Watch out for these yōkai next time you’re in the red light district. Which one is your favorite? 8 Most Dangerou Yokai You’ve Never Heard Of: th-cam.com/video/BCFDYJOGihM/w-d-xo.html These yōkai may hurt you, but I won’t: www.patreon.com/Linfamy
the taka-onna is believed to be a demonic stalker peeping on lovers during their acts. she would especially stalk unloyal husbands and chase them through the brothel streets while yelling what the man just did.
Imagine walking in some dark alley and then you see this pink floating kimono asking you about your forgotten bill 30 yrs ago "We've been trying to reach you about your brothel patronage bill" -Some brothel yokai (probably)
Sometimes they're cured with viral suppressors and crispr. Though I think that's just HIV... sometimes an antifungal treatment is needed, occasionally the possible treatment is just antiviral drugs. Sorry I love biology/medical trivia.
the kera-kera onna (lit. "giggling woman") originates from a chinese legend. it reports that prince xiao tong (520 AD) was actually and literally stalked by a woman. her stalking and giggling was reportedly so annoying and creepy, that half of the city and the palace would complain about her. desperate, the prince had the lady executed. too bad that her ghost would soon return for even more stalking... funfact: the story is based on historical documents and real peoples.
I love your work, it's very well done, informative and humorous. You help to make Japanese culture more accessible to those of us who don't speak Japanese. Thank you for that and for being an inspiration to actually finish learning Japanese.
So there I was binge-watching old Linfamy videos when suddenly, a new one appeared! Maybe that's the secret, binge-watch old Linfamy videos more often 😉
"fun" fact. The Great fire of Meireki, that destroyed 60-70% of Tokyo and killed over 100.000 people in 1657, started with the burning of an allegedly cursed kimono (The kimono was said of having been owned in succession by three teenage girls who all died before even being able to wear it) in one of the temples of the city.
The kosode no te yokai sounds similar to Hmong superstitions about clothing that formerly belonged to someone who has passed away. If someone sells the clothing of someone that has died, the person who owns the clothing may be haunted by the spirit/ghost (because the spirit is still connected to its material belongings)
Your folklore videos are always a treat to watch. I started watching your content around half a year ago, and it is awesome to see how much you've improved in art style and content. Keep up the good work 👌
Oh, I often wondered about the haunted kimono that was reportedly the source of one of the great fires of Edo (about the same time as the Great Fire of London). I guess they were trying to exorcise a kosode no te.
Cool. Im in Tokyo now and will go chase some Yokai in the red lattern district and buy them some sake to make them happy. If that doesn't work I'll let them know where to find you because I know you can give them a lot of joy. They will love your videos.
This is my first video I’ve seen from you, and I gotta hand it to you: you’re really good at making concepts easier for my brain to take in. It’s simplistic and entertaining without being condescending. I like it.
Yo... I'm laughing how you had the animated father give you that look when you said his daughter was dead... thank you for keeping that little magic of animation alive👌
You would also find another yokai called “warabihime” she is an oiran, whom i presume that it is always in a bad mood, as she mistreats other people, or even grab them by their ear so hard their ears bled, as their skin just rips apart from the warabihime doing that
My favorites of your videos are the ones you do on the folklore and the old stories. I enjoy the history content, but I do enjoy the folklore and stories more. Either way, I do enjoy all of the content that you put on TH-cam.
You're just the best. Love your videos and your sense of humor is simply exquisite 👌 Keep up the good work, thank you for the equally informative and hilarious videos and hope you get a bajillion subscribes and make some well deserved bank for all your hard work! X
Super honest about the suffering going on in the districts. Were these stories happening during those times or did they spring up after they faded away and became history?
Kera-kera Onna = Tall GF. No, really. I would read a series of someone blackout drunk telling a Kera-Kera Onna "Wow, you're so pretty," passing out, and waking up to realize they have a Tall Ghost GF now
Dude the Taka Onna freaking slapped me in the face. That’s me as a Yokai. Ugly, jealous of those with a love life, hang out around “romantic” places. Called. Out.
