#yokai watch corocoro leaks

[kaialone]

Some Yokai Watch Spoilers (Busters 2 and Movie 4) under the cut.

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Mastertag for pre-release Movie 4 information.

Mastertag for pre-release Busters 2 information.

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Basically, Corocoro has been leaking again, but I am unsure know if I would have the time to translate all of it anytime soon. Adding to that, from just going over it, it seems a lot of it is just going over old things again, (or stuff that I admittedly dont understand well) so what I decided to do is this:

I’ll just do the small parts that I can translate that I think count as “new information”, though of course there could be stuff I missed, and summarize the rest.

Sorry if doing it this way bothers any of you, I just thought it was better than posting nothing at all.

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So first of all, here are the only two pages I did new translations on this time around:

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The stuff on the upper right of the first page is too blurry to read, sadly.

The stuff in the lower left on the second page with Cat King Enma Matatabi and Fudō Myōō just talks about how other pages in this magazine will go over how they can be obtained, which is information we know already.

Aside from that, the following are things I consider new

First is this bit talking about “Banbarayah”:

伝説の秘宝 バンバラヤーを 手にするのはどっち！？ Who will be the ones to get the Legendary Hidden Treasure, Banbarayah!?

バスターズとブンドリー一家が ともに狙う伝説の秘宝。 それがバンバラヤー！！ ブンドリー一家は、 全員が見事な連携を見せ、 バスターズを圧倒！？ A Legendary Hidden Treasure that both the Busters and the Bundory Family aim for. It is Banbarayah!! The Bundory Family, each member showing excellent teamwork, end up overwhelming the Busters!?

バンバラヤー 正体は不明だが、 手に入れた者の願いをかなえるらしい…。 Banbarayah It's true nature is unknown, but it seems that it will grant the wish of the one who obtains it...

Technically, this is mostly information we’ve been told before, however, this part confirms that this object itself is indeed “Banbarayah”, which the website previously only hinted at, and reveals that it will grant wishes, which I don’t think was stated before?

EDIT:

This pre-release magazine does seem to indicate that this object is Banbarayā (Banbarayah), putting that label right next to its image and everything. However, In the actual game this turns out to be NOT true! And this isn’t a spoiler, either, it’s never assumed or anything.

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Next is this bit, talking about newly introduced “G Yōkai”:

バスターズは G妖怪で対抗！！ The Busters Strike Back as G Yōkai!!

おなじみのバスターズメンバーが、 ゴルドなオーラをまと���登場！！ Sランクにパワーアップしているので、 バトルでも大活躍だ。 コイツらがいれば、 ブンドリー一家にも勝てる！？ The Busters members we're familiar with appear, clad in a golden aura!! Powered up to S-Rank, they're hugely successful in battles, too. If these guys are here, could even the Bundory Family be beaten!?

So, these are basically the guys we already now, just with a form that makes them S-Rank? I can’t tell if there is any other difference.

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And now we have a few information on each member of the Bundory Family, including their names:

ダンドリー 斬り込み隊長を務める長男。 切れ者だが、父ゴーウィンを恐れている。 Dandory The eldest son, who acts as the attack leader. He's a sharp one, but fears his father, Gowin.

Name Origin: Likely from 段取り/dandori, which translates to “plan”, “design”, “set-up”, and the like.

スパット 華麗な怪盗に憧れるナルシストな 次男。ダンドリー対立することも。 Supatto (could also be romanized as Spatto or Spat) The narcissistic second-born son, longing to be a splendid thief. (1) Clashes with Dandory sometimes, too.

Name Origin: Possibly from スパッと/supatto, which translates to "quick and clean", "thouroughly", "without hesitation".

グスタフ 一家に仕える執事。 目にも止まらぬ 素早い動くで一家をお世話する！！ Gustaf (literally: Gusutafu) The butler who serves the family. With his lightning speed movements, he takes care of the family!

Name Origin: Possibly from スタフ/sutafu ("staff")

キレーネ お宝とコスメが大好きなワガママ長女。 キレると手がつけられない！！ Kirene The selfish eldest daughter, who loves treasures and cosmetics. When she snaps, she's out of control!!

Name Origin: Likely taken from キレる/kireru, which is slang for “to snap”, “to get angry”, and the like.

ゴーウィン 豪快な父。 いつもダジャレを いって笑っているが、本気になると…！？ Gowin The lively father. He is always making puns and laughing, but when he gets serious...!?

Name Origin: Likely taken from 強引/gōin, which can translate to “brute force”, and by extension 強引な/gōinna, which can translate to “aggressive” or “overbearing” and the like.

タント 身体が大きくてパワーは抜群！！ でも、 心は優しくてドジな末っ子。 Tanto (could also be romanized as Tant) His body is huge and his power is outstanding!! But, at heart he's the kind, ditzy, youngest child.

Name Origin: Possibly taken from たんと/tanto, which can translate to “a lot".

トランカ どんなピンチに遭遇しても動じない、 ロックで破天荒な婆ちゃん！！ Toranka The unprecedentedly rocking granny, who is unfazed no matter what kind of trouble she faces!! (2)

Name Origin: Unsure, but トラ/tora does translate to "tiger".

キャトリーヌ 謎に包まれた母親���他の家族とは いっしょに行動していないよう…！？ Catleen (could also be romanized as Catrine or the like. Literally, her name is spelled Kyatorīnu) The mysterious mother. It seems that she is not acting alongside the other family members...?!

Name Origin: Possibly taken from names like “Cathleen“ or “Catherine”, combined with "cat".

Notes:

I am unsure if the second part of this first line translates to “longing to be a splendid thief” or “admires a splendid thief“, but with the current context I feel the former is more likely.

I am unsure if I got the first part of the line right.

Technically Punipuni already had information on half of the Bundory Family, but still, here’s them all together for the first time.

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So with that, let me summarize the pages I didn’t do any full translations for.

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These pages talk about how to get Matatabi aka Enmanyan in Busters 2. From what I understand, there is a QR code in this issue of Corocoro that can be used, but you can also use QR codes from Shadowside medals that are tied to the 4th movie. (If I am understanding this right, that is. Again, merchandise is always a weak point of mine.)

Corocoro’s official channel has uploaded a video recently that shows off trying to befriend Matatabi using the QR code from this issue, too.

With these stones that allow you to enter certain dungeons, I believe those that have the infinity symbol in them can be used well, infinitely? And usually these can only be obtained with certain QR codes. But I am not 100% sure.

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This page shows off some more merchandise. With the medals, it points out how you can get an Infinite Stone to challenge the Underworld King Enma Maka if you have his medal, and how his and Awakened Enma’s medal can give you rare yōki.

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The upper half of this page shows off something called “Yokai Watch Tomodachi Fun Pak 9”, which will come with an Enmanyan Treasure Medal, and a DVD (though i dont know whats on that one, I’d guess episodes of the anime, maybe) and QR codes for Crank-a-kai coins.

The lower half talks about what, if I’m getting this correctly, is a little manga story that will act as a small side-story to the movie. And seems it will come with a Shadowside movie version Treasure Medal of Jibanyan.

(Either that or this is the manga adaptation of the movie that will ALSO feature a little side story that’s not in the movie.)

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Aside from talking about how to get Fudō Myōō and showing off new punis that will soon be added to Punipuni,

This page shows off the Shadowsides of yokai, talks about how they work, and talks about the two Yokai Watches (Eruda and Ogre) that will be in the movie, but all this text is just information that was in previous issues.

Visually, it does show us new things, which is little icons of the Lightside versions of various yokai that will appear in the movie.

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This page talks about plot details of the movie that were talked about before, nothing new as far as I can tell.

Most notable is that it shows off Dark Enma’s signature weapon, a fusion of Enma’s and Kaira’s swords. (Or rather the toy version of it)

It’s called the “DX Dark Enma Agito” and you can check out it’s bandai page here.

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And lasty, we got this:

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A small part that talks about a newly revealed Yokai Sangokushi game.

It’s called “Yokai Sangokushi Kunitori Wars” and it’s a mobile game that is set to be released in 2018.

It’s official website is up if you’re interested, I personally haven’t had time to look through it in detail.

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And that’s it for now, sorry for it being so minimal this time around, I hope you still found it helpful!

[kaialone]

Catching up on Yokai Watch News

Yokai Watch Spoilers (Movie 4 and Busters 2) under the cut.

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Mastertag for pre-release Movie 4 information.

Mastertag for pre-release Busters 2 information.

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Sorry this took a while but, this is gonna be a post to mostly summarize the information that was released via magazine and website updates in the past week.

I have been somewhat busy, so I don’t have time to translate every bit of this, gotta kinda skim over some parts, so this won’t be 100% complete, but I wanted to put out something at least.

First I’ll go over the stuff revealed for Busters 2 and then the stuff revealed for Movie 4, so if you’re only interested in one of the two, just go to the part you wanna read.

Busters 2 Stuff:

A lot of the stuff that the magazine leaks covered are also mentioned in the trailer that was released shortly after. The website also updated with some of this information and can be found here.

The game will appearently take place on a island called Karakuri, where the treasure of a pirate king is said to be hidden?  The Busters will go there to look for treasure, with the New Busters (Indy Jaws, Zom B Chopper, Neko II, and Mr. Scoop) presumably still being after the goals theyve been said to have in the anime and YKW3. (This last part is more my conjecture than anything)

It has been revealed that there will be two versions of “Yokai Watch Busters 2: Hidden Treasure Legend of Banbaraya”, called “Sword” and “Magnum”, and we also now know it’s release date, which is the 7th of December, 2017.

