| “ | You are the version of Kodoku from the continent, aren’t you? In other words, you are a Youkai created by sealing poisonous insects and dangerous beasts inside a jar and letting them kill each other. To put it another way, another poisonous insect or dangerous beast should be able to devour you. So let’s try this, why don’t we? Let’s see which one of us prevails and which one of us is consumed!! | „ |
| ~ Oomukade to Byouki |
Summary
Oomukade is a Youkai in the Zashiki Warashi series. Oomukade is the name of a Youkai species that takes the form of sizeshifting venomous centipedes. While holding multiple traits and appearing in several tales, the most famous is the one who devoured an entire clan of dragon gods. The Oomukade appearing in the story was part of a small group of animal Youkai that saved Ranzono Sachi from depression. However, the Youkai were driven off by humans disgusted by their appearance, and the Youkai refused to stand their ground and protect themselves so as to not harm the humans. Enraged by the situation, Sachi vowed to help her friends and get revenge. Not wishing to see her turn into a criminal, the Oomukade tried to stop her with the help of Jinnai Shinobu and Yonesaki Hiro.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Up to at least High 8-C physically, possibly higher, at least 9-B with supernatural powers
Name: Oomukade
Origin: The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Youkai, Oomukade
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Sizeshifting, neurotoxin that paralyzes prey, Weather Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Flight, Regeneration (Mid-Low), Immortality (Type 1), Self-Sustenance (Type 1 & 2), immunity to conventional weapons and damage inflicted by the normal laws of physics, some resistance to interference from history and destiny | Kodoku Poison
Attack Potency: Up to at least Large Building level physically (Oomukade are stated to grow large enough to bring down a house or a castle with one hit of their giant body), possibly higher (Some Oomukade are said to grow long enough to wrap around a mountain several times over), at least Wall level with supernatural powers (Should be stronger than the kids using the Oomukade Package, who can destroy walls and crush vending machines using wind)
Speed: Subsonic (Can move faster than the average car, can fight a possessed Ranzono Sachi, who could fight Illness Magic User)
Lifting Strength: Varies with size, from Below average to Superhuman
Striking Strength: Varies with size, from Below Average Human level up to at least Large Building level
Durability: Wall level (Can deflect the claws of a possessed Ranzono Sachi), immune to conventional weapons and damage inflicted by the normal laws of physics. However, he's fragile to weapons covered in spit
Stamina: High
Range: Melee range, at least several meters with supernatural powers
Standard Equipment: None
Intelligence: Average
Weaknesses: Weapons covered in spit bypass his invulnerability and easily harm him (This includes teeth, so even human bites can harm him)
Feats/Statements
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“It’s a giant centipede Youkai. Their size can vary a lot, but the bigger ones are apparently long enough to wrap around a mountain seven and a half times. You don’t often hear it, but they supposedly get their power through weird rituals like waiting for one hundred years or climbing a waterfall.” “What does it do?” “I don’t know. It depends on the time and the situation. Some say they can deflect any attack, some say they’re wrapped in lightning, some say they cause storms, some say their one hundred legs glow like torches, and some say the poison in their bodies can be used in rituals. The most famous one is the one that appeared around Lake Biwa and ate the dragon god clan. That one was then slain by a warrior. If they can eat dragon gods, I assume they can eat humans too. The dragon gods supposedly walked on two legs and looked like beautiful men and women.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade Lore |
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“Isn’t that obvious? One hit from its giant body would bring down a house or even a castle, so…” After complaining so much, the lantern trailed off. Yes. “The Oomukade is big. Even if this one isn’t big enough to wrap around a mountain, it has to be way bigger than a Zashiki Warashi or Yuki Onna. You’re saying that deadly Youkai travelled from one end of the village to another, spreading destruction on the way? Then someone would have seen it somewhere. But I haven’t heard anything about that.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade's strength |
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“No! On the way here, I heard the villagers talking. The bite marks and leg scratches on the broken support were definitely from a centipede. A human could never do that!!” The umbrella opened and closed as he spoke. “And the stories about an Oomukade’s size vary quite a lot. That vagueness means its size isn’t fixed. It’s possible it can change its size.” [...] I felt a squeezing in my chest, but the person who broke through the hallway window was Yonesaki Hiro who had been held in the Oomukade’s jaws. The umbrella and lantern accompanied him. The original Oomukade itself shrunk in size to only a few meters long and entered the hallway. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade can change its size |
