The red ogre card is actually depicted as a Tao priestess which is fairly common in Japan. Basically their job is to bless others and banish evil spirits with special paper which the card depicts. They are often associated with the fire element as the paper will burn on contact with an evil object or being.
@@MeilynMei yes, she is literally a ghost hunter, and she is channeling her energy into the paper to purify the ghosts so they can move on, or in this case, her effect makes her the "paper" that will cleanse a monster, but in exchange of her life
Omg ash blossom is keeping the opponent from getting the wealth of a search just like the dog refusing to find the evil old man wealth. That’s cool as hell
I love this archetype! I also love how their names are literally made to look like it's their name but has soo many play of words. here's my try of explaining what they mean. warning: it's long. 灰流うらら reads as Haru Urara. 灰 grey, 流 flowing while うらら is an expression came from the word 麗らか(uraraka) which expresses a warm-bright sunny day. thus giving a spring vibe to it. the name is also a play of words for 「春麗ら」 which indicate as Spring season being a warm-sunny day. 幽鬼うさぎ reads as Yuuki Usagi. 幽 ghost, 鬼 demon while うさぎ is just that, a rabbit. combining it, while mean it as Ghost-demon Rabbit. it's just a name just like anime characters. also fun fact: Usagi is also a common name here in japan. it's also often used to express something cute, kawaii. so having Ghost-demon as you first name then having a cute last name is kinda ironic. 座敷わらし reads as Zashiki-Warashi. 座 sit, 敷 room. combining these two makes a word for 座敷(zashiki) usually refers to a room with tatami mats as its flooring. it's mainly referred to as the main room(lounge) of a traditional japanese household. now, comes the fun part: わらし(warashi) it is also known as in it's kanji as 童 which is child. combine the last one with this becomes 座敷童(zashiki-warashi). Child in the living room if translated directly. It is a youkai which I will not explain it here due to having so much texts in this comment right now. though being a youkai it is also a deity. so there's that too. 浮幽さくら reads as Fuyu Sakura. 浮 to float, 幽 ghost, さくら cherry-blossom. this one is just straight forward just like Yuuki Usagi. A Floating (Spoopy)Ghost girl who's name is Sakura. Now then comes her design. Why have a scythe that is often expressed to death? well comes the Sakura part. You see, there was a legend that Cherry-blossom despite blooming once a year only to then wither after a few days, there was a legend of a samurai who felt said about this fact, committed suicide via seppuku besides the tree because he decided to "give its own life to the tree". Then, after a few days upon that day, the tree blossomed again and has never withered since then to this day. Now it became some sort of stereotype where cherry-blossoms that blooms forever are often have dead bodies under them(just like that one character from a bullet shooter-game) and are now often related to death. 儚無みずき reads as Hana Mizuki. 儚 faint/short-lived, 無 none, みずき(mizuki) is often used as a female name. this is another play of words and combining it makes 花水木(hana-mizuki). it's a flower named in english as the Cornus florida. Now why does a card named after that has a connection to undead or a ghost-looking little girl wearing a nun outfit who gives you life(or take half of your life) as an effect has to do with that? well comes to its flower language. Hana-mizuki's flower language is "To give/To give back". Thus explaining it's monster-effect too. 朔夜しぐれ reads as Sayo Shigure. 朔 new moon, 夜 night, しぐれ this is usually a name too but it also could be 時雨(shigure) in kanji. Which is rainy night if translated. Now this name in particular, has nothing to do with youkai or any of the sort when I looked it up. The only thing I know is that 朔夜(sayo) means the start of the first night. which can be speculated to be a synonym of some sort of the beginning of something. whilst Shigure does has something to do with rain and rain can be referred to as tears. hence that one famous anime line in fma. so it's something about that. since 朔 does refers to moons, it might have something to do with a folk-lore called "Taketori Monogatari" which is about a princess who came from the moon called Kaguya and having eternal life and all that. Meaning that this girl on the card is someone from the moon hence being a youkai/other-worldly being. that's all I have. thanks for reading this whole long paragraph of mine lol
Bruh I don’t understand why everyone is saying “oh they can’t make it anymore they ran out of attributes” like bruh I don’t see a divine ghost girl lmao
Personally, I love belle's design. The victorian dress is so pretty and cute. It also lends to the idea that not all zashiki-warashi need to be japanese or at the very least dress traditionally. I didn't even know she was based on a zashiki-warashi! That makes her even better!
