu Boy is a warning; he came into popularity when smallpox was killing people, he wore clothes associated with warding off the disease and offered up what was on paper a healthy snack but in reality was just poison. Maybe the whole point of Tofu Boy was "don't believe every cure-all, some people are just out to make money and if you wind up dying they won't care." Kind of like nowadays when prominent people have claimed everything from Hydroxychloroquine to Ivermectin as miracle drugs for a disease that doesn't seem controllable. I guess times change and human nature stays the same.
What happens if you were lucky & really lucky? Will the tofu actually taste good & sweet, like maple syrup (the tofu block clearly has a Japanese maple leaf)?
Thanks...for some reason my bipolar brain has decided it wants to sing "I am Tofu Boy" to the tune of that story track off the Southpark Album: "Gopher Boy"
Tofu kozo being bullied is one of my favourite aspects of their character. To the point where when writing a story that involved yokai and other demons, a tofu kozo is found at a slave market and no one wants him. Eventually they take pity on the SELLER and take him for a very low price. (the reason my characters are at a slave market is for a sting operation since they are selling humans, which isn't allowed. The demon plane has messed up morals and them selling and killing each other is fine, humans is not)
I still like tofu.
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I probably won't eat it.
same i still like tofu
but the tofu is not from a boy with a hat its from a adult called john
Mind doing nekomata and bakaneko
Fried tofu is the best thing in the world, i live off of this thing
@@globglogabgalab355 hell yeah brother
As someone who’s never tried Tofu before, this doesn’t discourage me one bit. I still want to try it.
NEVER?? You better rectify that immediately.
Where have you been damn
...how?
Oh my--- if you like mini ice cream sandwiches you gotta try -tofutti.
The vegan teacher is pleased
"Don't eat food offered by random children" is honestly just good advice. You know they haven't washed their sticky child hands..... Blech.
Zoro
WOAH WTF
You were a child once
@@reichmaielcao8529 its still gross
.... ..
"Ok so heres a spooky ghost story, the ice cream man, he uh, drives a truck that plays charming music and sells ice cream to kids"
"That's just an ice cream man"
"That's what I said, I know"
"No, like, literally that is a profession people have, they exist, they just sell ice cream"
"Oh... right well mine also has only one eye"
"Ok..."
"And the ice cream kills you"
"Of course it does"
This would indeed be true if your kid was diabetic or lactose intolerant, and of course some ice cream men also sell drugs.
@@sarahgray430 beware of the ice cream man who sell ice cream to kid who has diabetes..............................but only at midnight he sell his delicious ice cream
And he's the cousin of candy man?
There's a Junji Ito manga about an ice cream man.
Given that he's so easily bullied, part of me would want to give the little man a hug and liberate him.
But then again, given that he is so easily bullied and given that he's good at sneaking up on people, another part of me would want to make him work for me as a process server.
I'd pay him adequately...mostly in Tofu.
It’s not bullying if you pay them
Haha haaaa!! A process server. That's priceless.
@@zephyromenix8755 Ha, good one.
I would love for you to meet my old boss who put one of his employees (not me,) in a chokehold.
Not trying to be rude, just saying that in my opinion bullying from supervisors is pretty damned common.
Drop kick him
And he'd pay you back... In mould.
My favorite high Protein tofu dish:
Soak diced tofu in your favorite soup base over night. (I use chicken broth or bullion cube)
Dice celery, onion, garlic and chicken.
Fry everything adding celery seeds.
And add a couple eggs to the frying mixture.
Season with soy sauce.
Sometimes I like to add bean sprouts and water chestnuts too.
Serve over rice or noodles.
Didn't know we were getting a good recipe today :p
@@Linfamy Its delicious! I hope you enjoy!
Hrm, I'll have to try that one. I don't get a lot of tofu practice cause a lot of my friends have soy allergies, and I rarely get fancy just for myself, but I've been wanting to make some anyway. :)
Sound really good but i prefer my tofu simply fried
@@globglogabgalab355 👍😊
“Can I offer you this nice tofu in this trying time?”
- Tofu Kozo
I wasn't supposed to laugh during lecture.
If we have Tofu Boy we sure need a Mochi Girl too!