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The giant creature looked more like a dragon than a bug. Countless legs carried it across the already harvested rice paddies. Its head was reminiscent of the front of a train and its extremely bizarre jaws held my body. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade can grow large enough to easily carry a person on its jaws |
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Footsteps that sounded like they were cutting through the grass and the low rumbling of violent gusts of wind were enough to know we had several pursuers. We were moving faster than your average car, but they were keeping up. I could see quite a few lights following us like will-o’-the-wisps. I no longer felt any inclination to shine my flashlight on them. I did not want to know what change had come over their bodies to pull this off. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade can move faster than the average car |
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The Oomukade whipped up the wind and used the spring-like power of its entire body to jump over and collect Yonesaki Hiro. I somehow managed to get up and ran in a different direction. [...] In that moment, the Oomukade became a dragon. The wind swirled around him and he rose upwards. He leaped over Ranzono Sachi and tried to devour the Aoandon on the cliff. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Can boost its jumps with the wind |
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–The Oomukade is immune to normal blades, but it is weak to weapons with human spit on them. [...] Ranzono Sachi moved entirely outside his field of vision and approached from his blind spot. She charged at his long body and bit down into his repulsive body. That was his one weakness. According to legend, an Oomukade had been killed by an arrowhead with saliva on it, but the most primitive saliva-covered weapon was of course the human teeth. No matter how large a centipede grew, it could not escape its position as a victim on the food chain. The Oomukade heard a tremendous tearing sound as his outer shell was torn apart. A sticky sound followed and the non-red fluid characteristic of bugs poured out. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade is weak to weapons covered in human spit |
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Afraid of the sound and vibration, a centipede on the wall near the window crawled into a gap in the sink. [...] “A centipede, huh? You were in that restaurant and on the bank with the courier, weren’t you? Your size was a fair bit different, though.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade can become the size of a regular centipede |
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But before I could, the mountain split open as an Oomukade charged out and acted as a shield against Ranzono Sachi’s violence. With a metallic sound, her claws were deflected backwards. I kept my Illness Magic on standby, narrowed my eyes, and asked a question. [...] Legend had it the Oomukade’s shell was hard enough to deflect an attack from any weapon. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Blasts out of the ground and stops a possessed Sachi's attack with its body, as Oomukade have tough shells |
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Even as he was consumed, he relaxed his entire body and spoke. “The centipede became a Youkai for more than its many legs and disturbing appearance. It was believed to have a powerful enough venom to act as the catalyst for a curse. It was that collection of fear that created a Youkai like me.” In other words… “If you wish to eat me…cough…then eat as much as you want. But remember one thing: that venom will reach your body first of all, Sachi!!” The short girl began convulsing. As if a switch had been thrown, she collapsed to the ground without putting up the slightest resistance. This was a neurotoxin. It swiftly sealed her movements without taking her life. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Oomukade possesses a neurotoxin that can paralyze people, also affecting anyone that tries to eat it |
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Afterwards, only her shadow stretched unnaturally out from her. No, it was the Byouki that had possessed her in the form of a shadow. “You are the version of Kodoku from the continent, aren’t you?” [...] “In other words, you are a Youkai created by sealing poisonous insects and dangerous beasts inside a jar and letting them kill each other. To put it another way, another poisonous insect or dangerous beast should be able to devour you.” [...] An unpleasant sticky sound continued. A sticky purple liquid dripped from the Oomukade’s great maw to prove it had devoured the formless Byouki. [...] He had eaten the Byouki. He had done so as a part of the heretical Kodoku ritual that set poisonous insects and dangerous beasts against each other in a jar and gathered their strength in the lone survivor. [...] He did not actually harm her in the slightest. He was blocked by an invisible wall and his jaws were stopped right in front of her face. “Ah ha ha!! Yes, that’s it! That ‘but’! That ‘so’! That’s what’s so beautiful! See, you can do it if you try! I was certain you were going to devour your own belly to commit suicide and rob Sachi-chan of her motivation, so…” A proud look filled her face, but she trailed off. A purple liquid dripped down from the Oomukade’s mouth. This was his new trait gained by devouring the Byouki and overwriting himself with the Kodoku ritual. That single drop fell right on the Aoandon’s beautiful face. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - By devouring the Byouki that had possessed Sachi the Oomukade gained the Kodoku venom, which is a type of cursed poison that cannot be stopped by barriers |
