The Teacher's Yokai Origins in Little Nightmares 2! 👩‍🏫👺 - Gaijin Goombah

[@GaijinGoombah]

GET YO LIL' G PLUSH HERE! -> www.makeship.com/products/gaijin-goombah-plush Had a TON OF FUN putting this one together! Hope you all like the new look for Lil' G!

[@simbacartoonfan2787]

The Rokurokubi is my favorite Yokai that I made my female friend as a Rokurokubi in my manga Yokai university

[@jeremytung1632]

I’m getting mine.

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

I'm not that much of a fan of the new look for Lil' G and think that he needs to be a little taller imo.

[@LordBloodySoul]

I bought the plush. My daughter loves the show and Mini G, so she gets this as an early birthday gift, I guess xD

[@jeremyetremblay6663]

Are you gonna do a video about murder drones?

[@Kokolowolf]

Imagine pouring your heart out about a horribly heinous, greedy thing you've done to an innkeeper and he looks you dead in the eye and is like "Oh dude, same"

[@LetsaskShogo]

The growing neck chasing you into the vent.... Out of all the monsters in Little Nightmares that was the scariest!😨

[@JonduGaming]

I jump easily, but I don't normally get freaked out. You know, feeling true fear. That...thing, scares me. 0.0

[@adhambarbour]

Man Lil G was not prepared for today, first he was turned into an adorable and marketable plushie, and then immediately after that he gets a adorable redesign. Also huge props to Yuki Goombah for the redesign.❤️ I just wish he was blue.😅

[@nine_tails137]

Maybe if the design was more to scale with the original next to Gaijin, I would like it a little more.

[@adhambarbour]

@@nine_tails137 Really, I think the size is okay. But maybe Gaijin will scale Lil' G up.

[@nine_tails137]

@@adhambarbour Yeah, he's smaller compared to Gaijin, where as with the old look, he's more up to his neck in height. Then again, that's probably just a scaling thing?

[@gothnerd887]

I wish he wasn't red (I have an aversion to red)

[@alejandromolina7270]

"Pft! What! How are rokurokubi remotely scary." Flashback when Orochimaru gave Sasuke the curse mark.

[@Jasonwolf1495]

I'm just thinking about Gaijin making that scream, and Aki calling from the other room asking if he's okay...

[@GaijinGoombah]

This happened.

[@YukiGoomba]

Let me pop in on this one for everyone here, hi! I'm Yuki Goomba and I am very proud to have done Gaijin's new design fro Lil'G seeing how we've practically known each other for almost 10 years now. I always watched his content from waaaaay back in 2012, so yeah keep up the support with watching his content, I know I still do and will for a long time.

[@GaijinGoombah]

Yeeeee!!!

[@RWNetworkEX]

Good job on the artwork. Im catching up on some content and its nice to see a change in Lil G’s design. It looks good 👍

[@shelbybayer200]

A lot of Light Nightmares 2 is based off of japan If you look at some of the Buildings of the Pale City they have the classic japanese roof you see on like the Palace of the Emperor and Shinto Shrine Temples it's not just the Maw as you say in the video Heck, Mono's clothing at the end of the game is very much like a Japanese High School Uniform {While he's transforming} So, it makes sense the Teacher is based on a Yokai

[@doragon214]

I think someone also once pointed out that the ovens used in the kitchen on the Maw are an old Japanese style of oven, there are lots of little hints of Japanese culture seen through the Maw but most of it is located in the Guest Area.

[@elcatrinc1996]

Technicallly, both Six and Mono are japanese, so it makes sence

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

In one of the commercials on the televisions in the game little nightmares 2 based on lyrics interpretation, the viewers are being instructed to send their children away (possibly to the school, possibly to the hospital, possibly to the maw) and in return they will be able to get a new TV. It sounds cheesy but I was not consciously looking to hear these things and it offers an explanation for why no children are with their parents One commercial has someone yelling help in the background in Japanese.

[@magic2546]

14:08 Bandai Namco is just the publisher, the series itself was actually made by Tarsier Studios, which to my knowledge is somewhere in Europe.

