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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256-Indian Folklore: Tiger Mom
255-Chinese Folklore: Picture Me This
254-Spanish Folklore: Ready or Not
253B-Monkey King: The Good Guys
253-Monkey King: Severance
252-Greek folklore: Name that Tune
251-Icelandic Legends: Ghosts of Christmas Past
250-Grimm: Fauxsicians
249-Italian Folklore: Unbearable
248-Sorcerer's Apprentice: The Magic Words
247-Argentinian Folklore: Beast Tartare, Can't Go Far
246-Slavic Legends: The Queen's Gambit
245-Pirates: Pretty Pretty Pirate
244-Georgian Folklore: Here Fishy Fishy
243B-King Arthur: Double Trouble
243A-King Arthur: Doppel-Gwen-er
242-Albanian Folklore: Two Roads
241-African Folklore: Hippopotamaster
240B-German Fairy Tales: Heart of Stone
240A-German Fairy Tales: Man of Glass
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