it's amazing how many different lores can be told with yu-gi-oh mechanics and phases of the duel. Like how then the effects of the ghost girls can reflect their reasons and unfinished business as ghosts, just by being effects that can be activated from the hand
I think the last Ghost-Girl card, a.k.a Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill, referred to the story of Kaguya (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter). One day in the bamboo forest, an old bamboo cutter comes across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo. When he cuts it open, he is surprised to find an infant the size of his thumb inside. The old man and his wife, who have no children of their own, decide to raise the infant as their own daughter, and name her Nayotake no Kaguya-hime ("Shining Princess of the Young Bamboo"). From that moment on, every time the man cuts a stalk of bamboo, he finds a small nugget of gold inside. The family soon grows rich, and within just three months, Kaguya-hime grows from an infant into a woman of ordinary size and extraordinary beauty. At first, the old man tries to keep news of Kaguya-hime away from outsiders, but as word of her beauty spreads, she attracts many suitors who seek her hand in marriage. After rejecting many proposals via impossible tasks, the Emperor of Japan comes to visit Kaguya-hime and, after falling in love, asks her hand in marriage. Although he is not subjected to an impossible trial, Kaguya-hime rejects his request for marriage as well, telling him that she is not from his country and therefore cannot go to the palace with him. She remains in contact with the Emperor, but continues to rebuff his proposals. Three years pass as they continue to communicate by letter. From then, whenever Kaguya-hime views the full moon, her eyes fill with tears. Though her adoptive parents grow very worried and question her, she refuses to tell them what is wrong. Her behaviour becomes increasingly erratic until she reveals that she is not of the Earth and that she must return to her people on the Moon. In some versions, it is said that she was sent to the Earth, where she would inevitably form material attachment, as a punishment for some crime, while in others, she was sent to Earth for her safety during a celestial war. The gold was a stipend from the people of the Moon, sent to pay for Kaguya-hime's upkeep. As the day of her return approaches, the Emperor sends his guards to protect her from the Moon's people, but when an embassy of heavenly beings descends upon the bamboo cutter's house, the guards are blinded by a strange light. Kaguya-hime announces that, though she loves her many friends on Earth, she must return with the beings to her true home on the Moon. She writes sad notes of apology to her parents and to the Emperor, then gives her parents her own robe as a memento. She then takes a little of the elixir of immortality, attaches it to her letter to the Emperor, and gives it to the guard officer. As she hands it to him, a feather robe is placed on her shoulders, and all of her sadness and compassion for the people of the Earth are apparently forgotten. The entourage ascends into the sky, taking Kaguya-hime back to "the Capital of the Moon" and leaving her earthly foster parents in tears. The old couple become very sad and are soon put to bed sick. The officer returns to the Emperor with the items Kaguya-hime gave him as her last mortal act, and reports what happened. The Emperor reads her letter and is overcome with sadness, and asks his servants, "Which mountain is the closest place to Heaven?"; in response, one suggests the Great Mountain of Suruga Province (a.k.a Mount Fuji). The Emperor then orders his men to take the letter to the summit of the mountain and burn it, in the hope that his message would reach the distant princess. They are also ordered to burn the elixir of immortality, as the Emperor does not wish to live without being able to see her. (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter)
Ghost belle and Haunted House is my favorite out of all of them. She's very underrated and I've seen people who I have matches with asking me what she does.
My goodness, that lore about purgatorial unfinished business has made me love these girls and empathize with them. The lore behind the cards in this game is brilliant.
their being a card that COULD be a older form of Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries, could mean that we will get older forms of the other Ghost Girls, only if Red Blossoms from Underroot is the older form of Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries. Which would be awesome!