Edit: 1k likes, wooow XD
As the arch nemesis of the Tofu boy... now that's a nice story for a kids' manga
Yes...she will kill people by suffocating them with mochi... Mainly around New Year celebrations
she defends tofu boy from the other yokais who bullied him…by trapping them in a big blob of mochi
I'd dig this romance.
I'm sure she has some soft, pleasingly round, pale white mochi to tempt us with.
1:25 Wasn't really planning on eating the Tofu they're offering because I'm allergic, but now I have even more reasons
I would teach Tofu Boy to be strong and develop it’s cool Tofu creation powers
And then what?
@@Linfamy profit
Then throw a pokeball
@@Linfamy He bullies everyone at school by throwing tofu at everyone else
Nah bro ill ask him to drink protein milkshakes.Go get some protein milkshakes skinny boi.
I have this crazy urge to hug him right now!
And then beat up his bullies.
@@Linfamy That's right!
Also, I just realized that there's a Tōfu Kozō in GeGeGe no Kitarō!
@@Linfamy With hard tofu
@@L0TUS_FOX_12 hmmmm maybe to just eat healthily i guess.
@@claudy_sky best character hands down.
I wonder if in the future historians will think Ronald McDonald was a mythological figure worshipped as a diety or something lol
I've heard cases of OSP'S comment section making a theoretical scenario of our distant descendants theorizing about "pantheons" like marvel characters being some mythological beings like you said
And I couldn't stop laughing at that shit
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 the fact that tofu boy was a fast food mascot tells me this may indeed happen one day.
Believe it or not, the stereotypical "clown"-look, i.e. poofy read hair, red nose, white face, red lips in exaggerated grin, is based on depictions of the devil in medieval mystery plays! So all evil clowns like Pennywise from It and so on are basically a "back to the roots" kinda thing...
Sooooo..... basically, a guy ate street tofu that was secrety moldy and, thanks to that, featured a Chubbyemu case of his own
... "This is Hanzomane, a 69 year old man from Okinawa prefecture presenting to the apothecary with an acute case of tofungemia after eating an offering from a Tōfukozō. This is what happened to his stomach." >)X^D
@@toryumau6798 that's a good one , lol
@@toryumau6798 the fact he said the mold grows inside you and kills you reminded me of the "injecting pure mushrooms inside your veins" video
Okay, but that monk at 3:00 happily munching tofu looks so adorable, ngl.
AGREED !! lil man's just enjoying his tofu :]
the more modern version of this youkai: driving AE 86 and love drifting, you could tell he's coming by listening to the god-like BGM 😁
It's either that or the boi becomes an unmanned car instead
He already has a Yokai name: The Ghost of Akina.
the modern version will challenge you to a drift battle, he'll give you a lifetime supply of tofu if you win against him
Tofumi fujiwara
Do you think Princess Peach is really just abusing some poor tofu boy..... Working him past his limits in a life where his only hope is to satisfy her will until the end of his days?? LOL
Yes
@@Linfamy I bet he has Stockholm syndrome..... Like the most extreme case
Is Toad secretly a tofu “kozo”?
Princess Peach has an entire kingdom of toadstool people. So that would make her a tyrant.
I LOVE your channel! Hilarious, well done and fun to watch for sure. I'm not even sure how I stumbled upon it. All I know is that 2 weeks ago I wasn't interested in Japanese history, and now I've binged most of your videos! Thank you so much for all that you do :D
Glad you like the vids!
Hi i love your channel it has helped me learn about Japanese mythology
Glad you find it useful
@@Linfamy I'm actually writing about a gaming inspiration I am wondering if you can help??
@@zalop. what's your game about?
@@whosaidthat84 samurai
@@zalop. can you give more details? Is it during the sengoku jidai?
Question: Does Tofu Kozo serve moldy tofu on purpose to poison people or is it accidental?
... I reckon to them, it is considered a delicacy. Stinky tofu covered in hairy mold is an actual food culture in many asian culinary traditions, afterall. >):^]
@@toryumau6798 oh so he’s just trying to be nice. This is my new fav yokai
I think yokai are kind of like traditional fairies/mermaids in the sense that they dont really care if they kill or hurt people in the way of their pranks. They dont care about people, and if their prank kills someone they just laugh because their victim fell for it. The OGs of "iTs JuSt a PrAnK bRo"
the trick is, you're not supposed to eat the tofu, it's not rocket science
_tastes like nothing_ then you're doing it wrong!
