Hiroko Yoda

This was such a fun book. Every yokai has a full-page illustration and mostly a 3-page summery. While it's a reference book, it's also a satire book of survival guides. Clearly, it's not meant to be taken seriously. You read this for fun and maybe a starter for yokai culture. I'm into yokai stuff because of video games, anime, manga, and whatnot, but this book even points out some of those stories have been changed or watered-down versions. Kappa aren't cute like in Animal Crossing. According to this book and based on an old painting, kappa don't like it if you fart on them (which I didn't know) but they would drag people into the water (that I did know). I noticed a lot of yokai is based off old Japanese humor or cautionary tales. Overall, highly recommend this book to people into the subject.

I could have finished this earlier, but have personal things going on.… (altro)