UN Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs

Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs​

Legend has it there is an evil spirit trapped in the Sessho-seki stone, so what happens now that the stone is broken?
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Tamamo-no-mae is confronted by a warrior as she turned into an evil fox with nine tails in this woodblock art by Yashima Gakutei. The ‘killing stone’ said to contain her body in Japan has split.
Photograph: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Mon 7 Mar 2022 00.59 EST
Last modified on Mon 7 Mar 2022 11.16 EST


Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two.
According to the mythology surrounding the Sessho-seki, or killing stone, the object contains the transformed corpse of Tamamo-no-Mae, a beautiful woman who had been part of a secret plot hatched by a feudal warlord to kill Emperor Toba, who reigned from 1107-1123.

Legend has it that her true identity was an evil nine-tailed fox whose spirit is embedded in the hunk of lava, located in an area of Tochigi prefecture, near Tokyo, famous for its sulphurous hot springs.
Its separation into two roughly equal parts, believed to have occurred within the past few days, has spooked online users who noted that, according to folklore, the stone continually spews poisonous gas – hence its name.
While the stone was said to have been destroyed, and its spirit exorcised by a Buddhist monk who scattered its pieces across Japan, many Japanese prefer to believe that its home is on the slopes of Mount Nasu.
Visitors to the area, a popular sightseeing spot, recoiled in horror at the weekend after witnesses posted photos of the fractured stone, a length of rope that had been secured around its circumference lying on the ground.
“I feel like I’ve seen something that shouldn’t be seen,” one Twitter user said in a post that has attracted almost 170,000 likes.

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While others speculated that the demon spirit of Tamamo-no-Mae had been resurrected after almost 1,000 years, local media said cracks had appeared in the rock several years ago, possibly allowing rainwater to seep inside and weaken its structure.
The stone, which was registered as a local historical site in 1957, was mentioned in Matsuo Basho’s seminal work The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and has inspired a Noh play, a novel and an anime film.
Masaharu Sugawara, the head of a local volunteer guide group, told the Yomiuri Shimbun it was a “shame” the stone had split because it was a symbol of the area, but agreed that nature had simply taken its course.
Local and national government officials will meet to discuss the stone’s fate, according to the Shimotsuke Shimbun. The newspaper quoted a Nasu tourism official as saying he would like to see the Sessho-seki restored to its original form – presumably with its demonic inhabitant sealed within.
 
>be evil nine-tailed fox demon
>finally escape stone prison to be reborn into a new form who will be known the world over
>what's an 'internet'
>what is furry art
>mfw
I'd demand to be put back in the rock if I saw that.
Once again the internet stumbles into ancient occult practices through the power of horny.
 
The fact Jiraiya or Kakashi didnt adopt babby Naruto is a massive plot hole. Hashirama Senju was married to a Uzumaki why didnt Tsunade adopt Naruto being Hashiramas Grandaughter?
She was a drunkard and a gambler.

That aside, I don't know what Jiraiya or Kakashi would have had to do with Naruto as a baby. I'm pretty sure the premise is fairly airtight in justifying Naruto's ostracization.
 
The fact Jiraiya or Kakashi didnt adopt babby Naruto is a massive plot hole. Hashirama Senju was married to a Uzumaki why didnt Tsunade adopt Naruto being Hashiramas Grandaughter?
As someone who hated the series, but did a group read on /a/ over the pandemic. Kakashi is dead inside and was emotionally unstable due to everyone around him dying + he was partially responsible for the events that happened due to loose lips. Jiraiya was literally picking up slack after most of their forces died and was picked as godfather more out of respect then for him to do the job. Tsunade thought she was cursed and the series never says who was Naruto’s godmother.

It’s a fairly good shonen, but Gaiafags and furries gave it a black eye. The War Arc really should have rezzed the Uchiha clan to make Sasuke actually go fucking insane and not really get brainwashed by Itachi, again. Seriously have his mom or dad question his motives.
 
>be evil nine-tailed fox demon
>finally escape stone prison to be reborn into a new form who will be known the world over
>what's an 'internet'
>what is furry art
>mfw
Maybe she's the heroine we need? If I was an ancient, powerful nine-tailed fox demon that was suddenly exposed to the furry degeneracy of modern times I'd be pretty pissed because I'd see it as a mockery. Especially all the fox shit. Imagine the irony of furfag culture being wiped away for good by the very thing they obsess over and coom to.
 
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