Each version will come with a special Yo-kai Treasure Medal, both featuring Enma and a new character called Kaira, who will seemingly play a role in the 4th movie, too.

Seems that these come with QR codes that will allow you to battle and befriend both Enma and Kaira, too.

It also seems like with this game you will be able to play online with up to 4 people? Though I’m unsure if I understood this right, cause I’ve never played a Busters game myself.

Something else that is shown off is the Treasure Gear, which from what I understand is the various weapons that the Yo-kai Pod merchandise can be turned into.

(for the reference, this is a Yo-kai Pod:

Its a lamp-like device that can have additional stuff get attached to it to turn into various other stuff.)

The Japanese version of the recent Nintendo Direct showed of the Treasure Gear well, showing the Chainsword, Sniper, and Magnum modes.

Unless I’m misunderstanding, there are also certain item boxes you can only destroy with these? (I could be wrong about this part)

A magazine also showed off a 4th Treasure Gear, which is literally called Hyūdroid, but could also be romanized as something like Hughdroid?

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The text is as follows:

“The Adventure Partner Hyūdroid also appears!

A new model of Treasure Gear. Within a dungeon, it moves around automatically and finds treasure!!”

Something else interesting the magazine mentioned that doesn’t seem to be adressed in the trailer or on the website is this bit:

(From the same source as the one before)

“The Mysterious Cry ‘Banbarayahh’!?

Within the game, when this cry occurs, strange events will...!?”

A new group of characters called the “Bundori Family” (might be romanized differently) has also been revealed:

It seems that they will be your “rivals” when it comes to treasure hunting in the game, whatever that means.

Twitter user rabbittotank has kindly translated the information on them that the magazine provides. You can check that out here.

In addition to these guys, 6 new Hidden Treasure Yokai (or Hihou Yokai) have been shown off:

Again, twitter user rabittotank has translated the information on these yokai found in the magazine. You can see those here.

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And that’s about it for Busters 2, from what I can tell, cept for some merchandise related stuff, new Treasure Medals, and of course Emblems for the new Hidden Treasure Yokai and the like.

So onto

Movie 4 Stuff:

Here I must apologize again, because of how blurry some of the text is, I can’t translate all the text from the magazine, but I will show off the bits that I can translate.

First we have this page:

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While on this page, they point at Enma and the Enma Blade he is wielding and have descriptions for them, sadly I can’t really make out either of those. Though what little I can read of the Enma Blade’s description, it just seems to go over what it is again. (In case you dont know, the Enma Blade already appeared in YKW3)

What I actually can read is this bit:

“Kaira enters the war, too!?

Do not miss Onimaro VS Yōkai (Shadow Side) !!

The Yōkai ‘Onimaro’ that have appeared alongside the comet, who transform the humans they inspirit into Kaodeka Oni (Huge Faced Oni), are terrifying beings!! And Kaira plans to take advantage of this situation and take over the world!? Can the yōkai, transformed into the Shadow Sides, their combat forms, save the world from crisis!?”

And this:

“The king of the Yōmakai is me!!“

Aside from these there is also this little bit, but it’s literally just listing their names:

From left to right: Jibanyan (Shadow Side), Onimaro Leader, and Kaodeka Oni.

Next is this page:

Again, I can’t make out everything, and some stuff is incomplete, but I will go over the stuff I do understand.

This page features the new character Kaira again:

“Kaira the Snake King A yōkai who has tricked Enma and became the king of the Yōmakai. Using the power of Onimaro, he plans to rule the human world as well.”

Note: I am unsure about the world “tricked” here, might be another kanji, it’s a little blurry. If it IS the kanji I think it is, it could also be translated as “framed” or “trapped” or the like.

Also Note that his sword is labelled too, but

I can’t really make any of it’s description. It appears to be called “Snake King Sword”, but that name might be incomplete.

“The Era of Enma is over!!“

“This Sword holds the key to the story!?

Fudō Thunder Sword A legendary sword that was sealed away, for its power is too strong for anyone to control it.”

Note: “Fudō” could possibly translate to “Immobile” or “Unmoving”. Also cause I was confused about it for a moment, I want to point out that this is NOT the same as Kaira’s sword. It’s a different sword.

“In the setting of the movie - 30 years into the future, Kaira the Snake King has become the master of the Yōmakai!? And the swords that the two of them possess, alongside the legendary sword sealed in the Yōmakai, appearently will be important keys of the story!!”

And that’s it for what I got on the information from the magazine, but there is a little bit more from recent news udpates to the website.

First, there is a little notice about how if you got a pre-sale ticket for the movie, you can scan the QR code on it to get a treasure coin in YKW3.

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Second, more interestingly, there will be some sort of crossover between Yokai Watch and Gegege no Kitarō.

I will translate the entire news post on that one:

“Gegege! Nyo, nyo, nyo way!! 'Gegege no Kitarō'

will appear in a 'Yokai Watch Movie'!

With this, the shocking 'Yōkai Tag Team' is born!

(Translator's Note: I am not sure if it refers to 4th movie specifically, but given the context I feel like it more than likely does.)

This new work is...! The veteran of Yōkai Anime, the national character everyone knows about, 'Gegege no Kitarō' will appear! And not just Kitarō will appear; Daddy Eyeball, Catchick, Old Man Crybaby, the Sand Witch, Rollo Cloth, Ratman, everyone from the familiar 'Kitarō Family' will make an appearance!

(Translator's Note: I used the english names from 2002, I hope thats okay?)

'Gegege no Kitarō' is the master piece of Shigeru Mizuki, which could be called the parent of modern Yōkai Manga and Anime. The manga series started in 1965. The anime started to be broadcast in 1968, and in the blink of an eye, started a Yōkai Boom, spreading the image of 'Yōkai' throughout the world, with 5 more national anime series being produced afterwards.

The voice actress who plays the role of Kitarō, who breathes life into numerous super popular characters, and enjoys national popularity, is the outstanding Masako Nozawa! Kitarō is brought back to life with Masako Nozawa's voice!

(Masako Nozawa's comment): "The protagonist of the first series, Kitarō, fully lives within me. This time around, I am looking forward to see and imagining, how we will be accepted, or what kind of welcome we will receive, as we enter Yokai Watch. For now, I am very excited and looking forward to the completion. Yōkai are immortal."

Furthermore, this Kitarō-like Jibanyan form is known as 'Kitanyan'. Somewhere within the work, this 'Kitanyan' will appear!”

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Third, there’s a little thing about Kaira, which is mostly the same as what the magazine already said, but since that makes it not that hard to translate, here it is:

“ Kaira the Snake King,

the strongest (worst) rival,

for the strongest of the Yōmakai,

The Great King Enma,

makes his appearance!

(Translator's Note: the word used to describe Kaira here is a pun that can mean both "strongest" but also something like "most vile")

In the setting of the movie - 30 years into the future, Kaira the Snake King has become the master of the Yōmakai!? It seems he also plans to rule the human world.

The swords that the Great King Enma and Kaira the Snake King possess, and the legendary sword sealed in the Yōmakai are important keys to the story!?”

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And lastly, it seems that the winner of the Shadow Side design contest has been chosen.

From what I understand, people where able to submit their own ideas of the Shadow Side design for a Yokai of their choice, via various forms released in different magazines around the time.

Unless I’m mistaken, it appears that someone named Kakuto Yona (unsure about the surname’s spelling) was the one to win first place, and their drawing of Shadow Side Bushinyan (Shogunyan) will be turned into a treasure medal

And with that we should be all caught up on general news, again, sorry it took me so long to get this finished.

[kaialone]

yokai watch spoilers/corocoro leaks under the cut

sources:

https://twitter.com/ddsxtggg/status/874723953570324480

https://twitter.com/ddsxtggg/status/874724147712086016

OKay, we got four new characters/youkai revealed just now, here they are:

Indy J. (Jaws): An archeologist youkai, chasing after the secret of the Hihou Youkai *

(*"Hidden Treasure Youkai", I think those are the new legendaries)

Zon (or Zom) Bie C. (Chopper) Half yokai, half zombie, and excellent swordsman.

(not entirely sure about the swordsman part)

Neko2Sei (unsure of pronounced Nekonisei or Nekotsusei?)

Edit: actually that could basically translate to Neko the 2nd, now that I think about it A scaredy-cat youkai. Holds an important secret.

Mr. Sckop (from Mr. Spock) Indy's adventure companion, good with excavations.

[kaialone]

Yokai Watch News: Forever Friends

Doing my monthly summary of recent Yokai Watch news once again.

Like always, information is taken from various website updates and Corocoro, and translated by me.

Beware of spoilers, naturally!

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We got news about:

5th Yokai Watch Movie - Forever Friends

Merchandise (showing off some new characters, too)

A bit of Puni Puni and World

Like with the past few times, I’ll only show information from Corocoro if it’s not shown anywhere else.

And due to time reasons, I won’t be doing full translations for everything, especially if it’s just repeated information that I already covered.

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Yokai Watch Movie 5 News:

The official website for the movie has gotten some updates again.

I’ll go over the minor ones first.

