Chizakura

Chizakura (血桜 Chizakura, lit. Blood Cherry Blossom) is a blood-sucking plant yōkai that appeared in the 2023 movie The Birth of Kitarō: Mystery of GeGeGe.
==Appearance==
==History==
It is a vampiric cherry blossom grew at the deep point of the cave on the small island in the forbidden area in Nagura Village. Its flowers turned red with bloods of victims. 
Although its exact classification to be whether or not a yōkai, and its origin whether or not it was created through forbidden Kidō are unclear, it has its own spiritual powers. It captures targets branches, and pour its spiritual powers into its prey to keep them alive as long as possible to feed on thier blood. It has stored a tremendous amounts of blood that it bleeds it when it is damaged.
The Ryūga Family, most notably Tokisada Ryūga, utilized this to gain the blood of kidnapped Ghost Tribe members to create "M".
It was eventually destroyed by Gegerō and Mizuki, where it died out and was petrified 70 years later.
==Legend==
The Chizakura is an obscure supernatural tree from Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. The story tells of a giant serpent which inhabited 
the banks of Aotaki Falls in Tairakinuya. Because of this, the water the people use for irrigation was cut off, so a young man slaughtered the serpent and buried its corpse in the shore of the pond. After the incident, the cherry blossom trees in the vicinity are called blood cherry blossoms because no matter where they are cut, blood-like substance pours out of them. These trees bloom three times a year, where the colors of the flowers is different each time.Nichibun: Yokai Card - Chizakura
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