Amagoze is the leader of the kappa, with ‘Amagoze’ being the clan’s inherited name. (So, her actual name is unknown).
Kiyoi’s name kanji is the same as the purestone's.
Shirakawa was one of the kemono stones creators and the Amagoze clan are her descendants.
A clan of rats from Shiga, led by Unshou (clan/inherited name: Raigou). The rat clan’s greatest strength are their numbers, and they also transmit various diseases.
Raigou became the Minister of Transport etc. and used his rat web to control people’s movements around Japan, his task as a minister being making sure people stay within their designated prefectures.
Kaien was one of the kemono stones creators, and the Raigou clan are his descendants.
A supposed owl clan from Hokkaido. That’s literally it. All we have is Hoshikuma mentioning them once and it’s one of the few species written in hiragana instead of katakana (furigana above the kanji). For example, karasu and eagles (fellow bird species) are written in katakana, but kin’u are in hiragana. (Tanuki and kitsune are also almost always in hiragana).
A single known owl was revealed later, Rera, one of the kemono stones creators. Her name means ‘wind’ in the ainu language.
Kijimuna 樹木霊 キジムナー (tree/wood spirit)
They were first mentioned by Nobimaru. They are native to Okinawa.
Allegedly Obah (the granny who took Yui in) is one. Maobah was one of the kemono stones creators.
The name is quite an interesting case. Kijimunaa itself is Okinawan and means ‘wood spirit’, so assumingly Aimoto just reverse-added a kanji reading to it. The ‘rei’ (spirit) kanji throws me off a little, as Aimoto introduced the concept of ‘rei-zoku’/the spirit tribe later. Which would put kijimuna into the spirit category, just like khoular and vampire are in the oni category based on their names (and also biology). But literally nothing is known about the spirit tribes (or kijimuna, for that matter) other than the fact that the spirits are amorphous and don’t reproduce.
…So, seeing as Obah and Maobah aren’t ‘amorphous’ I’m not sure if kijimuna can actually be classified as spirits, especially when Aimoto introduced the tribes concept later and could’ve just forgotten that she reverse-added literal kanji meaning of kijimuna to the tribe’s name.
Based on what Akira said in the panel though we can’t even be sure that Obah was the stone’s holder. Did Aimoto create Maobah just to fuck with readers like me lol.
Baketake 化茸 (transforming mushroom, same name type as bakegitsune and bakedanuki)
One of the clans Mukuro chose to create the kemono stones. The power sealed in the yinstone would decompose/disintegrate anything.
Ryokujun was the yinstone creator. Mikage is a baketake-turned-mamono that appears post-timeskip and was one of Inari’s ministers. They possessed amazing abilities to learn fast. Their true form was that of fungi spores, but they could possess any living organism (I believe it was like parasitism).
The girl-like form is Mikage parasiting on one of the ape girls-to-become-mamono. In a way, they saved her from becoming an explosion-type mamono.
Mikage also used his baketake power to decompose other living beings and even nuclear waste. And as long as the fungi spores are alive, Mikage themselves are considered to be alive, no matter the shape or form.
Mikage described his species as not being able to talk or even having their own consciousness, but the mamonization process allowed for species like his to evolve further and gain consciousness.
Which is quite interesting…What was Ryoukujun like? I’d assume they had consciousness but after sealing the baketake power or perhaps simply over time the baketake kemono devolved into some sort of plant-like state until Inari evolved at least one known specimen.
Amoeba 粘菌 (lit. slime mold, read as ameiba)
One of the clans Mukuro chose to create the kemono stones. The power sealed in the yangstone could combine anything. The power was described as ‘re-combination’, something on (possibly) chemical bonds level. (This is my interpretation as there’s literally only like 2 sentences of information)
The slime kemono representative was named Midoro. Nothing else is known, but I’d assume if this tribe still exists, they are probably similar to devolved baketake.
Also, the power is weirdly similar to how the mamono virus operates lol. I believe they’re somehow related.
