#makuragaeshi

[lepixma]

Makuragaeshi 枕返しor the pillow flipper

#yokai #yokaiillustration #makuragaeshi #illustration #creepycute #creepycrawly #horrorstories #japaneseghost #枕返し #japaneseghoststories #childrenillustration #kidslitart #demon #ghoststories #illustragram #fairytale #japaneseyokai #妖怪 #shigerumizuki

[adanaac]

just had the most incomprehensible art idea we'll see if i do it in the next day or so

#it has to do with haruaki saying he'll quit teaching and become a florist in ch1 #and also somewhat has to do with makuragaeshi arc

[togetherhearted]

hello if it's not a problem, I would like to make a request, Jamil and Leona with a reader that is a type of youkai (you can choose what type of youkai you want) please

It's no problem at all!! I did some quick research, in hope I gave the youkais a hint of what they are. Hope this is fine!

JAMIL AND LEONA WITH A YOKAI READER

Jibakurei. Your story was deemed tragic;a soul bound to that college;unable to leave. Despite the inevitable pain that could hit you time and time again, your hope never faltered and you fell in love. This time was with Jamil;the humble second year from Scarabia dorm. The first year was for taking a good look at him;to study his hobbies and personal taste; eventually, you let yourself be seen and forged a strong relationship. He still was unaware of the truth about your binding to this very college. The moment of truth will arrive;right now what was more important was to enjoy every second of your serene love.

Makuragaeshi When Leona opened his eyes, he found himself outside his room;in a very uncomfortable position, on the common's room couch. He groaned, a comically large vein popping on the side of his head. He called for your name;knowing too well, by now, that the cause of the change of scenery, from his comfy bed to the couch for simpletons, was none than you. His annoyingly cute youkai. He heard you snicker from above;holding his pillow with a mischievous smirk, sitting on the handrail. Leona let out a tired growl and moved his feet on the steps to scold you.

#x reader #twst #twst x reader #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #jamil viper #jamil x reader #leona kingscholar #leona x reader

[youkaigakkou-tl]

Chapter 102 Translator's Notes Thoughts

You know what, I sort of thought I wouldn’t have much to say about this chapter, considering I’d already pored over all the details from Makuragaeshi arc and Yoseito, and in comes Tanaka Mai with a metal bat!

Summary:

Stuff about the color page

Actual translation note about the divine magic stuff

Stuff about the time travel

That theory I have about Haruaki’s exorcism power

(future op after writing the whole thing: jesus christ this is 3000 words. somebody stop me before i come out with a 70 page peer reviewed thesis one of these days)

Color page

The one with purple hair is Akira LOL I think everyone got got by it for at least a second because we’ve been seeing Douman so much, especially with that half the face blacked out, but look at the hair part. Also I only realised because of this art that Kurai and Akira have a mole by the mouth in the exact same spot, makes sense why he wants to cover it up now. (Irrelevant but I also have a mole in that same spot)

Also, the red string of fate…

Hey remember what happens in Makuragaeshi arc. yeahhhhh hahaha just stab that knife right into me hahaha sensei you would do this to them? to me?

A lot of the original folklore for the red string of fate is pretty mean, but the important common thread (heh) is that the two people meet long ago briefly and part ways, until they eventually get married while not remembering that first encounter, then they find out they knew each other from that first encounter. (Hey why does this sound like almost all the things that happen pre-main story in yohaji. Who is making spiderwebs with the threads of fate up there.)

Red string… Hatanaka’s red scarf, which Ibara knitted for him… His scarf, which isn’t present in the Makuragaeshi world… Tanaka Mai you are fucked up and evil for this. I am going to lie in the sand now.

The scarf… which she knitted for him maybe because she saw him with it 100 years ago…

Divine Magic

Ok I’ll be real I hate translating it as “divine magic” because it’s so vague but translating it as the actual Buddhism term is too specific and technical, when the word in Japanese and Chinese uses very common characters so it’s vague enough while still being the actual Buddhism term.

This chapter specifically calls back to chapter 22, and I totally didn’t recall any mention of anything divine so I had to double check with the JP. Sure enough, it’s used here, translated as “divine youkai magic”. But the thing is, in this situation “divine” just sounded like an adjective for “youkai magic”, rather than the whole phrase being a proper noun which is obvious in JP. (This is sort of why I’m going with “divine magic” instead, and that there’s nothing in the JP word that says “youkai” anyway) (By the way, it’s also on the blackboard in Miki’s class in chapter 96. I translated it as “divine power” then because there was no context)

The word is “神通力 jin-tsuu-riki”, and the Buddhism concept it’s referring to is Abhijñā, or the “six types of higher knowledge”.

