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No.020 The Three Newt Brothers

The Three Newt Brothers
No020
Usually foundThe well at the Asakura Residence
Close friendThe Phantom at the Bottom of the Well

About this character

Newt yokai who guard the wells: the Imori clan, watching over wells all over the town. Their weapons are whatever has fallen down a well, or whatever they have borrowed from the residents.

The one in the middle is the eldest (chachatto — Fukui dialect for "get on with it"), and a little impatient. The newt on the right with the scissors is the second brother (onbori — "easy-going"), who takes every day slowly. The one on the left with the hairpin is the youngest (koppena — "cheeky").

Rumour has it they passed a shard of glass they found in a well to the Phantom at the Bottom of the Well.

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