Noderabō (野寺坊 Noderabō, lit. Field Temple Priest) is a yōkai.
Appearance[]
In the 2007 anime, Noderabō is a yōkai with pale cyan skin, tufts of hair across his body and an oddly taller head that is very wrinkly by the top. He has thin red eyes with tiny black pupils and black lines underneath. His hands are scaly while his feet resemble that of a bird's with three toes on each and has a darker tone than the rest of his body, both sets end with sharp claws. He wears a loose, dark gray ragged kimono with a black-and-yellow striped obi.[1]
Personality[]
Noderabō loves animals, nature, and innocent children, and respects their happiness, in turn animals greatly respect him.[1]
While he is able to control sounds and make animals to speak human languages, he does not speak properly.[1]
History[]
2007 Anime[]
Noderabō appears in episode #84 of the fifth anime adaptation, Noderabō! The Bell Which Echoes in the Darkness of Night.[1]
The Great Yōkai War[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Sonic Scream
Sonic Scream: Noderabō is able to produce extremely powerful scream to attack his opponent.[1]
Hypnosis
Human Speech Bestowal: Noderabō is able to give animals the ability to speak the human language.[1]
Legend[]
Noderabō are forlorn, grotesque ghosts of fallen priests. They wear tattered rags and appear in abandoned temples late at night. They haunt the temple grounds and occasionally ring the temple bells. They were once priests who died in dishonor after commiting some kind of sin, most often being those who fell in vices, such as attachment to women or money, that are forbidden for priests. Because they are no longer welcomed in towns and cities, they flee to ruined temples, normally located in depressed rural areas and become Yōkai. One particular legend takes place in Nodera of the Saitama Prefecture. Where a bronze bell is nearly by a prankster, who dropped it in a pond while he was caught it the act by one of the townspeople. The pond became known as Kanegaike (Bell Pond). One day a lazy monk-boy played with other children rather doing his task given by the high priest. The boy became so ashamed when it was time to face the priest that drowned himself in Kanegaike. Every night after this, the townspeople could hear the sound of crying echoing from the bell at the bottom of the pond. Thus the monk-boy became known as the ghost of Nodera, or the Noderabō.