Shiro-Uneri

Shiro-Uneri (白溶裔 or 白うねり Shiro-Uneri, lit. White Undulation) is a cloth Tsukumogami taking the form of a dragon.
In the 2007 anime adaptation, it was also known as the Dust Cloth Yōkai (雑巾妖怪 Zōkin Yōkai) and was nicknamed Gyugyu (ギュギュ Gyugyu) after the sound it makes by the children that found it.
==Appearance==
Shiro-Uneri appears as a serpentine dragon, covered in white fur, two long whiskers around its snout and a long tail. Its has eyes that have yellow sclera and blue irises, a pair of furry ears, a pair of short limbs having four claws. It usually starts out small, but grows to a larger size after getting filthier and filthier.
Within the 1985 anime, it appears relatively the same, however its limbs are now high up its body, it has a mane as well, though unlike the rest of its fur, it is colored red and its fur appears shorter. Its eyes have white sclerae with red irises and blue pupils.
In the 1996 anime, Shiro-Uneri appears largely the same, however its fur appears longer, its mane is white and its limbs are lower down its body. Its tail is also noticeably messier, its ears are longer and it usually resides with a bucket of water.
Within the 2007 anime, Shiro-Uneri starts out as little dust cloth, in this form it appears like a normal dust cloth, but with a tiny pair of eyes and little stubby arms. It can assume its dragon form upon being used past its prime, and returns to its dust cloth form upon being washed. Its dragon form is covered in white fur. Following characteristics are peculiar to this Shiro-Uneri; shorter body than most adaptions, two long whiskers around its snout, visible fangs, and a has two pairs of limbs.
==Personality==
==History==
===1985 Anime===
Shiro-Uneri appeared in the third anime adaptation's fourth movie, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran.GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran
It attacked Kitarō and others at Shigeru Mizuki's house and tried to kidnap Caroline, but Kitarō sliced it with his Yōkai Ocarina.
===1996 Anime===
Shiro-Uneri appeared in episode #16 of the fourth anime adaptation, Akaname and Shiro-Uneri. In this episode, Shiro-Uneri and Akaname entered the house Nezumi-Otoko was staying in, at night he found the two consuming the mold in the bathroom. He comes up with a scheme by using Shiro-Uneri to cause a mess in a building at night and having Akaname to clean it to get paid. After a successful first day the three have their meal at Nezumi-Otoko's house, however Kitarō finds out about this scheme and stops him. Because of this Nezumi-Otoko sends the two away, Shiro-Uneri is sent floating along a polluted river, eventually being hit by water coming out a pipe. After this, Shiro-Uneri grows to a tremendous size and start having a rampage in the city. Fortunately Akaname has also grown, and attempts to stop Shiro-Uneri by cleaning him. They both are eventually shrunken down to normal size as it rains, thanks to Raijin and Fūjin, with this Akaname and Nezumi-Otoko carry Shiro-Uneri in a bucket, walking away together.GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996): Episode 16
It later appeared briefly in the second film of this anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Obake Nighter.
===2007 Anime===
Shiro-Uneri appeared in episode #58 of the fifth anime adaptation, Pet Yōkai! Shiro-Uneri. In this episode, three children named Daichi, Shun, and Mirai find Shiro-Uneri in its dust cloth form in an old school building while on cleaning duty. They name it Gyugyu after the sound it makes. After Kasa-Bake finds out the children plan to keep Gyugyu as a pet, he writes on a chalkboard to inform them that Gyugyu gets bigger the dirtier it gets. The children make Gyugyu dirtier, and it eventually turned into its dust cloth dragon form. Having grown too big to hide, the children take Gyugyu to another location where it would not be found by humans, and abandoned it. Hurt, Gyugyu flies off to find the children again. However, once it found them, Gyugyu started to lose control and breathed mold all over its surroundings. To calm it down and return it to its dust cloth form, Kitarō drives Shiro-Uneri into the school pool. After this Kitarō warns the kids not to let Gyugyu get filthy again, allowing it to stay with them.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007): Episode 58
He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Shiro-Uneri appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami's influence, during all this he is in his dragon form. He is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami.GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
===The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan===
Shiro-Uneri appeared in the final battle.Hirokazu Minemori, 2021, The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan, p.260, Media Works Bunko, Kadokawa
==Powers and Abilities==
Filth Generation: Shiro-Uneri is able to create and spread mold, such as by breathing it out. This mold is particularly resistant, where human tools can not remove it. It can emit molds from all over its body.
*Odor Breath: In Mizuki's book, Shiro-Uneri's main weapon is noted to be odor from its mouth. In 1985 anime, Shiro-Uneri's breath was said to be even worse than Nezumi-Otoko.
Flight: Shiro-Uneri is capable of floating off the ground and flying over large areas.
Size-Shifting: Shiro-Uneri is able to change sizes, usually growing larger depending on how much filth it has absorbed. It can return to a smaller size, managing to fit in a bucket of dirt water. It can reach the size of a building with a substantial amount of filth.
Body Vaporization: Shiro-Uneri in 1985 anime can turn itself into gas or tornado-like entity.
==Legend==
Born out of a dish towel or kitchen rag which has seen too many years of use past its prime, the shirouneri looks like a ferocious, yet tiny cloth dragon.
Shirouneri flies through the air, chasing cleaning staff and servants, and attacking them by wrapping its slimy, mildewy body around their necks and heads, causing them to pass out from the stench. Occasionally, shirouneri have killed servants by strangulation, though usually they seem more interested in mischief than murder.
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