Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-38464016-20190209130411/@comment-27950421-20190308231723

In Japanese Myth "Otohime" or "Toyotamahime" is the name of the princess of Ryūgū-jō, the under sea palace owned by Ōwatatsumi aka Ryūjin. They are members of the species of yokai called Wani, essentially shapeshifting water dragons. The word Wani is also Japanese for crocodile and crocodiles were a major source of inspiration for the myth, though in an indirect fashion due there not being any crocodiles native to Japan.

In terms of appearance, yes the monster girl does look like a sea horse or it could be just a coincidence due to the direction KC took her design. I am not as well educated on Japanese myth as I am with a few others, so Toyotamahime may have some connections to sea horses that I'm not aware of, but the over all species are water dragons/crocodiles.

Of course the real star of the show was Ōwatatsumi. That guys was king of the Wani and chief among the sea gods. He was so large that any mortal that saw his entire body at once would instantly die, because it was more than anyone was ever meant to see in a single lifetime.