Yahirowani & Tamayori

Yahirowani & Tamayori

**Yahirowani** & **Tamayori** (**ヤヒロワニ** & **タマヨリ**) are/is an interdimensional beast. It is currently unknown, even by Brain Flayers, if they should be considered a single species or two species in close symbiosis.

The shark is **Yahirowani** and the rider is **Tamayori**. The name is "fake" and just an approximation based on Brain Flayer language, which cannot be translated fully.

## Characteristics

The shark, is able to say "shark", while the small rider is able to talk in Brain Flayer language. Harmless creature, typically good-willed and even helpful, but able to defend itself.

Unclear is if the "**Yahirowani** & **Tamayori**" is a single species however, regardless, "it/they" are symbolic with the Cetus. Using the Cetus whales to travel to other dimensions like a remora, they then use the same hunting ground.

While they are able to open small rips in space, they can only teleport within water and cannot change the dimension they are in, as they require a Cetus. Should their Cetus die, they often get stuck and either starve or get help. Thanks to its combination of abilities, that allows it to form, barriers, teleport in water and shrink, it is hard to catch.

## Appearance

Resembles a shark and a small blue child-like being riding it.

The shark is about 1 meter.

## History

When the Independent Rangers and Latticour, defeated a Cetus, one of these creatures became stranded. It was allowed by Morimiya Makino to remain in the forest, close by. However, hunger drove it closer to the camping training of Kamimura Maika, Fuuma Kotaro, Uehara Shikanosuke, Aishu Hebiko, Mochizuki Una and Latticour. Una which had night duty, tried to find a toilet, and ran off from the group, looking for running water. The creature seemed to understand the situation, and opened a small rift in between dimensions, which had a toilet mysteriously stored, however when Una entered time went differently for her than for the others outside. The next day, the group looked for Una, before encountering the "Yahirowani & Tamayori" and beginning a fight, until Una could exist the rift and explain the situation.

The creature was later on allowed to remain in Gosha Village itself under Una's watchful eyes.

## Powers/Abilities

* **Shrink Magic**: Can shrink to the size of a goldfish.
* **Flight**
* **Sticks to larger creatures:** Small being, that sticks itself to Cetus to travel dimensions, is too weak otherwise.
* **Water Teleportation**: Able to jump into small amounts of water and teleport between them. Does so by minor spacetime manipulation.
* **Opening Rift**: Can open a black rift, which can store things in between dimensions. The time within this rift runs much slower than outside. Done so by the rider, by speaking a spell.
* **Water Magic/Water Barrier**: Tamayori has access to water magic, creating a small bubble around itself and the shark. Done so by the rider, by speaking a spell.

## Trivia

* The "wani" in Yahirowani means "dragon/sea monster" but is also translated to crocodile and in modern times only sometimes shark. Even within the event, in which they are introduced, Fuuma Kotaro points out "crocodile" is just an old way to say shark and is still used in some dialects. It is possible that the creature will be at some point translated to Yahiro Crocodile.
* In myth, Yahirowani links to a story. According to *Kojiki*, Toyotamabime took the form of this shark animal when she gave birth to Hohodemi's child. Shamed by being seen in this form, Toyotamabime left her child Ugayafukiaezu and returned to her ocean home.
* In myth, Tamayori-hime is the daughter of the sea-dragon god Watatsumi and the younger sister of Toyotama-hime.
* DeepL and mythology analysis unclear, how it will be translated in the future.
* Called "％う９＄＄" in the Brain Flayer language.
* The abilities and, maybe even the duo aspect, resembles "Squalo and Tiziano" of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The stand "Clash" being a shark with a shared power set, and the stand "Talking Head" sharing themes of limited speech and being able to speak itself.