Breaking down the word,

神 jin: god/divine

通 tsuu: connection/understanding/knowledge

力 riki: power

Exactly as Hatanaka explains it, in the most literal sense, it means “power that has connection to the gods”. “Jintsuuriki” is also another word for psychic powers in general, but it’s definitely this Buddhism concept because of the names of the six types.

Hatanaka just summarized it, so I think it’s safe to assume there’s more to all of them, and also I want to explain what each of them does anyway, even if they definitely won’t end up being the exact same in the manga.

^ Putting this here so it’s easy to refer to.

1. 神足通 Jin-soku-tsuu (Divine step)

Literally translated, it is “god step connection” (all of them end in “tsuu”). The specific name for it is Iddhi, and is generally called “higher powers”, or “powers of transformation”? I went with a name that’s almost a literal translation of the JP.

The specific abilities attributed to it include:

Replicating and projecting images of oneself

Becoming invisible

Passing through solid objects

Going through solid ground

Walking on water

Flying

Touching the sun and moon

Chinese and Japanese descriptions of it also mention “teleportation” or “being anywhere at will”, though strangely English descriptions of it almost never have this part.

The principal uses this one, and Hatanaka thinks Tamao used it (spoiler: he was wrong).

2. 天耳通 Ten-ni-tsuu (Clairaudience)

Literally translated, it is “divine ear connection”. Fairly self explanatory. Also described as “god-like hearing”, it’s the ability to “hear gods or humans, near or far”.

Interestingly, Hatanaka uses “地獄耳 jigoku-mimi” to describe “having sharp ears”, which itself is a fun phrase. It means “hell’s ears”, referring to King Enma, who hears of everything you’ve done in life and judges you accordingly. Though, in everyday speech it just means “someone who hears all the gossip”, but rarely it also means “someone who remembers everything they’ve heard”.

3. 他心通 Ta-shin-tsuu (Telepathy)

Literally translated, it is “others’ hearts connection”. Also fairly straightforward. The concept of “reading minds” in English is “reading hearts” in Japanese and Chinese. There’s probably a separate essay here about the West’s scientific and medical advancements and how with it, the core of what defined a human was shifted from the heart to the brain, changing the sort of words people use with it. Oh hey wait there IS a video essay about this. (ah shit this is getting off topic)

Anyway. It’s also described as being able to “understand others’ minds/hearts as if they were your own”. I feel this is the one the karasu tengu troupe used in chapter 21/22 to conjure up the illusions of Miki, Sano and Haru’s fears. (But the “conjuring illusions” part could also be the first one.)

4. 宿命通 Shuku-myou-tsuu (Memory of abodes)

Literally translated, it is “abode lives connection”, which… means what exactly? So, “宿命 shuku-mei” together means “karma” or “fate”, and it’s described as the “knowledge of oneself and others’ past existence”, referring to memory of past lives, but also refers to knowledge of karma, cause and effect and the past in general.

(Honestly I don’t like my name for it, but every other name for it I’ve seen is too long and unrepresentative, I’ll probably come up with a new translation if it comes up again and there’s more info given about it. Also I almost went with “remembrance”, which tbh is a better sounding name but I would be exposing that I’ve been playing too much honkai star rail)

I think this is the one Tamao actually used, and I’ve seen some CN comments come to the same conclusion. By the way, remember Yoseito chapter 1?

Unbelievable! Everything really is “haha jk…unless” with this manga!

5. 天眼通 Ten-gen-tsuu (Clairvoyance)

Literally translated, it is “divine eye connection”. Also pretty self explanatory. It is described as seeing the karmic destinations of others, and knowing how they’ll be reborn. It’s also called “死生通”, or “knowledge of life and death”. Sort of a set with the previous one, knowing cause vs knowing effect.

This is the one Haruaki thinks Seimei has, and he’s probably right (somewhat). I’ll elaborate in a sec.

