A: This is KSU student podcast.
B: My name is Shingo and this is Shusuke.
Hey. Look at this plush doll!!
Is it a platypus? It’s very cute. Tell me where you bought it.
OK, By the way, I think that platypus is a mysterious animal, don’t you?
I think so. It’s said that it was an UMA in the past.
What’s UMA?
It is a generic name Unidentified Mysterious Animal saying in japan.
Wow, I think Nessie is included in that category, right?
That's right. Nessie is one of most famous UMA. It was thought to be a surviving plesiosauria living in loch Ness.
I know many sighting cases in lakes around the world in survival of plesiosauria.
They became a hot topic globally, but it was discovered that Nessie is a lie by the confession of the discoverer.
Oh. I believe it. It’s a shock. Do you know any other UMAs?
Of course. Yeti, Merman, Fairy, Alien Big Cat, Sky Fish, etc. One of the Japanese UMA is Tsutinoko.
I know Tsutinoko! I like it. It looks like thick body snake. It was seen all over Japan since ancient times. It has many name by some local. Tsutinoko seems like a Yo-kai in Japan for a long age.
Yo-kai? It is, for example, Rokuro-kubi, Yuki-Onna and Tengu, isn’t it?
Yes, they are Japanese traditional I imaginary phantoms or ghosts. They are sacred and loved. There are entertainment and artistic creations about them. My favorite Yo-kai is Kappa. It’s like a human child, but the body color is green. He has the dish on its head.
Oh I know Kappa. I think it looks creepy.
I get it. Some people say that its motif is water corpse. My favorite kappa is Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa. It is strange and avant-garde. But, it’s expression is close to real. I think such reality is Yo-kai’s charm.
I see. Even so, I wonder that there are differences between two categories.
I think so too. However, to think being unknown existence is the same.
We are charmed such existences. It may be UMA or Yo-kai’s work.
Wow, It’s mysterious and Pleasant.
I think that’s all for today. Thanks for listening to KSU student podcast.
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