Official Ep Discussion: S3 Ep20: "Tale of the Yokai"

[Machias Banshee]

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Yōkai (妖怪?, ghost, phantom, strange apparition) are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "bewitching; attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious".[1] They can also be called ayakashi (妖?), mononoke (物の怪?), or mamono (魔物?). Yōkai range eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them. Often they possess animal features (such as the Kappa, which is similar to a turtle, or the Tengu which has wings), other times they can appear mostly human, some look like inanimate objects and others have no discernible shape.

There are no words to describe how excited I am for this episode, as I'm sure we all are.

Going to the past is very tricky, especially with the tense rivalry between Yoshi and Saki that they will be witnessing. And Tang Shen... there's a lot of excitement to see Tang Shen 'alive' on the screen.

There's been a lot of speculation regarding what she will be like, if the turtles will meet her, and the suffering that will take place. Knowing the greed and anger in Saki's heart, the trauma they're about to see their future father endure - they cannot save her. They can NEVER save her... or they will no longer exist themselves.

How I wish this was a multi-parter arc... how I wish....