6. 漏尽通 Ro-jin-tsuu (Affliction riddance)

Literally translated, it is… honestly idk this name itself means nothing. But translations have put it as “extinction of mental intoxicants” or “knowing the end of suffering”. Tbh this is also one that I’m not super happy with and would retranslate if it comes up again. Hatanaka couldn’t be bothered to actually summarize it LMAO it’s probably because this is a very VERY Buddhist concept. It’s described as “knowing the four truths; suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering, and the way to end suffering”.

The thing you have to know about Buddhism is it’s really obsessed with suffering, the idea of reincarnation and that it comes from worldly impurities (including suffering), and getting out of the cycle of reincarnation by getting rid of worldly impurities. Like, that’s the thesis statement of Buddhism. Reincarnation exists but the world sucks so you want to get out of it. (gets torn to shreds by my Buddhist relatives for badmouthing it) (so far from all my reading and personal experience with my Buddhist grandparents there is nothing forbidding you from tearing someone to shreds) Anyway. This has been my bitching about Buddhism tangent.

These last three are sometimes considered as a set, and collectively called the “three wisdoms/knowledges”

Hey did you fall asleep (throws chalk at you) wake up!

If you’ve been paying attention to both this essay and the manga itself, you may have noticed that Seimei has demonstrated almost all of these to some degree. Whether this is intentionally something the story is implying and wants the reader to figure out or if it’s pure coincidence, I’m not sure, but it’s something to think about. Also, the “seeing the future” one could totally be applied to Kurahashi. Eyebrow raise?

Also, here’s this ask I answered about the ramifications of Seimei having divine magic.

Intermission

This is something I’ve only come to realise with Yohaji, it’s really so fascinating to see the author in a work (in moderation of course). When viewing a piece of work, especially something framed as lighthearted like a manga, it’s so easy to forget the author behind it and treat the work as if it came into existence by itself. Perhaps because Yohaji contains so many references to real-life mythologies and stories, or perhaps because I’ve been poring over every detail, reading about every reference, reading sensei’s tweets and experiences, that what sorts of topics Tanaka Mai is interested in has become apparent and Yohaji is all the more fascinating for it.

Every one of her previous oneshot/short-serialization works before Yohaji has either made mention of Buddhist terms, or is entirely based on it.

Karma Karma, a 3-shot from 2014 (a year before the start of Yohaji), is about the Buddhist concept of hell and a king of hell who accidentally brought sinners from hell back to the living world.

Gokuraku Joudou no Hotoke-san, a oneshot from 2013, besides obviously referencing the Buddhist pure land in the title has wisdom king Acala and Yakushi Nyorai be its protagonists.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll ever get to read any of these, since they’re from 10 years ago and I’d have to contact a collector about it or something.

In any case, this is clearly something she’s interested in and knows a lot about, and it’s always so interesting to see. It’s always been present in Yohaji too, from the early drafts being more Buddhism-themed, to Sano’s magic circles featuring sanskrit and resembling a mandala in early chapters, to busting out a sutra excerpt in chapter 85.

Maybe it’s a fiction faux pas to pull back the curtain and look at the inner workings of a work like this, but I think I get to decide how I interact with a work.

Time Travel

YEAHHHH I CALLED IT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!! ITS SO OBVIOUS IT WOULD HAPPEN ITS BEEN SO OBVIOUS FOR A YEAR I SHOULDN’T HAVE LET PEOPLE TALK AUGUST 2022 ME INTO THINKING ITS STUPID!! ITS SO REAL!!! IM A GENIUSSS yeah anyway had to get that out of my system

First of all, we get a good look at the schoolhouse. This is probably the old schoolhouse, or at least in the location of the old schoolhouse. Architecturally it does look different from both times we’ve seen it, in volume 5 and Yoseito’s Izuna flashback arc. It’s entirely possible that the principal had it rebuilt and more floors added in the 100 years he was using it. By the way, based on the turtle map and being able to see the mountain behind the school, it’s likely that this is where it is.

The beam of light on the mountain opposite the school is almost certainly because the gang ended up at the location of the current schoolhouse, which is still just forest at that point. And there is not a single doubt in my mind that the teacher is Ranmaru.

Ok tbh I don’t have that much to say about the time travel half of the chapter mostly because it was just establishing the premise for what’s about to happen for the rest of the arc, so here’s some disjointed thoughts.

First off, even if it’s not obvious, Haruaki does indirectly cause this to happen. Besides nudging the world into the situation at the start of the chapter in a million cumulative little ways, he’s the one who brings up whether Tamao can use any other type of magic.

