Hyakume

 


The hyakume is a yokai from Japan. It’s name means one hundred eyes. The hyakume is roughly human shaped, but made out of flabby flesh lumps. It had a hundred eyes poking out from under the flesh flaps all over its body. It’s also about the size of a fat human. The hyakume looks somewhat similar to the nuppeppo, which is another yokai made of flabby flesh roughly in the shape of a human. Although the nuppeppo doesn’t have any eyes.


Hyakumes live in abandoned places, usually temples or large houses. They live alone and shy away from interacting with any other being. They also come out only at night as the sunlight hurts their eyes. Hyakumes are not aggressive and just want to be left alone. However they will defend their home from intruders and thieves.


Each night the hyakume will remove one of its eyes and send it out to patrol its territory for intruders. The eye floats around on its own like a will-o-wisp fireball. If the eye spots anyone it will attach itself to the intruder and watches where they go until they leave. If the intruder turns out to be a problem then the hyakume will jump out of its hiding place and use its terrifying appearance to scare the intruder away. However the hyakume is not violent and rarely ever fights.


Sources


https://yokai.com/hyakume/?srsltid=AfmBOor0EJOJKjzdVQfEzO4Qa6BZFCZ8hp8rom3zhMKtU_5kOAbO689x


https://www.curiousordinary.com/2022/10/hyakume.html


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