The Messed Up Origins of KITSUNES | Japanese Folklore Explained

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[KingCrazealmighty]

I love the fact that you respect people's cultures enough to find out how to say and pronounce the true word....

[scarlettt]

Love that you’re doing Japanese folklore 🤍

[loneronin]

If you give a fox a statue, it will want a horse ride.
If you give a fox a horse ride, it will want nine tails.
If you give a fox nine tails, it will want godhood.

[melvinshine]

One of the messed up things about the "seizure episode", is that the sequence with the flashing lights was actually caused by Pikachu, but the entire Porygon family were the ones that got banned from the anime. Porygon had a few, very brief, cameos, and the only appearances Porygon-2 and Porygon-Z ever got were a blink-and-you-miss it cameo in one movie for barely a second.
There's so, so many creatures from Japanese folklore that could be covered. One that comes to mind is the inspiration for Misdreavus that's a woman's head that comes off her body and floats around the house at night.

[raikazuchi]

FINALLY, another yōkai! 🙌🏽

Something else to remember, Japanese doesn't necessarily do plural nouns in the same way English does. So one kitsune, two kitsune, many kitsune. Just like our words for deer and moose. But the pronunciation is definitely something western speakers seem to struggle with, so I wouldn't worry about it as long as you try your best and don't go way off the rails and do something like say kamikaze "came-y kays." Yes, I've heard someone say that.

[Hinatachan]

I was born in Japan. I love it when you talk about Japanese folklore. Btw, your pronunciation of kitsune is pretty good for a gaijin. Don't worry about anyone giving you a hard time..

[amberly]

It could be spoken with different dialects too! You are not lazy dude, how can anyone say that?? You clearly put so much effort forth and I love your content!!!

[Lutherstrode]

Can you talk about zombies? You’ve done werewolves, you’ve done vampires, you’ve done Changelings; it’s time you do zombies

[awesomeartmaster]

Kitsunes are also references in Zelda: Majora's Mask with the Keaton Mask and using it to find a Keaton Kitsune in Clock Town that quizzes Link. ☺

[Porkypigyt]

we have long awaited the kitsune video since the tanuki one. also is tales from sonic a kitsune

[Kanji]

You are saying it very well. Some people will sound like they say it Kitsne because the U is very soft but it is there. It’s like Desu. It sounds like Dess often because the u is a soft sound, you will also find some people say it more pronounced at times, both are correct so don’t worry I think you say it perfectly fine. Just try to say it with a relaxed tongue. Google is usually fine for single word pronunciation checking

[cesarquijano]

If I could subscribe twice I would. Kitsunes have always been among my favorite topics in folklore. I would love to see The Messed Up Origins of other yokai, kappa, dragons, and maybe even Sumerian Mythology at some point.
Jon Shot First!

[jackiewepps]

As of 6:14 you're doing fine pronouncing it the way most non-native Japanese people pronounce it. The e in the end is audible and the i is pronounced correctly too. I think, in Japanese, the stress on tsu is a bit less than ki and ne. The u is not gone, at least I pronounce it, and I think it is better to pronounce it than to not pronounce it. Passing grade from me on pronounciation so far. It doesn't need to be perfect. Jon is not a native Japanese speaker, and (I assume) hasn't studied the language. All that considered, no one will hear me complaining.

[briciusd.]

Dont forget, that even though they might spell it the same there is still regional accents in Japan with how they pronounce their words, so phonetics might not always be the same.

[Beatlesfanish]

Love the last story.

The guy learned humility, payed what he owed and kept his word to the fox priest.

Awesome video as always Jon.

[demonking]

For those wondering yes Kurama from Naruto is a kitstune

[meganperkins]

I love how you try so hard to get the words right. You even show your work. As an American myself, I understand the struggle of learning a foreign language. My American tongue just can move like it needs to to pronounce certain words.

[PatrickRsGhost]

I would love to see more on Japanese folklore and mythology. All the different yokai and how they appear in modern anime and manga, as well as some of the main characters of Japanese folklore and mythology, like Kintaro.

In relation to your other video about the tanuki, there's actually a black-and-white cartoon that was released in 1933 titled "Ugokie-K-Ri-No-Tatehiki", which roughly translates to "Moving Picture - Fox Vs. Tanuki, Pulling Pranks". It was produced by Toho Studios, who would, two decades later, launch the kaiju genre with the first Gojira (Godzilla) film in 1954. There are several uploads of it on YouTube.

[garymorgan]

"Lovecraft Country" has an awesome tale of the Kitsune. If you've not checked out the series, I think you would enjoy it.

[shadowarchivist]

The pronunciation issue could also come down to dialect. Depending on where the person you ask grew up, they could pronounce or even have unique words to their home region.