A classic example of illusion craft attributed to the tanuki of Awa. It presents indoor furnishings incongruously outdoors and compels the target to keep “lifting” or “peeking,” eroding their sense of direction and time. The number thirty-six is sometimes linked to shugendō numerology, but local tales give no strict rationale, instead advising a practical countermeasure: stay calm and brace the belly. It causes no harm, and at dawn the spell breaks and the path appears as if nothing happened.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Animal Shapeshifters
Rarity - Uncommon
Personality - mischievous, relentless, tests human resolve without taking lives
Compatibility - its spells unravel more easily for the stout-hearted
Abilities - scene illusion (manifesting a mosquito net outdoors), labyrinthine confusion (erasing sense of front and back), compulsion to repeat (forcing repeated actions to induce fatigue)
Weaknesses - a calm and steady mind, belly-focused breathing, the hour of dawn
Habitat - night roads of mountain villages around Mima City in Tokushima Prefecture, satoyama and country paths of the Awa region
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