As an occultist that frequently communes with things, I love your explanation "it doesn't bother yours truly [the insanity inducing laughter] because it drowns out the other voices" AND JUST SCHWOOPED RIGHT BACK ON TOPIC 🤣🤣🤣😆
The way you describe kejōrō somehow give me flashbacks of some descriptions of Nordic malevolent water spirit, ”Näkki/Näcken”. In some regions this creature is described as beautiful woman from behind as she is washing herself at shore of a lake or river. This appearence is a lure, since the face is described to be horrible. This creature then snatches her prey who has come close enough enchanted by the view and eaten in bottom of the lake/river.
@@piretiris8223 Oh Lord! That reminded me of a Finnish kids game show what had thing stolen from Näkki, who started to play violin to lure folk into rivers and lakes… 🤣 The ”gameshow” was known as ”Hui hai hiisi!”, and it was kinda like watching kids larping… 😂
We have something similar in Ecuador, the veiled lady. Who is said look mostly beautiful from behind and with the veil, and she makes drunkards follow her until she reveals that she has a skull for a head
“Backside Surprise”? That’s hilarious, here in Texas I’ve only heard it called “Good From Afar, Far From Good” 😅 I suppose slightly more encompassing lol
I love how you explain the background to these yokai and do not dehumanize their spirts. Sex workers lead a very hard life and I am happy you address this even if it is in a different culture. So what if women sell their bodies? If it’s up to them they should not be shamed for it since people are willing to pay for it
Well, only thing I really agree here is that they were often victims of violence and that clients should be even more ashamed. Certainly I won't agree with modern day glorification of becoming sex workers - and it had enough effects to make some women in my middle of nowhere country fly out to Dubai to do dubious deals, I can only imagine scale in more cosmopolitan society. It's just not that good way for society to function (unless we just make all relationships into transaction and figure out alternatives for children and non sexual intimacy, but I don't think it's quite natural for us)
When are you going to continue going through your series, that goes through the basic history of Japan? I very much enjoy these videos or mini-series on a particular subject, certainly, but... You've gone through the first peoples to enter the islands, up to the mid-to-late Kamakura. (in about the late 1200's) I'd most certainly like to see the rest.
When you mentioned the Hair Yokai being completely covered in hair I did think about Cousin It from the Adams Family then two seconds later you show a picture of him.😂
I know Japanese have legends of Yokai in brothers, but I always assumed those legends were normal Yokai like Amasogi who happened to be in those area. I didn't know there were Yokai specifically for these areas instead of just passing through or being there by coincidence.
The Hair Yokai must have been what the girl was in Ringu. That is what made that movie so darn unsettling, A young girl walking towards me with hair covering her face, is for some reason far scarier than any slasher killer I have ever seen. Japanese sure knew what was scary.
i like to think the kerakera yokai in their mind is like their second chance in life after how much suffering they went through in it's previous existence in the red light district. Now it can prank or cackle in glee at anyone who made the people lives a living hell.
It has to do with the unique social structure of feudal Japan, while most other countries had an absolute monarch, Japan's emperor is a figurehead and the real power lies in the Shogun. Absolute monarchies like China and Korea nearby suppress folklore about Yokai and monsters as it promotes superstitions and undermines the power of the Imperial family. Japan doesn't have that and the Shogun like the power of the emperor being undermined (weak emperor = stronger Shogun) so they don't suppress folklore stories
Watch out for these yōkai next time you’re in the red light district. Which one is your favorite?
8 Most Dangerou Yokai You’ve Never Heard Of: th-cam.com/video/BCFDYJOGihM/w-d-xo.html
These yōkai may hurt you, but I won’t: www.patreon.com/Linfamy
Lol 😆
now part two of those yokai and those that arise from places where prostitution was for men
Would you be so kind and answered a question. What is the picture at 3:44?
"Dead..I mean recovered"🤣😂💀 hilarious. Thank you linfamy. I needed a laugh.
...that's quite a hat.,...
When she says she a demon in bed, and she ain't talking metaphorically.
