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Nukekubi- Removable Neck

This monster is a varient (and much nastier) type of the rokurokubi , a yokai which can elongate its neck. Unlike the rokurokubi, the nukekubi detaches its head completely and has a thirst for blood.

Nukekubi look like ordinary people during the day. They also eat normal food. The only difference is that they have a red line around their necks, so they will hide this giveaway under clothing and jewelry.

Once night falls, things change dramatically. Their heads will detach and float away from their bodies, searching for a snack. These heads fly around the area, and their prey is anything with blood. They will go after humans and animals alike, like a vampire. In some cases, they bite the victim to death. They like to shriek to scare their prey before plunging their teeth into their throats.
They must return to their bodies before sunrise, or they will die. As a way to kill them, humans may destroy their bodies or hide them so they are unable to return in time. Nukekubi will also work together, posing as a regular family during the day. Ordinary people become nukekubi- it is a curse.

Uncured, this curse has the potential to tear a family apart, particularly due to the more violent nature of this variant. A diagnosis reveals that nukekubi suffer from an infliction similar to somnambulism; only instead of walking about at night, the patients entire soul and head depart from the body. Treatments for the curse of the rokurokubi and nukekubi have been long sought after, particularly because these women can often pass their curse on to their daughters, who begin to shows signs of it as they mature. Girls afflicted with this curse were usually sold off to live in brothels or human circuses, or else forced submit to an honorable death by suicide to preserve their families’ honor.

You can read more about the Nukekubi here at Yokai.com! Here is the legend of the Nukekubi. Here is a scene from an old movie featuring the rokurokubi (the long-necked kind)

Check out the rest here: What Monster Am I?

Description
Nukekubi- Removable Neck

This monster is a varient (and much nastier) type of the rokurokubi , a yokai which can elongate its neck. Unlike the rokurokubi, the nukekubi detaches its head completely and has a thirst for blood.

Nukekubi look like ordinary people during the day. They also eat normal food. The only difference is that they have a red line around their necks, so they will hide this giveaway under clothing and jewelry.

Once night falls, things change dramatically. Their heads will detach and float away from their bodies, searching for a snack. These heads fly around the area, and their prey is anything with blood. They will go after humans and animals alike, like a vampire. In some cases, they bite the victim to death. They like to shriek to scare their prey before plunging their teeth into their throats.
They must return to their bodies before sunrise, or they will die. As a way to kill them, humans may destroy their bodies or hide them so they are unable to return in time. Nukekubi will also work together, posing as a regular family during the day. Ordinary people become nukekubi- it is a curse.

Uncured, this curse has the potential to tear a family apart, particularly due to the more violent nature of this variant. A diagnosis reveals that nukekubi suffer from an infliction similar to somnambulism; only instead of walking about at night, the patients entire soul and head depart from the body. Treatments for the curse of the rokurokubi and nukekubi have been long sought after, particularly because these women can often pass their curse on to their daughters, who begin to shows signs of it as they mature. Girls afflicted with this curse were usually sold off to live in brothels or human circuses, or else forced submit to an honorable death by suicide to preserve their families’ honor.

You can read more about the Nukekubi here at Yokai.com! Here is the legend of the Nukekubi. Here is a scene from an old movie featuring the rokurokubi (the long-necked kind)

Check out the rest here: What Monster Am I?