#Yokai watch 1

[cobaltstarzz]

Human Jibanyan Design! I did a warm-up a while ago with a concept for human Jibanyan, but was overall left unsatisfied, so here!

So some tidbits for this AU I've come up with for this scenario.

Jibanyan can turn back to a cat.

Jibanyan would look around 14-15,

He'd still meet Nate as a cat when 12 and continue to help with his adventures

Couldn't decide when he'd meet Amy again as human, but I'd imagine she'd be in her first or second year of high school.

Jibanyan would live both at Amy's and Nate's place, Amy seeing Jibanyan now more like a little brother.

[fantasmiau]

redraw of this scene with my designs!!

[whispence]

[un-welcome]

Ah, Chairman Squidillius McKraken.

What a handsome fella he is, don't you agree? Such a powerful southern belle, too! But that is very much so besides the point here. This post is made to take a more in depth look into this seemingly power hungry squid and see why his appetite for control is so vast. Let's get started, shall we?

WHO IS CHAIRMAN MCKRAKEN?

Chairman Squidillius Mckraken, or in japanese, Ikakamone-gichō, is the main antagonist of Yokai Watch 1 (both 3-DS and Switch ports of it), a minor, optional boss on Yokai Watch 2, and a restaurant owner in Yokai Watch 3. He is a tall, squid-like yokai with a southern accent known for making sea life based puns. (Mostly squid puns though.) In japanese, these puns are more in line with the sound/word "ika," which roughly translates to cephalopod/squid.

He has red eyes with yellow irises, ten tentacles that make up his hair and beard, and suckers on both hands, which better match the mouth-piece of a cephalopod. These hands drain the life-force out of enemy yokai. His outfit, despite him being a political figure outside of the monarchy, doesn't resemble that of a politician. Rather, it fits more with that of a priest or a pope. The tall hat is the easiest indicator. (See pictures below)

ETYMOLOGY/INSPIRATION

Chairman McKraken has very clear inspirations as to where his design draws from. Biology wise, he looks to be based on a vampire squid or the giant squid. Lore-wise, he stems from the old tale of the Kraken, a Nordic myth said to tear down boats with just its tentacles. This is where the inspiration for many of his physical attacks stem from.

There are many ways to interpret the story of the Kraken. But how do they translate to our dear McKraken? Well, for starters, his massive appetite, and no, not just in a literal sense. He has an appetite for power and a cold, callous attitude towards anyone in his way, which is similar to how the Kraken would seemingly attack ships with no remorse if the boat treaded on its territory in the sea. The Kraken is also known to be very territorial and more than happy to claim more land of its own. This very well translates to the plot of the first game, him claiming the Yokai World as his, even hurting his own family [Squisker] along the way in his attempts to claim his territory in not just the Yokai World, but the Human World as well.

The Kraken itself, however, is based on an actual squid in our realm, which McKraken also draws ties from. The Giant Squid, or japonica Architeuthis, is a carnivorous squid that tends to live near the bottom of the ocean, where it can easily hide from its prey and sneak an attack on them. With two long arms and 8 tendrils it can snatch up prey (usually unsuspecting sea creatures floating a bit above it) and drag it down into its beak and consume it whole. If it goes for larger prey, like other mollusc, there will be something of a struggle, but never one where it doesn't end up on top.

McKraken takes his diet and physique from this beast of a creature. This is also echoed by the fact that his choice of shops to run in Yokai Watch 3 also align with the Giant Squid's diet. (That being sea-life and other squid. What a cold calamari he is!)

RELATIONSHIPS(?)

SQUISKER is who we will be evaluating first. He is the supposed distant relative of McKraken and the 7th circle boss of the Infinite Inferno, just before Wobblewok.

(Fun fact, we only remember this due to how many times we had our ass handed to us by Squisker in Yokai Watch Fleshy Souls. It took us a whole YEAR to finally beat him and nearly beat Wobblewok first try after that. Embarassing, I know. -Grape)

Besides that, he is a relatively tough boss to beat. seeing that he's stuck in his second form permanently while locked down there. Perhaps this a hint at a curse of some kind McKraken put on him when getting him banished? There is no clear answer to that. All that is known is that Squisker was banished for being involved with a crime that McKraken committed during one of his political antics.

Finally, we have DR. MADDIMAN. We'll be going more into detail on him later (in our next deep dive post), but for now, let's see how deeply intwined this mad man really is with political genius.

Dr. Maddiman of the old Nocturne Hospital is a boss Yokai and the one in charge of all the other boss yokai that were faced before him and McKraken in the first game of the series. He seems to be the only one that McKraken hadn't thrown away, even after the loss. It was more or less Maddiman losing contact with him after McKraken's inevitable arrest by Lord Enma. Not much is known about their relationship besides that, though we can definitely say it was closer than others.

