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Hi, Noir here! This is my second time trying to upload this. I completely lost all of the text I typed up last time, but there's really nothing I can do so I guess I'll be typing everything all over again! sigh Live love life, right?

At any rate, please enjoy my Pokemon based on tanukis. You might recognize the first stage from the Fakeathon!

As always, I hope you enjoyed my content. Please leave a comment if you feel like it and I'll see you all again on the weekend!

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DESCRIPTIONS
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Name | Species | Type | Abilities | Height | Weight | Description

Mintanuki | Raccoon Dog Pokemon | Ice/Fairy | Filter, Prankster, Magic Guard (Hidden) | 1'04", 0.41 m | 9.7 lbs, 4.4 kg | A tricky Pokemon, they have learned to mimic the voices and appearances of human children to avoid harm from hunters. They are mostly encountered in high-altitude forests.

Okamint | Raccoon Dog Pokemon | Ice/Fairy | Illusion, Prankster, Magic Guard (Hidden) | 3'02", 0.97 m | 83.1 lbs, 37.7 kg | These imposing Pokemon make it a point to toy with humans as much as possible for the injustices they have brought to the world. They use mind games to warp a person's understanding of reality.

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TYPE EFFECTIVENESS
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MINTANUKI & OKAMINT
Damaged normally by: Normal, Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Fairy
Weak to: Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel (4x)
Immune to: Dragon
Resistant to: Ice, Bug, Dark

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DESIGN & CONCEPT
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These Pokemon are largely based on tanuki, i.e. the Japanese racoon dog, an animal that has been mythologized in Japanese folklore as shapeshifting tricksters of the forest in the form of bake-danuki. Another important inspiration is the binturong, a.k.a. the bearcat. This relative to civets is characterized by a stout body, a long muscular tail, and the distinct smell of popcorn emitted through their scent glands. These Pokemon, however, gives off the smell of mint instead! Other inspirations include tengu and shimenawa.

Additionally, the abstract theme for these Pokemon is faith healers, witch doctors and other users of ceremonial magic. With a vast knowledge in trance-inducing techniques and psychoactive substances, they enter dissociative states that could warp an untrained mind. Through these trips, they hope to unlock the secrets of the universe.

MINTANUKI: A magical Pokemon, they can take on the form of any creature or object for a limited time. Different colonies prey on different things, and hence have different key disguises they take to ambush their prey. However, all colonies have learned to shapeshift into children. Ever since humans arrived in this region, they and their dogs have tracked and captured these mountain-dwelling Pokemon for their valuable furs. The native people of the region hold their pelts in high regard, believing that they contain the Pokemon's magic power. As such, these Pokemon are incredibly difficult to encounter in the wild. The design for this Pokemon was largely inspired by the Japanese racoon dog. Its fur pattern is reminiscent of mittens, a scarf and a knitted hat, hinting at the cold climate it inhabits. The colors chosen for this Pokemon were taken from mint candies: white with stripes of red or green. The colors are washed out to contrast with the bright colors of its 'full-powered' evolution. Thematically, this Pokemon represents superstitions, weird little rules and stipulations that have survived into modern day despite the advent of religion, science and globalization. A holdover of our ancient forefathers' beliefs.

OKAMINT: Believed to be either a gatekeeper or key-holder to the mysteries of the forests and mountains, these Pokemon will often lead humans in circles in the wild. A powerful trickster, they collaborate with Mintanukis to cause paths and landmarks to disappear, disorientate travelers by mimicking the sounds of predators or other humans, and cause people to lose track of time and distance. As revered as they are feared, the only safety net against these Pokemon is their tell-tale scent of mint. Once you notice the smell of mint in the air, it is most pragmatic to turn back and leave the forest immediately. Design-wise, this Pokemon is an amalgamation of tanuki and binturong body plans. Their behavior however, is based on tengu, legendary Japanese creatures that protect the forests and mountains. Tengu, literally 'heavenly dog,' stems from the Chinese legend of tiangou, a black hound that devours the sun during an eclipse (as to why this dog changed into bird people, no one is sure). The 'wings' coming out of its shoulders is an homage to the avian appearance of modern tengu. Finally, its tail is meant to resemble shimenawa, thick lengths of rope used in ritual purification in the Shinto religion. All of these design aspects ties back to the central theme of ceremonial magic. An art lost to time and rarely practiced nowadays: entering a dissociative state either induced by substance or ritual dance and song. What revelations did they gain back then? One can't help but wonder if most if not all religions stemmed from such practices.

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NAMES
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Mintanuki is a portmanteau of the words 'mint,' the candies rather than the plant, which lends their colors; and 'tanuki,' a.k.a. the Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, its animal inspiration.

Okamint comes from the words 'okami,' a nod to the game Okami (a pun on 'wolf' and 'big god' in Japanese) and its protagonist, the sun-goddess Amaterasu, who takes on the form of a white wolf; and 'mint,' the smell it carries.

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EVOLUTION METHOD
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Mintanuki is the unevolved form of this evolution line.

