Question
The island of Shōdoshima hosts an annual competition inviting artists to invent modern examples of these creatures, with entries such as a fleshy, toothed pair of heels. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these supernatural Japanese beings. Toriyama Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias feature examples of these beings like kitsune, as well as others he may have invented entirely.
ANSWER: yōkai [accept ayakashi; or mononoke; or mamono; or bakemono; or obake]
[10m] GeGeGe no Kitarō, a manga forerunner to modern spins on yokai, follows the title half-human boy from a tribe of these yokai. Hokusai depicted Oiwa, one of these yokai subcategorized as an onryō, emerging from a lantern.
ANSWER: ghosts [or yūrei; accept Yureizoku accept spirits; accept goryō or gaki or jikininki or shiryō; prompt on obake; prompt on reikon with “what does it become?”; reject “ikiryō”]
[10h] Images of the amabie, a long-haired, scaly yokai with a beak, circulate online to prevent this phenomenon. Dolls of Shōjō and Daruma were thought to prevent this phenomenon caused by hōsōgami.
ANSWER: illness [accept equivalents like disease, plague, or sickness; accept COVID-19; accept smallpox; reject “death”] (The amabie became popular online in 2020.).
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| A VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away | Heat-Oppressed Brains | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eugene o'Negging | You, Me and the Big G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |