Dodomeki

Dodomeki
Name
Japanese	百々目鬼 (どどめき)
Rōmaji	Dodomeki
Meaning	Many-eyed Demon
Profile
Species	Yōkai Human Spirit (2007)
Gender	Female
Abilities	Shapeshifting
First Appearance
Anime	Series 5 Episode 8 (2007)
Portrayals
2007 anime	Hōko Kuwashima

Dodomeki (百々目鬼 (どどめき) Dodomeki, lit. Many-eyed Demon) is a yōkai that appears in the 2007 anime. In her human form, she is known as Hitomi (ひとみ Hitomi).

Appearance

Dodomeki in the 2007 anime.

Dodomeki is a yōkai with a reptilian appearance, having medium length brown hair, a pair of small red eyes, a large mouth and long neck. Her body is covered with a multitude of eyes with gray irises, the only parts that are not covered are the hands, feet, neck and head.

As Hitomi, she appears as a girl of average height with medium-length strawberry blonde hair, red eyes and fair skin. She wears a white collared long sleeves, that is rolled up to her elbows, a light yellow sweater vest, blue skirt, navy blue socks and brown shoes.

Personality

Dodomeki lived a life of thievery. Even as she was about to throw Kitarō into a cement pit, he told Dodomeki she should run away from Nurarihyon as she would be able to change, and she did. She left Nurarihyon and risked her life to protect Kitarō.

History

2007 Anime

Dodomeki appears in the eighth episode of the fifth anime adaptation, An Old Adversary! Nurarihyon.

She appears again in episode #47, The Great Yōkai Trial, during the Trial after her spirit had been called to defend Kitarō.

Powers and Abilities

Shapeshifting: Dodomeki is able to change her appearance, such as a human.

Legend

Illustration of Dodomeki by Shigeru Mizuki.

Dodomeki is a female yōkai from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki with multiple eyes on her arms. Dodomeki was once a woman with long, dexterous hands, which she used to act as a pickpocketer. All the coins she stole became stuck to her body and transformed into bird eyes.