The Yokai of SMT: SMT Lore

[@Tony4You]

Join the discord: discord.gg/KfEKUZDnpn Feel free to leave any video suggestions here!

[@Reno_user]

Make a series where you explain Goetia Demons maybe?

[@Elite_Teach]

A fun April fools/ joke video would be a video of Dante from the Devil may Cry franchise

[@thatonetrainer5818]

A cool varaint you could do are the rumour demons like turbo granny and Reiko kishima

[@100Servings]

I've been shaving my head for about 5 years. No one accuses me of being a monk, however... Great video. Best educational channel on KZbin. Keep it up!

[@Tony4You]

Pretty soon I will be put in the educational side rather than the gaming side lol

[@AttacMage]

@@Tony4You I've actually recommended your channel to people who've never played megaten because you have so many good theology and folklore videos.

[@teeth227]

as a monk with a shaved head, this is accurate

[@Tony4You]

Happy a monk watches the videos. God bless

[@keip4568]

​@@Tony4You Yet many non-Asian people are doing similar videos pronouncing the names wrong and apologizing ahead of time with blatant incorrect info about it to even trying westernize Japanese lore... Many still do it even again providing incorrect information...Sadly it still happens now. And people praise them for it...

[@The-Beyonder]

As a KZbin commenter, this is accurate

[@Reno_user]

Hamana Hamana Hamana it's Nekomata! No but seriously her design looks amazing she has to be my 4th favorite demon.

[@Reno_user]

​@@zilikslider hmm OK honestly I just finder her cool or bad-ass.

[@guilhermemarinho9861]

Always wanted to see an Enera in SMT. A spirit made of smoke and fire would look so dope

[@ArmageddonAngel]

In the Megaten D&D game I'm running, I've used many of these Yokai but my favorite one that hasn't been used yet is the Zakashi-Warashi

[@twelfthknight]

The Nekomata design from Persona 3 always stuck with me, it's just one of those designs that's hard to forget. The face mask that suggests a feline face, the oddly structured white fur coat, the black bodysuit underneath that almost has a ballerine quality to it, the extended claw-like finger nails, the thin white tail, and that seductive crawling posture -- they feel like a woman wearing a somewhat abstract cat cosplay while at the same time there's clear beastial over-sized eyes to confirm it's not. It's design decisions, while they all definitely work... at the same time they make me wonder why they were made. It's a curious feeling, and one I have had with the SMT franchise more than most.

[@ltb1345]

I'd have to agree. That's why I prefer the design at 3:45.

[@ItsShaz1]

Interesting

[@tia1678]

1:59 the cat pic is so cute 😭💘

[@Christian-gr3gu]

Oh btw you got me into devil survivor, and now you got me caring for them. Its all your fault, thanks. Also great video

[@Tony4You]

Always happy to get people interested in a series I like, even if people get obsessed with it. Don't worry, I am obsessed with the games too lol

[@pictonomii3295]

Aren't Ippon Datara sometimes portrayed as anthropomorphic umbrellas?

[@dartoney]

No, that's obake something

[@Ushi_archive]

I couldn't make it early this time, my brother had a fracture and we had to get him a cast. But I'm here now! 🎉🎉

[@Tony4You]

All good brother, means a lot to have people consistently watching!

[@Ushi_archive]

@@Tony4You 😄

[@juliusalimari]

I love this kind of work!

[@stellarkym]

I-i mean Tony4you

[@madnesdoes]

Hey Tony can you do a video on cat demons next

[@ltb1345]

Japanese cats are OP.

[@caseysthighs]

Wish this actually showed up in my sub box :/ good thing I’m in the discord

[@Tony4You]

KZbin always throws creators a curveball, at least you made it!

[@bubbletea_]

i never noticed yatagarasu had three legs and i thought the magatama on its neck were meat at first. i thought he was just a hungry bird.

[@Tony4You]

There's always more than *meats* the eye heheh

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

What if it was an Angry Bird, though?

[@kakizakichannel]

Today I learned that Espeon is based on Nekomata

[@masterseal0418]

MegaTen really made Nekomata into a cute catgirl, so that's a plus!

[@Tony4You]

Hey that's ok by me!

