| “ | But I am standing here. Whether by coincidence or inevitability, I am here now. No matter how weak or puny I might be, I can influence the overall situation now that I’m standing on the stage. That possibility remains, so the rest is my problem. You have no right to tell me what to do!! | „ |
| ~ Sunekosuri to Hishigami Mai |
Summary
Sunekosuri is a Youkai in the Zashiki Warashi series. Sunekosuri is the name of a species of Youkai that resemble small toy-like shiba inu. Sunekosuri are harmless Youkai, the only thing they do is rub their cheeks against the shins of travelers to surprise them. Sunekosuri joined Hyakki Yakou in search of his missing wife, and he became the partner assigned to Hishigami Mai by the organization to supervise her during her missions.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-C
Name: Sunekosuri
Origin: The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Youkai, Sunekosuri
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman speed when moving towards a shin, Immortality (Type 1), Self-Sustenance (Type 1 & 2), immunity to conventional weapons and damage inflicted by the normal laws of physics, some resistance to interference from history and destiny
Attack Potency: Below Average Human level
Speed: Peak Human normally, at least Subsonic burst speed when moving up to a shin (Moves too fast to be seen by humans, has snuck on specialists, Youkai and other supernatural creatures)
Lifting Strength: Below Average
Striking Strength: Below Average Human level
Durability: Street level, immune to conventional weapons and damage inflicted by the normal laws of physics
Stamina: High
Range: Melee range
Standard Equipment: None
Intelligence: Average
Weaknesses: None notable
Feats/Statements
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“What do you mean, what am I? I am a Sunekosuri. I am a Youkai. Have you never heard of a Sunekosuri?” “You look like a small dog.” “I am a Youkai that looks like a small dog.” [...] “What can you do as a Youkai?” “That is not something I expected to hear from an agent even if you are a free one. A Sunekosuri rubs its cheek up against the shins of travelers. Like this: Rub, rub.” “What else?” “That’s all.” “Do you have the ability to steal the life energy of those travelers so they collapse or to send their sense of direction out of whack so they are suddenly headed in the wrong direction?” “Please do not think that every Youkai in the world has some cool and useful ability.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 01 - Sunekosuri is a harmless Youkai, its only ability is to surprise people by rubbing against their shins. |
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In fact, my specs were no different from a small dog’s, so even arriving at the residential area in question would be difficult. I approached a truck waiting at a light in the dark city, made a few failed jumps, and finally gathered all my effort and willpower to climb up onto the back of the truck. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 04 - Sunekosuri's physical abilities are those of a small dog |
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I had been standing on all fours in the large yard, but my vision began spinning around and around. Everything transformed into a collection of meaningless flowing lines. My body was in midair and even the cement blocks surrounding the yard and the ground itself had been blown away by a massive strike on the level of a plane crash. By the time I realized all that, my thoughts finally caught up. I had been knocked into the air by something frightening. It was a giant arm measuring several dozen meters long. It looked like it was made from armor panels and thick leather held together with glue. A scooping upper cut had torn through the cement blocks and the ground to mercilessly strike me. That was all there was to the attack, but I shot across the grounds of the old folks home and mercilessly slammed into the building’s wall. The stones that flew along with me broke through the windows and even the wall. “G-gah!? Gbbh. Bebhh!!” I can’t…breathe!! My own blood…is blocking my throat!! “Cough….cough cough!! Pant pant!!” I somehow managed to cough up the blood and secure a path for air, but my head was still shaken. I was a Youkai and thus wouldn’t be killed even if I was stabbed or shot, so what was this? I felt the pain of having my ribs squeezed to their limit and having every single organ crushed. I was undoubtedly approaching death. [...] My chest hurt, but I had avoided the attack. And from here…!! As soon as that thought came to me, I heard a hard sound. The soft girl’s skin I was rubbing my cheek against changed to cold and hard metal. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… She made such a skilled recovery that my mind grew absolutely blank. She did not hesitate to bring her Japanese armored foot down to crush my back. It was a sharp strike as if from a pile driver. At the same time, the armor made of metal and leather expanded and increased its destructive force with its incredible mass. I was fairly certain I heard something break inside my body. But in reality, I was feeling the ground cave in and collapse below me because of all the weight bearing down on me. Yes, there was a space underground. I should have been crushed between the giant foot and the ground, but the thin layer of ground broke instead and I fell into the space below. [...] The giant arm of armor defeated the entire purpose of an underground structure much like destroying a car’s roof to turn it into a convertible. The wrecking ball of a fist approached along with a tremendous amount of dirt and knocked me and the steel door into the air outside. I did not even have it in me to cry out. When my small body finally slammed into the ground, I found myself a disturbing distance away. This was the area with the playground equipment. Specifically, I had landed on the gas range of the grill set. [...] She was slowly approaching, but I could not move. I was like a fish on the chopping block. I could not even move enough to fall from the dangerous-looking gas range. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 04 - Survives three attacks from the Scarlet Peach User while weakened and stripped of his Youkai invulnerability |
