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Sanshō (
Appearance[]
In the manga, Sanshō is a humanoid with slicked-up hair, three horns on top of his head, prominent forehead wrinkles, small, sleepy eyes, a small, smiling mouth, a squarish chin with small, bristly hair, legs with similar hair, and a chest with visible ribs. He wears bracelets around his wrists and a loincloth on his waist, and holds a short sword while in battle.
His appearance in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!! was based on Mizuki's illustration of Sanshō but with two legs, iron-like mask like face, green-colored but less furs, and armors and weapons. In the original illustration, Sanshō was depicted as one-legged, hairly being.
Personality[]
In the manga, Sanshō, alongside all the other Chinese Yōkai are all loyal servants of Qi, often risking their lives to fight enemies. They all believe that Japanese Yōkai are inferior.
History[]
Manga[]
1971 Anime[]
Sanshō appeared in episode #2 of the second anime adaptation, Yōkai Cloth. In this episode, his role was the same, however he was later revealed to be a kitsune alongside his comrades.[1] He later cameos as a Mōryō in episode #37, Chisōgan.
1985 Anime[]
Sanshō appeared in the third movie based on the third anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!!
1996 Anime[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Sanshō performing his physical strength in the 1985 anime.
Immense Durability: In the 1985 anime, Sanshō has shown to be rather durable, being completely unfazed when he is struck with a decent-sized rock from behind, only pondering if something had hit him and only feeling tickled when Neko-Musume scratches his face. Notably sparks akin to hitting metal flew off from his face during the cat Yōkai's assault, even breaking her nails.
Expert Spearmanship: In 1985 and 1996 anime, he is shown to possess advance spearplay, enough for him to hold their own against a number of Japanese yōkai alone.
Enhanced Strength: Despite his small size, Sanshō is able to carry the much larger Ama-no-Jaku with ease, spinning him around without much effort.
Transformation: Sanshō in the 1971 anime was a fox disguising as an oni-like yōkai.[1]
Equipment[]
Spear: He wields a spear that bears a resemblance to the sasumata, but with a blade that ends in three points with the outer two curving outward. In the 1985 anime, it has a gray pole with a pointy tip and a tuft of red tassel attached just below the blade. In the 1996 anime, it has a yellow band below the blade and has an orange pole for the base.
Legend[]
Sanshō is a Chinese name of Mandrill or a large, single-legged ape like yōkai or giant in Chinese mythology or folklore who keeps a mountain as a territory.
Sanshō's design in the manga is inspired by the Róng (戎), a race of people with horns on their heads that live north of China, described in the Chinese Book Shānhǎi Jīng (山海经, Classic of Mountains and Seas).[2]
Trivia[]
- Within the video game GeGeGe no Kitarō: Kiki Ippatsu! Yōkai Rettō, Sanshō was instead named Chinese Yasha (中国夜叉Chūgoku-Yasha) despite his irrelevance from the actual Yasha and Shina-Yasha where the latter's name literally means "Chinese Yasha".