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Great Oni

"Oni ni kana-bo" (what he wishes to be called, sigh) o.o

After the introduction of Buddhism in the sixth century, with its concept of a hell where demons torture sinners and the demonic connotations of the Chinese character adopted for the Japanese Oni, the Oni took on decidedly demonic characteristics.

 

 

Take me back