A super-powered monkey from Chinese folklore meets more than he bargained for: a sloshing hollow gourd full of pus.
The creature is the Mikaribaba (箕借り婆) from Japanese folklore, a great reason not to shower (because she will literally gouge out your eyes).
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150A-European Epics: King Me
149-Japanese Fairy Tales: Son of a Peach
148B-Monkey King: Leaps and Bounds
148A-Monkey King: Good Little Monkey
147B-Antigone: Authority
147A-Oedipus: Team Spear It
146-Scandinavian Folklore: Twinning
145-Achilles: The Age of Heroes
144-Viking Legends: The Old Gods and the New
143-Japanese Folktales: Crabby
142B-Rome: Politics
142A-Rome: Glory
141C-Robin Hood: On Brand
141B-Robin Hood: The Hunted
141A-Robin Hood: Merry
140-La Llorona: No Way Out
139B-Irish Legends: Evitable
139A-Irish Legends: The Hound
138-Knights of the Round Table: Carl
137-Italian folklore: Tailor-made
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