Karasu and Kin’u/Jinwu 鴉・金烏 (crows and golden crows)
The first bird kemono we actually get to see. Mayuzumi was one of Inari’s ministers with Yamabuki as her secretary.
Nobimaru described karasu as intelligent and societal kemono on the same level as foxes. He also said that they’re very good at seeing through lies and such.
It’s hard to assess their actual abilities because they were never really explained, but Mayuzumi could turn her wings into various things like knives or fire skulls or even put somebody to sleep, based on her emotions. It’s not known if any other crows had the same abilities.
Her abilities were based on the seven deadly sins and had names like Lucifer Crow - Wings of Pride- or Belphecrow -Wings of Sloth- and such. (other forms: Levi-a-Crow (Envy), Satan Crow (Wrath))
Seemingly crows worked in the underworld as Mayu was initially scouted to do dirty work (killing).
She also contributed a lot to killing off her own species, and so their numbers are said to be quite low.
I think that Kin’u is the Japanese spelling/transliteration of Jinwu (from Chinese). These were a subspecies of sorts of the usual karasu, a rarely born breed of golden feathered crows, possessing superb intelligence, abilities and beauty. Yamabuki was one such crow. She said that her tribe was persecuted and made to suffer through times and she herself was once a caged pet of a mafia boss (I assume it was mafia) who prevented her from learning about the outside world. We haven’t seen her using any abilities but she was shrewd, controlling and was indeed able to see through lies.
Sadly, one of the least developed tribes that we won’t be returning to.
Worth to note that they are based on Yatagarasu and other similar sun-bearing crows. I believe there are Chinese legends about red/golden crows.
Seem to look like chimpanzees or other ape/monkey species (Kaidou). Most of the mob shoujou shown looked like chimps, with only Kaidou and Ranbo having more human-like features. Kaidou is also red. Visually, it's one of the most diverse/variative kemono species. You can see some other different apes earlier in Mikage's page.
They were working with Inari developing the virus pre-timeskip. (1st page, 2nd is the ape girl who became Mikage's host and random Nemuro farm workers).
Mukuro described them as the tribe that valued their overall strength over their individuality, and that during the war they killed more people than anyone else. They are strong but due to their values Mukuro didn’t choose them to be the kemono stones creators.
Shoujou have better adaptability to the mamono virus than other species, so Kaidou saw this as an opportunity to create the strongest creature, and become the most powerful kaiju to protect Japan. It’s mentioned that he basically brainwashed the tribe into his army, ready to become monsters for the ‘greater good’.
There’s a lot of shoujou-turned-mamono of various types and various degrees of crazy DNA engineering, who are used as transportation means, as security guards or even doors. (Feels like All Tomorrows kinda, lol)
Seems like there is a decent amount of shoujou, and allegedly most of them are part mamono. Social-wise they only listen to these stronger than themselves, and seem to be prejudiced towards other tribes.
Last picture is seemingly Kaidou’s ‘real’ shoujou-kemono form.
Deer 山鹿 (yamajika, mountain deer)
Akebi is a deer kemono girl who lived with her human guardian. She moved to Yashimaji, where many kemono species found shelter.
More cats, Raigou's clan remains and the 3rd page top panels show mamono-fied kemono like some birds (pigeons?) and dogs.
The first sea kemono introduced (and so far the only one). They can join in to ‘fuse’ into one big creature. Primula and her kin have some sort of seaspeak dialect. She mentioned that they make decisions by some sort of a ‘voting’ system.
The sea kemono hold values that are different from the land kemono, and are way more numerous. In order to deal with sea kemono, you have to offer something equal to them.
The kanji name comes from 遊 play, 泳 swim, 虫 bug, with the 遊 (in the meaning of wandering) kanji also being in the Japanese name for plankton (the actual thing).
Kemono from other countries:
Luna (Runa) (personal name)
An unknown kemono from Britain who is the editor-in-chief for Reuteurs. Friend of Mr. Bold.