[@justaguy2182]

Japan being absolutely strange (in the best way) In other news, the sky is blue.

[@uwufoxie]

It's interesting how both Japanese folklore and Greek folklore have one eyes creatures that are associated with forges

[@casualtr4sh]

It's probably because that's a pretty common accident that happened to blacksmiths back in the day

[@arthurpprado]

Ironically, I used to play D&D 5e as an astral self monk, a subclass of monk known to be able to manifest a projection of their own soul and fight with it. The thing is, my monk initially had a lot of anger issues and because of that, his astral form manifested as an Oni whose face looked like a Hanya mask. As he became older and wiser, his astral form changed to resemble a Karasu Tengu. He built his own monastery and became fiercely protective of his pupils. His anger didn't really go away but he learned to direct it at the proper targets. It's as if he had an Oni for his starter persona and his ultimate persona was Karasu Tengu

[@tragghyb2673]

Ippon-Datara will always be my favorite SMT Yokai, if for no other reason than his funny scream

[@Tony4You]

Best part of the Raidou manga too lol

[@ils4844]

i fucking love his stock foot stomp sfx in smtv, it's literally used in fucking deus ex

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

​@@ils4844For real?

[@ils4844]

​@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 Yeah it's clearly some stock sound effect used in like a million different games and films. In fact Megaten seems to have quite a few stock sound effects in use, one time I was held at gunpoint to watch madoka magica one time and noticed that a sfx used in it was also the charge sound effect used in IV.

[@abruptdemise2691]

The Kurama tengu isn't a race, but a specific character; Sojobo. Sojobo is a daitengu who lives on top of Mt. Kurama in northern Kyoto, hence the name. He's held with great reverence, and is said to be the king of tengu. Sojobo is notable for for training a young boy named Ushiwakamaru, who later grew up to become Minamoto Yoshitsune. Kurama Tengu and Yoshitsune have special negotiation dialogue in SMT 5 referencing this, too!

[@krimsonkatt]

I don't get why SMT Nekomata is considered a "top tier demon waifu." Like, pixie and the other fairies (Sylph, Undine, Titania, High Pixie, Hau Tao, etc) are literally RIGHT THERE. Ah... what I would do to become one of them... fluttering everlasting in starlight...

[@Tony4You]

😳I cannot confirm my personal demon waifu, but I do like Pixie more

[@SanctusRexGAVIAL]

I want to see the long nose depiction of Tengu in SMT.

[@Chichaetomate]

isn't Amanozako also part of the tengu? i can't remember the story but i recall she was sought by the tengu

[@SanctusRexGAVIAL]

She's seen as the precursor or "mother" of Tengu in general. Some depiction showcase her with the classic Tengu nose as result of that.

[@LimitBreakr424]

It's ok, no one remembers SMT V's story. Some allege there never was one to begin with

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

She created them! I think so

[@Pystoria]

I always love using the tengus, they're so cool

[@LimitBreakr424]

This morning I listened to Tony4you video on worst demon designs, and learned that he likes crows so I was not surprised by how much he seemed to enjoy talking about Yatagarasu

[@kakizakichannel]

Gera-gera-po, gera-gera-po

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

The Yo Kai Watch is real

[@Elite_Teach]

Love your videos! Keep up with the great work You’re one of the few channels I keep the bell on for

[@Tony4You]

Now that's a high honour! I appreciate it always man!

[@djinn6720]

Japanese and celtic mythology are the most unique in my opinion. Maybe something to do with them both being island nations.

[@personaking7]

Kinda weird that lot of urban legends of Japan are not in any smt game

[@videorelaxant2780]

There are some in smt if..., persona 1 and 2 and soul hackers.

[@personaking7]

@@videorelaxant2780 but there not recruitable

[@videorelaxant2780]

@@personaking7 in sh rumor demons could be recruited with the right apps. I'm sure you could also get them in if... rolling for fusions.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Ah I love yokai. I am surprised that the Yuki-onna wasn't in SMT V. I wanted a snow woman on my team.