Also, this chapter made me realise something about Yoseito chapter 28. It makes sense that Yamazaki wouldn’t have recognized Hatanaka before that moment when he made the connection, because for all intents and purposes he knew Hatanaka as just this delinquent kid who even dyed his hair. Even the name “Hatanaka” doesn’t help, mind you, since he’s got dozens of siblings and extended family whose surnames are all “Hatanaka”. Unless they specifically told the Meiji trio the exact situation, and even then, this is probably just “that weird story from when we were in school” to Takahashi and Yamazaki. (a la teacher trio not making the connection that they met years ago until it was specifically pointed out) It was only at that moment that he started to resemble the version of him a year from then, when the time travel would happen.

Anyway, what in the world could possibly happen to Takahashi that he ends up like he does on the color page and looking so shaken in chapter 98… I sure hope the stuff on his face is actually just shading and not blood…. We do have precedent of that half of the face being covered in blood….

And one last thing that might be addressed, something in this arc will probably cause Ranmaru to quit being a teacher (based on makuragaeshi arc), though like the Takahashi thing, I couldn’t even begin to guess what. I can’t see the future, after all! (I feel like I've made this joke before)

The True Nature of Haruaki/Seimei’s Exorcism Power

(sounds like a clickbait title lol)

This is something I realised while answering this ask, but it’s a realisation that could have come way sooner because it doesn’t really hinge on info from chapter 102.

Here’s the parts to this theory: (anything that’s directly quoted has been double checked against the Japanese in case the nuance is slightly different)

Youkai magic is powered by spirit energy (no shit sherlock)

Clarification addendum: spirit energy is called “you-ryoku 妖力” and youkai magic is “you-jutsu 妖術”. both use the same “you” as in “youkai”, and the word on its own kinda means magic-y creature-y things (its usually used with another word to clarify what exactly is magic-y). Literally translated, “you-ryoku” is “youkai energy/power”, and “you-jutsu” is “youkai technique”. its very no shit sherlock.

This exorcism power exorcises spirit energy, and also works on gods to a lesser degree.

This implies the exorcism power has broader spanning effects than is stated, or “spirit energy” isn’t as specific of a concept as previously thought.

Spirit energy is basically interchangeable with “human life force” which is also interchangeable with “human souls”

In chapter 76, Takahashi reveals that if the mother is human, the spirit energy a half-youkai baby needs will be substituted by her life force. Also of note, he reveals that youkai can produce spirit energy and humans can’t.

When talking about youkai that eat spirit energy, “souls” are almost always brought up alongside it. Miki’s mom is said to eat both spirit energy and souls, the makuragaeshi eats both spirit energy and souls. The kasha did throw out the pure youkai Takahashi, Hatanaka and Marshmallow to leave only those with non-youkai blood or souls, but it also didn’t seem to be against attacking them.

In chapter 74, Takahashi says he sensed spirit energy in the hospital, but he examines the gashadokuro and finds it’s formed from human souls. Also in chapter 70, the ability to see spirit energy and souls is lumped together.

And now, one of the loose ends from Kyoto arc: Suzaku saying that “humans shouldn’t overuse powers like that” and was about to say something about life force.

Do you see what I’m getting at here? It sounds likely that “spirit energy” and “life force” are the same thing but in different forms, and assuming there’s not an entirely separate power system that has nothing to do with spirit energy, there’s a possibility that Haruaki/Seimei’s exorcism power runs off life force instead.

This has a few fucked up implications, namely there’s a possibility that Seimei was going to die anyway even without being (debatably) murdered, and also obviously Haruaki… um….

“Souls are equivalent to life force” and “exorcism power runs off life force” would also help explain why his intelligence soul piece could also use it: it just happened to be the biggest piece of his soul (also explaining why it’s physically bigger than the other 4), and it could be that all the pieces had the ability, just that the biggest piece had the “battery” to actually use it.