[@tyokabina2829]

Sweden

[@crackedemerald4930]

@@tyokabina2829 the scariest of europe

[@tyokabina2829]

@@crackedemerald4930 not from where Im standing but ok.

[@colestrawn4304]

Personally, I think what little nightmares is about is one of the scariest aspects of childhood, and that's growing up. To a kid the world adults live in is scarier than any nightmare because of what it turns you into. Greedy, glutinous, selfish, so consumed by your own base desires that your do anything to satisfy your own morbid appetites. And despite the Lovecraft focus of the second game that's still very much the case. If you not careful, the adult life well hollow you out, twist you, make you into a monstrous parody of yourself

[@dorothygale9648]

"She's exactly how a kid would see a teacher, nice on the outside, mean on the inside." As a teacher, I resent that.

[@alvinafatialofa1545]

2:17 "In what world is the Rokurokubi "Feared"...?" The Teacher:Chasing Mono in the vents.

[@dracone4370]

The history and lore things can be amazing, and you never know when it could act as inspiration. The Jack-o-lantern, for example, dates back to an old Irish tradition of carving giant beets and turnips into lanterns, but where they get their name comes from Irish folklore in the form of a man known as Stingy Jack. Now, Jack was not a nice person, he was actually a terrible person in life, so terrible, in fact, that the devil himself met with Jack while the man was alive at several different times to try and lay claim to his soul personally, and Jack tricked him every time. On their last encounter, Jack actually forced the devil into swearing to never accept his soul into Hell, and Jack with newfound confidence in his life went on doing what he always did until he kicked the bucket. First, his soul rose up to the gates of Heaven, where he was almost immediately kicked back down to earth for the massive list of evil deeds he had performed. Jack wandered the mortal realm as a spirit for some time before literally trying to break into Hell, the devil point-blank told him he was adhering to their deal and had Jack chased out, even throwing one of the glowing coals of Hell, some say the embers of Hell have the power to burn souls to ash, after Jack. So, Jack found himself a giant beet (some versions say it's a turnip) and carved the plant into a lantern then carefully placed the coal in his makeshift lantern to act as a light as his soul wanders the earth. Some accounts of the story even say he tries to trick others into becoming his unwitting companions until the final day of judgment comes. Now, given all that, what does Jack sound like to you?

[@cartooncritique6625]

I'm reminded of the Billy and Mandy Halloween Special. XD

[@WretchedRedoran]

Uhh, a faerie?

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

The ferryman?

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

Satan?

[@solarixstar]

And a lot of those theory videos are done by a stellar content creator Tericho. He’s done a TON of videos on the world of Little Nightmares and how he interprets it. 100% recommended if you want more theories.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

Daaaaw, new Little G looks so adorable!

[@AnaxErik4ever]

Rokurokubi is the first thing I thought of when I saw the Draconian teacher's neck stretch out and around The School to look for Mono and Six. Nice to see it finally covered on Yokai Hunters. Happy Halloween everyone.

[@SunBunz]

Fascinating! And your Japanese pronunciation is amazing. I thought the design of The Teacher was just inspired by the monster, though.

[@ranwolf76]

Hey GG, you ever read the Webcomis Erma? It's about a half human half yokai ghost girl and one of her aunts is a Rokurokubi and she's a sweetheart of a character

[@shanethebrownwolf5575]

I need to catch up on that series. It’s a good one

[@ranwolf76]

@@shanethebrownwolf5575 I want a Erma tv series

[@AryaWolf24]

I've read that too! It's adorable.

[@ArcaneEther]

It hurts my soul that Tarsier Studios said they have no plans to make a third Little Nightmares. I hope they change their minds.

[@Vee_Sheep]

the way the vent escape footage was edited gave it big "Why are you running?!" vibes

[@renamon5658]

If i recall that yokai can detach it's heard and fly

[@GaijinGoombah]

That's nukekubi.

[@indigopandora1829]

Finally! I love this game and immediately thought of this when playing it. Love your content!

[@geardog24]

It always bugged me that the Teacher was the only boss to survive. I thought you could at least trap her head in the vents.