"Yes YES, TAKE ME TO HELL"
@@Linfamy
"Wait what the fuc-"
-Final word's of some man
Jokes on you, im into that shit
Bro is fucking daki
@@TheRoland19111 Alternatively: "Welp, I'm already in this deep. Might as well commit."
Medieval Japan must have been a real fun place to be... You needed an exorcist even when going to a brothel.
Clearly you are poorly versed in Japanese lore. You needed an exorcist to go to the bathroom.
Ghostbusters would strike rich in Japan.
Especially, when you are going to a brothel!
@@hemidas A Ghostbusters anime where they are tackling the strange supernatural terrors of Japanese folklore would be awesome.
@@factfiend1000yeah the idea is not bad
the taka-onna is believed to be a demonic stalker peeping on lovers during their acts. she would especially stalk unloyal husbands and chase them through the brothel streets while yelling what the man just did.
That just sounds like someone who caught their husband cheating on them.
“That woman was a demon! She chased me and screamed at me!” And then someone just straight up took that literally
@@sierrajohnson717 the bystanders probably just shout "Wife, am i right?" and then just LOL
@@neardarkroad1347 "lol woman moment"
truly terrifying
Imagine walking in some dark alley and then you see this pink floating kimono asking you about your forgotten bill 30 yrs ago
"We've been trying to reach you about your brothel patronage bill"
-Some brothel yokai (probably)
While your wife is next to you. Awkward.
Not if the wife used to work in a brothel herself
@@peacemaker63604 Ghost moment💀
Makes you wonder about how they reach out to people about their cars extended warranty.
@@squizzyicetea "HEY, YOU, YOU'VE RECENTLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON YOUR HORSE, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT IT-HEY GET BACK HERE!-"
Nowadays they use penicillin to remove Red Lantern District Yokais.
Sometimes they're cured with viral suppressors and crispr. Though I think that's just HIV... sometimes an antifungal treatment is needed, occasionally the possible treatment is just antiviral drugs. Sorry I love biology/medical trivia.
😂
O wow 👌 perfect!!🤣🤣🤣
Or you live with them for the rest of your life.
The clap-san. The scariest yokai of them all
the kera-kera onna (lit. "giggling woman") originates from a chinese legend. it reports that prince xiao tong (520 AD) was actually and literally stalked by a woman. her stalking and giggling was reportedly so annoying and creepy, that half of the city and the palace would complain about her. desperate, the prince had the lady executed. too bad that her ghost would soon return for even more stalking... funfact: the story is based on historical documents and real peoples.
so this is where the "creepy yet hot stalker yandere girl" trope in ASMR come from
Thats sad.
@@neardarkroad1347 maybe?^^
Reminds me of the cutaway gag of Peter Griffin calling the giggling Japanese girls a circus.
lol , chinese will always claim they are original in everything 😂
but still use european chipsets from 2018 for their 2023 mobile phone 🤷♂️
That story of the little girl was unexpectedly morbid.
I feel so bad for her
Imagine her ghost showing up to her boss: With all due respect, she makes this a hostile work environment, if I've ever seen one. I dare say.
new to JP horror, are we?
I love your work, it's very well done, informative and humorous. You help to make Japanese culture more accessible to those of us who don't speak Japanese. Thank you for that and for being an inspiration to actually finish learning Japanese.
Good luck with your studies!
"Finish learning Japanese" xDDD
I love his humour too
So there I was binge-watching old Linfamy videos when suddenly, a new one appeared! Maybe that's the secret, binge-watch old Linfamy videos more often 😉
You've discovered the secret
I regularly binge watch the hooker videos for just that reason and that reason only 😄
@@Linfamy 😄
@@darthclaire7179 same. Watching Linfamy videos are better than watching P@rn
"fun" fact.
The Great fire of Meireki, that destroyed 60-70% of Tokyo and killed over 100.000 people in 1657, started with the burning of an allegedly cursed kimono (The kimono was said of having been owned in succession by three teenage girls who all died before even being able to wear it) in one of the temples of the city.