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The main page got this new cover image that we had previously seen in Corocoro:

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The general information page now also uses this image as a background for the “story” section, but the text seems unchanged.

It also has an added bit about Enma in this movie, among other things, but it doesn’t have any new information in there.

One thing of note is that the added cast list finally seems to confirm the name of this Whisper-like character:

Previously, it was unclear if he is supposed to be Whisper or not, since it was hard to understand him when he said his name. But now it seems confirmed that his name is 臼田さん/Usuda-san, so he’s probably not Whisper.

(Which makes sense, considering Whisper should be sealed up around this time.)

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The character page had some characters added, but no new information about them.

They did fix the apparent typo in Itsuki’s bio, so he’s no longer called a “yokai” here. Seems like it really was a mistake after all. I mentioned that typo in this post here, back in July.

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The design contest page now shows all winning entries. Note that, as far as I know, this information especially isn’t documented forever on these pages, so back it up if you’re interested.

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Now, onto the actual news page of the site.

There’s been a comment by TVXQ, the band behind the movie’s main song 大好きだった/Daisukidatta (”I loved you”) . But it doesn’t really have any notable information in it, so I won’t cover it unless I see people who really want me too.

Same with the short interview videos that Corocoro’s youtube channel did with Chiemi Blouson and Shun Oguri, which you can see here and here.

They all talk about the basic points of “this movie is about friendship”, and “please watch it with your parents”, which is nice, but something they went over before, like these comments from last month.

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Actual news is this section, where they introduce ”Yasha Enma”, a character that was name-dropped before, but we hadn’t fully seen him yet.

(Check out this post about the news from last month if you want to know the context of that.)

Here’s what they say about him:

"Yasha Enma", the ultimate king who controls fire and ice, unveiled!

The "Great King Enma" is a super popular character of the Yokai Watch series. His ultimate form, "Yasha Enma" which no one has ever seen yet, will appear in this work!! Wielding the strongest weapon, the "En Ma Rod" (1), and using the "Dragon of Ice" and "Dragon of Fire", he displays power like that of a fierce deity! Will fierce fights unfold at the "Enma Butōkai" where the next Great King Enma will be chosen?! Please look forward to the battles of the coolest Great King Enma to date!!

"Yasha Enma" Enma, bearing the name of fierce deities that appear in mythology, the "Yaksha" (2). In his hand, the strongest weapon, the En Ma Rod. He won't just appear in his regular form, but also forms in which he controls the "Dragon of Ice" and the "Dragon of Fire".

Notes:

I had previously translated the name of his weapon 炎魔棍/Enmakon as “Enma Rod”, but I decided to spell it as “En Ma Rod” now, to make it more clear that it’s not spelled the same as the name “Enma”.

“Yasha” is the Japanese spelling of “Yaksha”. I use the Japanese spelling for his name, since we also spell “Enma” like in Japanese, rather than calling him “Yama”.

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Corocoro has some more information on Yasha Enma that the website hasn’t covered yet. So I will go over those next.

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Corocoro introduces Yasha Enma with this two-page spread:

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In addition to his regular form, it also shows the two other forms that the website only hinted at.

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悪の妖怪と戦うシンとイツキたちは妖魔界へ行き、 次の閻魔大王を決める 「エンマ武闘会」に出場。 そこで夜叉エンマと出会うのか！？ Fighting evil yokai, Shin, Itsuki, and the others participe in the"Enma Butōkai" where the next Great King Enma will be chosen. Will they encounter Yasha Enma there?!

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夜叉エンマ 最強の武器・炎魔棍をあやつる。 右目に特別な力を秘めている！？ Yasha Enma He wields the En Ma Rod, the strongest weapon. There's a special power hidden in his right eye!?

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羅雪 氷の龍を宿し、 すさまじい冷気を発する！！ Rasetsu Harboring the dragon of ice, he emits terrible cold!!

絢爛・羅雪!! Shine brightly, Rasetsu!!

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紅華 炎の龍を宿し、 紅蓮の業火を巻きおこす！！ Benibana Harboring the dragon of fire, he creates crimson fireworks!!

乱舞・紅華 Dance wildly, Benibana!!

Note that last month, I had mistakenly romanized “Benibana“ as “Kōka”, since it was really hard to read the furigana for the names.

It also seems that “Rasetsu” and “Benibana” are supposed to be the names of the two dragons themselves, so it’s a bit confusing about how those names also seem to refer to these two forms of Yasha Enma.

Notably, the merchandise I’ll go over in the next segment seems to call the forms “Yasha Enma Rasetsu” and “Yasha Enma Benibana” instead.

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Yokai Watch Merchandise News:

Boys Toy Web has added two new Yokai Watch items to their list.

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First we have the “Yōseiken Series 04: DX Ashura Goen-maru Yōseiken & Yōkai Ark Set”.

In other words, the 4th Yōseiken toy, and as always it comes with a special Yokai Ark.

The Yōseiken in question is of course the Ashura Goen-maru, which has actually been in the Shadowside anime for a long time, where it’s wielded by Dōketsu.

For a while it’s been unclear if Dōketsu was its Kenbumajin, but now it seems that he is not, and that it’s actually Ashura (Asura).

The special Yokai Ark that comes with it is an Extreme Rare-ranked one of “Sekka no Fubuki-hime”, following the trend of these bonus Arks seemingly always being a special form of a yokai who debuted in the original series.

This set will be released in December.

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Next is the “Yōkai Arc Zero ~The Other Side of the Silver Screen” pack.

This is a special Yokai Ark booster pack related to the upcoming movie.

As always, each pack has 1 random Ark in it. There’ll be 13 Arks included in this series:

We got 3 Ultimate Rare ranks: Nekomata, Kappa, and Zashiki-warashi.

This time around, their backsides feature their Godside forms: Cat King Bastet, Kappa King Sagojō, and Tengu King Kurama.

Then there’s 4 Extreme Rare ranks: Yasha Enma Benibana, Yasha Enma Rasetsu, Shien, and one that’s secret.

We got 2 Rare ranks: Kukuri-hime and Karasu-tengu.

Karasu-tengu was seen in the most recent trailer, but I don’t think Kukuri-hime has been shown before. She is presumably based on the mythological Kukurihime, but her name is spelled differently.

And 3 Normal ranks: Yamata no Orochi, Tamamo no Mae, and Yamambā.

Interestingly, Tamamo no Mae is just referred to as “Tamamo” in her Lightside form here.

Yamata no Orochi is a legendary dragon, whom Orochi/Venoct seemed to be slightly based on, but we had never seen the real deal in Yokai Watch. Yamambā is one of the names of the yokai Yama-uba.

Curious that these guys are all Normal-ranked, Tamamo no Mae especially seems like she should be more special, right?

This booster pack will also come out in December.

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Corocoro has also shown off a black Yokai Ark of Yasha Enma, and announced that they will be giving away 10000 of them in their January issue.

I think, because of how the issue naming works with this magazine, that might actually be the issue that comes out in December, but I am not sure.

Corocoro mascot/employee “Kaa-kun” made this tweet, showing off the Ark in question:

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With the three Yasha Enma Arks, and the Ark of Shien, we’ve been shown a new tribe symbol, resembling a sun:

It seems reasonable to assume that this symbol could possibly represent the Enma Tribe, but it doesn’t seem to have been confirmed as of me writing this.

But it is reminiscent of the moon-like symbol of the Izana Tribe that Kaira belongs to:

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And lastly, Yoroz Mart is going to release plush toys of Junior, Nekomata, and Yasha Enma in December, as seen in this tweet.

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Yokai Watch Mobile Games News:

This is just going to be really minor, but I wanted to go over it in some form regardless.

Corocoro revealed that the Great King Enma, in his original, young form that first showed up Blasters, will be added to Yokai Watch World soon.

And, you have probably heard of it already, But Yokai Watch Puni Puni is currently having a crossover with Dissida Final Fantasy, adding many characters originally from the Final Fantasy franchise as puni.

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The offical Level-5 youtube channel has also re-uploaded their trailer for the mobile game “Yokai Daijiten”, which you can see here.

Though they still haven’t added a proper release date for it, in fact, it only seems to say “release date to be determined” now.

In case you don’t know, this game was first announced back in 2016, I believe, alongside a smartphone version of the first Yokai Watch game.

If I recall correctly, they were scheduled to be released in 2016, but when that year came and went, the release date was updated to 2017, and now, as 2018 draws to a close, many people thought they got cancelled, but this re-upload implies that Daijiten is still being worked on in some form.

The official website for Yokai Watch 1 for smartphone says that it will be released in 2019 now, but I haven’t seen anyhting else from it.

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And that’s it for the general Yokai Watch news in November of 2018.

As always, I hope you’ve found this to be interesting and/or helpful!

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[kaialone]

Yokai Watch Corocoro Leaks (September 2018)

Corocoro leaks have been coming out, so I will translate under the readmore.

Beware of spoilers, naturally!

This month’s issue has some neat new yokai revealed.

It contains information about:

5th Yokai Watch Movie

Yokai Arks & Merchandise (revealing some new yokai)

Some Yokai Watch World stuff (mostly won’t translate that part)

As always, I will do my best to translate any new information I can make out.

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Before we start the actual translations, let me mention the Yokai Watch World stuff in this issue.

It probably won’t help anyone who reads this, but it had a map of were in Japan certain yokai are going to appear, from what I understand.

