Youkai Shoujo - Monsuga

A floating head followed by what looks like body parts, looks like a Palasik to me.

But I guess I should explain exactly what I'm talking about...

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The Penanggalan or 'Hantu Penanggal' is a ghost of Southeast Asian folk mythology. It is a variation of the vampire myth found in the Malay Peninsula, or as Balan-balan in Sabah. It is similar to the Manananggal, a similar creature of Filipino folklore. "Penanggal" or "Penanggalan" literally means "detach" or "remove". Both terms—Manananggal and Penanggal—may carry the same meaning due to both languages being grouped or having a common root under the Austronesian language family, though the two creatures are culturally distinct in appearance and behavior.

 

There are similar myths of creatures with almost exactly the same features. Among ethnic groups in Indonesia, the ghost is called Leyak among the Balinese, Kuyang by the Dayak people of Kalimantan, or Palasik (or Pelesit) by the Minangkabau people. In Thailand it is called the Krasue, in Laos it is the Kasu or Phi-Kasu and in Cambodia it is the Ap.

 

According to the folklore of that region, the Penanggalan is a detached female head capable of flying about on its own. As it flies, the stomach and entrails dangle below it, and these organs twinkle like fireflies as the Penanggalan moves through the night.

 

Due to the common theme of Penanggal being the result of active use of black magic or supernatural means, a Penanggal cannot be readily classified as a classical undead being. The creature is, for all intents and purposes, a living human being during daytime (much like the Japanese Nukekubi) or at any time when it does not detach itself from its body.

 

 

In Malaysian folklore, a Penanggal may be either a beautiful old or young woman who obtained her beauty through the active use of black magic, supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means which are most commonly described in local folklores to be dark or demonic in nature. Another cause where one becomes a Penanggal in Malaysian folklore is due to the result of a powerful curse or the actions of a demonic force, although this method is less common than the active use of black magic abovementioned. Penanggalan was also being mentioned in Hikayat Abdullah, written in 1845, much to the amusement of Sir Stamford Raffles.[1]

 

The Penanggalan is usually a female midwife who has made a pact with the devil to gain supernatural powers. It is said that the midwife has broken a stipulation in the pact not to eat meat for 40 days; having broken the pact she has been forever cursed to become a bloodsucking vampire/demon. The midwife keeps a vat of vinegar in her house. After detaching her head and flying around in the night looking for blood the Penanggalan will come home and immerse her entrails in the vat of vinegar in order to shrink them for easy entry back into her body.

 

One version of the tale states that the Penanggal was once a beautiful woman or priestess, who was taking a ritual bath in a tub that once held vinegar. While bathing herself and in a state of concentration or meditation, a man entered the room without warning and startled her. The woman was so shocked that she jerked her head up to look, moving so quickly as to sever her head from her body, her organs and entrails pulling out of the neck opening. Enraged by what the man had done, she flew after him, a vicious head trailing organs and dripping venom. Her empty body was left behind in the vat. The Penanggal, thus, is said to carry an odor of vinegar with her wherever she flies, and returns to her body during the daytime, often posing as an ordinary mortal woman. However, a Penanggal can always be told from an ordinary woman by that odor of vinegar.

Hope that cleared up any "Duh hell you talkin' about?"

Dude, you should thank wikipedia

it works!

Kappa= Gray Face (No Space)

loli tiem

This is a weekly manga and raw up to chapter 12

Japanese raw

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http://www.jcafe24.net/index.php?topic=40676.0

All the chapters would be out in English by now if Sense got more redrawer applicants. Go apply! They'll train raw talent

http://vatoto.com/read/_/239441/youkai-shoujo-monsuga_ch3_by_sense-scans/18
How could I no follow this?
 

This is a weekly manga and raw up to chapter 12

Japanese raw

Dude....

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A floating head followed by what looks like body parts, looks like a Palasik to me.

But I guess I should explain exactly what I'm talking about...

Hope that cleared up any "Duh hell you talkin' about?"

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Pa... Pa... Pa... Pa...

 

PALASIK!

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Dude....

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woah, lewd! naked girls on the street...

Pa... Pa... Pa... Pa...

PALASIK!

I'm glad to know that this city is full of gentlemen.

That was... unexpected. And a cute loli appeared!

Thanks Sense-Scans!

Megane Kappa. Must see more.

This manga have similar art and inspiration to Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou

Oh god why did I google him... >.<

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

It's Hideaki Kobayashi.

Oh god why did I google him... >.<

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"... Camouflage themselves as cosplayer looking like youkai"
Hmmm... an old man in a school girl uniform.
I don't know whether there's a youkai like that or it's an old man (youkai?) cosplaying as a school girl youkai. But if he feels right at home in that camouflage, who am I to judge. :>

Edit: Though I do kind of respect him a little... Not sure why :s

It's Hideaki Kobayashi.

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Holy shit, is it just me or did anyone else have flashbacks of Ibitsu when they saw that?

For a second I thought you were talking about THE OTHER Ibitsu.

http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=52757 <---this one

I really, really love the art of this manga. I already loved it in Addicted to Curry.  I wish somebody would take that up again

And both stories are also great as far as I am concerned.

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Holy shit, is it just me or did anyone else have flashbacks of Ibitsu when they saw that?

Edit: Though I do kind of respect him a little... Not sure why :s

Just look at how pridefully he wears the costume and strobes his mane. If that ain't right at home, I don't know what is.

Well, that was a fun ride.