Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

**Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King** (Japanese: 映画 妖怪ウォッチ　シャドウサイド　鬼王の復活 Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Shadō Saido: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu) is the fourth theatrical film in the Yo-kai Watch franchise. The movie made its debut in Japan on December 16, 2017. It is the first film in the series to be a sequel to the original anime series, as well as the first crossover film with Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarō Manga series.

## Plot

At first, an imaginative voice explains that there was a boy who could see Yo-kai and perform deeds.  As this boy grew into an adult, he lost the ability to see Yo-kai, causing his Yo-kai Watch to be thrown into oblivion, as his existence threatened to upset the balance between human worlds.  and Yo-kai.  Over time, the story of a boy who could see Yo-kai is nothing more than a legend, but something started to happen in the future.  30 years later, Touma Tsukinami wakes up and looks at the text message on her phone.  He becomes depressed that his parents cannot come home with him due to their professional life.  As Touma gets up, he turns on the television, which is from a report related to an approaching meteorite.  As the news further explains the information about the impending disaster, Touma leaves his home, unaware that an Onimaro is following him.  Meanwhile, Natsume Amano worries about being late for school and tries to get there as fast as she could.  As she approaches the bridge, she notices a group of people and a child drowning by the river.  Although the man warns him (then possessed by the Onimaro), Natsume decides to save the child from drowning and manages to bring him back to earth.  As she walks to school, she receives a flashback that she drowned as a child, but was later rescued by a mysterious force.  At first, she wondered that it was a hallucination, but it was what inspired her to save other people from drowning.  Suddenly one of her friends, Saki notices her covered in water and says that she is late for school and would rather walk than take the bus.  Natsume notices Touma, but moves away from him.  As Akinori is on her way to school, he notices the huge meteor approaching and rushes home to warn his grandmother.  After her grandmother notices it, she realizes the threat is worse than imagined and says it is the result of an invasion of Onimaro.  Akinori asks what they are, but doesn't know it and her grandmother says the invasion will result in death.  At school, Touma decides not to attend.  As Natsume changes clothes in the gym lockers, she suddenly realizes something about Touma.  Back at Akinori's, his grandmother explains in more detail the Onimaro virus, which in need of stopping them, a Yo-kai Watch would be necessary.  She explains that the Yo-kai Watch was destroyed by the leaders of Yo-kai World, and it is now almost impossible to obtain one.  Akinori thinks it wouldn't help, but her grandmother goes on to explain that there is a different type of Yo-kai Watch, which was created in ancient times.  His grandmother gives him a Yo-kai radar and rushes out of the house in the hopes of finding the Yo-kai Watch.  At the Enma Palace in the Yo-kai world, Baron Ananta, the new ruler is annoyed by the lack of visitors and appreciation for him, revealing that Lord Enma is locked in a cell.  A spirit, who is actually Zazel, explains the invasion of Onimaro to him, while Enma says that they have come too early and worries about the fate of the Yo-kai world.  After claiming that all of the Yo-kai watches were destroyed, Enma explains the existence of the Ancestral Yo-kai Watch, which was created by the Genyou tribe a long time ago, and is believed to contain more power than the others.  Yo-kai Watch.  After asking where it could be located, Lord Enma says they have it, but the owner has not been found.  Back in the human world, Touma heads for a video game arcade, while some Onimaro follow him.  A group of delinquents runs into him by accident and Touma apologizes.  They suddenly notice Touma's quiet personality and laugh at him.  After Touma asks them that he was going to be assaulted, he is escorted down an alley, is beaten by them and has his money stolen.  Touma begins to get angry and silently threatens the delinquents, making the Onimaro proud of himself and begins to be possessed by them.  He suddenly gains strength, grabs one of the delinquents and throws him in the trash bags.  The other two try to fight him, but they are thrown.  When one of the delinquents tries to attack him with a pole, Touma suddenly pushes a muscular arm and throws it again, causing them to flee.

## Characters

### Major Humans

* Natsume Amano
* Touma Tsukinami
* Akinori Arihoshi

### Minor Humans

* Keisuke Amano
* Nathan Adams
* Katie Forester
* Saki Mashida

### Yo-kai

* Himoji (Shadowside)
* Jibanyan (Shadowside)
* Komasan (Shadowside)
* Micchy

### Villains

* Ogu, Togu & Mogu
* Oni King Rasen
* Oniamro Leader