(I have Many Thoughts about the soul pieces btw, that may never get elaborated on in the story. No not just that white hair Haru is hot! I feel like there’s something more to it than just being 5 parts of his personality. Like, they say there’s a piece that’s the manifestation of his desires, but the athletic piece is into sailor uniforms too? That’s a conclusion the students came up with, after all, and it’s not like anyone present was an expert on this stuff, and anyone who might have known more aren’t saying anything (Ranmaru, Douman, SEIMEI???). Do you get this feeling? That there’s something purposely left unexplained there…)

He also calls out the similarity between his powers and the students’ powers often (off the top of my head, there’s at least a few times with Sano, also with Nyuudou, and now with Tamao). It’s probably his efforts to show he relates to them, but also… yknow…

Of course, there’s details that this theory doesn’t fully address. Both times Miki’s mom ate Haruaki’s soul, she immediately noted it tasted bad, so it’s probably not because of Seimei taking control and actively fighting his way out, rather something inherent about his soul that makes it different from regular human souls or even youkai souls.

This is all pretty fucked up and I don’t necessarily think Tanaka Mai would actually go this route….? I hope…..? But there’s nothing definitive right now that says it DOESN’T work like this, and there’s enough of these little details littered throughout the whole series that if it’s true, this would be the biggest long con sensei has pulled yet.

Haruaki’s exorcism power could also be one of those “lol he can just do this, don’t question it” things, but that’s also what I thought about Seimei’s ability to see the future, and GUESS WHAT.

Anyway that’s all, I think I haven’t forgotten anything I wanted to talk about (probably did though, this took an entire day and thats WITH having taken notes while I was translating), gonna spend a couple days combing through all the previous mentions of the time travel to see if the new concrete details about it would surface any new info.

#rambles #youkai gakkou no sensei hajimemashita #a terrified teacher at ghoul school #yohaji #wake up babe new dissertation just dropped #this is half the length of the kyoto arc analysis........ that one was for a whole arc....

[askcharaandfriends]

I’ve updated Kyouko in relation to this new lore. Information on the yokai in question can be found here: https://yokai.com/makuragaeshi/

Mia: cool, this works

#submission #kyoukou #monster hights school of magic #monster oc #contest

[sagaofstardustmkg]

makuragaeshi || baku || trial 1.4 || re: nevros

Well, most of Baku's doubts were answered quite cleanly. Still, she resists voting out of some sense of... mourning, maybe? She doesn't know, exactly. Bo would probably be able to tell her better than she knows-- but that only lasts a short while, anyway. As soon as Nevros makes their threat, her mouth pulls thin and strained, and she fumbles her bookmark into its spot. It's a fruitless endeavor, given that she knows Nevros tends not to act out of any sense of rationality. Still, if she can direct the anger against anyone...

It's not like it works. Of course it doesn't. No one would ever bother to notice Baku as anything resembling a threat. She'll never be as tough as someone like X or VB. Given the violent way she flinches in her chair as they dive for VB next to her, she figures her credibility as even a bit scary is totally shot. She pulls her hands up to cover her head, tugging her hat down like it'll act as a shield. 

They're deflected, thankfully, and even if they weren't, she's sure VB would be able to handle it. But still-- still. She's not sure what she feels again (should she ask Bo later, maybe? Probably not. He wouldn't have seen. And it doesn't matter, anyway...) but she furrows her brows, uncurling from the protective ball she'd tried to hide herself in. 

"Y-You... are you, you aren't a wild animal, Nevros, this isn't a fight-- be-behave, behave, or..."

Slowly she reaches around to pull her lantern out of the loop on her skirt where she keeps it. It dangles in front of her, the dull light illuminating the monstrous face on top, hiding Baku's from view. 

"...Or you can spend the rest of the trial out of the way, and you won't-- won't g-get to see what happens to Berceuse at all."

Her stuttering probably decreases the efficacy of her threat, but at the very least, Nevros likely doesn't know enough about her magic to argue with what she is and isn't capable of. Maybe. Hopefully. No one does, she hopes. Even if she's tiny and unthreatening, maybe someone will take it seriously...

...Now, the issue with having a big lantern as a focus-- which she'd complained about before, even-- is that all that hanging metal on it does tend to rattle, when the person holding it has very trembling hands. But maybe no one will hear.

#ch1 #trial #baku

[lpbestiary]

The makura-gaeshi, or "pillow flipper," is a type of yōkai from Japanese folklore. They appear as small, monstrous children dressed as monks, and are usually tied to one room in a house.

Makura-gaeshi love moving and turning over pillows. A person haunted by a makura-gaeshi will often wake up to find their pillow at the foot of their bed. They are also fond of other pranks, like leaving grubby footprints on the floor or causing sleep paralysis. While they are generally seen as harmless pranksters, some say that they are incredible evil, and can steal a sleeping person's soul.