It also showed off a new special dark version of Nyan-kishi (Sir Nyancelot) called Kuro Nyan-shiki. From what I understand, you need a code from Corocoro to get him?

And lastly, there will be autumn-themed variants of various yokai. It’s been a very common thing for the game to feature new variants for any sort of occasion so far.

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First we have these pages:

(image source)

They introduce and talk about new “Godside Forms” and the new Watch that can make yokai transform into them.

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ともだち妖怪たちが 最強の姿へ！！ ゴッドサイド妖怪に 神变化！！ Yokai friends turn into Godsides, their strongest forms!! Divine Transformations!

映画第５弾の超目玉情報！ 妖怪たちの究極サイドを目撃せ！！ Super special information about the 5th movie! Witness the ultimate Side of the yokai!!

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妖怪ウォッチエルダ神の力で 妖怪が”神”になる！！ With the power of the Yokai Watch Eruda Jin, yokai turn into 'gods'!!

(Note: The kanji 神 in the name of this Watch means “God”, and is specifically pronounced as “Jin” here.)

シンとともに活躍するイツキが使う「妖怪ウォッチエルダ神」。 この新ウォッチによって、 かわいい姿のともだち妖怪たちが、 神々しい最強の姿へ变化するぞ！！ 神の力を得たゴッドサイド妖怪が くり広げる衝撃のバトルに期待せよ！！ The "Yokai Watch Eruda Jin" is used by Itsuki, who plays an active role alongside Shin. With this new Watch, the yokai friends turn from their cute forms into their strongest forms!! Expect for shocking battles to unfold with the divine powers of the Godside yokai!!

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主人公シンは 妖怪ウォッチエルダ零で ともだち妖怪を召喚！！ The protagonist Shin summons yokai friends with the Yokai Watch Eruda Zero!!

ゴッドサイドに变化する妖怪を召喚するのは、 「エルダ零」を使うシンの役目！！ シンとイツキの親友コンビが協力して、 妖魔界でくり広げられるバトル大会を戦うことに！！ Shin's role is to use the Yokai Watch Eruda Zero to summon the yokai that transform into Godside!! With Shin and Itsuki's best friend combo, they fight in the battles that unfold in the Yomakai's tournament!!

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これが妖怪ウォッチエルダ神！！！

神の力をコントロールできる妖怪ウォッチ。 カバーに描かれたオオカミの姿に秘密！？

This is the Yokai Watch Eruda Jin!!!

A Yokai Watch that can control the power of gods. The appearance of the wolves on the cover hides a secret?!

(Note: This is just me speculating, but I can’t help but notice that the two wolves seems to resemble the Koma brothers?)

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猫又が变化！

猫王 バステト

古代エジプト王族のような姿の、 偉大な猫妖怪！！ Nekomata transforms!

The Cat King Bastet

A great cat yokai, resembling the ancient royal families of egypt!!

(Note: Name and inspiration seem clearly taken from the Egyptian goddess Bastet)

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河童が变化！

河童王 サゴジョウ

頼りない河童が、 究極の戦闘力を手に入れた姿だ！！ Kappa transforms!!

The Kappa King Sagojō

The unreliable Kappa has obtained the ultimate fighting power!!

(Note: Name and inspiration likely taken from the Japanese name of the Journey to the West character Shā Wùjìng, who is often depicted as a kappa in Japanese.)

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座敷童子が变化！

天狗王 クラマ

ナルシストな美少年妖怪が、 風をあやつる天狗に！！ Zashikiwarashi transforms!

The Tengu King Kurama

The narcissistic pretty boy yokai turns into a tengu that commands the winds!!

(Note: Name and inspiration likely taken from Mount Kurama, said to have been the home of Sōjōbō, the mythical king of the tengu.)

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And now we have these pages:

(image source)

These pages introduce a whole bunch of Arks, which will be included with the 3rd Yokai Ark set.

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First we go over the upper right, focusing on the Arc of Zashiki-warashi.

黄金&レジェンド妖怪アークを見逃すな！！

お宝ぞろいの第３弾の中でも注目なのが この２本！！ どちらもただ事ではない輝きだ！！

Don't miss out on the Golden and Legendary Yokai Arks!!

Even among the 3rd set that's full of treasures, these two are especially notable!! Both of them are nothing ordinary, they are shining!!

ついに発覚！！ ”最後”の黄金妖怪アーク！！ ４本存在する黄金の妖怪アーク１つ。「妖怪ウォッチ４」で詠みこむと、スゴいことが起こるとのウワサが？！ Discovered at last!! The 'final' Golden Yokai Ark!! This is one of the four Golden Yokai Arks that exist. Supposedly something great will happen when you use it in Yokai Watch 4?!

座敷童子 古い家に住む子ども妖怪と思いきや、 実は美少年！！ Zashiki-warashi (Gnomey) Thought to be a child yokai living in old houses, but is actually a pretty boy!!

(Note: Zashiki-warashi is the same kind of yokai that was called “Gnomey” in English. This specific Zashiki-warashi was previously shown off in other pre-release materials.)

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Next I’ll go over the upper left side, showing off Bushinyan’s Ark.

伝説再び！！ レジェンド妖怪アーク発見参！！

あのブシニャンが妖怪アークになって帰ってきた！！ 黄金の妖怪アークとは、 またひと味ちがった輝きを放つ、 超激レアランクの１本だ！！

The legend returns!! Take part in the discovery of a Legendary Yokai Ark!!

Bushinyan himself returns as a Yokai Ark!! It is slightly different from Golden Yokai Arks, it shines and is of the Super Extreme Rare Rank!!

ブシニャン 伝説の刀で的を 一刀両断するレジェンド武士妖怪！！ Bushinyan (Shogunyan) A Legendary samurai yokai who cuts his enemies in two with a single stroke of his legendary katana!!

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DXゲンブ法天斧&妖怪アークセット登場！！

剣と斧の２つのモードを持つ、 玄武の妖聖剣！！ 魁メラメライオンのアークも付属だ。

New DX Genbu Hōtenfu & Yokai Ark Set!!

Genbu's Yōseiken, which has a sword and an axe mode!! Sakigake Merameraion's Ark is included as well.

(Notes:

ゲンブ法天斧/Genbu Hōtenfu means something like “Genbu Lawful Heaven Axe”. Genbu is the Japanese name of Xuánwǔ.

This is the third Yōseiken toy to be released. You can see the images showing off how you can turn the sword into an axe by pushing up the hilt.

Like the Yokai Ark Holder and the Suzaku Sōtenzan, it comes with an Ark that is the special form of a pre-existing yokai.

From what I understand, 魁/Sakigake refers to something like leading, being a leader, charging ahead, etc.

The set will appearently be released around November, for 1382 Yen.)

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土蜘蛛

はるか昔から活躍する 由緒正しい伝統妖怪。

Tsuchigumo (Arachnus)

A traditional yokai of honorable origins, who has been active for a very long time.

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ツチノコ

滅多に姿を現さない 幸運を呼びよせる妖怪。

Tsuchinoko (Noko)

A yokai that rarely reveals itself, and brings about good luck.

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シブメン犬

イケメン犬が年を重ね シブメン犬に変身！？

Shibumenken

Over the years, Ikemenken (Dandoodle) transformed into Shibumenken?!

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寸胴丸

マッチョが自慢な寸胴鍋の妖怪。

Zundōmaru

A stockpot yokai who's a boastful macho.

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レオン

カメレオンのように 姿を変える！！

Leon

Can change his appearance like a chameleon!!

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大ガマ

数百年生きたガマガエル が変異した大妖怪。

Ōgama (Toadal Dude)

A great yokai, who is a transformed toad that has lived for hundreds of years.

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コマじろう

コマさんの弟。 口ぐせは「もんゲーロー！」。

Komajiro

Komasan's younger brother. His catchphrase is "Mongero!"

(Note: “Mongero!” is a combination of “gero”, which refers to a frogs croaking, and “monge!” meaning something like “amazin’“, which is the catchphrase of the Koma brothers in the original Yokai Watch.)

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雷オトン

怒ると雷を落とすガンコ親父妖怪。

Rai-oton (Papa Bolt)

A stubborn dad yokai who drops lightning when he's angry.

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フィルムリン

映画館に潜む 観客を閉じこめた！！

Filmlin

Lurks in movie theaters and traps the audience!!

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イカリン

海で泳ぐ人々を 守る妖怪！！

Ikarin

A yokai who protects humans who swim in the ocean!!

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That’s it for this month’s issue of the main Corocoro, but I also saw some interesting bits from the most recent issue of Corocoro Ichiban.

You can see them right here, it bascially shows off most of the Arks from the now released 2nd Ark set.

I don’t have the time to translate all of this, it’s mostly old information anyway, so I will just go over points of interest.

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Most notably this seems to confirm that some of the previously unseen symbols are indeed meant for tribes.

Shuten-dōji and Dōketsu are both of the “Oni Tribe”, represented by this symbol:

In the past, the term Oni Tribe had been used to refer to oni yokai in general, without it being an actual tribe. But this time around it really seems to be one.

And Kaira is of the “Izana Tribe”, represented by this symbol:

The Onimaro Trio is still classified as being of the “Kaima Tribe”, called “Wicked Tribe” in English. The Onimaro were also called Kaima in the movie and classified as such in Puni Puni.

