Raging Demon Island

Raging Demon Island artwork from GetsuFumaDen.

**Raging Demon Island** (狂鬼島, *Kyōki-tō*?) is the main setting of *GetsuFumaDen*. It is a large island located somewhere far into the ocean and is surrounded by three other smaller islands, all which are inhabited by all sorts of dangerous *yōkai*.

## Overview and geography

Raging Demon Island is a large island located somewhere among the vast ocean. It acts as the main setting of Konami's 1987 game, *GetsuFumaDen*. The land is inhabited by all sorts of dangerous *yōkai* (folkloric Japanese monsters), as well as by a few humanoid beings which, not for being non-hostile doesn't change the fact of them being a bit bizarre, such as diviners, disfigured merchants and even talking skeletons.

Raging Demon Island is surrounded by three smaller islands, called *Kigan-tō* (鬼願島?, "Ogre Head Island"), *Gokumon-tō* (獄門島?, "Prison Gate Island") and *Mitsukubi-tō* (三首島?, "Three Necks Island").

There is a fourth and tiny island, called *Nazonoko Jima* (謎の小島 (なぞのこじま)?, lit. "The Mysterious Island"), that is only accessible near the end of the game. On it stands a temple which gives access to an underground cave that leads directly to the top of the mountain, where Ryukotsuki's lair is located.

## History

After raiding the Getsu Clan's headquarters and slaying two of its leaders and rulers of the surface world, Ryukotsuki, a Demon Lord who had escaped from hell, and their three loyal *Majins*, Dokugandokuzu, Kyōkotsugyūgai and Ryūtōkibi, headed to the remote Raging Demon Island. Fuma, the youngest of the Getsu brothers, managed to arrive that fateful day only to witness that his two older brothers had been subdued by Ryukotsuki's forces and then being ripped apart by the monsters right in front of his eyes. Filled with grief, Fuma charged at the perpetrators, although he was quickly dispatched by one of them and left for dead.

Fuma survived, however, and realizing that his Hadou katana had been stolen, as well as seeking to avenge the death of his brothers, he embarked alone through the vast ocean toward the hellish Raging Demon Island.

Ryukotsuki, on their part, gave each of the three Hadou katanas she had stolen from the Getsu brothers to each of her *Majins* to guard them. Dokugandokuzu, the decapitated cyclops, went to reside in *Kigan-tō*; Kyōkotsugyūgai, the ox corpse warrior, stayed in *Gokumon-tō*; and Ryūtōkibi in *Mitsukubi-tō*.

Managing to defeat all the *yōkai* that stood in his path, as well as receiving help from some of the locals, Fuma managed to infiltrate the three smaller islands, each ruled by one of the *Majins*, defeated them in combat and retrieved his family heirloom Hadou katanas.

At the top on the main island, the lair of the Demon Lord herself was settled: an eerie castle in the form of a horned demonic skull. After a long and arduous journey, Fuma managed to break into the palace as well and challenged Ryukotsuki to a final battle to the death, in which he ultimately emerged victorious.

After slaying the demon, Fuma used the power of the three reunited Hadou katanas to summon the spirits of his two brothers and with their combined powers they sealed Ryukotsuki's soul from this world. A bolt of lighting then fell from the sky and blew the demon castle to smithereens.

## Locations

* *Kigan-tō* (鬼願島?, "Ogre Head Island")
* *Gokumon-tō* (獄門島?, "Prison Gate Island")
* *Mitsukubi-tō* (三首島?, "Three Necks Island")
* *Nazonoko Jima* (謎の小島?, "The Mysterious Island")

## Known inhabitants

* Dokugandokuzu
* Jagi
* Jagi Keeper
* Kyōkotsugyūgai
* Merchant
* Old Man
* Old Woman
* Oni
* Ryukotsuki
* Ryūtōkibi

## Gallery

World map of **Raging Demon Island** and its surrounding islands.