Image source.

Monster master list.

Suggest a spook.

#makura-gaeshi #makuragaeshi #monster #yokai #supernatural #mythology #monsters #bestiary

[mitosjpenespanol]

Makuragaeshi ( まくらがえし)

Un viajero ciego se alojó en una posada. Cuando creyó estar solo en su cuarto, se puso a contar las monedas que llevaba. Sin embargo, el posadero lo estaba espiando a través de un resquicio de la puerta por el que pudo comprobar que tenía una gran suma de dinero. Movido por la avaricia, a la mañana siguiente lo acompañó un rato por el camino fingiendo hacerle de guía. Lo condujo a un lugar apartado, le robó y le quitó la vida.

Desde aquel día el espíritu del ciego está instalado en la posada y se dedica a revolver la almohada de los que duermen en su habitación. Puede parecer algo insignificante pero sus apariciones anuncian desgracias. 

El Makuragaeshi es un espíritu vuelca almohadas. No tiene forma conocida; pero el pintor Toriyama Sekien lo representó como un pequeño dios protector del budismo. Popularmente se cree que tiene forma de niño pequeño, mujer u hombre ciego, en alusión a la historia anterior. 

En el Japón antiguo se creía de mala suerte cambiar la posición de la almohada, pues por medio de esta se conectaba el alma con el sueño, y moverla era separar el alma del cuerpo. De igual manera, la palabra makuragaeshi se refiere al acto de colocar la cabeza de una persona fallecida en dirección al norte, que es la dirección en la que murió Buda, así que amanecer en esa posición es un mal augurio.

Un giro inesperado del Makuragaeshi es que en el noreste de Japón, se cree que este espíritu es el Zashiki-warashi, espíritu protector de la casa y que atrae la buena fortuna. 

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Lee mitos griegos aquí

Lee mitos coreanos aquí

#Makuragaeshi #yokai #Japón #Toriyama Sekien #Nihon #Mitología japonesa #日本 #zashiki warashi #Mitos japoneses #Mitos de Japón #Mitología #criaturas sobrenturales #fantasmas japoneses #まくらがえし

[daga19992]

Inktober day 5 "Makuragaeshi"   「枕返し」

"El makuragaeshi (" vuelca almohadas") es un yokai de la mitología japonesa. Es un fantasma infantil que persigue habitaciones específicas de una casa. Es este espíritu al que se culpa cuando, al despertar, vemos que nuestra almohada ha acabado en un lugar insospechado de la habitación. Antiguamente se creía que encontrar la almohada cambiada de posición era un mal agüero, así que las acciones del makura gaeshi no eran vistas como simples jugarretas. Algunas historias cuentan que este yokai nace del espíritu de alguien que murió en esa habitación."

#makuragaeshi #inktober #inktober2018 #inktober 2018 #31yokais #31yokais2018 #japanese folklore #yokai #youkai #japanese art #japanese traditional #ukiyo e #pillow #demon #japanese demon #japanese monster #monster #watercolor #anime #manga

[amberanimation]

Day 5 - Yokai Inktober - Makuragaeshi Chicken I liked the idea of a petulant child ghost with a chicken pillow.

#inktober #inktober2018 #yokai #31yokais #31yokais2018 #makuragaeshi #chicken #pillow #illustration #ink

[echokyo]

Yokai Inktober ( by @houkiboshii ) Day 5: Makuragaeshi

#myart #ink #inktober #inktober2018 #traditional #illustration #japanfolklore #japan #demon #yokai #makuragaeshi

[adanaac]

tierlist of my favorite color pages and stuff

gushing abt them below ⬇️

i did top 4 and not top 5 bc a lot of the 5th place for these is like a 5 way tie