In this case, this is the symbol used for them:

I think it’s still possible these are going to be “special” tribes with only a few Yokai in them, like the Wicked, Enma and Hagure tribes were in the past.

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ロボニャン００ Robonyan 00 (read: Robonyan Double O)

ツクモノ族 Tsukumono Tribe

ロボット掃除機 から生まれた妖怪。 A yokai born from a robot vacuum cleaner.

(Note: It could also be seen on the merchandise website, but this Ark reveals that Robonyan 00′s Lightside is indeed another Robonyan 00, instead of Almighty-kun from the episode. Though the robot is alluded to in the description.)

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オロチ Orochi (Venoct)

ゴーリキ族 Gōriki Tribe

強敵を求めさすらう エリート妖怪。 A wandering elite yokai, seeking powerful enemies.

(Note: This one could also be seen on the website, but here we get an actual description, plus we get a bit of a closer look.)

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メラメライオン Merameraion (Blazion)

ゴーリキ族 Gōriki Tribe

炎と闘志を激しく 燃やす獅子妖怪。 A burning lion yokai, with fierce flames and fighting spirit.

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And that’s it for this month.

As always, I hope you’ve found this useful and/or interesting!

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[kaialone]

Yokai Watch News: Yokai Watch 4 & Forever Friends

The official websites have updated with new information again, and Corocoro has been released for this month as well.

So, as always I will translate and summarize the most notable news that have come out from this.

Beware of spoilers, naturally! 

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This time around we got news about:

Yokai Watch 4

5th Yokai Watch Movie - Forever Friends

Merchandise

New Yokai for Puni Puni and World

This time around there won’t be much of Corocoro because for the most part the websites either updated with the same information, or there isn’t  much new info to begin with.

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Yokai Watch 4 News:

Corocoro has released information about Yokai Watch 4, and the official website of the game has updated as well.

For the most part both of these just go over information that is evident from simply watching the trailer and the demo footage, both of which I have translated already.

That of course being showing off the new battle system and graphics, as well as the fact that yokai who appeared in the Shadowside anime will also appear in the game. All of these I feel are better understood by just watching the footage.

But the website does have this bit on changing playable characters that they spell out more clearly:

操作キャラクターをチェンジ！ Change Playable Characters!

プレイヤーが操作するキャラクターを ナツメから途中でトウマにチェンジ！ 操作キャラクターを变使することで、 入る場所や使えるウォッチが変わる！？ The playable character changed from Natsume to Touma along the way! When you switch between playable characters, the places you can enter and the Watch you use change!?

操作可能なキャラクターは 複数。 遊びの幅がグングン広がりそう！ There are multiple playable characters. The scale of the game keeps expanding!

To me, this doesn’t make it completely clear if you can change characters by choice, or if there is pre-determined instances when the switching occurs.

But based on the fact that it seems that there’s places exclusive to certain characters, and how changing characters worked in 3, I’m assuming you can change between available characters whenever you want? But you might need to be certain characters to advance the plot at points.

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Yokai Watch Movie 5 News:

This month’s Corocoro has a section on Forever Friends, but it’s fairly short, and for the most part just goes over old information. For example, all the little descriptions next to the characters are just repeats from older issues, essentially.

These are the only truly new pieces of information out of it:

おなじみのエンマ大王に 重大なヒミツが！？ The Enma we're familiar with has an important secret?!

エンマ大王はシンたちの仲間ではなく、 敵として立ちはだかる！？ 真相は次号で判明だ！！ The Great King Enma stands before Shin and his friends, not as an ally, but as an enemy?! The truth will be revealed next issue!!

妖魔界を揺るがす戦い、そして- エンマ大王誕生の物語！！ A battle that shakes the Yōmakai, and - The Story of how the Great King Enma came to be!!

シンたちは妖魔界で次代のエンマ大王を決めるため開催される「エンマ武闘会」に参戦！！ ここで世界を支配しようと企む悪の妖怪と対決することに。 猫又たちの大暴れを見逃すな！！ In the Yōmakai, Shin and his friends participate in the "Enma Butōkai", which is held to determine the next Great King Enma!! There they confront evil yokai who plot to take over the world. Don't miss the great rampage of Nekomata and the others!!

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Note that Cocoro also currently features the manga adaptation of this upcoming movie, though from what I hear it’s like the previous one, so it will be a fairly condensed, shortened version of the story.

I’ve not seen anyone post full scans of the manga chapters, which is understandable, but this image has been making the rounds, featuring a new character who could presumably show up on the full movie as well:

His name is 紫炎/Shien, which is written with the kanji for “purple” and “blaze”, and the caption informs us that he is a candidate for becoming the next Great King Enma.

Now, while this isn’t much info, the new merchandise I am about to go over is all tied to the movie as well.

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Yokai Watch Merchandise News:

First of all, the official website for the 5th movie has updated to feature the winner of the Yokai Ark Design Contest, where children where supposed to draw an Ark design, featuring their favorite yokai together with Nekomata.

And the winning design is the one that will be turned into an actual Ark:

However, there is various lesser prices as well, which I have gone over before, and various magazines will gradually reveal the rest of the winners.

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Next up, the b-boys website has updated with two more toy sets that are coming up.

First is the “DX Yokai Watch Elda Zero & Jin Power-up Kit”.

This entire kit will be released in December and will cost 2400 Yen.

It comes with two new covers one can attach to their Yokai Watch Elda (sold seperately) to give it either the “Zero” or “Jin” look:

Adding to that, this banner here talks about how one will be able to download update data for the Yokai Watch Elda, to get it up to speed:

The URL listed there will supposedly provide additional information on how to update the Elda, but as of right now it doesn’t seem to go anywhere.

Also, this kit will come with a new Yokai Ark, the first Ultimate Rare Rank, which had previously been listed as the rarest possible rank. (Though I wouldn’t wonder if they introduce better ones eventually.)

The yokai on this Ark is called “Ame no Murakumo”, which seems to be derived from ”Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi”, the original name of the legendary sword Kusanagi.

I also want to point out that Ame no Murakumo seems to bear more than a passing resemblance to Sū-san, who was also suspiciously not given a “Godside” form in last month’s issue of Corocoro, leading me to believe the two are the same character, but that is just me speculating.

I dunno, what do you think?

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Next is a new toy set called the “DX Enma Rod”, though note that “Enma” here is written with the kanji 炎/En (”blaze”), rather than the 閻/En from Enma’s name.

This set will be released in November and cost 4800 yen.

It’s this toy weapon:

The light in its center, called an “Oni Face” here, is said to be able to glow in 7 colors, though they only show five here:

The set also includes a special “Ryūtō Yokai Ark” that can be used with the toy:

“Ryūtō“ would literally translate to “dragon light”, and from what I gather, it refers to mysterious lights, similar to will-o'-wisps, that can sometimes be seen at sea. It’s also written with the exact same kanji as the Chinese word “lóngdēng”, which refers to dragon-shaped lanters.

The two sides are called “龍燈羅雪” and “龍燈紅華”, but I don’t know what the correct pronounciation of them is. I’m going with “Ryūtō Rasetsu” and “Ryūtō Kōka” right now, but they could be wrong.

EDIT: “Ryūtō Rasetsu” is correct, but “Ryūtō Kōka” is wrong, it should be “Ryūtō Benibana” .

This graphic depicts the different play functions:

The first, labelled with “1″, shows the way you’re supposed to summon the “dragons of fire and ice”, so, the dragon depicted on the Ark.

It’s as simple as turning the Ark to the left for the ice dragon, and to the right for the fire dragon. After turning the Ark, the toy will play a different tune depending on the dragon, and then pushing the trigger will “summon” the dragon of your choice.

The second, labelled with “2″ is the fact that the light will turn into different colors and play different sounds depending on how long and often you push the trigger.

What’s interesting is this part:

This part mentions that you can use other Arks too, who have a different sound, but it also mentions a “Yasha Enma”, without explaining who or what that actually is.

It’s also said that the Ryūtō Yokai Arks can be used with the Yokai Watch Elda, too.

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And one last merchcandise thing, Corocoro teases that in their next issue they will reveal/talk about a “Yokai Ark Movie Special Pack”, which based on its name I am just going to assume will be a Yokai Ark pack with Arks specifically based on yokai from the movie?

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Yokai Watch Mobile Games News:

This is going to be brief, since it’s just new yokai that were announced.

First off, Yokai Watch Puni Puni has a new event, which has already started as of the writing of this post, I believe.

It celebrates the game’s 3rd Anniversary, and adds new crossover characters with other notable franchises of Level-5, as well as Shadowside Hi no Shin/Hinozall:

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And finally, Corocoro has shown off various Halloween-themed yokai variants that are coming to Yokai Watch World.

They’re Majokko Fubuki-hime, Trick Hikikōmori, 8-tōjin Hallowhis, Horror Orochi, Vampire Kyūbi, and Halloween Jibanyan.

The event will start on the 22nd, but of course this game can only be played in Japan.

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And that’s it for the notable news from this month so far, I hope you found this helpful and/or interesting!

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[kaialone]

Yokai Watch Corocoro Leaks (June 2018)

Corocoro leaks have been coming out, so I will translate under the readmore.

Beware of spoilers, naturally!

This month’s issue has some interesting stuff in it.

