Baku
Chimaera Family / Demon Beast type
Habitat: Zipangu
Disposition: benevolent, devoted
Diet: dreams, men's spirit energy
A divine hybrid beast that roams the Zipangu Region. It possesses the limbs of a tiger, the tail of an ox and an elephant's trunk. Their demonic energy has the effect of repelling other monsters from an area. They are benevolent and never attack men, but they are often drawn to the dreams of humans. The dreams that they consume include both good and bad dreams, but they are called to eat bad dreams.
Every night, they feed of the dreams of humans. They are particularly attracted to the dreams of men and if she comes across a man who is having nightmares, she will feed off these nightmares. If she isn't satiated after eating that nightmare, she will then go after his spirit energy and force upon herself to encourage semen to spurt into her womb.
Married individuals are known to be devoted wives, attending him every night to feed off any bad dreams he might have, thus ensuring a good rest. Once they have a husband, they no longer wander the Zipangu Region, instead following him wherever he goes. In a way, she is respected as a holy beast no matter where she is. Additionally, their demonic energy repels more ferocious or malicious mamono from using him as a mating partner.
In addition to adult men, they are also called in by children in order for their nightmares to be devoured. If that child is a boy whom she frequently visits, love may blossom in that night. When he gets older, marriage will ensue in the non-rapey way. She will stay close to his side for the rest of his life.
They prefer the dreams of children and adult men over those of human women. In fact, children's dreams compose over eighty percent of its own diet and male dreams eighteen percent, but only two percent female dreams. Women's dreams rarely satiate their hunger and they have a high likelihood of sapping spirit energy from them and triggering monsterization.