So one of the scripts in Japanese - Kanji - can have several different characters that are pronounced the same way, but rely on the character's writing itself and context to get the meaning across. In the example you gave, "Fuyu Sakura," the "fuyu" almost immediately translated to "winter" for me, but the Kanji used was not the Kanji for winter. Using this Kanji changes the meaning of the word to what you later stated, "drifting ghost" I believe (can't check because I'm doing this on my phone). I knew this was occurring in Japanese, but chalked it up to the equivalent of a pun in English, I'm glad I've finally found the word for it! Cheers guys.
So the Fuyu for winter is written different, but is still pronounced Fuyu? Just making sure I understand. So Fuyu 'spoken' can mean both WInter and Drifting Ghost? If right, okay I think I might understand. Like Sail, Cell, and Sell. All can easily sound the same when said, but written it conveys something very different.
@@kerresft8745 Japanese and Spanish have strong vowels, so it's very similar except the slight r sound on their l is replaced by the soft western l sound we are used, in other words just loli
This has to be my favorite youtube series. It's always a surprise that brightens up my day and something I always look forward to, consciously or subconsciously I'm so glad this series exists, and it really brought to light just how much I love history and folklore: something I wouldn't have known without this Thank you so much for making these videos. Your work is always remarkable and I can't wait to learn more about the story behind cards and archetypes. I'm even inspired to make some of my own
Imagine being Ash, finally getting to rest in the grave, then some salad boi shows up and drags you back to limbo. I loved your interpretation of how their mechanics work with what they are based off of. I never would've thought of that.
OMFG!! When you did the FBI open up meme. After they said that. Before it showed the rest of the meme. I got an evertale ad.. and the text said "is that a dead girl?"
Ghost Ogre and Snow Rabbit has to be my favorite, the lore is awesome, the artwork is striking, she's the only psychic, not to mention she's the Light Ghost Girl, my favorite attribute. Great video TGS, this was a great archetype to touch on after your charmer video, really continues the attribute-based girl archetypes!
Fun fact, continuing on with the Ghost Sister card that shows Konami couldnt get away from the religious symbolism if they tried, the dogwood tree was supposedly the tree from which the cross Jesus was crucified on was made of, before the tree was made knarled and twisted so that it would be impossible to create another cross from it. Also, my favorite of the Ghost Girls is Ghost Reaper and Winter Cherries, as it was my first one and I love yanking cards out of the opponent's extra deck but Ghost Ogre is a good second place.
@@gito7604 yep. there was a poll done some time ago as to which anime exclusive archetype should make it to the real cardgame. The winner was fossils but they also print the second place in these polls(they had some on structure decks as well for example), which was sunavalon
The "Snow Rabbit" depicted in Ghost Ogre's artwork is a particular style of snowman made by children of Japan. They also appear in the artwork of some Ghostrick cards.
A Youkai Girl Duelist would be great for next Manganime She collects for fun, but if there's trouble... "I know, girls... Time to step up to the challenge! "
New ghost girl idea for 2021: Angry trif and banished electrumite: Once per turn make you can unlimit 1 "Heavy metalfoes electrumite", and if you do, you can yell "PEND BEST DECK LETS GOO!!!!!" Without getting banned from konami for bad jokes
The characters are a result of kanji having both a meaning and a reading. Readings are often the same due to the way Japanese is structured, but the kanji can have different meanings. e.g. The "Yuki" in Ghost Ogre's Japanese name is using the kanji for "Ghost Demon" while the reading of "yuki" means "snow." so reading the name aloud, a listener would probably assume the name is "Snow Rabbit" while the name in writing directly means "Ghost Demon Rabbit." It's like using homonymn in English for a name, but they can directly point out the homonym in the text.