It contains information about:

A new Yokai Watch movie that will be released in Japan this year,

merchandise related stuff mostly focusing on Yokai Arcs (which finally reveals the new tribes)

A special event Level-5 will host to celebrate Yokai Watch’s 5th Anniversary, where they’ll announce a brand new game that is not Yokai Watch 4

As always, I will do my best to translate the parts I can make out,

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First, we have this page:

(image source)

This page provides us with some brief first information on the new movie, “Forever Friends”, and related things.

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妖怪ウォッチ FOREVER FRIENDS フォーエバーフレンズ

Yokai Watch Forever Friends

映画妖怪ウォッチの最新作は、 まったく新しいオリジナルストーリー。 過去の世界を舞台に、少年と妖怪の出会いと友情が描かれるぞ。 そして、 他の妖怪ワールドとのつながりは！？

The latest Yokai Watch movie will be a completely new original story. Set in the world of the past, it will portray the encounter and friendship of a boy and a yokai.

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ボクらはずっと友達…。 We'll be friends forever...

シン

優しい心を持つ少年で、 今回の映画の主人公！？ 猫又と出会い友情を育んでいく…！？

Shin

A kind-hearted boy and the protagonist of this movie!? He encounters and befriends Nekomata...!?

猫又

ストーリーのカギとなる黒いネコ妖怪。 長めの耳と首の白くてフサフサな特徴だ。

Nekomata

A black cat yokai, who will play a key role in the story. Features long ears, and a fluffy, white neck.

(This yokai’s name, 猫又/Nekomata, is the name of a kind of cat youkai from mythology.)

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映画妖怪ウォッチ第５弾 １２月１４日（金） 公開決定!! The 5th Yokai Watch movie Will be released on Friday, December 14!!

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劇場限定前売券で

「猫又」アークをゲット！！

前売り券購入者に、 映画の新妖怪「猫又」の超豪華黄金妖怪アークを先着でプレゼント！！ この前売券はインターネットで映画館の席の予約もできる便利なアイテムなのだ。 ※劇場限定の特典です。劇場により数に限りがあります。

Get the Arc of "Nekomata"

with a theater-exclusive advance ticket!!

First come first serve, those who purchase advance tickets will receive a present in the form of the super gorgeous, golden Yokai Arc of the movie's new yokai, "Nekomata"!! These advance tickets are useful items with which you can reserve theater seats, even online. *This is a special benefit for theatres only. Depending on the theatre, the numbers will be limited.

ムビチケカード型前売券 ７月１３日発売！！ The "movie ticket card"-type advance ticket releases on July 13!!

(This part also lists what I believe is a “regular ticket” costing 1400 yen, and a “junior” one, which I presume is for kids, costing 800 yen. But since I don’t know much about buying tickets in Japan, I’m not sure.)

全国合計２０万名! 黄金アーク！！ 200 thousand copies nationwide! A Golden Arc!!

月刊コロコロ ８月号で「猫又」 イラストコンテスト開催！！ The August Issue of Monthly Corocoro will hold a "Nekomata" Illustration Contest!!

猫又の妖怪アークをデサインするコンテストを開催！！ くわしくは次号をチェック。 We are holding a contest for designing Nekomata's Yokai Arc!! For more details, check the next issue.

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Next, we have this page:

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This page repeats some information we have seen many times before, about how to use the Arcs with the Watch, etc., so I’ll skip those.

But it has some new information, like regarding so called “Golden Arcs”, which I will go over.

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「妖怪ウォッチ４」と完全連動！！

スゴイことが起こる！！！！！

すべての妖怪アークが「４」と連動しているが、黄金のアークには他とちがう特別な効果が！？ 全部で４種類存在するぞ！！

Completely compatible with 'Yokai Watch 4'!!

Something incredible will happen!!!!!

All Yokai Arcs are connected to '4', but the Golden Arcs have a special effect that's different from the others!? There are 4 different types in total!!

映画前売券特典で「猫又」の妖怪アークゲット！！！！！ もう１個の黄金の妖怪アークもゲットだ！！ Get the Yokai Arc of "Nekomata" as an advance ticket bonus!!!!! Get one more golden Yokai Arc!!

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河童

河童は映画妖怪ウォッチ第５弾で大活躍！！ 詳柚は次号で判明！！

Kappa

Kappa plays a huge role in the 5th Yokai Watch movie!! Details coming next issue!!

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妖怪ウォッチ新時代ホビーのヒミツ判明！！

黄金の妖怪アークを探せ!!

妖怪アーク第1弾の、光輝くスペシャルなアークを発見！！ 見た目が豪華なだけでなく、特別な力を秘めているらしい…。欲しいぜ！！

Revealing a secret regarding the merchandise of the new era of Yokai Watch!!

Look for the Golden Yokai Arcs!!

Shining, special Arcs of the first Yokai Arc series have been discovered!! Not only do they look gorgeous, it seems they have special powers, too... I want them!!

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Next is this page:

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It’s main focus is the pyramid, showing off the different rarity levels of the Yokai Arcs, but it also goes over additional things, like the tribes, colors, and other upcoming merchandise.

Note that when this page refers to “the first series”, it’s referring to the first series of Yokai Arcs that will be released on the 14th of July.

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妖怪アークはレア度で色が変わる！！

黄金の妖怪アーク以外にも色のちがうアークを発見。 レア度が「激レア」以上のアークに注目だ！！

Yokai Arcs have different colors based on rarity!!

Aside from the Golden Arcs, other Arcs with different colors have been discovered. Aside from the Rare versions, pay attention to the "Extreme Rare" Arcs!!

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激��アランクは種族で色が変化！！

「激レア」の妖怪アークは種族マークと同じ色になる。 １弾のハイパーミッチーとジュニアはウワノソラ族なので、青い妖怪アークになるぞ！！

For the Extreme Rare Rank, the color changes with the tribe!!

"Extreme Rare" Yokai Arcs are the same color as their tribe symbol. Hyper Micchy and Junior from the first series are Uwanosora Tribe, so they have blue Yokai Arcs!!

妖怪の種族は７つ！？ There's 7 Yokai Tribes!?

ゴーリキ族 Gōriki Tribe

(“Gōriki” translates to “incredible physical strength”.)

オンネン族 Onnen Tribe

(”Onnen” translates to “grudge”, sometimes used to refer to the grudge of the undead.)

モノノケ族 Mononoke Tribe

(”Mononoke” is a word with a similar meaning to “youkai”. In this case, I presume it’s used to refer to the animal-like ones specifically.)

ツクモノ族 Tsukumono Tribe

(”Tsukumono” could be translated as “tool”, and it’s likely a reference to tsukumogami.)

ウワノソラ族 Uwanosora Tribe

(”Uwanosora” translates to “absent-minded”.)

オマモリ族 Omamori Tribe

(”Omamori” can refer to protective charms, spirits, and the like.)

ミカクニン族 Mikakunin Tribe

(”Mikakunin” translates to “unconfirmed” or “unidentified”.)

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ハイパー妖怪が登場！

ミッチーがパワーアップした姿、ハイパーミッチーの妖怪アークも１弾に収録されている。 ヒーロー度が超アップして大暴れする！？

A Hyper Yokai appears!

The Arc of Hyper Micchy, Micchy's powered-up form, is also included in the first series. His heroism has increased so much, he's going on a great rampage!?

ハイパー化して外見も豪華！！ バトルもおまかせ！！ This new, Hyper look is gorgeous, too!! You can also leave the battles to him!!

アニメで大活躍！？ Will play a huge role in the anime!?

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(Next bit we’re going over the little pyramid that shows the different rarity ranks.

I wanna point out that this one here seems to slightly contradict information we were given previously.

However, this is to be expected, as these products are still being developed.)

ゴールド ランク Gold Rank

河童 Kappa

激レア ランク Extreme Rare Rank

ハイパーミッチー Hyper Micchy

ジュニア Junior

レア ランク Rare Rank

ジバニャン Jibanyan

コマさん Komasan

ジュニア Junior

ふぶき姫 Fubuki-hime (Blizzaria)

キュビ Kyubi

ノーマル ランク Normal Rank

バンチョー Banchō

チャーリー Charlie

ジンタ Jinta

ラッキー Lucky

ホンマグロ大将 Honmaguro-taishō

マッシュバーバー Mushbarber

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DXフドウ雷鳴剣妖聖剣Ver．

不動明王・天＆妖聖剣ホルダー見参！！

パワーアップして生まれ変わった不動明王の妖聖剣が登場。妖聖剣を５本収納できるホルダーとのセットだ！！ ※画像は開発中のものです。

DX Fudō Raimeiken, Yōseiken Version

You have the honor of witnessing Fudōmyōō・Ten and the Yōseiken Holder!!

Introducing Fudōmyōō's powered-up and reborn Yōseiken. Comes in a set with a Holder that can store all 5  Yōseiken!!

*Image is in development.

(Quick Notes:

The Fudō Raimeiken is the sword that Fudōmyōō resides in. It could literally be translated as “Immovable Thunder Sword”.

Yōseiken could be translated as “Yokai Sage Sword”. It is the type of sword that the Fudō Raimeiken is. It seems 5 exist in total.

Fudōmyōō・Ten means “Fudōmyōō:Heaven”, or “Heavenly Fudōmyōō"

It also mentions that this set will be released in late August, for around 1728 Yen.

Previously I would translate some of these terms literally, but I think leaving them untranslated makes more sense for my translations.)

