It’s a bit hard to find non-Japanese information since it’s a relatively new and lesser known yokai, but this site does a pretty decent breakdown.
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Ms. Eight Feet Tall (八尺様, Hachishakusama, also informally called Hasshakusama) is a type of main Japanese spirit (Yokai) that takes the form of an impossibly tall female specter often rumored to have a deep, masculine or an attractive, feminine voice in which she repeats the interjection “Po” [ぽ] repeatedly, and has a habit of preying on children, usually those who are nine to eleven years old.
It is said that Hachishakusama catches her victims by stalking a select child she takes a liking to for a few days or even months. After a certain time has passed, she takes the child away from their family members and their whereabouts are left completely undisclosed ever since. It’s unknown how or why she chooses to abduct them, but it can be assumed that like most spirits, she can also just teleport to the child’s location and take them away with her that way too.
However, there are a rare few of people who have been “liked” by Hachishakusama and lived to tell the tale. Those who are fortunate enough to have survived the spirit’s wrath have to leave Japan and reside in a different country; they cannot return to Japan due to the risk of being hunted by Hachishakusama once more which also prohibits them from seeing their families by extension even under urgent situations, like a relative of theirs passing away.
Basically, don’t reciprocate her affection or pity her too much. If she finds you interesting and you see a tall dark woman watching you intermittently, flee the country immediately. She stalks people to see if they’re a good replacement for her lost son, and “adopts” them.
“New and lesser known yokai” i honestly always thought yokai would all be at least ~200 years old. Now it seems to me like yokai are basically just SCP that have been written over hundreds of years
Yep. Stuff like The Ring girl, the slit mouth girl, along with the ancient ones like Yukki Ona, all sorts of Yokai exist. It basically encompasses all ghosts and fairy tales, though many are taken very superstitiously and seriously.
Po
Is that her name? What are the rules with this one? They’re all supposed to have rules for you to escape alive
It’s a bit hard to find non-Japanese information since it’s a relatively new and lesser known yokai, but this site does a pretty decent breakdown.
Tap for yokai
Basically, don’t reciprocate her affection or pity her too much. If she finds you interesting and you see a tall dark woman watching you intermittently, flee the country immediately. She stalks people to see if they’re a good replacement for her lost son, and “adopts” them.
Source: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_Feet_Tall
“New and lesser known yokai” i honestly always thought yokai would all be at least ~200 years old. Now it seems to me like yokai are basically just SCP that have been written over hundreds of years
Yep. Stuff like The Ring girl, the slit mouth girl, along with the ancient ones like Yukki Ona, all sorts of Yokai exist. It basically encompasses all ghosts and fairy tales, though many are taken very superstitiously and seriously.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yōkai#In_popular_culture
Does Po mean anything or just like an exclamation?