[@Solo_Sessums]

13:49 😆 basically "the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence."

[@RobinRhombus2]

It's always great to see Little Nightmares content.

[@kin4386]

I think this video does perfectly highlight the appeal of Little Nightmares. It's so unbelievably vague that interesting theories like this are always worth considering.

[@SmileyTrilobite]

Sir John Tenniel’s illustration of Alice’s surprise neck elongation fueled at least one of my childhood nightmares.

[@damotoneko1500]

So Rokurokubi can be either evil or kind depending on how they were cursed. Good to know :D

[@robotsandmonsters4756]

Lycanthropy should only be used to refer to werewolves. Other shapeshifting into animal curses are referred to as Therianthropy.

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

Therianthropy is the mythological ability or affliction of individuals to metamorphose into animals or hybrids by means of shapeshifting. It is possible that cave drawings found at Cave of the Trois-Frères, in France, depict ancient beliefs in the concept.

[@elmono6299]

11:04 - I remember seeing this long neck ghost in the Toho fantasy horror film, Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters.

[@Obsessor23]

As soon as I saw you tweet about the teacher, I knew you were gonna cover the Rokurokubi Also congrats on the plushies, I was the 4th one to order!

[@alucardv5312]

If the Teacher was a alcoholic I could see it. Drinking of flammable liquidates and all.

[@robintachoir7984]

Just found you through game theory. Which helped me find kaihatsu. I love channels that add education and context to the games and shows my kids love. Keep being awesome and keep up the good work!

[@shadowbrain4814]

Just started and can already tell it's a good episode. Any plans on trying to revive the Gaijin Gamers, though? Really hoping it doesn't die, I spent years watching you, Aki, Geck, and Allochi have fun playing games while I was going through the Air Force.

[@billtrent6520]

Ok so it wasn't just me who thought the teacher had same influence of those thing though I forgot thire names

[@silverblaze8766]

Conspiracy: The Rokurokubi was a cleaver guise by the kappa to bring about the domination of the Japanese. Lantern oil wasn't expensive it was a cover by the bourgeoisie to keep the poor man down and kept in the dark because their pockets were lined by the Kappa.

[@whichcache2517]

Checkmate, Globeheads; Hail Sobek!

[@bradypermenter8761]

Kappa work for the bourgeoisie

[@silverblaze8766]

@@bradypermenter8761 No the other way around I might have worded it wrong

[@whitewolf3051]

One, I preferred the older art style of little Goombah. Two, imagine having a girlfriend who's a rokurokubi, looking like the one in 2:11 with the face of the one in 2:08, have her wrap you with her stretchy neck.

[@nujevad28]

Sticking to just an avatar and a few artwork might have kept you under the radar, but having actual merchandise might catch the attention of Nintendo, and they don't play around.

[@skyrogue1977]

That woman is in need of detention.

[@battleax6364]

Gaijin can you please review Power Ranger samurai it mean the world to me there’s so much Chinese and Japanese references to mythology I know you’ll love it please review it

[@toyloliSpare]

I've always wanted to know, how does Little-G use that sword? Does he hold it in his mouth?

[@jessespringer7723]

Like how goombahs use baseball bats

[@nine_tails137]

Okay NGL, that intro into the Lil G Plush got a good laugh outta me!🤣

[@ShinKyuubi]

A Rokurokubi appears as a main character in the manga Yokai Girls..it's..um..one of those ecchi manga to be sure..BUT they do talk about the lore of the various Yokai and even how there are regional differences at the back of the book when a new one is introduced. It even talks about how Yokai NEED to scare people to exist as once people stop fearing them or believing in them, they fade away. This actually happened to a Yokai that the Rokurokubi knows, the Yokai of mountain echos. Once science explained how echos worked, the Yokai believed to cause them faded away forever. The Yokai in Yokai Girls (there ARE male Yokai too in the series btw) literally feed on fear, you actually see the Rokurokubi scare the main male character and a ball of energy escapes him when he screams and she eats that and it's explained that the Yokai feed on fear to live..they CAN eat normal people food but to stay alive they need fear, and the more feared they are the more powerful they are. The Rokurokubi in the series is nice though and has the hots for the main male..of course..it IS a 17+ manga after all.

