#dont watch the ayakashi dub

[rinofwater]

So me and my friend were watching the dub for Ayakashi

And I'm usually the first person who would say "give the dubs a chance, I know they have a bad reputation but there are some pretty decent ones out there too"

Ayakashi Bakeneko is not one of them.

[divorcetual]

Mononoke is an original anthology anime with five (soon to be six with the movie!!!) parts. The original story came from a different anthology anime, Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, in which the third and final story (eps 9-11) featured the Medicine Seller, a strange merchant, solving the vase of and destroying a mononoke (spirit) called a bakeneko. This story gained so much love that in 2006 an original series was made featuring him.

In the anime, he appears in various places to deal with/exorcise the mononoke. Often the story is told with surrealism, limited POVs, and in a play-like manner. The Medicine Seller also displays himself as very mysterious, often not explaining what he is doing or his end goal to even the viewer.

The Medicine Seller's role is very interesting because even though he is such a strong character, the others intristically view him as "lesser" given that merchants like him were the lowest class (The stories takes place between the Edo and Meji period).

I dont want to spoul any of the plots so ill just leave it there ^.^

Even without the stories being good, the art is STUNNING. It's usage of color and shape is unlike any other animation ive seen, and imo is reminiscent of traditional japanese art through the edo and meiji eras.

It has a dub, but ive never seen it bcs the sub is really good so thats what I watched. Idk how good the dub is lol.

ik i can search it up but i wanna ask what mononoke is abt from u. medicine seller. he sells medicine. meow?

Well u would think he does. U would really think so