A typical form based on Edo-period yokai picture scrolls. A one-head-tall, white, wrinkled mass stands upright with stumpy limbs and indistinct facial features. Only its name and image are preserved, so its behavior and intent are unsettled. In texts it is sometimes read as a prototypical faceless ghost (nopperabo), or noted as a transformation of an old toad or of foxes and raccoon dogs. Satirical books mention it “drinking the fat of the dead” or “disguising itself as a doctor,” but a broad regional tradition is hard to confirm. Claims of temple hauntings or a corpse-like stench likely stem from later interpretations, and firsthand accounts are limited. Its look is marked by powdery white skin and continuous folds of wrinkles.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - General Classifications
Rarity - Epic
Personality - unknown, sometimes depicted as a silent, approaching presence
Compatibility - unknown
Abilities - approaches people unnoticed and reveals its true form (in some readings), shapeshifting (some sources say it disguises itself as a doctor)
Weaknesses - unknown
Habitat - unknown
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