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薬売り
モノノ怪
| alias: 薬売り | Kusuriuri | The Medicine Seller | age: Old. |
| species: Not Human. | gender: Indifferent |
| sexuality: Bisexual | voice: Voice Clip |
"No, I won't force my opinion on you. No one has the right to control another."
personality
The enigmatic Medicine Seller is not a particularly nice person. He’s certainly polite and observes all the niceties befitting his social superiors (which is literally everyone, yay feudalism), but there is little warmth in his interactions and he can come across as insincere or even outright mocking at times. His outward personality is soft spoken, cold, and quite formal. He keeps his composure, even in the midsts of pure chaos.
Motivations
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He is singularly focused on his duty to sever the Mononoke from this world and while he makes an effort to protect those on the receiving end of their wrath (often by giving them ample opportunity to come clean with the information he needs), he’s stated that he has no obligation to save the people involved. Indeed, he rarely shows remorse when people die, but on the other hand they’ve been, almost without exception, irredeemable assholes. And hey, it’s not like he didn’t try.
He’s not completely devoid of compassion, however - he is shown to sympathize with regards to the suffering that made the Mononoke what they are. It is important to note that for the sword to be drawn, it requires that the Medicine Seller first empathize with the Mononoke on at least some level by understanding their motives. Tamaki and Ochou's plights struck a particular chord with him.
He does have a moral compass, even if the needle may point a bit on the grey side. He believes in a person’s right to make their own choices, tempered with a measure of personal responsibility and that no one has the right to control another. He shows affection towards people who are assertive and compassionate and abhors abusers and people who force their will on others - his distaste for some of the other murderers in the series makes that much evident.
Stoic and strange as he may be, the Medicine Seller isn't completely anti-social; he's usually happy to answer questions that are asked in good faith - even if those answers are enigmatic, esoteric and laden with multiple meanings.
He will also rarely outright lie. He's certainly not above deception and trickery if it inevitably leads to truth, but he tends towards more evasive manuevers and misdirection like being particular about semantics, lying by omission or relying on others making presumptions than telling fibs.
He’s not completely devoid of compassion, however - he is shown to sympathize with regards to the suffering that made the Mononoke what they are. It is important to note that for the sword to be drawn, it requires that the Medicine Seller first empathize with the Mononoke on at least some level by understanding their motives. Tamaki and Ochou's plights struck a particular chord with him.
He does have a moral compass, even if the needle may point a bit on the grey side. He believes in a person’s right to make their own choices, tempered with a measure of personal responsibility and that no one has the right to control another. He shows affection towards people who are assertive and compassionate and abhors abusers and people who force their will on others - his distaste for some of the other murderers in the series makes that much evident.
Stoic and strange as he may be, the Medicine Seller isn't completely anti-social; he's usually happy to answer questions that are asked in good faith - even if those answers are enigmatic, esoteric and laden with multiple meanings.
He will also rarely outright lie. He's certainly not above deception and trickery if it inevitably leads to truth, but he tends towards more evasive manuevers and misdirection like being particular about semantics, lying by omission or relying on others making presumptions than telling fibs.
Handling Conflict
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Most times, the Medicine Seller prefers to act as a detached observer, taking in the dynamics at play, and remaining as unobtrusive as possible, interjecting with only the occasional question. Once the shit hits the fan however, all bets are off. The thin veneer of observing the strict social hierarchy vanishes, and while he's still technically polite and formal, the Medicine Seller is much more brusque and assertive.
Six Traits
- Reserved: One cannot do the Medicine Seller's job with their heart firmly on their sleeve; that's just asking for trouble.
- Patient Even in a crisis, the Medicine Seller retains an air of calm rationality. He is methodical and careful wherever possible.
- Cunning: The Medicine Seller is not above employing trickery to suss out the Form, Truth, and Regret of a Mononoke. He also displays a more playful and teasing side with those he takes a liking to, and making fools of those he very pointedly doesn't.
- Cold: He doesn't visibly or audibly emote much, and tends to speak in a formal, clinical manner that can be deeply off-putting.
- Confident: He knows both his strengths and his limitations, but he isn't above the occasional boast ("Let them come, for it is my invitation they should fear the most," sure is a line.).