Double page

ch102: what ive learned from this is i really like full scenes. cmon!! who doesnt!! also man the colors are really good. hatanaka really has a deceptively good character design, once again proving to be senseis blorbo

ch88: sorry principal color page u have been dethroned as my fav i still love u so so so much tho. love the umbrella and plum blossoms, and also obviously principal is really hot. im pretty sure i know the umbrella asset on clip studio and actually have it downloaded. also i just personally love the paper cranes bc my sona is based off paper cranes

ch60: culture fes arc has some of my favorite color pages and b&w pages and my favorite aesthetic in general really. also i owe hijita my life for proposing the chinese dress theme. haru looks so so so good in chinese clothes and the combo with hatanaka's hoodie in the underground culture fes is top tier. also my favorite non-cover color page and volume promo are from this arc too

the color palette is also so good i basically stole all the colors for that halloween art i did (still love it so much). now u might be thinking. if i have so much to say abt this one why is it only 3rd. tbh its bc this one is the oldest of the 4 so ive had more time to savor it. also i just like the principal one better than this one, and i like the hatanaka one better than the principal one. (but i dont actually necessarily like the hatanaka one better than this one?? its a rock paper scissors situation)

ch79: 2 harus. im sold 👍 also makuragaeshi arc just means everything to me also i consider this color spread a package deal with the vol 12 inside color page which makes me like both of them more

at this point the seimeiliker part of me is yelling WHATT THE 2 SEIMEI COLOR PAGES ARENT EVEN HERE??? THE AME ONE ISNT EVEN HERE??? FAKE FANNN theyre tied for 5th!!! maybe even tied for 4th!! i just really like the ones that are full scenes!!!

Single page

ch25: this one isnt getting dethroned anytime soon its just so good. the COLOR PALETTE the LIGHTING AUGH ITS SO GOOD. and of course haruaki looking sexy as always 👍 this might be one of the sexiest harus tbh. i think its also one of my favorite official arts in general i cant think of many that i would confidently say i like more than this one. ITS NOT EVEN ATTACHED TO SOME DRAMATIC CHAPTER ITS THE PTM CHAPTER LMAOOO

ch46: miki pretty privilege.... i think miki arc has my 2nd favorite aesthetic, behind culture fes. tbh i like the 2 b&w cover pages from this arc just as much as the color page (maybe bc theyre more angsty by virtue of being black and white??)

ch33: i am so married to this chapter. one of if not my number 1 fav chapter. tbh this one is tied for 2nd with the miki one, its just bc i like how colorful the miki one is. this is the only time haru gets drawn with just solid black hair and its very pretty 😳 this one is also a package deal with the 2018 october gfantasy cover in my head bc theyre both teacher trio, not really in their usual outfits, from around the same time, and gets made as merch together often

ch75: im not exactly married to this one like i am with the top 3 but its just good art good composition good colors!! its just such a... cozy and normal scene contrasted with it being a color page. (wait fuck thats what the arc was about)

u may be wondering. why are all the single page ones sort of old. this is actually bc recently all the color covers are double pages (from 76 to 102 there's 1 single page and 9 double page covers)

Cover

vol 13: aughhh seimei...... punches walls etc im so normal about it hahahahah god i love the parallel with vol 1. sensei insane for this. i have nothing else to say this cover just fucks so hard i spent days oogling it why is seimei so hot. also aughh the unused draft for it would have been so good too but the vol 1 parallel was probably the right choice....

vol 10: this one stockholm syndromed its way into being my number 2. ok not really its a really good cover everyone is rly pretty and its a very fun composition and u know i love culture fes. but also it was the thumbnail on a lot of manga sites for the longest time so it ended up being the cover i associate with yohaji in general the most, maybe even more than vol 1

vol 14: i am easily swayed by principal 👍 i see principal and i neuron activation. its so funny its like the most blantant spoiler cover

vol 9: i am also easily swayed by ebisu 👍 sensei sure loves her red and blues huh. also sano in the black shirt is really hot. can u tell i also love when theres parallels

vol 8 is tied with vol 9 tbh rintarou and ibara are so pretty

Cover flaps

i didnt do the back covers bc theyre all alright to me tbh theres not standout amazing ones that make me lose my mind. ok maybe the vol 6 and vol 8 one. i am easily swayed by seimei and ebisu

now the cover flaps on the other hand. oh ym god

vol 14: WOOF WOOF BARK BARK BARK WHITE HAIR HARU WOOF WOOF THIS ONE MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME......... normal harus expression is soooo good...... the mini harus...... and Him... my cat..... sobs.... tanaka mai is a cruel god how dare she pull out this design and concept for 1 chapter and we're probably never gonna see it again..... UNLESS??? (<- mentally ill) anyway heres this promo art for no real reason other than i wanted to oogle him more

v7 and v5: lumping these together bc theyre both harusanos. can u tell i love parallels. and vol 5 has the harusano handholding and vol 7 has the sano confession under the moon.... wow......

