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Nozuchi (野づち or のづち or 野槌 Nozuchi, lit. wild hammer, meaning field spirit or field serpent) is a serpent-like yōkai that can suck up anything in its path.

Appearance[]

Nozuchi and Hideri-Gami 1985

Hiderigami offers a "peace proposal" to Nozuchi in the 1985 anime.

In Shinigami Tai-Senki and Iyan Nacchau Bushi, unusually small individuals were seen.

Personality[]

In the manga episodes, Nozuchi were depicted to be rather harmless unlike the 1996 anime.

Unlike the rest of the series, Nozuchi appeared in the 1996 anime was described to be a brain-less being only to follow its instinct to vacuum anything around, akin to the nature of Yakanzuru.

In the 1985 anime, it was noted on several occasions that Nozuchi has a friendly rivalry with Hiderigami.

History[]

Hiderigami (story)[]

It has been sleeping in Nozuchi-Zuka for 300 years, but awakenby Kitarō against enlarged Hiderigami. After sucking Hiderigami, it attacked Kitarō, but made a deal for peaceful sleep and released weaken Hiderigami, and fell asleep again after taking a sleeping pill given.

Shinigami Tai-Senki[]

It was one of Yōkai to assembled to fight off Western Yōkai.

Kitarō Kunitori Monogatari[]

It appeared to watch sumo wrestlings held by Boze.

Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō[]

It was awaken from Nozuchi-Zuka to counter Enra-Enra who enlarged and violent with air pollution of cities. Although it defeated Enra-Enra, it fell unconscious due to poisons it sucked. Later, as Nezumi-Otoko lied to Nozuchi when waking it up that Nozuchi can have "tasty" gas and smokes, Nozuchi brought a trial for this.

1968 Anime[]

1985 Anime[]

1996 Anime[]

2018 Anime[]

Nozuchi was featured in the 2023 movie The Birth of Kitarō: Mystery of GeGeGe

Powers and Abilities[]

Nozuchi4th

Vacuum Breath

It is a powerful being, and it was noted in the 1996 anime that like Daidarabotchi, it wasn't an easy task to seal it even for an ancient god.

Vacuum Breath: Nozuchi can inhale objects including buildings like a tornado. In the 1985 anime, this ability was used as a main weapon for Yagyō-san's Yōkai Tank. In the 1996 anime this was explained as its intestine was connected to a fourth dimension and Nozuchi can inhale objects limitlessly. Kitarō fixed this with his Chanchanko to create a tornado of Yōkai energy.

Legend[]

Trivia[]

  • In the 1968 anime, voice effects of Godzilla and Gamera were partially used for Nozuchi along with Gyūki in the 1971 anime.

References[]

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