Te-no-Me (手の目 Tenome, lit. Eyes on Hand) is a human-like yōkai with eyes on his hands instead of on his face.
Appearance[]
In the manga, Te-no-Me resembles a blind zatō, with a bald head, a frowning mouth. big cheeks, and prominent nostrils. In place of eyes on his face, Te-no-Me possesses a pair of eyes in the middle of his palms. He wears a traditional robe.
Personality[]
History[]
Manga/First Anime[]
Multiple individuals appeared.
1985 Anime[]
Te-no-Me was a semi-recurring villain in the third anime adaptation, first appearing in episode # 32, Watch Out, Kitaro! The Great Yōkai Trial. In this episode, he appeared in the yōkai party secretly filmed by a film crew. Notably, he specifically scared a young couple as they were watching the movie in a theater. He later appears on Momon-Jii's side as he did in the original story, glaring at the kinder attendants and cheering on Nezumi-Otoko. He also appears to carry the palanquin of Momon-Jii, beating up Nezumi when he found out he was double-crossed, and was last seen getting pelted by Bake-Garasu.
He later reappeared in episode # 77, Yōkai Te-no-Me and Hell's Gaki. In this episode, he was revealed to live in a cave in the mountains where a fountain of youth and longevity was also located, and grew angry after humans sealed him there along with a group of Gaki, and after its seal was broken, made the Gaki attack the villagers. Before his defeat, it was revealed he used to only scare humans and not actively harm them.
Te-no-Me last appeared in episode # 91, Yōkai Hunter Hi Clan!. He was revealed to be a minion of Nurarihyon, and agrees with the heroes to fight the Hi Clan for the sake of both of them. Even though he was turned into a plush after fighting the clan, he was later turned back to normal by Medama-Oyaji and Kemedama.
2007 Anime[]
Te-no-Me (in his 1985 design) first cameos as a mob in episode #11 of the fifth anime adaptation, Obake Comedy. He then fully appears in episode #47, The Great Yōkai Trial. He appeared as a team with Ama-no-Jaku. They help Momon-Jii frame Kitarō for the Great Yōkai Trial by stealing all of the Tsurube-Bi of Yōkai Yokochō. The Kitarō Family eventually capture and expose them, exonerating Kitarō.
He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Te-no-Me 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.[1]
2018 Anime[]
The Great Yōkai War[]
Te-no-Me is among the many yōkai who attend the meeting to meet Tadashi Inō after his first battle with Agi.
The Great Yōkai War: Guardians[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Te-no-Me's binding beam
Binding Beam
Human Vanishing
Hypnosis
Eye Launching
- Eye Controlling
Hand Controlling
Illusion
Legend[]
Illustration of Te-no-Me by Shigeru Mizuki.
Illustration of Te-no-Me-Kajiri.
Te-no-Me’s true nature is not known, but they are most likely the ghosts of blind men who were robbed and murdered by thugs. This explanation can be traced to a folk tale.
In Shichi-jo, Kyoto, a young man entered the graveyard at night as a test of his courage. From out of the darkness, a blind old man approached the young man. When the elderly figure got close enough to be seen in detail, the young man saw that it had eyeballs on the palms of his hands, and it was coming after him!
The young man ran as fast as he could to a nearby temple and begged the priest for sanctuary. The priest hid the man inside of a long chest and locked the lid. Shortly afterwards, the monster entered the temple, sniffing loudly as if it was hunting. The young man could hear he sniffing noise getting closer and closer, until it stopped right next to the chest he was hiding in. Then, there was a strange slurping sound, like the sound of a dog sucking on an animal’s bones. A little while later, the eerie sounds vanished, and all was quiet. The priest opened up the chest to let the young man out, but all that was inside of the chest was the loose, empty skin of the young man. His bones had been completely sucked out of his body.
References[]
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
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| Main | Nurarihyon (leader) • Shu-no-Bon • Jakotsu-Babaa |
| Monday Dramaland | Miage-Nyūdō • Nobiagari • Okkamuro • Amikiri • Vampire Elite |
| The Demon Flute | Sakurako • Yadōkai • Nupperabō • Kawazaru |
| 1985 Anime | Chinpo • Guwagoze • Oboro-Guruma • Tsujigami • Raijū • Kowai • Oiteke-Bori • Grass Kamaitachi • Okuri-Chōchin • Ashi-Arai • Nururibō |
| 1996 Anime | Momon-Jii • Backbeard • Kōmori-Neko • Grimalkin • Viy • Giant • Youaltepuztli • Ustrel • Poltergeist • Golem |
| 2007 Anime | Kamaitachi • Kyūso • Kani-Bōzu • Dodomeki • Mashiro • Yōkai Castle |
| 2008 film | Nure-Onna • Yasha • Satori • Te-no-Me • Gasha-Dokuro |
| 2018 Anime | Neko-Sennin • Nuppeppō • Tsuchi-Korobi |
| Others | See Nurarihyon/Minions |