- Open Minded: A necessity when one needs to find 'Truths' behind the monsters he combats. Rarely are things a simple case of black and white.
appearance
hair: Ashen
eyes: Dark blue
height: Manlet
build: Deceptively sturdy
scent: Sweet, wood-based incense, acrid medicine, and a subtle musk.
eyes: Dark blue
height: Manlet
build: Deceptively sturdy
scent: Sweet, wood-based incense, acrid medicine, and a subtle musk.
Description
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Ghostly and unreal as he may initially appear, the Medicine Seller is flesh and blood. He dresses in wildly ostentatious attire, mixing both masculine and feminine elements. He carries a traditional medicine box that, given the absolute legion of scales that live in one drawer alone, is probably quite a bit bigger on the inside. Throughout his clothes and accessories, there is a running motif of eyes.
For anyone with a pair of functioning eyes, he is very obviously not human, sporting a pair of pointed ears and sharp incisors. He doesn't visibly emote often, giving him a somewhat flat and uncanny affect. His hair is long and held in check under a purple bandana with a number of ornate hairpins.
His build is shorter than average, and quite a bit sturdier than one may initially think. Carrying that medicine pack around certainly gives him some considerable core strength. Like his speech, his movements are usually slow and deliberate, right up until things get real. Then he proves to be quite quick and nimble.
For anyone with a pair of functioning eyes, he is very obviously not human, sporting a pair of pointed ears and sharp incisors. He doesn't visibly emote often, giving him a somewhat flat and uncanny affect. His hair is long and held in check under a purple bandana with a number of ornate hairpins.
His build is shorter than average, and quite a bit sturdier than one may initially think. Carrying that medicine pack around certainly gives him some considerable core strength. Like his speech, his movements are usually slow and deliberate, right up until things get real. Then he proves to be quite quick and nimble.
hair: Grey
eyes: Red and gold, black scelera
height: Still a manlet
build: Deceptively sturdy
scent: Petrichor
eyes: Red and gold, black scelera
height: Still a manlet
build: Deceptively sturdy
scent: Petrichor
Description
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The Other Self/Hyper Form/Shingi is basically a pallet swap of the Medicine Seller. In this form, he has dark skin, silver hair, blackened teeth, and gold circular markings with centers that move like eyes. His clothing is even more vibrant in shades of red, gold and purple.
There's very little we know about the Other Self, though the recent movies have shed light on the Shingi. They are powerful spirits kept within the sword of exorcisms (taima no ken), and the Medicine Seller is the wielder of the Li/Ri sword (Ri no tsurugi). The shingi is kept under tight reign, often wrapped in ofuda and can only be released under specific circumstances so that power cannot be misdirected or misused.
In the Noppera Bo arc, it is heavily hinted that the man behind the mask is the Medicine Seller's other half (as the Mononoke is Ochou herself). I generally headcanon that he used his other form as a blank canvas for Ochou to project her desires on to so that she could confront her past trauma within the confines of an illusion he wove for her.
There's very little we know about the Other Self, though the recent movies have shed light on the Shingi. They are powerful spirits kept within the sword of exorcisms (taima no ken), and the Medicine Seller is the wielder of the Li/Ri sword (Ri no tsurugi). The shingi is kept under tight reign, often wrapped in ofuda and can only be released under specific circumstances so that power cannot be misdirected or misused.
In the Noppera Bo arc, it is heavily hinted that the man behind the mask is the Medicine Seller's other half (as the Mononoke is Ochou herself). I generally headcanon that he used his other form as a blank canvas for Ochou to project her desires on to so that she could confront her past trauma within the confines of an illusion he wove for her.
First Impressions
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Pretty, but in a deeply uncanny way. Ageless, looking somewhere between early 20s to early 30s. Presents an air of knowing more than he lets on. For those with the ability to read minds/auras/whatever, he won't radiate any kind of malignancy or evil intent. He's soft-spoken, but can still be deeply offputting with his halting manner of speech, delivered in a detached and measured near monotone.
And no matter how friendly he is being, his laugh has an unfortunate sinister quality to it.
