The 4th and Final Peril's design has been unveiled!
THIS THING IS AWESOME!
It appears to be a boar-like demon with an Ice and Death theming to it.
The "fire" appears to be more of a spirtual cold flame rather than normal hot fire.
Its back is adorned with ribcage-like spines and has a skull piercing on its tail. I love it.
Its tree-like tusks and tail appear to be a pun on its namesake.
>In the name "Taowu," "tao" means "to pound" or "to beat," and "wu" refers to a tree without branches, a bare wooden pole used for "pounding" things, inevitably bringing to mind a solid "club" or "bludgeon." Taowu, as described by its name, is incapable of listening to any reason or comprehending any words.
If this source (twitter user @/digicaplayer) Is accurate, it looks like Digimon New Century is working on a storyline based on Chinese legends, with a her based on the legendary of Nezha and new Digimon based on the four perils. Dijiangmon represents the hundun, a being of chaos with no face and the parallels are definitely there. If this is true, I'm really hyped to see the new designs that will be coming out. The four peril Digimon could be a good counterpart to the four symbols-based Holy Beast Digimon. Plus not both Pokemon and Digimon will have a four perils quartet. I am once again upset that New Century still doesn't have a release outside of China.
Shares the same green eyes as Kirinmaru. (And hair color too?)
Riku has addressed Kirinmaru as his master and called himself a puppet. He mimics his master in many places.
In episode 21, he is clearly shown to behave like a puppet.
At first, I thought Riku was Kirinmaru’s illegitimate son, but he is actually his puppet. It is also shown that Kirinmaru can “see” what Riku sees. Although he can “see” through Riku eyes, he does not know what Riku is thinking. Also, it does not seem like Kirinmaru can always “see” what Riku is doing, otherwise he would have known about his actions. Either that, or he did not mind Riku collecting the pearls.
Kirin
Possibly another creation. The only green I see on him is his tie lol. In episode 23, when Kirin is looking up at the comet and commenting on it, the video transitions to Kirinmaru. Like Riku, Kirinmaru can “see” what Kirin sees.
It is safe to assume that he is one of the puppets or creation as well. Most likely, when he removes his glasses, we will be shown his green eyes. What we do not know is if he is working for Kirinmaru or he is like Riku, doing his own thing.
Dream Butterfly
Kirinmaru tells the trio that the Dream Butterfly will disappear when he disappears. In the same episode, Koton mentions that Kirinmaru has designed it for something.
The Butterfly itself has green eyes like Kirinmaru, Riku and Zero.
It seems like he has no full control over Butterfly too, because Moroha drops this bomb very early into the series that the butterfly has escaped from the dream world and cursed Setsuna (why do you even know this Moroha?)
It is not unreasonable to assume that Kirinmaru can create or possess powers related to the dream world. If the sword created from Toga’s fangs could have other worldly powers, why can Kirinmaru not have powers related to the dream realm. Both are daiyokai.
Zero
They address each other as brothers and sister. They share the same green eye color. But are they really blood related? Zero has butterfly motifs all over her. Even when she had her demonic powers with her, her demon marks were very butterfly-esque. So, she must be a butterfly demon.
My lady moves like a butterfly.
On the other hand, Kirinmaru is implied to be a Qilin demon. He has half his face covered in scales, while the other half has blue stripes. Even in his attire, he has different shoulder plates. Either it is only a design choice like Sesshomaru’s, or it is to signify that he is a hybrid of two demons. His one half is Qilin and if Zero is his real sister, then his other half must be a butterfly. (I know, I do not see it either)
Umm... err... may be a spider??? Or is that his “Qilin” version because I see the tails and that dragon arm.
Anyhoo, if they both are related then either Kirinmaru needs to be part butterfly or Zero needs to be part Qilin.
Or Kirimaru is half Qilin and half spider. Zero is half butterfly and half spider.
(Of course, this is still a possibility)
If they are not related, then it is safe to say that she is another one of Kirinmaru’s creations that he is treating as a family.
Seems like the Dream butterfly was designed after her or she was designed after the Dream butterfly. Until more information is given about the Butterfly, I will assume the former.
The Four Perils
I could be wrong here. There is not much to go with but I think they are Kirinmaru’s creations as well.
First off, they all have horns. Kirinmaru has them in his partial demon form. His cubone mask has it as well. Position wise, they have shown that Kyuki and Konton are much closer to Kirinmaru. They both seem to be aware of Kirinmaru’s plans for Dream Butterfly.
Koton’s human form has a tail like Kirinmaru’s. He parrots the same comments about “tastes” as his master. Kyuki has the same blue demon marks as Kirinmaru. Some of them have “heavenly” elements.