v13: i love animal trio they mean so much to me. also just look at weasel hatanaka i wanna squeeze him like a squeaky toy

Inside color page

for a while i was like "how come my fav inside color pages all seem to be from recent volumes" it turns out its bc sensei only started doing full scenes for them starting at vol 10

the vol 11 one IS really good but its up against such bangers as "has principal" or "has haru" or "has seimei" sooooo

vol 10: look this one has principal and is culture fes of course its my favorite. easiest decision in my life. i think for all these categories the top 1 spot was super easy and 2-4 could all be shuffled around. it may not make me as mentally ill as the other 3 but its straight up good art i would set this as my phone screen any day

vol 13: hi this one makes me mentally ill. its so cool it has such cool imagery and its also so inscrutable. what does it all mean. why is saturn there. this one (and also all of kyoto arc tbh) makes me want a anime so bad

vol 12: you KNOW im a sucker for makuragaeshi arc aughhhh this one makes me mentally ill in a different direction from the vol 13 one. the fact he wore a blazer uniform when he was actually in high school and him wearing a gakuran in this arc. fucks me up every time

vol 14: aughhhh...... tanaka mai is out to GET me...... i care them so much.... so so much......

5th place probably still isnt the vol 11 one LOL sorry renpapa thats gotta go to vol 6 (the one with haru in the bath)

in conclusion. i am easily swayed by haru/seimei/principal/ebisu and i will never recover from white hair haru

and also culture fes has my no. 1 favorite aesthetic and miki arc is no. 2. time travel arc will probably prove to dethrone miki arc to become number 2 but idk if itll dethrone culture fes

#youkai gakkou no sensei hajimemashita #a terrified teacher at ghoul school #yohaji #spends the afternoon writing this shit instead of answering asks or writing the 102 tl notes post

[youkaigakkou-tl]

I have looked a bit online (admittedly not the jp side) and I think you’re the only one who has any names for of the main story arcs, at least in english. Do you have any ideas for names for the other arcs? Or do your know their names? 

(heres the secret, you can make this shit up. its just for ease of discussion anyway as long as its a nice and short name that gets across the idea to whoever youre talking to)

vol 12 actually refers to renren arc as just that

for the most part i actually think about the chapters by volumes rather than arcs, since thats how its stored on my computer lol

off the top of my head,

sports day arc

school camp arc

lost in tokyo arc

all of vol 7 (although the chapters arent directly connected) summer holidays

miki arc (bc we get to know more abt miki and also go to his house)

youkai train arc (but also all of vol 9 is "that vol ebisu is introduced" to me)

all of vol 10 is culture fes arc

renren arc

haruaki student arc (tbh not a great name bc too long and also confusing. makuragaeshi arc could be a better name but its also too long. lose lose situation. its haruakis fever dream to me)

kyoto arc (actually formally called kyoto school/class trip arc but too long, just "kyoto" gets the point across)

in addition you can also sort of split the art style by pre- and post-vol 4 (after ch24 the onsen chapter sensei switched to digital, all previous chapters were done traditionally. not sure if the phrasing meant ch24 itself was digital, but im pretty sure it was. main way you can tell is digital line weight has a lot less variation) (ofc you can split the art style eras even more but theres just a concrete reason to split it between vol 4 and vol 5)

#asks

[gatchabert]

It's a yokai sale! These little guys are the size of trading cards (2.5" x 3.5"). Each one is hard drawn by me on 100lbs Strathmore Bristol. Each one is a plastic sleeve and a top loader. $30 each shipped CONUS (for now). DM me #yokai #ushioni #hyakume #makuragaeshi #bakezori #aoandon #chochinobake #ittanmomen #kameosa #bertyokai (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLnrjT0HX-M/?igshid=h3n8fro1nyhy

#yokai #ushioni #hyakume #makuragaeshi #bakezori #aoandon #chochinobake #ittanmomen #kameosa #bertyokai

[turbobyakuren]

If she’s your girl then why is she flipping my pillow from my head to my feet?

#shutupus rex #fucking makuragaeshis

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned about Makuragaeshi which are Japanese spirits that visit people at night to flip their pillows over. They're mentioned in stories from the Edo period to modern times. In ancient Japan, they believed the soul left the body during dreams and that it couldn't return if the pillow was flipped (x)

#today i learned #facts #japan #hisotry #folk lore