And no matter how friendly he is being, his laugh has an unfortunate sinister quality to it.
history
Bakeneko
The Medicine Seller visits the Sakai household the day of the youngest daughter’s wedding to sell the sorts of things new brides need. The festivities are halted when the bride and guests are brutally killed. The culprit is the vengeful spirit of Tamaki, a girl the head of the household kidnapped in his youth and kept caged, subjecting her to all manner of abuses. Her spirit merged with that of a cat - her sole comfort during the ordeal - and set loose to get some good, old fashioned revenge. The demon is vanquished, the Sakai family is in ruins and neither the Medicine Seller nor the two survivors are particularly sorry for their lot.
The Medicine Seller visits the Sakai household the day of the youngest daughter’s wedding to sell the sorts of things new brides need. The festivities are halted when the bride and guests are brutally killed. The culprit is the vengeful spirit of Tamaki, a girl the head of the household kidnapped in his youth and kept caged, subjecting her to all manner of abuses. Her spirit merged with that of a cat - her sole comfort during the ordeal - and set loose to get some good, old fashioned revenge. The demon is vanquished, the Sakai family is in ruins and neither the Medicine Seller nor the two survivors are particularly sorry for their lot.
Zashiki Warashi
On a cold, rainy, windy night, the Medicine Seller stops at an inn to sell his wares. A young, pregnant girl is pursued by an assassin who is subsequently killed and hung from the ceiling. Turns out the room the young lady was staying in was a mass grave for all the forced abortions the proprietor put her employees through back in the inn’s days as a brothel, and all those ghosts want to be born into the real world.
On a cold, rainy, windy night, the Medicine Seller stops at an inn to sell his wares. A young, pregnant girl is pursued by an assassin who is subsequently killed and hung from the ceiling. Turns out the room the young lady was staying in was a mass grave for all the forced abortions the proprietor put her employees through back in the inn’s days as a brothel, and all those ghosts want to be born into the real world.
Umi Bozu
The Medicine Seller gets on a boat that winds up off course in Ayakashi territory. A monk must confront his guilt over incestuous feelings towards his sister who was sacrificed when they were both young.
The Medicine Seller gets on a boat that winds up off course in Ayakashi territory. A monk must confront his guilt over incestuous feelings towards his sister who was sacrificed when they were both young.
Noppera Bo
The Medicine Seller goes to jail for selling someone fake viagra and encounters Ochou who is set to hang for murdering her abusive husband and shitty inlaws. But not all is as it seems, including who Ochou actually killed and what the nature of that 'death' even was.
The Medicine Seller goes to jail for selling someone fake viagra and encounters Ochou who is set to hang for murdering her abusive husband and shitty inlaws. But not all is as it seems, including who Ochou actually killed and what the nature of that 'death' even was.
Nue
The Medicine Seller heads to a mansion in Kyoto and plays parlour games with a bunch of ghosts who are stuck in an endless loop in vying for the hand of Lady Ruri and continuously reliving their gruesome deaths because a piece of wood wanted to feel special.
The Medicine Seller heads to a mansion in Kyoto and plays parlour games with a bunch of ghosts who are stuck in an endless loop in vying for the hand of Lady Ruri and continuously reliving their gruesome deaths because a piece of wood wanted to feel special.
Bakeneko
Time takes a leap to the early Showa era and The Medicine Seller hops on a train with some very familiar faces. They wind up trapped in a car together, terrorized by the ghost of a news reporter who allegedly committed suicide. Each must come clean about their role, however indirect, in her death to escape this prison.
Time takes a leap to the early Showa era and The Medicine Seller hops on a train with some very familiar faces. They wind up trapped in a car together, terrorized by the ghost of a news reporter who allegedly committed suicide. Each must come clean about their role, however indirect, in her death to escape this prison.
abilties
Mundane Overview
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The Medicine Seller doesn't really display any physical capabilities that you wouldn't see in a physically fit adult in their mid-late twenties. One can assume that, since he's flesh and blood, his physical vulnerabilities would be the same as a normal person's as well.
Never-fucking-mind, Nakamura's lore drops reveal that the Medicine Sellers are physically very strong; Ri's weilder just happens to be extremely subtle about it.