I think it's moved past "allegedly" when the death toll surpasses a tenth of a million.
Could be laughter bringing crazy to the brain. Could also be syphilis.
Great video as per :)
Isn’t the Japanese throne called the Chrysanthemum Throne? 🤔
Yep..
The Japanese imperial crest is also a chrysanthemum
@@Linfamy interesting symbolism 🤭
Butthole throne is very accurate for some Japanese emperors
@mbgal Samurai Ghost: Nani!? What are you insinuating!? ( reaches for spectral katana)
The kosode no te yokai sounds similar to Hmong superstitions about clothing that formerly belonged to someone who has passed away. If someone sells the clothing of someone that has died, the person who owns the clothing may be haunted by the spirit/ghost (because the spirit is still connected to its material belongings)
I absolutely love the writing of these extremely informative bits. Your humor is matched by none and I love it!
Your folklore videos are always a treat to watch. I started watching your content around half a year ago, and it is awesome to see how much you've improved in art style and content. Keep up the good work 👌
Oh, I often wondered about the haunted kimono that was reportedly the source of one of the great fires of Edo (about the same time as the Great Fire of London). I guess they were trying to exorcise a kosode no te.
Linfamy! You pronounced phenomenon flawlessly! I'm so proud.
Thank you, I tried 🥲😂
thanks to you I can never look at chrysanthemums the same way again
Success
Same I’ll call it the butt hole flower from now on.
Cool. Im in Tokyo now and will go chase some Yokai in the red lattern district and buy them some sake to make them happy. If that doesn't work I'll let them know where to find you because I know you can give them a lot of joy. They will love your videos.
I love your sense of humor. It is unmatched.
This is my first video I’ve seen from you, and I gotta hand it to you: you’re really good at making concepts easier for my brain to take in. It’s simplistic and entertaining without being condescending. I like it.
So happy right now... Kejōrō is my favourite just because she's popular among other yokai as well
The Ruanda reference really, reeeeally hits the spot..
Don’t take so long next time @Linfany I was lost without you bud ❤
I'm sorry 🙏
@@Linfamy i really enjoy these styles of yr vids and your funny jokes or punns u put in
Thanks Linfamy! I’ll be sure to keep an eye out next time I’m there!
Gosh I love this channel! Educating me with humour and fun graphics as well as beautiful original prints is all I ever wanted. Thank you for this, Sir
Dude I'm dead 💀 the way he just calmly says that the carthansum looks like a anus is so funny.
In China I believe that slang for gay sex is 'opening the chrysanthemum '
@@MissGroves they refer gay sex or getting pegged by a lady to that phrase
This was really informative, funny, interesting and, commendably, to the point, thanks for sharing!
Yo... I'm laughing how you had the animated father give you that look when you said his daughter was dead... thank you for keeping that little magic of animation alive👌
So it seems like the Demon Slayer Corps needs to return back to the red light district.
Yes, clearly Daki and Gyuutaro weren't the only ones there...
You would also find another yokai called “warabihime” she is an oiran, whom i presume that it is always in a bad mood, as she mistreats other people, or even grab them by their ear so hard their ears bled, as their skin just rips apart from the warabihime doing that
My favorites of your videos are the ones you do on the folklore and the old stories. I enjoy the history content, but I do enjoy the folklore and stories more. Either way, I do enjoy all of the content that you put on TH-cam.
Your videos are awesome. They teach you a lot and a really funny. Plus your art style is really cool.
Nearly forget to leave a like, but my fear of Yokai helped me to remember
Well then I'm leaving a heart 💗
When you mentioned how the Kejoro uses her hair to strangle men, I immediately thought of Daki and her obi.
great as always
Thank you so much!
Why did I expect Daki to be here?
She's a demon in the Entertainment District Arc of Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer.
She's like the long haired yokai and the kimono yokai combination smh XD. But if you think about it ...
Daki is the embodiment of all these yokais ...
You're just the best.