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

In one of the commercials on the televisions in the game little nightmares 2 based on lyrics interpretation, the viewers are being instructed to send their children away (possibly to the school, possibly to the hospital, possibly to the maw) and in return they will be able to get a new TV. It sounds cheesy but I was not consciously looking to hear these things and it offers an explanation for why no children are with their parents One commercial has someone yelling help in the background in Japanese.

[@swordsman1_messer]

2:18 Well, that escalated quickly.

[@squeethemog213]

Well this was a really spooky video. Awesome job man. Cool redesign btw :D

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

Her neck does not stretch infinitely as at a certain point, she can't reach us, but good theory and I believe it.

[@TheCreepypro]

I don't even like plushies and I think yours is cool and a must have props to you for making something so cool also as a guy who love theories about little nightmares this whole video was great I love how and where you went when discussing this particular yokai

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this channel

[@elcatrinc1996]

Imma be honest, i wasnt expecting You of all people to talk about Little Nightmares, but im really glad you did, this was Epic

[@deadlydingus1138]

I knew this video was going to happen eventually.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Thanks you for your channel

[@Aghul]

Great video as always and also what a great new look for Lil G!

[@shawnheatherly]

So happy seeing Little Nightmares 2 on here.

[@犬まにまに]

The character reminds me of the 1996 horror movie "Gakkou no Kw aidan2"(学校の怪談2) Rokurokubi's teacher appears in the movie. She has a similar face.

[@bloodcrusnik7418]

This is me interacting for the almighty Algorithm-Sama.

[@someoneawesome8717]

Ayy

[@darkwolfoflight6753]

Great video! Lil' G's new looks is great, too!

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

It would be cool to see you guys do a D&D video on the shadow monk

[@stinkly866]

ya at the beginning it's a fnaf2 sfx

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

Little nightmares was inspired by Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away which may explain the Japanese references in both games.

[@bhawl]

The reason The Lady is the way she is is because she isn’t just the Maw’s captain but also the soul of it and when passengers go in the maw the cooks will kill the passengers and there souls will be used to keep The Maw running and The Lady young and powerful

[@travisherndon94]

Like the new redesign Goombah

[@birdflox1337]

I definitely agree with the idea of the teacher being some perverted image of what she once was. I personally feel like that's really the case for pretty much all the enemies in Little Nightmares, all of them seem to have some bad quality that's blown up times ten and shapes how they look. the only time we see a human turn into a monster is with Six at the end of Little Nightmares 2, and in that case, she becomes a chaotic mess who is incredibly reclusive and will become violent when someone threatens her only source of comfort, her music box. it's like the very first time we meet her when she's trapped behind a wall with the music box, except now her loneliness is blown up and she looks disfigured, no longer wanting to look for a better future.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Have you ever heard of Ghost Squad? It's an on rails shooter that had a "ninja" mode. It swapped your guns for shuriken, some setpieces for Japanese stuff, and enemies for ninjas(The helicopter boss transformed into a flying kite ninja) I wish I knew where it was, that game was fun on a bun. Oh yeah, my point. So when you threw a shuriken at a Japanese doll, their necks would grow like this.

[@YumiGoblin]

OMG Lil' G's new design is SO HECKIN CUTE!!!

[@renamon5658]

Happy Halloween

[@miguelalberto2695]

Hi Gaijin I love the work and dedication you did and I like the series of Yo Kia Hunter and since is October I got a request for you if it's ok for you make an episode of one the SCP objects and trust me you will get your head spinning. :-)

[@daviddent5662]

You know we have a Rokorokubi like race in our fantasy world and I'm beginning to see that just using the neck extension for assassination and espionage in the main hub city was in fact short sighted. There's so many other good traits we could have taken! Thankfully the E-book I've been working on for like 4 years has plenty of Yokai stuff where I could slot this in. Thank you Lil G and Gaijin for this contribution to my research folder.

