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Gaki (餓鬼 Gaki, lit. Hungry Devil) are yōkai who suffer eternal hunger.

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History[]

1985 Anime[]

Gaki first briefly appeared in the 6th episode Hell Journey! Ghost Train!! in the group of hungry souls outside the Cemetery Urn Station, later can be seen in episode 77 Yōkai Te-no-Me and Hell's Gaki as one of the main opponents of that episode.

2007 Anime[]

A Gaki appears in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaption, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival, as one of the many participants of the sports festival, representing the Western Japan team.[1]

He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Gaki appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami's influence. He is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami.[2]

2018 Anime[]

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Legend[]

Gaki is the Japanese translation for the Preta, a spirit in Buddhist tradition. Those who committed grave sins in life may become this yōkai and are cursed with eternal hunger and thirst. They are one of the six forms of reincarnation and dwell in the realm of Gakidō, and multiple types are known to exist, each facing a different form of suffering based on the sins they've committed. No matter how much a Gaki eats, if they are capable of eating, their appetite is never satisfied, leaving them to suffer more.

References[]

  1. GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007): Episode 25
  2. GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!

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