Love your videos and your sense of humor is simply exquisite 👌
Keep up the good work, thank you for the equally informative and hilarious videos and hope you get a bajillion subscribes and make some well deserved bank for all your hard work! X
Thanks for the kind words :)
the kerra-kerra onna makes me think of Yubaba from Spirited Away? could this yokai be partial inspiration who only enjoys herself and her money?
Super honest about the suffering going on in the districts. Were these stories happening during those times or did they spring up after they faded away and became history?
Kera-kera Onna = Tall GF.
No, really. I would read a series of someone blackout drunk telling a Kera-Kera Onna "Wow, you're so pretty," passing out, and waking up to realize they have a Tall Ghost GF now
When her face hits your eye
Like a sword of samurai
That's amore!
When the robes do look fine
Despite the low cost sign
That’s amore!
3:48 I didn't expect a reference to Mugen no Juunin. Sadly people seem to have forgotten it. You're more cultured than I thought, cheers 🍻
Dude the Taka Onna freaking slapped me in the face. That’s me as a Yokai. Ugly, jealous of those with a love life, hang out around “romantic” places. Called. Out.
I love how educational these videos are and the jokes always catch me so off guard, I snort
As an occultist that frequently communes with things, I love your explanation "it doesn't bother yours truly [the insanity inducing laughter] because it drowns out the other voices" AND JUST SCHWOOPED RIGHT BACK ON TOPIC 🤣🤣🤣😆
You talk to ghosts?
5:10 "why chrysanthemum? Because it looks like a butthole." I'm fucking dying XD
Thanks for that now I can never look at chrysanthemums the same ever again😂😢
;)
You can always look at Georgia O'Keefe paintings of calla lilies for a change of pace 😉
The way you describe kejōrō somehow give me flashbacks of some descriptions of Nordic malevolent water spirit, ”Näkki/Näcken”. In some regions this creature is described as beautiful woman from behind as she is washing herself at shore of a lake or river. This appearence is a lure, since the face is described to be horrible. This creature then snatches her prey who has come close enough enchanted by the view and eaten in bottom of the lake/river.
And sometimes they play the violin to lure people
@@piretiris8223 Oh Lord! That reminded me of a Finnish kids game show what had thing stolen from Näkki, who started to play violin to lure folk into rivers and lakes… 🤣
The ”gameshow” was known as ”Hui hai hiisi!”, and it was kinda like watching kids larping… 😂
We have something similar in Ecuador, the veiled lady. Who is said look mostly beautiful from behind and with the veil, and she makes drunkards follow her until she reveals that she has a skull for a head
“Backside Surprise”? That’s hilarious, here in Texas I’ve only heard it called “Good From Afar, Far From Good” 😅 I suppose slightly more encompassing lol
You make me laugh so hard 🤣. Thanks
1:23 Nice hit on the fourth wall.
"...because it drowns out the other voices". I love you, mate!
another awesome video ...thanks for sharing
And when we needed him most, he returned.
;)
I love how you explain the background to these yokai and do not dehumanize their spirts. Sex workers lead a very hard life and I am happy you address this even if it is in a different culture. So what if women sell their bodies? If it’s up to them they should not be shamed for it since people are willing to pay for it
Well, only thing I really agree here is that they were often victims of violence and that clients should be even more ashamed. Certainly I won't agree with modern day glorification of becoming sex workers - and it had enough effects to make some women in my middle of nowhere country fly out to Dubai to do dubious deals, I can only imagine scale in more cosmopolitan society. It's just not that good way for society to function (unless we just make all relationships into transaction and figure out alternatives for children and non sexual intimacy, but I don't think it's quite natural for us)
They were trapped.
They very rarely choosed this. It was full of sexual slavery, starting from childhood. Which makes all of this even sadder.
5:11 that wasn’t suppose to be as funny as it was. Good delivery 😂
When are you going to continue going through your series, that goes through the basic history of Japan? I very much enjoy these videos or mini-series on a particular subject, certainly, but... You've gone through the first peoples to enter the islands, up to the mid-to-late Kamakura. (in about the late 1200's) I'd most certainly like to see the rest.