Senses
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The Medicine Seller's senses tend towards 'above average'. He has good eyesight and a formidable sense of smell. Those big ears aren't just for show either; he has very good hearing, relying on the chimes from his scales to follow a Mononoke's movements.
Physical
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The Medicine Seller is quite a bit sturdier than he looks. His fitness regimen seems to be 'wandering all over Japan with a 400lb wooden box strapped to his back' and is shown to be able lift heavy objects with little trouble, and knock over grown men who are quite a bit bigger than him. He can handily defend himself in a scuffle, though he prefers to disarm an opponent rather than actually injure them - and that's only if he doesn't have the option to de-escalate or just walk away, which exhibits an incredible level of control. In canon, he's never shown to kill any living person, though given his dismissive attitude to people's deaths, there is little doubt that if truly threatened he wouldn't lose much sleep over taking a life in self-defense if there is no other option available to him.
He also can move very quickly and nimbly when the mood takes him, and he has very quick reflexes. He also has the advantage of age and experience on his side with none of the deteriorating effects.
He also can move very quickly and nimbly when the mood takes him, and he has very quick reflexes. He also has the advantage of age and experience on his side with none of the deteriorating effects.
Mental/Emotional
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The Medicine Seller is a pretty smart guy; not necessarily genius levels, but he's clever, cunning, and, once again, age and experience are on his side, allowing a certain degree of breadth to his knowledge that a normal person wouldn't be able to possess.
Pursuing the truths behind the Mononoke requires a certain capacity for understanding human psychology (though the Medicine Seller may not use those terms as they're fairly recent as of his latest canon point). His opponents aren't things that need to be outmatched so much as they need to be understood, and understanding is vital to his very core.
This extends to his normal interactions; he's very inquisitive (to the point of nosiness), and likes to prompt people to talk about themselves. He is very patient, and good at listening, presenting himself as a sort of neutral party - something he struggles to turn off on the day-to-day.
He's also open-minded and adaptable. He has a very go-with-the-flow kind of attitude to most situations, save for the ones that deeply rankle him. It's no easy feat to get his hackles up, but even the Medicine Seller's calm demeanor and emotional stability aren't completely impenetrable.
He's also open-minded and adaptable. He has a very go-with-the-flow kind of attitude to most situations, save for the ones that deeply rankle him. It's no easy feat to get his hackles up, but even the Medicine Seller's calm demeanor and emotional stability aren't completely impenetrable.
Nomadic Lifestyle
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The Medicine Seller is a wandering vagrant. His home is the open road and whatever weird shortcuts he takes. While there is the Juuyoku (ten wings) located within the Shuuga no Mine (summit of gathered selves) where the Medicine Sellers dwell when off duty (yes, there's more of them), I like to think the wielder of the Ri sword spends a lot of his free time out in the world actually selling medicine while he decompresses from the latest Horrors. He's so aloof, I just don't see him as the sort to mingle in a supernatural office setting.
Medicine
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The Medicine Seller actually does seem to have some knowledge of medicine, as he's repeatedly shown to sell goods (either of his own making or traded), crafts both a magical gunpowder mixture and strange incense, and offers to mix a tonic for Moria-san in the second Bakeneko arc.
Magical
Overview
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The Medicine Seller's supernatural abilities are an ecclectic hodgepodge derived from Mikkyo Bhuddism (Sammitsu - a portmanteau of San Himitsu or 'Three Secrets'), Onmyudo, Taoism, and general Japanese folklore and tradition.
Formidable as his spiritual/magical abilities may be, they aren't infinite, especially with the sword sheathed. He can grow fatigued and often has to rely on external tools.
Formidable as his spiritual/magical abilities may be, they aren't infinite, especially with the sword sheathed. He can grow fatigued and often has to rely on external tools.
Longevity
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If there is one thing we know for certain about the Medicine Seller, it's that he is old. The series spans around approximately the early - mid Edo period (it's hard to say exactly, given the anachronisms) all the way to the early Showa period (basically the 17th/18th centuries all the way to the early 20th) and he hasn't so much as aged a day (let alone got a change in wardrobe).
We don't know how old he is at the start of the series, but he's at least a few centuries on by the end and likely much, much older.