Okamint evolves from Mintanuki when exposed to an Ice Stone

Description

Hi, Noir here! This is my second time trying to upload this. I completely lost all of the text I typed up last time, but there's really nothing I can do so I guess I'll be typing everything all over again! sigh Live love life, right?

At any rate, please enjoy my Pokemon based on tanukis. You might recognize the first stage from the Fakeathon!

As always, I hope you enjoyed my content. Please leave a comment if you feel like it and I'll see you all again on the weekend!

-------------------
DESCRIPTIONS
-------------------
Name | Species | Type | Abilities | Height | Weight | Description

Mintanuki | Raccoon Dog Pokemon | Ice/Fairy | Filter, Prankster, Magic Guard (Hidden) | 1'04", 0.41 m | 9.7 lbs, 4.4 kg | A tricky Pokemon, they have learned to mimic the voices and appearances of human children to avoid harm from hunters. They are mostly encountered in high-altitude forests.

Okamint | Raccoon Dog Pokemon | Ice/Fairy | Illusion, Prankster, Magic Guard (Hidden) | 3'02", 0.97 m | 83.1 lbs, 37.7 kg | These imposing Pokemon make it a point to toy with humans as much as possible for the injustices they have brought to the world. They use mind games to warp a person's understanding of reality.

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TYPE EFFECTIVENESS
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MINTANUKI & OKAMINT
Damaged normally by: Normal, Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Fairy
Weak to: Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel (4x)
Immune to: Dragon
Resistant to: Ice, Bug, Dark

--------------------------
DESIGN & CONCEPT
--------------------------

These Pokemon are largely based on tanuki, i.e. the Japanese racoon dog, an animal that has been mythologized in Japanese folklore as shapeshifting tricksters of the forest in the form of bake-danuki. Another important inspiration is the binturong, a.k.a. the bearcat. This relative to civets is characterized by a stout body, a long muscular tail, and the distinct smell of popcorn emitted through their scent glands. These Pokemon, however, gives off the smell of mint instead! Other inspirations include tengu and shimenawa.

Additionally, the abstract theme for these Pokemon is faith healers, witch doctors and other users of ceremonial magic. With a vast knowledge in trance-inducing techniques and psychoactive substances, they enter dissociative states that could warp an untrained mind. Through these trips, they hope to unlock the secrets of the universe.

MINTANUKI: A magical Pokemon, they can take on the form of any creature or object for a limited time. Different colonies prey on different things, and hence have different key disguises they take to ambush their prey. However, all colonies have learned to shapeshift into children. Ever since humans arrived in this region, they and their dogs have tracked and captured these mountain-dwelling Pokemon for their valuable furs. The native people of the region hold their pelts in high regard, believing that they contain the Pokemon's magic power. As such, these Pokemon are incredibly difficult to encounter in the wild. The design for this Pokemon was largely inspired by the Japanese racoon dog. Its fur pattern is reminiscent of mittens, a scarf and a knitted hat, hinting at the cold climate it inhabits. The colors chosen for this Pokemon were taken from mint candies: white with stripes of red or green. The colors are washed out to contrast with the bright colors of its 'full-powered' evolution. Thematically, this Pokemon represents superstitions, weird little rules and stipulations that have survived into modern day despite the advent of religion, science and globalization. A holdover of our ancient forefathers' beliefs.

OKAMINT: Believed to be either a gatekeeper or key-holder to the mysteries of the forests and mountains, these Pokemon will often lead humans in circles in the wild. A powerful trickster, they collaborate with Mintanukis to cause paths and landmarks to disappear, disorientate travelers by mimicking the sounds of predators or other humans, and cause people to lose track of time and distance. As revered as they are feared, the only safety net against these Pokemon is their tell-tale scent of mint. Once you notice the smell of mint in the air, it is most pragmatic to turn back and leave the forest immediately. Design-wise, this Pokemon is an amalgamation of tanuki and binturong body plans. Their behavior however, is based on tengu, legendary Japanese creatures that protect the forests and mountains. Tengu, literally 'heavenly dog,' stems from the Chinese legend of tiangou, a black hound that devours the sun during an eclipse (as to why this dog changed into bird people, no one is sure). The 'wings' coming out of its shoulders is an homage to the avian appearance of modern tengu. Finally, its tail is meant to resemble shimenawa, thick lengths of rope used in ritual purification in the Shinto religion. All of these design aspects ties back to the central theme of ceremonial magic. An art lost to time and rarely practiced nowadays: entering a dissociative state either induced by substance or ritual dance and song. What revelations did they gain back then? One can't help but wonder if most if not all religions stemmed from such practices.

----------
NAMES
----------

Mintanuki is a portmanteau of the words 'mint,' the candies rather than the plant, which lends their colors; and 'tanuki,' a.k.a. the Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, its animal inspiration.

Okamint comes from the words 'okami,' a nod to the game Okami (a pun on 'wolf' and 'big god' in Japanese) and its protagonist, the sun-goddess Amaterasu, who takes on the form of a white wolf; and 'mint,' the smell it carries.

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EVOLUTION METHOD
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Mintanuki is the unevolved form of this evolution line.

Okamint evolves from Mintanuki when exposed to an Ice Stone