MOTIVES? GOALS?

His motives seem to be clear. He feels he is a superior ruler for the Yokai World. He views humans as inferior and views those who surrender their medals to said humans to be the lowest of low, akin to that of becoming a pet. His goal is to change that. He wants yokai to be separated from humans under his rule and will go to many lengths to get it to be that way. Besides that, not much is known about why he wished to separate humans from Yokai. Not even the new information from his friend quest in Yokai Watch 4 explains much. This will likely be bound to change if and when the game gets an English translation.

THOUGHTS?

Overall, McKraken is a decently well written villain and paved the way for other villains in the series to flourish. His lack of a sympathetic backstory allows him to stand out compared to the likes of later main antagonists such as Dame Dedtime and The Ghoulfather. He may not have much, but he definitely gives a lot, and we dearly hope to see and learn more about him in the future. Perhaps another movie? I mean, Agent X just got his own movie, and Maddiman appears in the new Yokai Watch Note, so who’s to say?

Penned by Penny, Grape, Ghoul, and Vinnie over the likes of two months. We’re so sorry it took so long and hope it isn’t lackluster!

[theoryfan205]

I need a bit of help, and I know Yokai watch is kinda dead in English speaking communities and physically considering the games releases or lack there of, but I really need some assistance.

I'm playing Yokai watch 1 and the fact that you never know if you've befriended a Yokai before or not is killing me, I can't remember who I've befriended before at all unless I just got them, and I can't check in the medallion because every time I need to check I'm in a battle.

I'm really hoping out there, there's some site or something that's like a checklist for what Yokai you don't have, like you know those tiny books you get with pokemon cards that you check off the ones you have? Something like that, where you can check off the Yokai in your medallion and then can quickly check if you have a Yokai or not, and if you don't it could even tell you what food it likes! I don't really know how to google this type of thing though because I have to use a lot of words to describe it because I don't know what this kind of thing is called, all I've found are things that list off Yokai, which Is useful if you're actively looking for one, but I need to be able to check which ones I already have too which those things don't do, it's really giving me a headache and I want to know if anyone out there knows of a website or anything like this out there that I'm simply unable to find, please help if you can

[sugarcowffee]

TELL ME WHY B3-NKI’S VOICE SOUNDS LIKE PAPYRUS IN YOKAI WATCH 1???

[0tacat]

Red comfort characters~

[1-nexomon-a-day]

Hey guys, i decided i dont like Nexomon anymore, this is now a Yokai watch-a-day-blog lmao

Jibanyan!

[nyupuun]

ALARMING!!!!

[tidal-temp3st]

ouh....gh..

[cobaltstarzz]

Humans your Jibanyan | Quick drawing, I have better ideas for an actual human form of Jibanyan, but this was just because I'm bored

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games that are currently stuck on older consoles that I hope get rereleased in some way, Part 7:

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Xenogears

Galerians series

Professor Layton series

Persona 1

Persona 2 duology

Illbleed

Way of the Samurai series

Snatcher

Tokimeki Memorial series

Far East of Eden(Tengai Makyou) series

Yokai Watch series

Blue Dragon

Fossil Fighters

Wonder Trek

Yuuyami Doori Tankentai

Knuckles Chaotix

G.O.D.

Arc the Lad series

Gungnir

Linda3(Linda Cube)

Legend of the Mystical Ninja/Ganbare Goemon series

The Adventures of Robin Lloyd(hopefully expanded to be a longer game, as well)

London Seirei Tanteidan(London Spirit Detective Team)

The Adventure of Little Ralph

Digital Devil Saga series

Bonk/PC Genjin series

Brandish series

Monstania

Laplace no Ma

[ghostlysage]

yokai watch for a day

omg haiiii guys!! so this is a very brief post as a semi update; sorry ive been less active! art has been a bit harder to crank lately but yeahh

also i got a discord now! come follow me at “ghostlysage#5078”

anyhoo my fave ghosties for today 😗

ps: whisper is my fave <3

[random-ykw-facts]

Today, July 11th, marks the 10th anniversary of the initial Japanese release date of the original Yo-kai Watch, considered the anniversary of the whole series by Level-5! While it has a very simple plot, with not much buildup happening until the end, it establishes many foundations for the series, as you play as Nate or Katie and meet many Yo-kai - including Whisper, Jibanyan and Komasan - and eventually have to stop Chairman McKraken's takeover of the Yo-kai World.

[yokai-watch-npcs]

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

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