We don't know how old he is at the start of the series, but he's at least a few centuries on by the end and likely much, much older.
Ability
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tools of the trade
Shoiko | Medicine Box
Once you get past the weird eye motif ornamentation, it looks like any other medicine box. Given the sheer amount of stuff he's able to unpack from it, along with the tiny army of scales it houses, there is likely more to it than one might initially imagine.
Sword of Exorcisms
Resembling a Taoist peach tree sword, albeit gaudy and bedazzled with a Shiisa's head for a pommel, this sword contains is the key to awakening the Medicine Seller's Other Self, and being able to wield his power in full force. The sword itself seems to possess some awareness, occasionally speaking or rattling near the presence of a Mononoke, though that is likely the spirit of the Shingi it contains.
Tenbin | Scales
Small, white scales, trimmed with pink and gold, resembling small white birds on the wing with jeweled red eyes. They measure the distance and direction of a Mononoke. Usually they are quite helpful, though (as seen in as the Zashiki Warashi was finally manifesting, they can be a little slow on the uptake sometimes).
Like the sword, they show a kind of awareness; they bow to and flock to people they like or are curious about, and once one gets over the unsettlingly high numbers of them, they can be quite cute. Likely some kind of tsukomogami.
Like the sword, they show a kind of awareness; they bow to and flock to people they like or are curious about, and once one gets over the unsettlingly high numbers of them, they can be quite cute. Likely some kind of tsukomogami.
Ofuda | Talismans
He can create powerful talismans that are effective in warding off supernatural nasties. They have four stages depending on proximity of said nasty; blank, black writing, black writing with a closed eye motif, red writing with an open eye motif, and when the sword is unsheathed, the paper turns gold, giving them a little extra oomph. He can also create wards without the ofuda but this is shown to be very draining and even capable of outright hurting him when the bakeneko pushes back against the ward, causing deep lacerations to appear on his hand.
Mirror
A circular hand mirror the Medicine Seller wears around his neck like a pendant. It can reveal the true reflection of things and in both the Umi Bozu and Noppera Bo arcs, it's shown to grow quite large and act as a shield or a means of reflecting hostile elements back.
Lantern
He keeps paper lanterns in his box along with a supply of gunpowder and other useful doodads for crafting homemade supernatural flashbombs.
Kiseru
The smoke from this is heavily implied to be the cause of the illusion in the Noppera-bo arc. Also if you don't think he isn't 420 balzing it 24/7, you haven't been paying attention.
Masks
Noh already has a long history serving a dual purpose of theatre and rites of exorcism. Is it any wonder that the Medicine Seller, with his penchant for the dramatic, would incorporate shamanistic Noh into his arsenal of tools? These masks are used in conjunction with illusions carefully crafted to draw one in to a play of sorts, and the Medicine Seller has mastered the use of artifice as a means of revealing truth.
Erotica and Aphrodisiacs
Sometimes a guy just gets horny, you know?
Medicine
The Medicine Seller sells medicine - go figure.
Ranging from scams and placebos, to mundane (albeit functional) remedies, all the way to potentially more mystically fueled medicines, there is quite a variety of goodies tucked away in the bottom drawer.
Ranging from scams and placebos, to mundane (albeit functional) remedies, all the way to potentially more mystically fueled medicines, there is quite a variety of goodies tucked away in the bottom drawer.
