Wakasa Mermaid

Wakasa Mermaid (若狭の人魚 Wakasa no Ningyō) is a mermaid that appears in the sea of Wakasa (Fukui Prefercture).
==Appearance==
Wakasa Mermaid resembles the traditional depiction of a Ningyō, being a large fish with the head of a human or an oni. She has green scales on her body with light blue skin on her face, two pairs of light blue fins, six spines protruding on her back, each becoming shorter the previous spine and a white underside that has a bubble-like texture with two pairs of leaf-like appendages. She has long purple hair, a pair of small, pale yellow horns on top of her head, sunken, black eyes with small pale blue pupils, her mouth has pink lips and is filled with small pointy teeth.
==Personality==
==History==
===2007 Anime===
The Wakasa Mermaid appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!  She is one of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and represents Fukui Prefecture.
During the battle against Yato-no-Kami, Yobuko calls for help from all over Japan, the remaining 47 Yōkai Warriors are revealed once their mark begins to shine. Among those are Waksa Mermaid, who looks her tail when her mark appears. Afterwards her power is sent to aid Kitarō in defeating Yato-no-Kami.GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
Due to the fifth anime adaptation's sudden cancellation at 100 episodes, she is among the 23 Yōkai Warriors that were not revealed aside from the movie.
==Powers and Abilities==
Immortality
==Legend==
The Wakasa Mermaid is a ningyo from the Fukui Prefecture best known for having its flesh consumed by the nun Yaobikuni who lived for over 800 years. A fisherman caught the Wakasa Mermaid and served it to his guests, all of whom refused to eat it and threw their pieces away fearing that they would be cursed should they do so. One of the guests, Yaobikuni’s father, got drunk and forgot to throw his piece away, so he took it home with him, where Yaobikuni ate the ningyo piece which granted her eternal youth.
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