Smoked Tofu marinated in Teriyaki sauce and spiced with Japanese curry and served with noodles in Dashi tastes great!
PS: I forgot the name of the curry. It's Japanese pepper, chilli, orange peals, seasam, algae.
People who say tofu doesn't taste good are just admitting that they can't cook. Simple as that.
@Nick linaras I can give you a recipe, if you like.
@Nick linaras OK, I'm back home and here's the recipe (2-3 persons):
1) cut 800g smoked tofu into small bits and mix it with 8 TBSP Teriyaki sauce
2) cut a large clove of garlic and ca. 1.5 inch of ginger into thin stripes
3) clean and cut two heads of Pak Choi.
4) add 2 TBSP of oil into the frying pan and briefly fry the tofu.
5) remove the tofu and add another 1 TBSP of oil and briefly fry the greens
6) add 1 tsp of crude/brown sugar and mix it in while it's still hot.
7) add everything together and mix in 150mL (1.5 cups) of vegetable broth (bought a powder and dissolved it in warm water)
8) add one tsp of Nanami Togarashi
9) dissolve Dashi powder and simmer the Somen noodles (2 pack); don't boil or it will negatively affect the taste
10) remove the noodles and add some of the remaining dashi and pour it into the vegetable broth.
11) adjust the flavor with more pepper, dashi, teriyaki, or paprika. Careful, there's a big difference between sauce, noodles, and greens regarding the intensity of the taste.
12) plate the noodles and greens
Not a fan of the taste of teriyaki myself.
@@Gr3nadgr3gory it was just an example. Personally, I find miso boring.
I really like the idea of the yokai being relatives to one and other makes this ghostly folklore stand out
That's it, I'm making a tofu business and these little guys are going to help me do it. And no one, not even child labor laws, can stop me.
Keep up the content Linfamy as always a joy to watch, learn and laugh. Hope Linfamy Army carries on growing strong with the sub count.
Thanks man :)
0:23 I like when you introduce them like this seems like some jojo eyecatch or who’s that Pokémon
I just read the title: "But but ... He's calles Tofu Boy!?"
What's wrong with that? 🤔
@@Linfamy Why shouldn't I eat what a adorable small stalking creep offering me? 🤔
@@TyxTheRedSnapper you make a good point
@@Stevie-J extradimensional hornd being
@@Stevie-J ... Well, we do have "Siren head" at home already. >):^°
if i see tofu boy and refuses to eat his tofu, he might give me puppy dog eyes then i'll eat it out of guilt
A serious conundrum.
I'll give him tofu that didnt go moldy. Then I'll take his tofu and throw it away somewhere else.
I think he's a good boi
:3
U have the best storytelling skills! So funny. 😂
Tofuboy, is adorable. I would totally adopt him. ☺
3:58 Why does my brain immediately go to "Tofu Boy shota with Jorogumo"
Good to see u upload on Sat again.
lol heyy I've *been* uploading on Sat. Just a bit later in the day.
I think the best way to ensure that the tofu you're getting won't kill you with mold is to bow, thank the tofu boy, then ask for a pair of chopsticks, basically be as polite as you can, so that he'll have no real reason to harm you. He might still prank you with moldy tofu, but that's just a harmless prank, and fermented tofu can be quite appetizing. If he was bullied by another yokai to kill you, he might feel bad for killing someone so polite, so he might warn you or ask you to escort him to a monk to protect him.
Wow. This is one of the cutest yokai ever.
"This is Japan, that's not weird enough" made me LOL. Thanks for the amusement and knowledge !
Tofu boy is actually cute! Like the one eye with the claws is so cute!
This proves it: The Japanese invented merchandising 😜
I put these in my Japanese inspired D&D campaign.
So in my setting, I have a continent that I created when I was 18 that Ive worked on the last decade to make into a playground for sandbox D&D, and 2 campaigns ago, I ran a campaign I called, "The Razing of Espire" which was an invasion of Aztec inspired warriors in service to a theocratic Empire called the "Empire of the Sun" in the common tongue. They invaded enmasse, and they had 3 different fleets that broke away after the trip to attack 3 places on the coast in a giant slave raid.