visuals
Meme Stuff
Rubilykskoye
| OOC App Info/Permissions Activity Check |
IC Inbox WIP WIP WIP |
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HOOKS ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ | |
kink list
FAVE
♥ Aphrodisiacs
♥ Exhibitionism
♥ Hair Pulling
♥ Intercurial
♥ Light/Medium Bondage
♥ Massages
♥ Multiple orgasms
♥ Sex toys
♥ Teasing
YES
✓ Anal/Vaginal Sex (Giving)
✓ Androgyny
✓ Apparatuses
✓ Blindfolds
✓ Clit play
✓ Clothed Sex
✓ Crossdressing
✓ Cunnilingus/Fellatio (Giving)
✓ Double penetration
✓ Drug/Alcohol use
✓ Fellatio (Recieving)
✓ Fingers in mouth
✓ Flexibility
✓ Foreplay
✓ Genital/Nipple Piercings
✓ Hand play
✓ Handjobs
✓ Magic
✓ Masks
✓ Multiple Partners
✓ Orgasm control/denial
✓ Restraints
✓ Rimming (Giving and Recieving)
✓ Sexual frustration
MAYBE
◌ Triple+ Penetration
◌ Adultery
◌ Anthro/Xeno Anatomy
◌ Bloodplay
◌ Cockwarming
◌ Medical play
◌ Multi genetalia
◌ Multiple Partners ★
◌ Oviposition
◌ Potions/Injections
◌ Romance ★
◌ Sexual Exhaustion ★
◌ Consensual Somnophilia
◌ Sounding
◌ Tentacles
◌ Wax Play
NO
✗ Abuse
✗ Dub-Con/Non-Con/Coercern
✗ Scat/Vomit/Piss
✗ Vore
✗ Zoophilia
✗ Torture/Gore
✗ Snuff
✗ Ageplay
✗ Extreme Humiliation
✗ Underage ★
Details
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The Medicine Seller has a very traditional view of sex; that is to say, traditional for someone in Japan pre-restoration. Which means he tends to view it as any other function; a perfectly healthy and normal thing to wish to partake in for those amenable to it. He'll speak about it with the frankness he would the weather, and there is very little that shocks him, especially these days. He tends to prefer more casual encounters; his lifestyle and work tend to not accomodate more traditional relationships, but he isn't devoid of affection for his partners either.
Permissions
OOC Permissions
| Backtagging | ✔ |
| Threadjacking | ✔ |
| Fourthwalling | Memes only |
| Crosscanon | ✔ |
| Handwaving/FTB | ✔ |
| Offensive Subjects | ✔ |
| Can play, but need CW: | In-Depth discussion about suicide or suicidal ideation |
| Can't play, need CW: | I can handle most things, but if a scene is getting a little much, I may ask for a FTB and/or a handwave and to hash out any details privately. |
IC Permissions
| Manipulation | ✔ |
| Physical Contact | ✔ |
| Kidnapping/Imprisonment | ✔★ |
| Psychic/Spiritual Contact | ✔★ |
| Minor Injury | ✔ |
| Major Injury | ✔★ |
| Death | ✘ |
Character Info
Relationships
| Yes | Flirting Hookups/Casual Sex Friendship Friends-With-Benefits Rivals Frenemies Enemies |
| Maybe | Long term committed relationships ★ Assumed CR ★ |
| No | Outright physical, emotional or sexual abuse. |
Preferences
Memes, PSLs and small GPSLs are ideal. I can hit up a thread anywhere from once or more per day depending on work/life. Boomeranging is sporadic. Barring actual emergencies, I'll give a heads up if I won't be able to tag for a while.
I default to brackets, though I tend to slightly prefer prose.
Memes, PSLs and small GPSLs are ideal. I can hit up a thread anywhere from once or more per day depending on work/life. Boomeranging is sporadic. Barring actual emergencies, I'll give a heads up if I won't be able to tag for a while.
I default to brackets, though I tend to slightly prefer prose.
Opt Out
Mononoke is a horror series that deals with some heavy subject matter including (but not limited to) kidnapping, rape, murder, prostitution, forced abortion, incest, domestic abuse, misogyny and other nasty things.
While the series actually deals with these things with something resembling restraint, they are still prominent themes within the show. It would be unlikely for the Medicine Seller to vocally reference these events (unless specifically asked), he may do so in his internal monologue. If anything here is a major "no" for you, feel free to either message me privately or leave a comment here so it doesn't come up.
Mononoke is a horror series that deals with some heavy subject matter including (but not limited to) kidnapping, rape, murder, prostitution, forced abortion, incest, domestic abuse, misogyny and other nasty things.
While the series actually deals with these things with something resembling restraint, they are still prominent themes within the show. It would be unlikely for the Medicine Seller to vocally reference these events (unless specifically asked), he may do so in his internal monologue. If anything here is a major "no" for you, feel free to either message me privately or leave a comment here so it doesn't come up.