[@tsukisenshi8100]

Forgive me for asking Gaijin goombah, I know that you are very busy making other videos (which are great by the way), but If I recall correctly (I could be wrong), you haven't made a video analyzing Donna Beneviento from resident evil village, and honestly, I would love to see a video about her

[@Solqueen86]

Gaijin Goombah should be thankful it's not a Body pillow

[@cutiepiettvjackson8744]

Interestingly, she is evil at night in the game like the yokai are evil at night in their folklore.

[@HassanKhan0987]

Ngl I'm gonna miss the old lil g design the design will always give me so much nostalgia

[@edmanbrosyoutube4740]

yes!!! i get to learn about this one!!! I waited so long!!! thank you

[@hexbox2182]

Lil G is plushie now! This is good.

[@WarmLillie]

Happy Halloween Gaijin Goomba

[@errorbirdesther]

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween Great video btw !

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Thanks you for your video

[@johanstenfelt1206]

So, the Goombah is now your sidekick instead of just simply being your Channel Persona/Avatar? Did I miss something?

[@GaijinGoombah]

A LOT of videos.

[@jimmyjeff1777]

Dude it's been like that for at least 2 years, maybe even longer

[@johanstenfelt1206]

@@jimmyjeff1777 huh, really? Hm, welp, i guess that’s what I for not following his channel for a long while🤷🏻‍♂.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Don't give up and never give in

[@kfcroc18]

Where is this clip from? 2:08

[@drowningin]

Little Nightmares was made by Swedish company Tarsier Studio. It might of been published by Bandai Namco, but not made. One look at the credit roll will show Japanese didn't develop

[@Michael-590]

Oh I loved Little Nightmares 2! I only wish there were more levels added on as DLC.

[@xtalongraspx9004]

Wow, no Youkai Revealing. I guess when Goombah is convinced, he makes exceptions. Pretty cool of the guy, if you ask me. Of course, we have seen him make exceptions for youkai in the past as well, but there was once a time when he put a lot of things to a stop, and has become more mature and discerning. I love both aspects of Goombah as well, growing as a character who is more...how do I say this... I can't without offending the Goombah. Sorry, I wish I had words for it. Best I keep them inside, not saying them for him. In other words, he can pretty much...well, for lack of a better words, almost get away with anything without the comments section helping or going against him. I love the guy, but I guess even he has his limits, the Goombah. I hope you had an awesome Halloween! X3 Happy Holidays!

[@mathieuleader8601]

I had a nightmare once of being chased by floating Mr. Sparkle heads that bite

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@relentlessnexus8884]

2:08 what show is that?

[@robertchaney2704]

Fun fact, little nightmares one is said to be heavily inspired by Studio Ghibli movies, specifically Spirited away, which you can absolutely see in that game

[@taekwonditto]

I like to believe that the Little G plushie is a life sized lol

[@bthsr7113]

Since you're doing merch, how about a "Real ninja wear blue!" shirt?

[@magic2546]

If there's anything to cover, do you think you could do a culture shock on nyakuza metro from a hat in time.

[@edwardaharris2360]

Long necked demons and indie games. I wouldn't think you could put the two together like that!

[@TheAverageboyfu]

What anime is the scene shown in 2:38 ? I want to know, I want to find this anime.

[@Cyberholn]

The anime is Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin, that specific scene is from episode 8

[@15098D]

Ma’am please stop drinking my lamp oil :(

[@schoenperkins8210]

I think the vast majority in of little nightmares takes inspiration from Japanese folklore

[@tylerbremer6696]

I remember when this series first started and it was called yokai watch, and on the first episode i commented on the fact that he "would be sued" because it was the same name as the game series. Knowing in some way that I could have been right because of the name change LOL

[@TheArcSet]

Thanks for this.

[@TheKillerman3333]

Gaigin narly saying school mom was great!

[@indigopandora1829]

Will you ever do a culture vid on Heisenberg and Beneviento?

[@Waifu4Life]

The games are published by BandaiNamco, but are made by a non-Japanese developer.

[@171QA]

Great video.