Jubokko

Jubboko (樹木子 Jubboko, lit. Tree Child) is a vampiric-tree yōkai that sucks the blood from humans.
==Appearance==
The Jubboko appears to be a tall leafless tree, that is blood red and the trunk appears to be very veiny and becomes thinner by the top. It has a mouth with light brown lips, while the branches jut out by the sides.
==Personality==
==History==
===2007 Anime===
The Jubokko appeared in episode #67 of the fifth anime adaptation, Bloodsucking Tree! Jubokko. In that episode, it was sealed away with the help of Aobōzu. Numerous other Jubokko appeared elsewhere in Japan were later sealed away by Tengu Police.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007): Episode 67Toei Animation, [https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/kitaro/episode/67/ 第 67 話 歩く吸血樹！樹木子
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==Powers and Abilities==
Branches: The Jubokko can extend its branches to capture targets and suck their bloods.
Thorns: The Jubokko can fire its thorns as projectiles. Each thorn is capable of clotting the target's blood.
Mobility: Despite its tree physiology, the Jubokko can freely move around from place to place.
Core: The Jubokko possesses a core, making it immune to many physical attacks to the rest of its body. However, the core is also its weak spot.
==Legend==
Jubokko appear as normal trees, almost indistinguishable from the surrounding trees. They are often found on fields of war or sites of massacres, where the blood of those who died there saturate the soil. They were normal trees before absorbing the blood from the soil, where they now only thirst for human blood. They wait for humans to pass under their branches, attacking their targets. They then snatch them with their long, finger-like branches and bring them into their boughs, where they then pierce into their skin to drain their blood with special tube-like twigs. The flesh and organs of the body are consumed by birds, insects, and other animals, with the dry bones falling to the ground. The bone pile at the base of the trees is an indicator of its previous victims.Yōkai.com - Jubokko
It is suspected by a group of yokai researchers, consisting of Natsuhiko Kyougoku, Katsumi Tada, and Kenji Murakami, that the Jubokko is an invention of Shigeru Mizuki since they could not find traces of the vampiric plant in folklore records, legends, and old literature. However, they could not find the actual source because of Mizuki's secretiveness with his own sources. Supposedly, Morihiro Saitō claims that he created the Jubokko in his 1972 book Ichiban kuwashī Nihon yōkai zukan (いちばんくわしい日本妖怪図鑑).Takeshi Makuhari-Hongō, Shingo Itō, Hyōsen Ko-O-Rintei, 2021, "少年少女雑誌の怪奇記事とネタ元", p.154, 列伝体　妖怪学前史, Bensei Publishing Inc. Jubokko's earliest recorded appearance in modern media was in the November 1966 issue of the Bessatsu Shoujo Friend (別冊少女フレンド) magazine published by Saitō.
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