Eagle 巨鷲 イーグル (Giant Eagle)
Bird kemono from North America. Bold E. Strong is the current President of the USA. He’s described as peaceful and just.
He had just had his kemono form revealed in chapter 108. Big eagle!
The name is the english word 'eagle' itself.
An unknown tribe from China. Even though they haven’t been named as species, one of the girls name is Ruilin 瑞麟 (Japanese transliteration: Zuirin) and from that we can assume that they are based on quilins (because 麟 in the girl’s name is from quilin)
瑞 also can be from 瑞獣 auspicious beast (essentially meaning the quilin).
They knew who Da Ji was, and called Inari her reincarnation. Which is very interesting, since apparently no one (kitsune or not) outside Kyogitsune knew who Mikuzu was. I don’t want to go into Da Ji/Mikuzu (Tamamo) connections/if they’re the same person I’d rather wait for Aimoto to explain.
And since we are on the topic of foreign kemono, there are some other interesting bits:
Kemonoists (kemonoya) are universal, and in America they’re called Shamans.
Kemono itself is also a word that’s different for every language, in America it’s Supernatural and in Chinese it’s guài wù.
The kemono stone creators:
Mukuro chose 13 kemono leaders and one human to create the kemono stones.
Raikou is Raiden's ancestor and since the lifestone was said to hold the power of humans, so it can be attributed to him. The power sealed in the lifestone allowed to calm down an oni's hunger. It was also shown to weaken the nullstone power and boost Kabane's regeneration.
Uka is Tamaki's ancestor and the creator of the flowstone (has the power over water currents).
Shirakawa is Amagoze clan ancestor and the creator of the purestone (has the power to purify water streams).
Kaien is Raigou clan ancestor and it isn't known what stone he created but his descendant had the earthstone (power unknown) and two other unnamed stones.
Ryokujun and Midoro I explained in-depth already.
Maobah is apparently a kijimunaa and the creator of the skystone (controls weather).
Chouen is an unknown insect ancestor, stone created unknown.
Rera is the owl clan ancestor and the creator of the divinestone (has the power to put up a force field or something).
Rikka is the yuki-onago/onoko ancestor and the creator of the nullstone (has tremendous powers related to blizzards but in turn saps one's life force).
Hachifuku is Tasaburou clan ancestor and the creator of the illusionstone (has powers related to illusions, but seemingly the tanuki of today are powerful enough to keep Ura-Yashima without needing the stone).
Neibi is the fox progenitor and the creator of the allurestone (has the power to manipulate the hearts of men [as in humans, men or women]).
Her name sounds like navy (color), which is the meaning of Kon's name and is little easter egg from Aimoto. She has the same brows as Oina.
The kyogitsune male and female foxes clans received/somehow got the yinstone and the yangstone. Mikuzu wished to become part of the allustone and later was diefied in Nasu.
It all points to Neibi being the Ishimori ancestor, but she mostly likely came from the female clan of Kyogitsune. The exact relationship between the three stones and the three clans is all but assumptions.
The thrivestone has the power to make human females get pregnant with multiple babies at once if they drink broth made from it. The creator is unknown but is one of these kemono leaders.
There are two kemono tribe leaders only ever mentioned by their names: Kaduchi, who seems to be based on a baku, and Tarobou, who has me lost…
There’s a shrine with the same name (Tarobogu), located in Shiga Prefecture. Raigo is also from Shiga, and was shown next to Tarobou, so I guess this is a safe bet. Would also make sense as to why Raigo clan would have more stones, if one of them is also from a fellow clan located in the same prefecture.
The first plant kemono, appearing in a side story included in vol 13. The actual legend is a bt different.
One of the Drama CDs also focused on mice/rat kemono that were different from the tesso. They were similar to Primula/necton iirc.
Well, that's a lot! I might have missed some cool pages or panels but unfortunately image limit is a thing. I also didn't translate kemono that are more known or based exactly on the youkai they're named after.
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