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==Nurikabe==
A monster that takes the form of an animate section of wall. It has the power to turn invisible, and likes to use this power to impede travelers.
 
=== Examples ===
=== Anime and Manga ===
* During one of the [[School Festival]] episodes of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'', as the girls ponder Osaka's idea of an ''obakeyashiki kisaten'' ("haunted cafe"), they imagine Chiyo dressed as a nurikabe.
* One appears in episode 2 of ''[[Inu x× Boku SS]]''
* In ''[[Okami]]'', there’s a family of nurikabe that go by the name "Blockhead." They claim to be "the only one", though.
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* In the ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' episode "The Perils of Punky", Allen is taken by the spirit and turned into one.
 
=== ExamplesVideo Games ===
* In ''[[OkamiŌkami]]'', there’s a family of nurikabe that go by the name "Blockhead." They claim to be "the only one", though.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', the Demon Wall you encounter in the Temple of the Ancients acts like a nurikabe, aggressively impeding the exit for our heroes (as opposed to acting as an [[Advancing Wall of Doom]] like its other incarnations throughout the series).
* Wall Face and Doom's Wall from ''[[Secret of Mana]]''
* Whomp from the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' franchise are based on the nurikabe.
* In the ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' episode "The Perils of Punky", Allen is taken by the spirit and turned into one.
* One appears in episode 2 of ''[[Inu x Boku SS]]''
 
==Rokurokubi and Nukekubi==
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