Didn't play for a few years but then created a new campaign called the "Raising of Espire" and in that gap, I came to the conclusion that the "Civilized" warrior culture of Japan would make a good foil to the barbaric manners of Aztec society. A culture of people forced to work together to make a unified warrior culture to face off against the Darwinistic Empire of the Sun. It wasn't meant to be that much in depth, but 2 players wanted to have that complete "Newby" experience, so they chose to be foreigners to the old continent, which lead to me fleshing out the new continent more.
I'm not going to bore you with setting information, but the party voted to play on this continent this campaign, and thus have lead to me doing a lot more research on Yokai as they are my replacement for ghosts and spiritual undead.
Tofu boy made the cut as a spirit of a young boy whom starved and thus never wants others to starve, so he gives out blocks of Tofu. The party have identified that they give out power ups.... sometimes.... but the roll was mid so they didn't get the whole picture.
SO far they were given one with a cherry in it for extra HP, they ate the one with a cockroach on it and received wallclimb, and they have one with a maple leaf on it that offers the effect I call, "Sticky fingers" which is slight of hand. None of them have been poisoned..... yet.
Nice! Creative way of incorporating Tofu Boy :)
I was never interested in yokai.
But now this shows up in my recommended and suddenly im interested
I would beat every Yokai that bullies him with a stick, forget death, even if it may be moldy, this boy just wants to serve some tofu
Can anything in Japan become a yokai? This just seems like some kid offered tofu to someone but it ended up being old and the guy got food poisoning. When are we getting toe stomper, the yokai that walks around to stop on your toes when you are in public places. Maybe wont mover will show up, the yokai that takes two seats on the bus and won't move even if you ask.
Kinda... Nowadays with the internet it's called urban legends
That and/or creepypasta
Perhaps the reason why Tofu Boy's tofu sometimes turns out to be spoiled is because a tanuki yokai bullied and forced him into selling some leftover trash tofu enchanted with transformation magic (hence the leaf) to fool customers?
... Bet it was Tom Nook who coerced the poor lad into a life of crime with housing foreclosure. >)X^D
2:42. Its Tahu from Indonesia. Look at the chilli or called cabe rawit
Great video as usual :^)
2:38 my sleepy ass though you said touhou.
... That being said, one would wonder... will there ever be a boy in Touhou? >):^?
Interesting! Love your Yokai videos :D
Hi. Will you be doing a video on the Tengu?
They are very popular, and I'm hoping that you will one day make one.
This upload has been sponsored by *Purge* all Yokai on sight!
I wonder how "one big ol' eye and a lolling tongue" became one of the yokai standards? Like so many tsukumogami, among many others.
This sure is going to help for my school project (we have to write full books based on different mythology over the world, oddly I'm the only one who chose Japan) and i won't eat tofu at all
I was thinking how good of a tofu mascot he would be.
I imagine him asking if you want tofu, and turning into a blubbery crying mess when you say no.
IDK why I find it funny, the illustrations becoming more and more detailed (i like it) but linfamy's character is still the gingerbread man 😂
😅
I love him and I want him as a friend.
Love you too, Linfamy.
I still luv me a tofu . Good stuff , can never get enough of it
Poor tofu boy! I don’t think I’d like tofu (I’ve never tried it) but I think I’d try to befriend him if I saw him.
so, were they malicious, were they pranksters, or were they just really bad at making tofu?
He's so cute- This is probably one of my favorite Yokai! Tied with the Kitsune, of course
It was the only thing keeping them alive......LOL.
Please cover Tengu next
Lol he’s not evil just a prankster
Tofu boy: feeds you mold that kills you
Ignoring the mold, he seems like a cute little guy.
Definitely want to protect him
Look, I'm rarely not packing chili crisp oil. You let some adorable Japanese boy monster come and offer me tofu and I will adopt that mofo and take him home.
Listening to what people did in good faith that it will keeo small pox away sounds not more or less ridiculous to me, than how some people chose to handle the current situation in this decade. A color making a virus scared? Yea, sure. Why not.
I'd say that's more reasonable than using Ivermectin.
Clearly we have regressed in some ways.
0:16 me: aaaawwww what a cutie
Amazing video!
