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. Oiwa

Okiku

. Otsuyu.
Yuki onna

Read Chapter 12 (Who Ya Gonna Call: The Spirit World in Anime) in Drazen, Patrick. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2014.

As you’ve already encountered in titles like Bleach and Inuyasha, ghosts and spiritual themes are common in anime.

Questions to Consider:

  1. Why are there so many kinds of ghosts and spirits in Japanese folklore, manga, and anime?
  2. How have the folktales Yuki Onna and Okiku been repurposed in anime?
  3. Who performs exorcisms?
  4. What is the significance of the number 108?
  5. What is a miko and what characteristics does she have in manga and anime?
  6. Read of Muhyo & Roujie.
    • How does this manga represent the relationship between humans and the spirit world?
    • Note that the six-pointed star used a a symbol of “sacred power”. This is another example of manga and anime using the trappings of a foreign religion (in this case, Judaism) to connote a sense of mysterious spirituality
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