幽鬼うさぎ/Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit 幽鬼＝Ghost Ogreうさぎ＝Rabbit. 幽鬼have similar pronunciation with 雪（snow）, hence the Snow Rabbit name. 浮幽さくら/Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries 浮幽= Floating Ghost さくら=Cherries. 浮幽 pronunciation is ふゆ, which is same as 冬（winter）, combine to be Winter Cherries, a species of Cherries that blossom in winter. 灰流うらら/Ash Blossom & Joyous Springはる 灰流= ash flow うらら=beautiful or bright. 灰流 pronunciation is similar to 春（spring）. Deck is also called "card mountain" in Japanese (her effect deal with deck), Ash flow is related to volcano, hence the fire type. Also by the art of cherries blossom in the background and her dog ears, a white dog from a Japanese fairy tail is the motif of the design. 屋敷わらし/Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion 屋敷= house. 屋敷わらしhave similar pronunciation with 座敷わらし, a type of house fairy in Japanese fairy tail, said to protect the family, bring luck and fortune. Also 屋敷わらし's pronunciation content the syllable of しき, which can mean four seasons. 儚無みずき/Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood 儚無＝made up word which have no meaning, 儚 mean transitory. The full pronunciation of the card name mean Cornus, a type of plant also call dogwood(that's why there is a ghost dog). Dogwood is said to be the material for the cross of Jesus, therefore the sister looks. 朔夜しぐれ/Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill 朔夜= the time between sunset and sunrise, also has the meaning of quiet environment しぐれ= small and short rainfall. 朔夜have similar pronunciation with さよ,which make the full name of the card is 小夜時雨（さよしぐれ）, which mean repeat small and short rainfall that happen between autumn and winter, usually use to descrip winter. Also, 朔 mean new moon, hence the new moon in the background.
3:11 What's "Ateji" 4:26 Yokai and some types (particularly Yurei) 6:54 Ash Blossom 's inspiration 8:31 Ghost Ogre and Onis (so.. no mention of the Bunny elements?) 10:14 Winter Cherries and Cherry Blossoms/Sakura Trees and Shinigami 11:44 Zashiki Warashi / Parlor Child
Red Blossoms from Underroot is my favorite card even if it's situational. I'll just throw her in random decks sometimes and her effect has helped in casual play more than I thought it would
Weeping Ara and Gloomy Nights Level 3 Water Zombie Attack 0 Defense 1800 If your opponent activates a Counter Trap you can chain this cards effects to that card. During either players turn when your opponent activates a card or effect that would require them to pay life points you can discard this card from your hand and if you do activate each of the following effects. Your opponent must pay twice the life points needed to activate a card or effect that requires you to pay life points. Your opponent cannot gain life points for the rest of the turn. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects that requires either player to pay life points for the rest of the turn. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation and effects of Weeping Ara and Gloomy Nights. You only use each effect of Weeping Ara and Gloomy Nights once per turn. You cannot activate cards or effects that requires you to pay life points. Edit I added in some text that I forgot to add into the card. I made the card spell speed four so it will counter the Solemn Brigade and prevent your opponent from using them again or taking 6000 of your opponents life points away. If they are using Aromages that is a death sentence since they could also not be able to gain life points. I also made it so that all of those effects activate at once. This makes the card really good at stopping the Solemn archetype.
What can I say I am a pro at this. Over 500 cards and many archetypes I personally developed. One of them was very similar to the Ghost Girl archetype and were actually inspired by them. They discarded themselves from your hand for no effect. That is until you read the next line of text. When this card is discarded which means your opponent must negate the effect that activated from the graveyard not the hand. All level 4 Fire attribute pyro type monsters with 0 attack and defense. Two Level 2 tuners that special summon and search out the other monsters. Only consists of their monsters and synchro monsters. Win condition is burn damage. They get all of their monsters into the graveyard and summons their link 5 which can only be special summoned by the effect of one of their synchros. That monster inflicts damage to your opponent for every one of their monsters in their graveyard with different names. They are all named after different weapons and fighting styles. That and volcanoes that are well known. Example Volcanic Blade.
I don't know about effects cuz I'm not super involved in the meta but I thought of some extra Yokai Girls after a quick search of Japanese folktales and found two, one I was familiar with and one I just discovered, to base them on, the decision swayed by both tales being referenced in one of my favorite videogames of all time--Okami "Moon Ghost and Bamboo Grove" based on the tale of Kaguya and the Bamboo Cutter "Ghost Sparrow and Twin Vessels" based on the tale of the Tongue-Cut Sparrow
Probably one of the most interesting series of monster, in other aspects they remind me a little bit to the charmer archetype, I hope they explore the lore a little bit more.
another reason why 2 of the ghost girls may have cherry blossoms in their art is that there is a famous short story in Japan in which the opening sentence translates to "Dead bodies are under the cherry trees!" I've seen that line referenced once or twice in other anime/games the story is called Under the Cherry Trees, by Kaiji Motojiro
Great vid mate! This is an awesome video and very informative! You never fail to entertain! So my ghost girl would be; "Ghost girl hopeful". She would be a light attribute card with the effects of; Once per duel, you can draw one card from your deck and activate or summon it, disregarding it's summoning/activation mode." I don't know if that last bit is clear enough. I'm trying to say that if it's a trap, it can be played immediately, if it's a normal spell, it can be played during any phase, blah blah blah.