[@Tony4You]

Just goes to show there will always be new and novel demons added in the new SMT games. Looking forward to them

[@videorelaxant2780]

I'm pretty sure she is. This video needs a follow-up

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

@@videorelaxant2780 She is in the franchise, but not in V as op said

[@videorelaxant2780]

@@Fermin-hw5pd I misread

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

@@Fermin-hw5pd Yeah, though she's usually referred to as a Yuki Jyorou for some reason

[@tinybee7780]

I love how SMT portrayed Ippon-Datara, especially in the Raidou Kuzunoha games. They're such a wildcard personality and speechwise yet super useful fo changing something useless into something valuable, like turning twigs into treasure (which I definitely didn't abuse early game).

[@johanandersson8252]

Mythical creatures, He-ho

[@Blowjabbadahut]

Tony for me. My favorite smt content provider

[@Tony4You]

TY legend

[@casualtr4sh]

Kurama Tengu is also Jewish for some reason

[@uwufoxie]

You think by now I wouldn't keep getting jump scared by your intro, yet here I am

[@Tony4You]

I always keep people on their toes with the intro. It's so old now I am hesitant to change it... also I am too lazy lol

[@uwufoxie]

@@Tony4You I listen to them while working sometimes and it never fails to startle me in front of a customer lmao

[@LordHonkInc]

"[Ippon-Datara] is one of the weirder yokai" I mean, I'd say a one-legged blacksmith demon is comparatively tame in a mythology that includes (and here's just a couple of my personal favs) a fat snake, ass-sucking and cucumber-eating turtlemen, a toilet demon that'll strangle you if you ask for blue TP, and I guess just an old lady living alone in the snowy mountains.

[@DarkJusticeMetal]

I don't blame you for not bringing Mamedanuki into this conversation because honestly there's nothing to talk about. Also one of my least favorite designs. Not sure if it was done by Kaneko or not but damn, they treated my favorite yokai dirty!

[@franksturino9129]

I wish Yatagarasu would guide me

[@ridewild1956]

It's weird that the three great disaster yokai: tamamo no mae, ibuki douji, and sutoku tennou dont really have representation in the series, at least no modern interpretation

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

You got them in Fate 🤓

[@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw]

My favorite is Taira no MASAKADO. 7 feet man who was betrayed by the Japanese government and didn't make him emperor. So he rebels and gets beheaded and haunts the whole country to this day. His gravesite in Tokyo still stands and people say he caused the great Kanto earthquake.

[@Tony4You]

He was actually going to have a separate video all about him one day, he's very interesting

[@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw]

@@Tony4You Here's the video that taught me about him. Very spooky. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6CvfmaworN5esU Also u should do a vid on the Chad, SMT4 true neutral route opened my eyes on why Tokyo folk venerate him so.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

What? I thought he was the protector deity?? Given how the franchise portrays him

[@TidalVex]

Yatagarasu is a favorite of mine as well! Something interesting I find about it is that Yatagarasu shares similarities to the Thunderbird: both are divine birds that act as messengers between the heavens and earth, though elementally they are opposed to each other (Yatagarasu is the Sun, Thunderbird is storms and lightning). Also it's just a common thing in a lot of mythologies that crows/ravens are used as godly messengers (see also Odin with his ravens)

[@jamesaditya5254]

Your description of the koppa tengu made me think, is there such a thing as ineffective torment? Like giving your tormentees a foot massage or reading them bedtime stories lol

[@DOOPEE451]

"...with the women being called cat or neko" Ah yes discord kitten before its time

[@mgsxmike]

Just to add to the Tengu. It was said that Yoshitsune was trained by Tengu's during his youth.

[@illuminoeye_gaming]

fucking love yatagarasu. crows are the best

[@Tony4You]

Crow enjoyers

[@hyde184]

I wonder what 4 on Ippon Datara's apron and right eyes stands for

[@NamikazeH]