Hi uwus
omg- you'r art style changed
or got better- i like it
This is so good!
When you mentioned the Hair Yokai being completely covered in hair I did think about Cousin It from the Adams Family then two seconds later you show a picture of him.😂
nice nice nice! Will try to check out other content as well as I LOVE Youkai!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
2:22 BACKSIDE SURPRISE!!! ....yea I've seen some videos like that ,...😏
I know Japanese have legends of Yokai in brothers, but I always assumed those legends were normal Yokai like Amasogi who happened to be in those area. I didn't know there were Yokai specifically for these areas instead of just passing through or being there by coincidence.
Ayyyy finally one of the first to reach this video❤
Woohoo!
I like the pun and the jokes lol🤣🤣🤣definitely subscribed😂😂😂😂
And I'm now subscribed!
Hair prostitute
Wow. A new reason to love christathmums even more. This yaoi fangirl's favorite flower just got better.
😏
I was going to say the same thing
"It doesn't bother yours truly, because it drowns out the other voices."
God this is too relatable.
I like this. Subbed!!!
The Hair Yokai must have been what the girl was in Ringu. That is what made that movie so darn unsettling, A young girl walking towards me with hair covering her face, is for some reason far scarier than any slasher killer I have ever seen. Japanese sure knew what was scary.
I love your videos
I love your comment.
Wow got recommended a video from this channel after such a long time
2:45 (Kejōrō)
the way you describe this yokai, she sounds like she's like a Cousin It type being from The Addam's family.
♫
Roku-saaaaaan
You don't have to put on the red lantern
Haunt the streets for money
♫
Roku-saaaaaaan
You don't have to put on the red lantern
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
I I LOVE your channel!! Nuff'said!
6:59 Holy Shit i'm going some form of hell for laughing at that. 💀
Yes! This is just perfect!
Linfamy: "Why chrysanthemum? Because it looks like a butthole."
Me: *spittake*
i like to think the kerakera yokai in their mind is like their second chance in life after how much suffering they went through in it's previous existence in the red light district. Now it can prank or cackle in glee at anyone who made the people lives a living hell.
Back with a banger
Japan has to have the richest folklore in the world.
It hasn't been erased as "white supremecy" by the woke cult yet. . .
It has more to do with it being recorded and not erased/ destroyed through genocide abs cultural genocide
na, they're all complex and crazy and cool, they just don't survive genocide very well
It has to do with the unique social structure of feudal Japan, while most other countries had an absolute monarch, Japan's emperor is a figurehead and the real power lies in the Shogun.
Absolute monarchies like China and Korea nearby suppress folklore about Yokai and monsters as it promotes superstitions and undermines the power of the Imperial family. Japan doesn't have that and the Shogun like the power of the emperor being undermined (weak emperor = stronger Shogun) so they don't suppress folklore stories
It’s probably just well-documented.
Solid delivery cynical/dark humor! And super informative 🎉
Well i'm subbing for sure funny stuff andnice learning experience.
Thanks
Thanks so much! :)
Fantastic. I love this video
This video brings smile to my face. 😄
If sexual frustration could make you a yokai, i would become a big balls (due to frustration) yokai roaming in every cosplay event.
2:18kejoro is also the THICC yokai from nurahiyon no mago who is in relationship with kubinashi the floating head yokai.
The funny thing about yōkai to me is that so many of them are just some kind of spooky lady.
Would love to see top 10 Friendliest Yokai since There are Harmless Yokai
This is spooky and hilarious. Love ya 😂
So the hair youkai is just a female version of Cousin It from the Adams Family.
Maybe he is her son. Got his charm from the mother
From suffering comes many yokai XD
Gotta be honest, that’s not where I thought you were going with “backside surprise”
2:44 Chewbacca from the back-a and an affront-a from the front-a
Your humour is excellent!!!!
One day I will have the $$$ to become EMPEROR!!!
The okamuro(or okaburo) would be an alp from Zipangu in the Monster Girl Encyclopedia. Interesting indeed.