Popobawa Yokai

**Popobawa Yokai** are a variation of Cryptid Yokai and Incubus Yokai who are bat-like in appearance.

## Physical Appearance

Popobawa can take on any form as a shapeshifter. But it's most common appearance is a bat-like creature that has sharp claws and talons, pointy bat ears, a single eye in the middle of their faces, somewhat short tails, and large bat wings.

## Description

Popobawa Yokai are male spirits whose nocturnal attacks can comprise simple physical assault and/or poltergeist-like phenomena; but most feared is its tendency toward sexual depravity. They are known for harassing, attacking and sexually assaulting others (often at night), regardless of gender. Although usually imagined/described as single eyed bat or humanoid bat, Popobawa Yokai are shapeshifters and described as taking different forms, not just that of a bat, as the name implies. It can take either human or animal form, and can metamorphose from one into the other, and is sometimes associated with the presence of a sulfurous odor, but this is not always the case.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Popobawa Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Bat Physiology
	+ Aerial Adaptation
	+ Atmospheric Adaptation
	+ Climbing/Wallcrawling
	+ Echolocation
	+ Enhanced Hearing
	+ Enhanced Smell
	+ Enhanced Stealth
	+ Wing Manifestation
* Enhanced Condition
	+ Enhanced Agility
	+ Enhanced Dexterity
	+ Enhanced Reflexes
	+ Wing Manifestation
* Nocturnal Adaptation
	+ Night Vision
* Stench Generation
* Shapeshifting
	+ Animal Morphing
	+ Human Morphing

### Associations

* Cryptid Physiology
* Indomitable Sexuality
* Incubus Physiology
* Spirit Physiology

## Pop Culture

Popobawa in media are usually seen as being bat-like in appearance. It has appeared in the Secret Saturdays and Destination Truth.

## Variations

### Incubus Yokai

Like the incubus, popobawa are male-exclusive who are known for their sexual-based attacks on both males and females.

### Spirit Yokai

The Popobawa is an evil spirit that allegedly thrives on the island of Pemba, near Tanzania in Africa.

## Life in the Hidden World

Popobawa Yokai primarily lives in the Pemba region of the Hidden City. They typically visits homesteads in the Surface World at night, but can also be seen in the daytime. It is sometimes associated with the presence of a sulfurous odor, but this is not always the case. These yokai attacks human men, women and children, and may attack all of the members of a household, before passing on to another house in the neighborhood. Their nocturnal attacks can comprise simple physical assault and/or poltergeist-like phenomena; but most feared is sexual assault and the sodomising of adult men and women. Victims are often urged to tell others that they have been assaulted, and are threatened with repeated visits by the Popobawa Yokai if they do not. Because of this, the Pemba Hidden City Police would do patrols at night in the Surface World to arrest any Popobawa Yokai who tries to sexually assault humans.

## Symbolism

Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani, which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba. In 1995, it was the focus of a major outbreak of mass hysteria or panic which spread from Pemba to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and across to Dar es Salaam and other urban centres on the East African coast.