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The massive fist tore through the air itself as it flew straight toward me. I only had the athletic ability of a small dog, so I could never avoid it even if I jumped out of the way now. But I was a Sunekosuri. I was a Youkai that could do nothing more than rub up against travelers’ shins in the night. But even if that was a useless ability, my movements could reach the supernatural when doing that. “Oh?” The girl wearing the Brave Warrior of the Scarlet Peach sounded surprised. To her, it may have looked like my small form suddenly vanished. In truth, I had only snuck right up to her feet. [...] I immediately moved through the elderly group by travelling from shin to shin. My swift movement looked like someone darting through the gaps in a forest or like the movements of a snake or eel. My goal was the stairway leading up and the door to the surface. Nothing mattered except starting this anew from a position that would not put the old men and women in danger. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 04 - Sunekosuri's Youkai trait allows him to move at superhuman speeds when performing his role of moving up to people's shins |
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“I’m a weak Youkai that can’t do anything more than a small dog and I have no traits that would let me kill a human, but even a small dog’s prank can cause a disaster. For example, he could bite through the rubber hose connected to the gas line.” “Do you really understand what you’re saying?” “And your technique only provides offense! You completely ignored defense because you assumed any Youkai weakened by the peach aroma couldn’t do anything worth worrying about. So what if someone brings a normal method into this? If you’re caught in a gas explosion, I doubt you’ll escape unharmed!!” “My fire altar is still weakening you, so you can’t say you won’t die because you’re a Youkai. If there’s an explosion here, that normal method will-…!!” “Yes, I know.” As I spoke, I moved my mouth to show off my teeth. Specifically, I showed off the piece of flint the size of a sesame seed I had glued to my canine tooth. I had taken apart a cheap lighter I had found inside the facility to get the flint. [...] A tiny orange spark burst into the dark night. The look on the girl’s face had been that of someone who had never once thought of anything but her own victory, but in this instant, I saw that look distort. And a moment later… …my vision… …grew…white. [...] I was gasping for breath. My vision faded in and out. I felt like I would lose consciousness if I stopped focusing for even an instant. I was lying on the lawn a good distance away from the grill set. I heard what sounded like a crackling fire and a corner of the facility grounds was glowing orange. I desperately tried to stand, but I could not put my legs below me. My front right leg would not move as I told it to. Half of my vision was covered in something dark. Part of me may have been broken or burned, but I was a Youkai, so it was possible I would naturally recover. After all, we generally gathered strength through the passage of time. Even so, I had no way of healing my wounds right away. “This isn’t…” I gave up on standing and practically dragged my face along the ground to move at about the speed of a caterpillar. [...] I had to evacuate the old men and women from the facility grounds. I had not been able to predict where the Brave Warrior of the Scarlet Peach girl would attack, so I had sabotaged the gas lines all over the grounds to create as many attack points as possible. It had just so happened that the outdoor grill set was the one I ended up at. For example, I had also created a gas leak in the facility’s kitchen, so I needed to prepare for a possible ignition of that one as well. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 04 - Since he lacked offensive abilities Sunekosuri sabotaged the gas lines of the building the Scarlet Peach User was coming to in advance. He survived the gas explosion even though he was weakened and stripped of his Youkai invlunerability by the Scarlet Peach User |
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Immortality: All Youkai have an immortal body, since they don't have a concept of lifespan. Once they reach adulthood they stop aging completely, which makes it basically impossible to determine an adult Youkai's age from their physical appearance, as they could be several centuries old but still look young.
- Invulnerability: Youkai are immune to conventional weapons and physical damage that follows the laws of physics. They are also immune to natural poisons and to things like radiation. Even weak harmless Youkai won't die if nuclear missiles were to pour down like rain. Additionally, Youkai have some resistance to interference from history and destiny.
- Super Speed: Normally Sunekosuri is a harmless Youkai who only has the athletic ability of a small dog. However, when he's performing his role as a Youkai his movements reach the supernatural, allowing him to vanish from human sight and reach someone's shin without them noticing. He can move from shin to shin in crowds and maintain this kind of speed for a longer time.
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Discussions
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