Nure-Onna

Nure-Onna (濡れ女 Nure-Onna, lit. Wet Woman) is a serpent-like female yōkai.
==Appearance==
Nure-Onna resembles a large serpent with the head of a woman, she has brown scales and a white underside. She has green eyes, long, soaking black hair, a long forked tongue and a pair of arms with five white claws.
Nure-Onnna's appearance drastically differs between Series 3 Episode 6 and Series 3 Episode 32.
==Personality==
==History==
===1985 Anime===
Episode Six: Nure-Onna first appears in episode six of the third anime adaptation, Hell Journey! Ghost Train!!. She was among several other yōkai on board the Ghost Train, but played a larger role in scaring the two drunk men who were bound for Jigoku.''
===2007 Anime===
Nure-Onna appeared in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival, as one of the many participants of the sports festival, representing the Northern Japan team.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007): Episode 25
She later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Nure-Onna appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami's influence. She is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami.GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
===2018 Anime===
Episode Seven: She is first seen in the seventh episode of the sixth anime adaptation, Ghost Train, helping Kitarō scare the company boss along with several other yōkai.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 7 
Episode Ten: She is first identified in the tenth episode when she is spotted at the Yōkai Hot Springs by Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji, when they remember that it is a mixed bath. She steps out of the hotsprings, blushing, while saying she will see them again later.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 10
Episode 28: She is later among the many yōkai inhabitants of GeGeGe Forest to help Kitarō fight off the Western Yōkai. She is seen being pestered by some of Carmilla's bats.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 28
===GeGeGe no Kitarō: Sennen Noroi Uta===
In the live-action film GeGeGe no Kitarō: Sennen Noroi Uta, a mermaid named Nami (なみ, Wave) married a human named Umihito (海人, Ocean Man) and had a child, but was later burned alive by the Kidōshū and turned into a vengeful spirit, Nure-Onna.
==Powers and Abilities==
==Legend==
The Nure-Onna (濡れ女 Nure-Onna, Wet Woman) or Nure-Onago(濡れ女子 Nure-Onago, Wet Lady) is an extremely dangerous being with various different forms and types of legends remains. Its name is according to its hairs to be always wet, and was described to be a monster close to Iso-Onna, or a transformation of sea snake.妖怪図巻, 2000 It is said that escaping from her is almost impossible as her tail reaches 327 meters away. In some legends, Nure-Onna often pairs with Gyūki to prey on humans, or appears as an incarnation of Gyūki.
Creatures with the head or upper body of human lady and the body of serpents or dragons can be found commonly among many lore around the world, and Nure-Onna is one of those.
Nure-Onago is described to be more humanoid or ghost-like in appearance, and is similar in behavior to Yama-Onna or Yama-Hime. She would appear and make a smile to a man, and whenever the victim smiles backs, she would haunt the man for his life.
Because of their close mythological origins, Mizuki's design for the Nure-Onna and Iso-Onna's design are interchangeable with one another.
==Trivia==
*Shigeru Mizuki's creation of Hari-Onago was based on the legends of Nure-Onago.
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