Along the banks of Kanmangafuchi Abyss, Jizo statues wearing red bibs line the river. Walking while counting them one by one, and counting them once more on the way back, the numbers somehow do not match—hence they are called Bake-jizo (Ghost Jizo) and Narabi Jizo (Lined-up Jizo). The sight of moss-covered stone Buddhas quietly sitting in this rugged gorge carved from the lava of Mount Nantai evokes a sense of time distortion unique to sacred grounds. Many Jizo were washed away by a flood during the Meiji era, and only their pedestals remain here and there in the broken lines. In the single aspect of not being able to determine their number, this is indeed an anomaly, while simultaneously remaining a place of deep prayer.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Spirit/Ghost
Rarity - Rare
Personality - Does not cause harm, but merely quietly distorts the count. Without anger or curse, it gently eludes the visitor's desire to count them.
Compatibility - Affines with the tranquility of sacred grounds and watersides. Those who restlessly seek numbers and reason become more deeply entangled in its dizziness.
Abilities - Distorting numbersCausing uncountable dizziness
Weaknesses - As it causes no curse or actual harm, it is an object of awe but never an object to be eradicated.
Habitat - Kanmangafuchi Abyss along the Daiya River in Nikko. A sacred gorge formed by the lava of Mount Nantai.
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