A canonical form based on Sekien’s imagery and Edo-period prints. Resembling a cropped-haired child, it has clawed feet and an unusually long tongue. It avoids people, appears on deserted nights, and laps up bath scum and mineral scale, leaving wet tongue trails and a strange odor as its trace. Direct harm is rare; it is often seen as a presence that urges residents to clean.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Household Spirits
Rarity - Epic
Personality - fond of filth, timid
Compatibility - drawn to damp places, attracted to moldy environments
Abilities - lapping away grimelimescaleand mold with a long tonguesneaking in on deserted nightssensing uncleanliness
Weaknesses - well-kept baths, dry environments and ventilation, fire and heat
Habitat - old public bathhouses, neglected manor bath rooms, damp storage spaces