Sacred Wyvern: I wish there was an archtype that can use me to my full potential. Aromages: Hello dragon friend Sacred Wyvern: Wow you guys are awesome, I wish I could help you more. Ghost Sister: Hello dragon friend Sacred Wyvern: *ATK gain intensifies*
maybe a few things come to mind for future ghost girl support: - a searcher. the worst idea here, honestly. - an xyz. you'll probably wanna use those girls somehow. - a cont. spell/trap or field spell that makes them all psy-frame like. (as in, they can special summon themselves if they negate something.)
Really well done video good f****** job man I Love your YU-GI-OH content while you don't go to deep in competitive the your content is both entertaining and helpful (YU-GI-OH trivia and idiots guide). You have my respect
5:30 - ,,To resolve their issue , moving to the Gy to rest in peace" Me : ,,I use Called by the Grave to bannish your Ash negating her effect and refusing her piece MUHAHAHAHAH"!
I believe they still going to make some more. We still dont have one that stops your opponent from banishing from Deck, Hand and/or Grave (just like Artifact Lancea). Ash stops any interaction with the deck, Belle stops any interactions with the graveyard.
Ghost Mourner and Moonlit Chill really needs some headpats and NEEDS to be with her sisters in the merch Looks like Im just gonna buy a copy of her to keep her cozy in my Melffy deck and gain friends
yo tgs, im an japanese-speaking electronic engineer working in japan. loving your vids btw, i started watching them after getting hook with duel links lol 幽鬼（ゆき）（雪）うさぎ（兔） →Usagi, The Ghostly Demon (Snow Rabbit) 浮幽（ふゆ）（冬）さくら（桜）→Sakura, The Floating Revenant (Winter Cherry Blossoms) 灰流（はる）（春）うらら（麗）→Urara, of the Flowing Ash (The Beauty of Spring) 屋敷（やし）きわらし →Kiwarashi, of the Haunted Mansion [This one actually is a reference to zashi kiwarashi, a protective household deity that appears as child spirit] 儚無（はな）（花）みずき（水木）→Mizuki, the Fleeting Apparition (The Flowering Dogwood) 朔夜（さよ）(小夜）しぐれ（時雨）→Shigure, of the New Moon (The Evening Light Drizzle in the Late of Autumn) welp there you have it. Japanese love these types of wordplay and i cant blame them. It actually gives more depths to a card ps: shout out to metaphys lovers woohoo
Fun little fact about Ghost Ogre and Snow Rabbit. There is alot of fan art depicting her with just her right arm. It was thought because of her original artwork that she lost the left one somewhere before her departing and this would be why she had unfinished business. However upon receiving the alternative artwork it did reveal she does has both arms. Edit: As for my favorite card, that would be Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring, as that card is simply broken when it comes to disruptive plays. Visually I like Ghost Reaper and Winter Cherries the most.
Enchanted escape and midnight orchid: During eithers players turn you can discard this card and if you do neither player can discard cards from their hand for the rest of the turn, no cards or effects can be activated in response to this card activation.
Basically, most kanji in Japanese can be used as two different words when paired with other specific characters, such as hirigana or other kanji. A good example is the kanji for body, "karada" (体). When attaching hirigana "mi" (み) it becomes "yasumi" (休み), which is the word for break (as in time off). In this case instead of representing "karada" (からだ) it represented "yasu" (やす) in 休み. There are other examples but I'm still learning.
For a second, I was like "That red and blue Oni story is really familiar for some reason" but then I looked at the video source and realized it was from My Love Story, which I really love that anime.
