Editing Tanuki (section)

==Monstergirls==
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[[File:MGE Gyobu Danuki.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The sneaky merchant mamono, Gyoubu Danuki. Touch fluffy calves.]]

The tanuki as a monstergirl is something of a rarity - perhaps the only tanuki MG that most anons on /tg/ could name is Mamizou Futatsuiwa, of the infamous [[Touhou]]. Still, they do exist out there in the wide web.

In terms of personality, tanuki haven't got a really "solid" archetype, due to their rarity compared to their more famous [[kitsune]] cousins. Common aspects include:
* Loveable oafishness, based on the tanuki's tendency to be a "comic relief" character in the myths and thus making their MG counterparts cutely clumsy, ditsy, spaced out or otherwise endearingly less-than-bright.
* Mischievousness - like kitsunes, tanuki were tricksters, so a puckish sense of play is a natural attitude to give a tanuki monstergirl.
* Hedonism, because the tanuki's big belly may symbolize "bold and calm decisiveness" and its sake bottle may symbolize "virtue", but it clearly presents an image of a hard-partying monster to anyone not clued into Japanese symbolism. Tanuki party girls are pretty common, and they may even be known for being particularly horny and/or sexually aggressive even by monster standards.

Other aspects are more individualistic, although a tomboyish nature in reference to the overly masculine & sexually charged aspects of the mythical tanuki is fairly popular as well.

In terms of looks, tanuki fall into much the same territory as kitsune when it comes to the beast-to-girl ratio, and being shapechangers confuses the mixture. The defining attribute of a tanuki-girl is her long, raccoon-like tail, although some artists prefer to use the more toony "club-tipped tail", popularized by videogame depictions of the tanuki vis a vis [[Mario]]'s "Super Leaf" and "Tanooki Suit" powerups and [[Pokemon]]'s Sentret. Tanuki-ears (rounded triangles) and/or a "mask" of dark coloration around the eyes are also common traits.

Because the tanuki is traditionally portrayed with a large, round belly, it's common for tanuki-girls to be portrayed as potbellied, cutely chubby, or just very voluptuously curvy.

The tanuki's association with its balls is perhaps the most contentious part of its depiction as a monstergirl, and may explain why this race is rarely given the treatment, much like the near-perpetually erect [[satyr]]s. Some just throw the connotation away entirely. Some "convert it", giving the tanuki-girl huge breasts or even the ability to alter the size of her bustline, in a "feminine equivalent" to the infamous monster's junk. And then there are those /d/eviants who say "to heck with it, she's not a tanuki without a proper set of 'nuki nuts" and make her a [[dickgirl]]. There are even those who portray their tanuki-girls as having balls but no penises, although these people are seen as weird even by the futa-tanuki lovers.

===MGE===
In the [[Monster Girl Encyclopedia]], the only tanuki monstergirl to show up so far is the Gyoubu Danuki - based on some regional variation/spelling of the word, it's hard to say; Japanese yokai lists are complicated and incestuous tangles. This monstergirl is a scheming, sneaky thing who uses her intelligence and adeptness at financial matters to amass power through the role of a merchant or moneylender. These sketchy business-owners freely engage in schemes like selling corruptive monster-goods to human women and using their money to entrap men in webs of debt and wage slavery so they can take them as their lovers, earning them a well-deserved reputation as dangerous and untrustworthy - and no, the fact that a married danuki becomes more honest because she's no longer out to trap a man doesn't help.

As can be seen in their picture, gyoubu danuki resemble petite girls (if not [[loli]]s) with tanuki ears, mask-like colorations on their faces, tanuki tails, and super-fluffy calf-wrappings shaped to be reminiscent of the infamous tanuki ball-sack.

These mamono may be inspired by [[Touhou|Mamizou Futatsuiwa]], who is herself a tanuki merchant in Gensokyo, although far more honest in her dealings than the MGE's gyoubu danuki. Alternatively, they may be based in real myths of tanuki pretending to be merchants to play pranks on people.

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