Spirited Away by the Rain Woman Youkai - Ch. 12

[MangaDex]

 

[Koin]

The fever wasnt the only thing that got healed today.

 

[pepork]

Isnt the doctor losing his job cause non of the youkai gets sick?

 

[Xcaliblaster]

Are we approching the backstory of her past child?

 

[RC1138Boss]

All is well. 😃

The doctor likely also treats yokai diseases.

 

[Randomizer]

So this is an actual, physical another world?
Now things make sense... and other things don't.

 

[MonsieurQuack]

Wait... WAIT WHAT.

We've just had a massive reveal that this is either another world, or a shadow world that exists alongside the regular one. And... what happened to Rain Womans previous child...

 

[Simkin]

So this confirms that the kid 'died' and became a yokai as well.

 

[Sep10trion]

Wonder what kind of youkai he’ll be. He’s a young child, so maybe Zashiki-warashi.
Also, spirit realms, afterlife, parallel dimensions, fairy lands, planes of existence, and many more
are shared ‘alternate worlds’ seen in all kinds of stories, myths, and religions. The fairly recent
‘Makai’ is where Yōkai either originate and/or congregate.

 

[Duribu]

I didn't expect the doctor to be a kappa, but I guess it works.

Man, I'm weirdly used to touhou kappas, this guy looks weird comparatively.

 

[Mah_Buddy_Keith]

Ah, she's adorable. Also Kappa Doctor is awesome.

 

[Xzayer]

Okay so he is dead. Still how in the hell do you get a a cold if your technically a yokai or a spirit?

 

[Vasqueztion]

He's currently a ghost
Guess yokai get comparable disease and illness. I'm sure a yokai cold, a Yokold if you will, is something that kills mortal children. But it's just a minor thing to them.

 

[welcome2atlantis]

Ee?! The kid is a youkai now?! How??!

 

[Damoon]

kappa

 

[lenteraneko]

So... he's not just getting a cold... but a youkai cold one?

 

[aztrew91]

That is one cool kappa doctor.

 

[mister_nobody]

If you take a look closely, these yokai surprisingly has a functional body (duh). Which means their body is a system. They can get injured, they can get sleepy, they can get hungry. And suddenly it's weird that they can get sick as well.

 

[Andraker]

Not sure if i want him to check prostates....

 

[Sola]

@MonsieurQuack

Wait... WAIT WHAT.

We've just had a massive reveal that this is either another world, or a shadow world that exists alongside the regular one. And... what happened to Rain Womans previous child...

@Randomizer

So this is an actual, physical another world?
Now things make sense... and other things don't.

Why are you guys acting so surprised? It's literally right there in the title that the kid was "spirited away" (that's kamikakushi in Japanese). This is hardly a "massive reveal" (lol) unless you're new to Japanese mythology, in which case, I guess that terminology would make no sense to you.

But if you this read from the beginning, and read closely and look at each chapter carefully, even before you reach this chapter, it's pretty clear that they're in the spirit world of kami and youkai, which exists alongside - not separate from - the real world. It's not a parallel universe but more like a shadow world, as MonsieurQuack guessed.

Read this for more detail: https://www.mimusubi.com/2013/07/30/kamikakushi/ (The first 4 paragraphs. You can skip the part about kannagara game.)

And this too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_away