Tokutarō is not going to be tricked by fox monsters. He's just not.
Also, a dad has a big problem with the new pet cat.
Two stories from Japan about things not being what they seem (or things being exactly what they seem).
**note: I received some bad pronunciation help regarding "Tokutarō" that I didn't realize was incorrect until it was too late. Sorry for that.**
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On the first story, a woman is tied up, beaten, cut, and eventually burned to death under suspicion of being a mythological creature.
On the second story, two cats get in a fairly vicious fight with a monster. They both end up dead, and the monster gets his throat slashed open (it's in the original...).
Could anyone give me a source on the story with the cat warrior?
The end of the second story actually reduced me to tears. I was not expecting that. Japanese folklore always manages to surprise me!