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DX妖怪アークホルダーで

コレクションを持ち歩こう！！

アニメに登場する妖怪アークホルダーがホビー化！！ カバンや服に取りつけて持ち歩けるぞ。

Carry your collection around

with the DX Yokai Arc Holder!!

The Yokai Arc Holder that appeared in the anime is turned into merchandise!! You can attach it to your bag or clothes and carry it around.

剛猛のコマさん 妖怪アークも付属！！ Also comes with a Kōmō Komasan Yokai Arc!!

激レアランクの 超限定妖怪アークだ！！ It's an Extra Rare Rank, ultra-limited Yokai Arc!!

(Quick Notes:

It mentions that this Arc Holder appeared in the anime, but I haven’t seen it there yet. Either it’ll appear in the future, or it was actually in the 4th movie.

I am unsure what “Kōmō Komasan“ means. It could be translated as “Fierce Komasan”, but I left it untranslated since I am not certain.

They also mention that it releases on July 14, for 1512 Yen

Also, don’t be fazed by terms like “ultra-limited” that these articles always like to throw around.)

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Last, we have this page:

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This page talks about the new game that is not Yokai Watch 4, and the 5th Anniversary event that will reveal it,

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６月２７日に世界が震撼！！

このビッグプロジェクトの詳柚は、６月２７日開催のレベルファイブのイベントで明らかに！！

The World will be shaken on June 27!!

Details on this big project will be revealed at Level-5's event held on June 27!!

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YouTubeで 発表イベントを 生中継＆配信！！ The announcement event will be broadcasted live and transmitted on youtube!!

発表は６月２７日昼の１２時を予定。 さらにその後配信される。 くわしくは「妖怪ウォッチ５周年」で検索。 The announcement is scheduled for the 27th of June, at noon. For details, look up "Yokai Watch 5th Anniversary".

イベントには まこ殿様も 登場するぞ！！ During the event, Mako-tonosama will appear, too!!

スゴイとの〜 Amazing, tono~

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ワタクシも 大活躍ですよ〜 I will play a big role, too~

楽しみズラ！！ I'm lookin' foward to it!!

スマホで新たな 大冒険に出発！？ Depart for a new great adventure on your smartphone!?

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６月２７日１４時ごろ コロコロチャネルで プレイ動画 世界最速配信！！

Around 14 o'clock, the video will be playable on Corocoro Channel- fastest delivery in the world!!

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妖怪ウォッチ５周年記念作品！！ A commemorative work for the 5th Anniversary of Yokai Watch!!

完全新作ゲーム誕生！！ A completely new game is born!!

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And that’s all for this month. I hope you found this interesting and/or useful!

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[kaialone]

Yokai Watch News: Yokai Watch 4 & Forever Friends

With both Corocoro coming out, and official websites updating with new information, there is some Yokai Watch News to go over.

Beware of spoilers, naturally!

I will go over the Yokai Watch 4 news first, then Forever Friends (the upcoming 5th movie), and then some merchandise-related information.

I will mostly translate directly from the official websites, since they cover most of what is in Corocoro, too.

Whenever Corocoro has something that the websites don’t seem to cover, I will make note of it.

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Yokai Watch 4 News:

You can find the official website here.

Nintendo Switchにて ２０１８年冬発売予定！

To be released on the Nintendo Switch in Winter 2018!

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ナツメの世界 さくら元町

Natsume's World Sakura Motomachi

Notes:

Here we get our first screencap of Yokai Watch 4, you can see it in higher resolution of the website itself.

Touma seems to be the one controlled by the player here, while Natsume, Jibanyan, and Komasan are seen in the distance.

Akinori’s dialouge at the top reads:

早く来いよ〜！ 事務所で待ってるから！ Come on, get going! I'm waiting at the office, you know!

The little message on the right displays the objective:

妖怪探偵事務所にいこう！ Go to the Yokai Detective Office!

Also, note that さくら元町/Sakura Motomachi is not the same as what Springdale and Old Springdale are called in Japanese, which are さくらニュータウン/Sakura New Town and 桜町/Sakura-machi respectively. However, Sakura Motomachi could still be a part of the larger area of Springdale for all we know.

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つながる３つの世界！ 全く新しい「妖怪ウォッチ」！

Three worlds connect! A completely new "Yokai Watch"!

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ケータの世界 妖ウォッチシリーズでは お馴染みとなった、 ケータが妖怪たちと暮らす世界。

Kēta's World The world we've come to know in the Yokai Watch series, where Kēta lives toegether with yokai.

ウィスパー Whisper

天野ケータ Amano Kēta

ジバニャン Jibanyan

Note:

Amano Kēta is called Nathan “Nate” Adams in English, of course.

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ナツメの世界 ケータの世界から３０年後、 「妖怪探偵団」として、娘のナツメたちが 街の怪奇案件を解決していく世界。

Natsume's World A world, 30 years after that of Kēta, where his daughter Natsume and her friends solve strange cases around town as a "Yokai Detective Team".

ジュニア Junior

天野ナツメ Amano Natsume

ジバニャン（ライトサイド） Jibanyan (Lightside)

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シンの世界 ２０１８年１２月１４日（金）公開予定 「映画 妖怪ウォッチ FOREVER FRIENDS」の舞台となる世界。

Shin's World A world that will be the stage for the "Yokai Watch Movie: FOREVER FRIENDS", scheduled to be released on December 14th (Friday) 2018.

下町シン Shimomachi Shin

スーさん Sū-san

猫又 Nekomata

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詳細は統報を待て！！ Stay tuned for more details!!

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This is it from Yokai Watch 4′s official website, but this page from this month’s Corocoro issue has two details I want to mention:

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First is this little snippet that points out that the Arcs seem to be the key to open the mysterious doors:

This may have been obvious from the teaser, but here we have them reinforcing that information.

And this next part kinda has more to do with Forever Friends rather than 4:

This part mentions that Shin’s world is “60 years before Kēta’s world”.

However, Forever Friends has been stated to take place in the 60s, which in turn would mean Yokai Watch 1-3 take place in the 2020s.

But, that also can’t be true because Shadowside is very much implied to take place in the 2040s, and it is supposed to be 30 years after Yokai Watch 1-3, which means they would be in the 2010s, as people always assumed so far.

My best bet is this is probably just some kind of error, like someone somewhere down the line wrote down the wrong time.

Alternatively, it could be a case were these dates are just being rounded up a lot.

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Yokai Watch Forever Friends News:

You can find the official website here.

The most notable update is that we now have a character page.

下町シン 母の魂を取り戻すため、玉藻前退治に向かう。 妖怪ウォッチを使える…？

Shimomachi Shin In order to take back his mother's soul, he sets out to exterminate Tamamo no Mae. He uses a Yokai Watch...?

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高城イツキ 玉藻前に姉の魂を奪われてしまった少年。 悪い妖怪に強く復讐を誓う。

Takashiro Itsuki A boy whose older sister's soul was taken by Tamamo no Mae. He fiercely vows to take revenge on evil yokai.

Note:

In this bio, Itsuki is referred to as "少年" ("boy"), but the furigana above those kanji read "ようかい" ("youkai")  instead.

This could be foreshadowing, but it could just as easily be a simple typo.

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有星タエ 妖怪を見え、妖術を使う一族・有星家の娘。 妖怪情報にもくわしい？

Arihoshi Tae The daughter of a clan that can see yokai and use sorcery, the Arihoshi family. She's also well versed in yokai information?

Note:

I mentioned it before, but note that while Tae is very likely related to Akinori, sharing his family name and powers, she is not his grandma, as his grandma’s given name is “Mitsue”.

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猫又 大きな耳とふさふさの毛が特徴。 可愛い容姿と裏腹に、性格はひねくれ者！？

Nekomata His big ears and fluffy fur are his characteristic features. In contrast to his cute appearance, he has a twisted personality!?

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スーさん シンに守護霊としてとりついている、 頼りなさそうな落ち武者風の妖怪。

Sū-san A seemingly unrelieable, ochimusha-like yokai, who inspirits Shin as his guardian spirit.

Note:

An ochimusha is a defeated warrior who has fled the battle and thus is considered a low-class citizen afterwards.

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河童 生真面目な会社員みたいな性格をして河童。 一見、強そうには見えないが…。

Kappa A kappa with a serious, company employee-esque personality. At first glance he doesn't look strong, but...

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玉藻前 人の魂を食らう恐ろしいの魔女。 日本古来から存在して町に潜んでいるという。

Tamamo no Mae A terrifying witch who devours the souls of people. She is said to have existed in Japan since ancient times, and is lurking in the town.

Note:

Tamamo no Mae is a figure from Japanese mythology.

She is often said to have been an evi fox spirit, as well as one of the “Nihon San Dai Aku Yōkai”, the “Three Great Evil Yokai of Japan”.

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Corocoro’s information on these guys is virtually identical, so I only have a few small things to go over.

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First is this blurb for the movie:

主人公３人と妖怪３体が危険な魔女にい止む！！

人の魂を食らう恐ろしい魔女・玉藻前。 コイツを倒すため、 主人公シンとイツキ、 そして妖術を使う少女タエがチームを結成！！ 頼もしい（？）ともだち妖怪たちも協力してくれるぞ！！

The three main characters and three yokai will stop the dangerous witch!!

Tamamo no Mae, the terrifying witch who devours the souls of people. In order to defeat her, the protagonists Shin and Itsuki, as well as Tae, a girl who can use sorcery, form a team!! Their dependable (?) yokai friends help them, too!!

