Ryūtōkibi

Ryūtōkibi as it appears in GetsuFumaDen.

**Ryūtōkibi** (龍頭鬼尾 (りゅうとうきび)?) is an enemy character in the *GetsuFumaDen* series. It was introduced as one of the *Majins* (bosses) of the 1987 game *GetsuFumaDen*.

## Description

A two-headed monster, half dragon and half demon. It has a dragon's head and another, demonic head, on its tail.

Ryūtōkibi conceals its monstrous identity by adopting the not less unpleasant form of three individual ninjas, and it is precisely in these three forms how he is first encountered. The ninjas skillfully perform jumps and swing their katanas in an attempt to overwhelm Fuma. After the trio has sustained enough damage, they'll momentarily abandon the hostilities and quickly gather to adopt their true, monstrous form.

In its dragon/demon form, Ryūtōkibi features what seems to be a biomechanical nature, having a reptile-like dragon body –being a dragon– and standing in a similar fashion to a seahorse.

## Appearances

### *GetsuFumaDen*

Ryūtōkibi is one of Ryukotsuki's three *Majins*, and as such, the latter commended him one of the three legendary Hadou katanas he stole from the Getsu brothers to guard it.

The boss fight against Ryūtōkibi consists of two phases:

Three ninjas
Unlike what could be expected from this boss fight, the first phase against Ryūtōkibi starts with a match against three ninjas. These will mostly pace from one end of the screen to the other and only rarely change directions to charge directly at the player. Whenever they're next to the player, they'll slash with their katanas; or, if the player jumps early, they'll perform a spinning jump with their swords drawn, not unlike the player's own Devilish Top. As such, it's recommended to fight fire with fire and make use of the Devilish Top to jump at them and pass unharmed while airborne, as well as take all opportunities to attack them with ranged weapons while they're far away.

Ryūtōkibi
After sustaining enough damage, the three ninjas will quickly position themselves on the right end of the screen, climb onto each other and transform into the flying two headed monster, Ryūtōkibi.

Ryūtōkibi is a bizarre-looking mechanical monstrosity bearing a dragon's head and featuring another head on its tail with a demon-like visage. It flies about at great speed high above and constantly performs swoops or just lowers its altitude during combat.

Its main method of attack consists in spewing a myriad of fireballs from both of its mouths. It can breathe up to three subsequent fireballs from each mouth and mainly attacks by making swoops all across the screen at great speed while filling it with a myriad of fireballs.

Nonetheless, the Devilish Top should be enough to destroy any nearby fireballs and ranged weapons can be used to attack Ryūtōkibi from a distance until it dies.

### *Castlevania: Harmony of Despair*

Renamed "Chimyriad" in this game, it is one of the guest enemy characters included in the downloadable Chapter 11, *The Legend of Fuma*. It is one of three sub-bosses that must be defeated before reaching the final boss, Ryukotsuki.

A double-headed monstrosity that rules over Three Necks Island (三首島, *Mitsukubi-tō*?). The stage itself originally appeared in the classic Famicom game *GetsuFumaDen*.

Chimyriad becomes more powerful after either of the other two sub-bosses, Decapiclops and Oxocutioner, are destroyed. It can also be summoned by Ryukotsuki during the final boss fight.

## Gallery

**Ryūtōkibi** artwork from the *GetsuFumaDen* instruction booklet.One of the three Ninjas that merge into **Ryūtōkibi**.**Ryūtōkibi** in a *Konami Chara Card*.**Ryūtōkibi** artwork from the *Must Win Perfect Book*.**Ryūtōkibi** from *Konami Wai Wai World*.