Sorry, I just had to chime in-- the sun birds of Chinese mythology actually predated the concept of Yin and Yang-- there's even a sun bird depicted in a silk banner found in the Mawangdui tomb of Lady Dai, wherein the sun crow is depicted with two legs. While sun bird totems were apparently found since long before the still-existing mythos have even been conceptualized, the earliest *extant* story about the sun birds would say that 10 sun crows existed. They would be flown by their mother Xihe from the mulberry tree Fusang in the far East to the Ruo tree (also believed by some to be a mulberry) in the West, before traversing the underworld from Ruo back to Fusang at night. This myth is regarded as founding myth to the Shang dynasty, and the 10 birds in questions are believed by some to refer to the 10 days that might have comprised a week in the era's calendar, which are supposedly named after the kings of the dynasty*. Later on, in possibly folklore created to explain or justify the supplantation of the Shang by the Zhou, Houyi was said to have shot down 9 of the 10 sun crows when one day all 10 birds came out, scorching the world. In the Classics of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing), Guo Pu commentated that the birds likely had 3 legs because that was common belief about the birds at the time, but it's worth noting that Guo Pu existed well over 1,000 years since the fall of Shang dynasty, and over 7 centuries after the Warring States era, which is believed to be the approximate time period when Shanhaijing was believed to have been written by a number of anonymous writers, later collected into one text. I.e. the inclusion of Yang and the number 3 possible came *after* the birds' association with the sun. You didn't say anything /wrong/ in the video, but I just found the whole way the myths changed across the millennia from the Shang dynasty all the way to Tang to be absolutely fascinating. Especially since a lot of groundbreaking and persistent concepts, such as Wuxing and Yin-Yang came into being after the fall of Shang, coloring perception of the dynasties prior in an act of making the past more comprehensible to "the modern man" of the age. * It's a foundational myth because the Shang people believed themselves to have been descended from a Dark Bird (玄鸟 xuan niao, quite literally dark bird)

[@NamikazeH]

Bonus factoid: the name "Fusang", that easternmost tree, later on became a poetic term to refer to Japan.

[@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440]

All of these guys are some of my fav demons

[@seth7726]

I keep wondering why Karasu Tengu always seems to skip most 3D megaten games. His design is very ominous and unsettling, I like it!

[@dantemustdie00]

Atlus got lazy with Persona 5 and onwards, also note that Virtue has been MIA too

[@seth7726]

@@dantemustdie00 and Cherub

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

A Koppa Tengu even mentions them in V... I'll never forget the "AAH AHHH!" sound they do when attacking in Nocturne xd

[@seth7726]

@@Fermin-hw5pd lol you just reminded me about that wacky sound lol like tf is that demon cry, like they have sore throat

[@TheBlackSerpentBeta]

WHY IS KAMAITACHI ONLY IN DEMIKIDS!!!!!

[@yungafrica6022]

Honey wake up new tony vid just dropped ❤

[@mathieuleader8601]

nekomata is quite the ornery cat

[@baddragonite]

Iirc on the question about Tengu, Kami can be kinda confusing because technically anything can be a Kami but then there's also the Heavenly beings of Kami and the relationship to Yokai is a bit odd too. Basically from my understanding a Tengu can be either a kami or a Yokai depending on the individual situation

[@thatoneguypatrickbateman]

Came here from nioh 2

[@KasaiBeats]

W lore video

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

The most normal video of Ynot4Uoy

[@ZuperNEZ]

If my cat turns into a sexy catgirl after a certain amount of years, why would I be against that? I don't have to deal the idea of losing a cat and it also gives me a girlfriend. Two birds with one stone.

[@keybladeokami117]

Does anyone know what the song is at 3:58? I've been looking for it and would LOVE to have it in my playlist. Thanks in the future!

[@nitrodx20subs75]

Name of the background music?

[@JoeyLamontagne]

Crows are so cool so that’s why I love Yatagarasu

[@mathieuleader8601]

ooh the powerful mythic crow nice

[@RxVolta]

Grocery4u

[@RadRoku]

god i love yokai

[@dat_lamp]

Yokai, evil or good...we have kappa. It will wrestle you, or drown you, provided you trick it into bowing to lose its water in the bowl on its head...or offer it a cucumber. God I love folk lore haha.

[@jive238]

Ah yes, the yokai, also known as the Japanese faeries.

[@sketchpixels6255]

pin this i dare you

[@Tony4You]

If I didn't have to pin the discord link I would lol

[@NightcorEDM]

Why pharoah isn't an smt demon

[@lunethharvey]

anyone know the track at 5:55 ?