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Next, the little “titles” for Itsuki and Kappa are interesting.

妖怪を 憎む少年 A boy who hates yokai

Note:

It was stated that Itsuki holds a grudge towards evil yokai, but here it says he outright hates yokai.

水辺なら 最強！？ Near water, he's the strongest!?

Note:

Kappa’s bio implied he might be stronger than he looks, and this title implies that maybe he is stronger near water, which would make sense, given that he’s a kappa.

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Nekomata’s description here is something I want to point out in its entirety:

反逆の ネコ妖怪 猫又 外見やしゃべり方は ジバニャンにでいる が性格はひねぐれ者！？

Rebellious Cat Yokai Nekomata His looks and the way he talks is similar to Jibanyan, but he's got a twisted personality!?

Notes:

The website version did mention he has a twisted personality, but the version of Corocoro specifically notes that it’s unlike what Jibanyan is like.

Him being called “rebellious” is also interesting to me.

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And of course, the big one here is that Corocoro actually revealed a new Yokai Watch, which isn’t mentioned on the website as of right now:

新妖怪ウォッチ判明！！！！

シンが妖怪を呼び出すために使うのが、 この「妖怪ウォッチエルダ零」！！ 通常のエルダに似ているが、なにか秘密が！？

New Yokai Watch Discovered!!!!

In order to call yokai, Shin uses this "Yokai Watch Eruda Zero"!! It resembles the regular Eruda, but hides a secret!?

Note:

“Eruda “ could technically be romanized as “Elder”, and most fans choose to do so.

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Aside from all this, both Corocoro and the website feature information regarding the ongoing designing contest tied to the movie.

The contest isn’t something any of us outside of Japan would be able to participate in, so I chose not to completely translate the information here.

Basically the idea seems to be that you are supposed to draw Nekomata together with a yokai you like, and the 1st price will include getting your design become part of the official Arc.

The best 11111 participants will all receive a copy of the final Arc.

Depending on your eventual ranking, there will be additional prices too, like Yokai Watch Eruda toys, and even one copy of Yokai Watch 4.

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Merchandise News:

This brings us to the last bit, this page of Corocoro that introduces a new kind of Yokai Arc that will appear in the second set:

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超激レアランクに 光る妖怪アークが出現！！ 第２弾に登場する妖怪のアーク２個に、 光るギミックが搭載されてるぞ！！ Glowing Yokai Arcs appear among the Super Extreme Rare Rank!! In the second series, there will be two Yokai Arcs with a light gimmick!!

Note:

As you can see from the pictures, these Arcs will feature a small lamp below the artwork that, just like described, will light up when you use them with the Yokai Watch toy.

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召喚時に妖怪アークが 眩く輝く！！ During summoning, the Yokai Arc shines brightly!!

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酒呑童子 鬼族の大妖怪。 なにかを企み人間界に姿を現す！？ Shuten Dōji A great yokai of the Oni tribe. He is planning something and showed up in the human world!?

蛇王カイラ 妖魔界の王の座を エンマ大王と争った妖怪。 Kaira the Snake King A yokai who fought with the Great King Enma over the throne of the king of the Yōmakai.

Note:

Both Kaira and Shuten Dōji feature unknown tribe symbols on their Arcs (and so does the Arc features in the design contest), but I am not sure of these will actually correspond to additional new tribes.

While an “Oni tribe” is mentioned here, that term has been used in Yokai Watch before to simply refer to oni in general.

It’s possible these symbols will correspond to “special” tribes that work different from normal ones, like the Enma tribe or Hagure tribe.

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And that’s it for this month (presumably).

Corocoro did have some more info on Yokai Watch World, but it seemed to mostly be on how to get some special yokai and the like. I haven’t seen good snapshots of those pages either.

Anyway, as always I hope you’ve found this useful/interesting!

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[kaialone]

Yokai Watch Corocoro Leaks (May 2018)

Corocoro leaks have been coming out, so I will translate under the readmore.

Beware of spoilers, naturally!

This month’s issue doesn’t have a lot of new stuff. It mostly summarizes information about the Yokai Arcs and the Yokai Watch Eruda toy that we know already. It did reveal release dates for both, though.

(Also if you’re wondering about my spelling of “Eruda”, I explained a bit here.)

So this time around, I will only translate the parts that seem new enough, and summarize the rest.

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We got these two pages:

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To put it briefly, the pages go over how using the Arcs with the Watch works. How the Arcs are a new way to summon yokai, how you can insert the Arcs, how the direction you turn them determines Shadowside or Lightside, how it makes sounds, all that stuff.

There is only some tiny bits of new information, which I will go over next.

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This bit of info has been pretty evident already, but still:

妖怪アークとエルダは「妖怪ウォッチ」の新作ゲームと連動予定！ The Yokai Arcs and the Eruda are planned to be connected to the new "Yokai Watch" game!

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Here we get the planned release date and price of the Yokai Watch Eruda toy:

Release Date: 14th of July Price: 5832 Yen (roughly 53 U.S. Dollars) Comes with Jibanyan's Arc

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It was easy to guess, but here we get confirmation that there will be Rare Yokai Arcs:

激レアカラー妖怪アークも！！ ふつうの妖怪アークとはちがう色のレアが存在する。 特別な妖怪は召喚音も変わる！？ There will also be extremely rare color Arcs!! Rare Yokai Arcs with a different color than regular ones exist. The summoning sound for special yokai is also different!?

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This will be the name of the first series of Arcs:

妖怪アーク1st ~ひらげ!第一の扉~ 1st Yokai Arcs ~Open! The First Door~

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Here is a look at the package, as well as its planned releaste date and price:

Release Date: 14th of July Price: 270 Yen (roughly 2.50 U.S. Dollars) One Arc per package

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Besides the text, we also get to see Arcs for Fubuki-hime (Shadowside), Dogman (Lucky’s Shadowside), Kyūbi (Lightside), and Ghostcycle (Charlie’s Shadowside):

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And that’s it for information from this month’s issue, really. The only thing left is a bit of speculation on my part:

Aside from the name of the first Arc series having a title that relates to doors, these two pages actually have a subtitle of “Open The Door to the Shadowside World”,

and I can’t help but remember that Yokai Watch 4′s logo appears to have a door in it:

(from last month’s issue)

Maybe there is a connection?

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Anyway, as always, I hope you found this to be helpful!

[kaialone]

Yokai Watch Shadowside Translations Masterpost

(My masterpost for Yokai Watch translations of all other games and related media can be found here. )

This is a master post for all my translations regarding Yokai Watch Shadowside, which includes:

The 4th Yokai Watch Movie

The Yokai Watch Shadowside Anime Series

and Yokai Watch 4

I have decided to keep a seperate masterpost for the Shadowside works, as it quickly became clear I would probably be making a lot of posts on this if I am going to be keeping up with news as they come out.

By nature, this post and its contents are not spoiler-free!

Magazine Scans Translations:

2017:

Magazine Leaks: June 2017 (Also contains YKW 3)

Corocoro Leaks: July 2017

Corocoro Leaks: August 2017

Corocoro Leaks and Website Update: September 2017 (also contains Busters 2)

Corocoro Leaks: October 2017

Corocoro Leaks: December 2017 (also contains Busters 2 and Kunitori Wars)

2018:

Corocoro Leaks: February 2018

Corocoro Leaks: March 2018 (Part 1)

Corocoro Leaks: March 2018 (Part 2)

Corocoro Leaks: April 2018

Corocoro Leaks: May 2018

Corocoro Leaks: June 2018

Corocoro Leaks: September 2018 (also contains Movie 5)

Website Translations:

Movie 4: Announcement and Website Launch, July 2017

Movie 4: Corocoro Leaks and Website Update, September 2017 (also contains Busters 2)

Movie 4: Website Update, October 2017

Movie 4: Website Update, late October 2017

Anime Series: Announcement and Website Launch, February 2018

Anime Series: Website Update, April 2018

Yokai Watch 4, Movie 5: Website Updates, July 2018 (also contains Corocoro)

Yokai Watch 4, Movie 5: Website Updates, August 2018 (also contains Corocoro)

Yokai Watch 4, Movie 5: Website Updates, October 2018 (also contains Corocoro)

Yokai Watch 4: Website Updates, December 2018

Yokai Watch 4: Website Udpates, January 2019

Previews:

Trailers:

Movie 4, December 2017

Anime Series, March 2018

Yokai Watch 4 (Teaser), June 2018

Yokai Watch 4 (1st Trailer), October 2018

Yokai Watch 4 (Demo Footage), October 2018

Yokai Watch 4 (PV), January 2019

Yokai Watch 4, First 30 Minutes, June 2019

Episode Summaries:

Opening 1-Hour Special (Episodes 1 and 2)

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Episode 27

Episode 28

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31

Episode 32

Episode 33

Episode 34

Episode 35

Episode 36

Episode 37

Episode 38

Episode 39

Episode 40

Episode 41

Episode 42

Episode 43

Episode 44

Episode 45

Episode 46

Episode 47

Tweets:

Etsuko Kozakura, original voice actress of Jibanyan, on the original Yokai Watch anime ending, and her role in the new show.

Akihiro Hino, CEO of Level-5 on the original Yokai Watch anime ending.

Other:

List of Classmates