The Worst Yokai: The Hanging Demon

One police officer declined an invitation to a party and said, "Sorry, but today I have promised to hang myself."

The monsters I'll be introducing today are"Itsuki"It is also known as the "kubure oni" (necked demon). It is said that people who are possessed by this yokai are driven by a sense of duty to commit suicide.

Hello, I'm Kamiyo. When I hear the name of this monster, I remember a senior who was taken away in an ambulance at a club drinking party in college. Drinking too much is like a slow suicide.

The reason I remembered this is because the cause of my senior's collapse was a shotgun liquor.All at once"It was because I was drinking. I hope you have a good time.

Sorry, please read to the end.

To hang oneself means to kill someone by strangling them, and 'hanging' is the command form of that. This yokai's characteristic is that it is a demon that commands people to kill it. It seems more like a ghost than a demon.

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In China, there is a monster with the same name that encourages people to commit suicide, but the monster does so for its own sake. This is because, in the Chinese view of hell, there is a limit to the number of dead people that can be held in a prison, and if the person brings in a substitute for themselves, they can be released from hell, just like the rocket pencil.

There is only one condition for the person who will take my place:The person died in the same way as meFor this reason, those who die by hanging or drowning become demons, and in order to take their place, they order others to commit suicide.

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Now, there are legends of people committing suicide through possession in various places, but they all have one thing in common:Someone who is not the type to commit suicide does so.That's the point. It's unreasonable to blame a supernatural phenomenon for someone who is likely to commit suicide, so it seems natural to me.

However, the idea that someone is not the type to commit suicide is merely the subjective opinion of those left behind, that is, the living. Rather, people who do not express their daily suffering are more likely to jump to extreme conclusions when their emotions explode. It is easy to guess that the person who started telling this anecdote was someone who did not understand such subtleties of the inner self.

If you are so driven that you are thinking of committing suicide, it would be best to confide your pain to those around you, so that you don't end up being taken away by the supernatural phenomenon known as the Hanging Demon. This will surely save you.

The reason why the Hanging Demon is the worst monster is,The increase in anecdotesThis is because it is a monster that should not exist.

(Image: Yomado Kidan)