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An ominous sound came from his body where the girl’s mouth had torn into him. The wound was not growing. Quite the opposite. He had been attacked by his greatest weakness – a blade covered in saliva aka a predator’s teeth – but the wound was already bubbling ominously and slowly shrinking. Left alone, it would soon close. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Starts to heal from the bite wound he received from Sachi |
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“The essence of what he’s doing is removing and dispersing spirits. Were they calling him Shinobu-kun? In that way, he is demonstrating the ideal form of what we do. …Even if we send the most virtuous priest on a rampage or send out a famous warrior with a spiritual sword in hand, there are some paranormal beings we simply cannot do anything about. But with Youkai that are immune to even the greatest violence, there are many stories of them leaving when approached in good faith. Gods of Poverty make all people equally poor, but if you fearlessly accept them in and show them proper respect, the stories say they will give you great riches. The Kodoku is the same I believe. They wield the most powerful curse which no charm or barrier can defend against, and once affected, the victim’s entire clan will be destroyed. But a man who tried to sacrifice himself for his family by swallowing the insect supposedly ended up living a long life with no ill effects.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Kodoku's cursed poison cannot be stopped by charms or barriers |
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The Oomukade gathered strength in his giant body. That Youkai had begun as a single insect, but legend had it he had devoured a clan of dragon gods and driven them to the verge of extinction. He was a Youkai that ate Youkai. And when he had eaten a Byouki to protect Sachi, he had begun to take on the traits of Kodoku, the technique that had countless venomous insects and ferocious beasts fight to the death. Ranzono Sachi had summoned quite a few Youkai, but he would not lose so easily in a pure competition of strength. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Oomukade would be able to face Sachi's summoned Youkai by itself |
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(My poison is too strong.) His giant maw snapped together from the left and right and a strange purple fluid dripped down. (This will do more than paralyze Sachi. It will kill her. Yet I cannot stop her through brute force either. There is nothing I can do like this.) |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Oomukade lost its normal neurotoxin when he gained the Kodoku |
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Immortality: All Youkai have an immortal body, since they don't have a concept of lifespan. Once they reach adulthood they stop aging completely, which makes it basically impossible to determine an adult Youkai's age from their physical appearance, as they could be several centuries old but still look young.
- Invulnerability: Youkai are immune to conventional weapons and physical damage that follows the laws of physics. They are also immune to natural poisons and to things like radiation. Even weak harmless Youkai won't die if nuclear missiles were to pour down like rain. Additionally, Youkai have some resistance to interference from history and destiny.
- Sizeshifting: The Oomukade can freely change their size to fit the situation. They can be as small as a normal centipede to sneak into small spaces or become giant centipedes several meters long that can carry multiple people on their backs or destroy buildings in one hit. Some Oomukade are said to be able to grow long enough to wrap around a mountain seven and a half times.
- Venom: The Oomukade holds a powerful neurotoxin that paralyzes enemies. Not only can it be injected, it affects those who try to eat the Oomukade.
- Air Pressure Manipulation: Oomukade are described to hold several traits in folklore, such as being wrapped in lightning, causing storms and having their one hundred legs glow like torches. All of these traits are derived from the species' ability to control air pressure.
- Wind Manipulation: An Oomukade can control the wind around them, using it to produce gusts of wind with various effects such as cutting, crushing, sucking up moisture to dry up things, corroding things with oxidation, explosions through the creation of vacuums, etc. He can also use wind to propel himself forwards, to boost himself like a spring and to fly at least short distances.
- Fire Manipulation: The legs of an Oomukade can glow like torches, and it can create fire whirlwinds or explosive flames using dust to attack the enemy.
- Lightning Manipulation: The Oomukade can produce lightning to attack the enemy. Oomukade are also said to be able to create storms.
- Kodoku Venom: After devouring the Byouki possessing Ranzono Sachi, the Oomukade was overwritten by the Kodoku's ritual and his normal venom was replaced by a sticky purple one. This powerful deathly supernatural venom holds the property of being unblockable by any charm or barrier, as shown when it dripped past the barrier the Aoandon was using to stop the Oomukade's jaws.
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