Why is the Tofu Boy deemed not evil if the tofu you might eat could grow mold and kill you? Also , this is my first time learning of Tofu Boy despite used to having known a lot about youkai / read a lot about them. They really do have a youkai for every thing / every concept one could think of , don't they? 😺
I guess it all depends.
On one hand, he may kill you.
On the other hand, he might just give you a healthy albeit bland snack.
So I guess that he would be evil to some and not to others.
Another factor is that he's depicted as doing evil because he's coerced into it by stronger, more intimidating creatures; giving people lethal food poisoning isn't necessarily his desire and he does this out of fear.
So I guess that the viciousness is on an individual level, not across the board, and sometimes it's viciousness with a "yes, but" attached to the evil action.
I believe that any particular society's mythology springs from its aspirations and fears and I find myself wondering if the Tofu Boy is a warning; he came into popularity when smallpox was killing people, he wore clothes associated with warding off the disease and offered up what was on paper a healthy snack but in reality was just poison.
Maybe the whole point of Tofu Boy was "don't believe every cure-all, some people are just out to make money and if you wind up dying they won't care."
Kind of like nowadays when prominent people have claimed everything from Hydroxychloroquine to Ivermectin as miracle drugs for a disease that doesn't seem controllable.
I guess times change and human nature stays the same.
What happens if you were lucky & really lucky?
Will the tofu actually taste good & sweet, like maple syrup (the tofu block clearly has a Japanese maple leaf)?
"Vegan miracle jello"
Thank you for that.
"Tofu boy" is funny to me for some reason 🤣
Thanks...for some reason my bipolar brain has decided it wants to sing "I am Tofu Boy" to the tune of that story track off the Southpark Album: "Gopher Boy"
I hope you also do a content on the 100 ghost story!
2:44 ay yo what the soup (汤/唐 tang) dynasty???
Nice, thanks!
Poor Tōfu Kozō 🙁
😥
They seem like video game characters 😂
As soon as I saw the video I was like “b-b-but I love tofuuuu”
This is awesome lol! I see a Yokai with food…..I am armed with chopsticks….lol
this reminds me of the FF9 chef monster. id like to think he was inspired from this tale. 🤗
KILLER TOFU :) TOO COOL !
So basically this is the tofu version of baby yoda and everybody went nuts.
Sounds like a lesson on the virtues of not buying unsafely stored tofu. Benevolent yokai, still handing out soy cheese.
but what if i wanna??
Prepare for a bathroom trip?
Yeah I ain't gonna let some mould stop me from eating the tofu
Love the video
I heard yokai this dude gets a immediate subscription
And this dude reminds me of pandle
I can actually imagine a rash of Street kids selling bad tofu causing a food poisoning epidemic and so the public decided they were yokai.
For your next can do a video about all the kami Izanagi and Izanami made and their what they look like?
_"... Did you wash your hands when you made this?"_
Can I get Xiao one of those?
What are your thoughts on tofu, 'cause now I want to try some?
It's good, and there are many different ways of preparing it.
As a person who likes tofu so much i’d eat it even if it was my last meal
Tofu is such a versatile food.
@@Linfamy what do you mean by that 🤨
@1:47. . . . So like in real life.
😂 your script gives me life.
I'm gonna adopt all the cute little tofu boys.
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Will you make video about japanese shanties and pirates?
There is little content about it on YT and wikipedia
Oh you mean the wakou??? (CN wokou,KO waegu (weygu))
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 yep, there are some information/videos about them but not that much
Just curious have you explained the umbrella with 1 eye and a human leg? I need to know what it is
Not yet, good topic though :)
We’re can I meat one? Edit:how can I spell meet wrong I suck at English
Walk around empty streets at night, I guess
My favorite Tofu boy is the one who drives an 86 stalking people down Mount Akina.
Yokai: He's Just A Little Boy, He Can't Possibly Mold You
"... it's normal tofu."😂😂😂
Tofu kozo being bullied is one of my favourite aspects of their character. To the point where when writing a story that involved yokai and other demons, a tofu kozo is found at a slave market and no one wants him. Eventually they take pity on the SELLER and take him for a very low price.
(the reason my characters are at a slave market is for a sting operation since they are selling humans, which isn't allowed. The demon plane has messed up morals and them selling and killing each other is fine, humans is not)