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Odoro-Odoro (おどろおどろ Odoro Odoro, lit. "Creepy Bush"), also known as Otoroshi (おとろし Otoroshi), is a hair yōkai.
Etymology[]
Odoro Odoro literally stands for "Eerie", where "odoro" also means "thicket" or "bush", therefore the yōkai's name roughly means "Creepy Bush".
Appearance[]
Odoro-Odoro are masters of disguise. When not disguised, they appear to be a type of four-legged beast with a wild mane. They also have claws and tusks.Its face somewhat resembles a Hannya.
In the 2007 anime, its skin color is green.
Personality[]
Odoro-Odoro as Kitarō's friend in Series 3 Episode 32
There have been different individuals represented; either as a Kitarō's friend or as an enemy where the latter is mostly an incarnation of a human.
In the manga, Odoro-Odoro is a villain who commands others to go through with his plans, not
Within the sixth anime, Shōgo's personality is mostly suppressed by the Odoro-Odoro's. In this state he behaves similar to that of a beast and mainly acts on instinct. Because of this his mindset is rather narrow and is driven to consume human blood. Shōgo describes that in this mental state he becomes a monster who only ever thinks about fresh blood, preventing him from committing suicide. However Shōgo is able to, albeit faintly, control his actions while in this state, originally fleeing once his daughter tried to stop Kitarō and though later giving in to drink her blood, had a look of remorse, begging to be stopped.
History[]
Manga[]
In the Shonen Magazine story Odoro-Odoro, the eponymous yōkai was once a human scientist that turned into one after drinking a formula made as a cure for his son's baldness. He gained supernatural abilities and his lifeforce became dependent on the blood of humans. After his son bought expensive but low quality blood from a blood bank, the Odoro-Odoro set his sights on retrieving blood from children in Tokyo. He lured them by sending packages containing small plastic planes, powered with the chemicals of a Witch's broom, that if ridden would fly towards his home. After sucking their blood, the Odoro-Odoro would use a machine to send them into the Spirit World. In case another yōkai would find out his plans, the Odoro-Odoro would send their planes to a remote island disguised as a venue for a New Year's party.
When Kitarō went missing after sending one of the planes, Nezumi-Otoko went to follow another kid who was flying a plane, and stumbled across the Odoro-Odoro's house, and was also sent to the Spirit World after meeting the yōkai face-to-face. After being alerted of Nezumi's whereabouts, Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji went to the Odoro-Odoro's house in the woods to investigate, and were also sent into the Spirit Realm! After escaping the Spirit Realm, Kitarō confronts the hairy yōkai. However, the Odoro-Odoro's son, Shōtarō, tells Kitarō the truth about his father as a way for the yōkai boy to help them both. The Odoro-Odoro ignores his sons pleas and starts to absorb Kitarō's blood, but the boy ends up absorbing his, causing the yōkai's body to shrink until the Odoro-Odoro dies.
Odoro-Odoro also appears in a remake of the story, The Boarding House, specifically also the Garo remake, his role being replacing Gyūki's. However, his appearance stayed the same, as Gyūki was already modeled off the Odoro-Odoro. When Bon Arima tried to dig up the grave of the Odoro-Odoro, a swarm of rats ate him down to the bone. The man's blood then leaked into the grave, reviving Odoro-Odoro. He found a cave to dwell in, where Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji soon stop for a night. As they sleep, Odoro-Odoro steals Kitarō's soul and begins controlling him as a slave. They wander Osaka, with Kitarō playing a bewitching song on a violin to lure victims for Odoro-Odoro to feast on. After killing and eating a police detective who found Kitarō suspicious, they moved out to Tokyo. They take over a small inn, where Kitarō fattens the victims up before Odoro-Odoro eats them. Eventually, Dracula IV and Nezumi-Otoko take up residence, and Odoro-Odoro tries to eat Dracula. They have a fierce battle, ending with both of them dead in a ball of Odoro-Odoro's hair.
The Odoro-Odoro somehow reappears alive in the story The Great Yōkai Trial, receiving an invitation to a party supposedly held by Kitarō (in reality a ploy by Nezumi-Otoko and Momon-Jii) alongside Amamehagi and Jami. While not seen in the party itself, the Odoro-Odoro does appear in Kitarō's trial, glaring at two yōkai that were helped by him; Kawauso and Maruge. He is later commanded by Momon-Jii to attack Nezumi-Otoko after he realizes he's been betrayed.
In the Saishinban GeGeGe no Kitarō story, The Revived Yōkai Army's Counterattack!, he is one the many yōkai revived by the Yōkai Incense. Him and Yasha bump into each other while attacking Kitarō and become entangled.
An Otoroshi is also one of the many yōkai that participated in the Sukiyaki party at Jindai-ji Temple in the Garo version of Kitarō’s Night Tales.
In the year 1683, under orders of Tarōbō, Otoroshi fell from atop a shrine gate and crushed several people in Edo.[1]
First Anime[]
He appears in episode #27 of the first anime adaptation, Odoro-Odoro.
Third Anime[]
He appears in episode #37 of the third anime adaptation, Yōkai Odoro-Odoro.
Fourth Anime[]
He appears in episode #38 of the fourth anime adaptation, Blood Fight! Odoro-Odoro.
Fifth Anime[]
He appears in episode #21 of the fifth anime adaptation, Madly in Love? Yōkai's Love Story as the main antagonist, he disguised himself as a human professor who lure lovers in to drain their blood and making them vampiric beings.
Sixth Anime[]
He appears in episode #43 of the sixth anime adaptation, Eternel Life: Odoro-Odoro.
Shōsetsu Gegege no Kitarō ~Ao no Koku~[]
A childhood friend of Mana named Karina was continuously tormented by Otoroshi, and all she could do was close her eyes and endure the pain until Otoroshi left. Mana introduced her to Kitarō so he could exterminate Otoroshi.
Eventually, it's revealed that the Otoroshi never existed and that Karina imagined it to cope with that she was being sexually abused by her father.
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters[]
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare[]
The Great Yōkai War[]
Otoroshi jumps out of a Torii gate after receiving an invitation sent to him for the Festival of Darkness outside Yasunori Katō's base in Tokyo. Even though it's implied he attended, he isn't actually seen again for the rest of the film.
Powers and Abilities[]
Bloodsucking: Odoro-Odoro can use his hair to suck the blood out of others.
Energy Draining
Hair Control
Blood Sucking Veins
Human Possession
Inner Mouth: In the 1985 anime, Odoro-Odoro is shown to have a small inner mouth inside his larger, outer mouth. It is filled with sharp teeth, somewhat shaped like a lamprey's.
Legend[]
Odoro-Odoro in Japanese folklore is also known as Otoroshi (おとろし, Otoroshi). In the legends, Otoroshi is a guardian of scared places such as shrines and temples and will frighten insolent people with impieties. Within his appearance in NonNonBa and Me, it was described to be loyal to the original legends of Otoroshi as a guardian beast of holy places.
