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oh-meow-swirls · 24 days

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i think my favorite instances of pokemon and yo-kai with similar inspirations are the ones where you can barely tell they have the same inspiration. like. jibanyan and espeon are both based on nekomata. frostina/blizzaria and froslass are both yuki-onna. komasan and growlithe are both (at least according to bulbapedia on the latter cuz i really doubt it) komainu. honestly basically the only one i can think of where it's obvious are like. walkappa and lombre skdjfljfssfdsfdkljfds-

#puppy rambles #yo-kai watch #pokemon #digimon also. seasarmon (digimon's komainu) is the only one who ACTUALLY looks like a komainu #and i don't even know if he's meant to be one or not fsdlkjdfsdfkkjdfs-#they all do kitsune pretty well. ninetales kyubi and renamon are all pretty similar though there's obviously differences #since yo-kai watch and digimon lean more towards anthros. pokemon has a good amount of anthros/bipeds but there's still quadrupeds #whereas there's not a lot in yo-kai watch and digimon. esp once you get to the higher ranked yo-kai and higher stage digimon #i think there's like. one quadrupedal mega in digimon klsfdjfdslsdfjkds- i'm admittedly the least knowledgeable about it tho #still love digimon but i was never as into it as i am pokemon or yo-kai watch #anyways the pokemon yo-kai watch and digimon fandoms should all hold hands and walk into the sunset together i think <3 #oh also. moon bnuuy. nidoran's line for pokemon usapyon for yo-kai watch and lunamon's line for digimon #the only thing they have in common is bnuuy and both nidorans are borderline bnuuy #it's only really obvious cuz of the ears and also if you know japanese mythology (that's why nidoking and nidoqueen are moon stone evos)#i say this all lovingly by the way it's just really funny to me #esp the komainu thing why can only one of these three franchises actually get it right-

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