Fables and Folktales: Shippeitaro

I love how the dog isn't particularly magical or anything, it's just a good boy.

The fact that in his quest for adventure, he was willing to put the goodest boi on a heroic pedestal over himself just makes him a wholesome hero.

Declaring a cacophonous choir of cats suddenly vanishing at the end of the midnight hour a "tomorrow problem" is such a mood though

Hero: We saved the day
Village: All praise the dog
Hero: I'm okay with this, he's earned it

“Someones been a very good boy!”
“Is it me?”
This is simply incredible

we need a "Shippeitaro and the Young Man" series of just these two helping people and defeating monsters in simple and straightforward manner

The fact that you went out of your way to depict Shippeitaro as either a Shiba-Inu or an Akita-Inu makes me unreasonably happy.

3:28 Can we just all appreciate this magnificent piece of art? The obvious inspiration of traditional japanese art merged with Red's typical style is fantastic!

4:48 This is probably the single greatest thing you have ever drawn... Can we have a pin with Shippeitaro, pretty please?

“Sir, I need to borrow your dog for some incredible heroics!”
“Yeah, he IS the most incredible little boy, isn’t he!”

The boss cat being a nekomata is utter perfection. I audibly went "hell yeah" when I saw that second tail.

Can't help but come up with a demystified version of the story where some guy was just traveling, took shelter for the night in a shrine and a bunch of feral cats wouldn't shut up, so he angerly went to the closest village, kept asking if they had a dog he could borrow, went back to the shrine, chased all the cats away that night, came back to the village and went "Hopefully they won't be a problem anymore."

I wonder if this story was written by someone who had a dog they REALLY loved and now they’re immortalised

The bgm made me remember i literally studied Shinto and Japanese mythology JUST FOR INUYASHA to get the references. It was totally worth it.
To be fair, memorized some hieroglyphs and bought Egyptian mythology picture books just for Yugioh. Anime was my gateway drug to mythology.

i just rewatched the og iliad video, and its amazing to me how much red has improved, in art, in storytelling, and (although she didnt start doing it right away) even as a singer/musician for the outros. She was always _good_ but now she's *_awesome_* . Thank you for the years of content

I love the last image of doggo blehping with fire in his eyes and the word justice appearing was pure gold.

5:01
"I am the bestest best good boi who will deserve all the treats you got or otherwise I start being fucking dramatic ex-theatre kid who is definitely not BI"
-Shiba inus and huskies.

It's funny that Red opened up the video talking about being in an action adventure story. My department has a monthly work meeting that ends with one of the staff asking the group a non-work related question. This weeks work question was, "What TV show would you like to live in as a character." My answer was, "Oh, heck no! Not most of the stuff I watch" for this very reason. My answer was "Shows like Mayberry, Leave It To Beaver, The Dick Van Dike Show, Newhart, Cheers, etc." where This "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet" isn't the weekly scenario. (Thank you, Men In Black)

“IS YOUR DOG BUSY??!!” this is one of my favorite things you have ever made lmao. shippeitaro is the goodest boy!

Omfg the illustrations on this episode were amazing! "is your dog busy!?" And hero's look when hearing screams are wonderful 😂

"everything changes when he reaches the foothill of an extremely scary-looking mountain!"
oh don't worry, i'm sure Sun Wukong already cleared it out.

“It’s hard to be a hero in a world with no easy villains” love that

The rendition of the sacrificial victim and the cat was peak class⛩️

You can tell that this is a legend because no one would ever see a group of cats and not attempt to pet at least one.

The way red draws Shippeitaro's goofy face combined with the fire in his eyes is so funny to me

"someone's been a good boy" "is it me?"
honestly this is such a mood

Never underestimate the power of a good boy.

Honestly, you have to respect that guy's determination. Often mundane boredom and despair is harder to deal with than an active threat

Omg I NEED a shirt with that dog's determined face all close up saying "JUSTICE."

One of my favourite things red does is playing the inuyasha ost whilst talking about japanese folktales😊

Finally, a folk tale that shows that even people who lived hundreds of years ago loved their dogs more than anyone

Omg that introduction is such a CPTSD mood 😅
Edit: imagine if mortal combat was genuinely someone's comfort zone *but* filing paperwork gives that person panic attacks because they don't know what they're doing and feel overwhelmed 😢

The art in this is amazing, but that slide of the cats dancing in the darkness with the light and shadow highlighting them... awesome

This story was read to me at a summer reading program at our local library when I was 7 or 8. Straight up scared the crap out of me. Lost sleep for weeks over this.

I love the evolution of your art style. The simplicity of the normal characters’ designs and the stylization of cultural art! Also props for using Inu Yahsa music. 🙌😎

0:40
yes of course…that inner monologue that definitely went away and matured over time. I’m definitely NOT pretending to be constantly questing

4:40 the villager responding to “someone’s been a very good boy” with “is it me? :D” got me lmao

Doggy! Such a good boy! And Red, you did a fantastic job depicting Shippeitaro, you're hours on google were well worth it.

The dog is and will always be the best part of any story. This one especially. The goodest of good bois

Me, at the cats dancing under the full moon: it's fine he's just at the first jellicle ball
Me at the end song: 😮🤩 (thank you Red)

That dog's cuteness is certainly worth a legend.
Also thumbs up for unexpected InuYasha music.

Reminds me in Yuru Camp, the main character at one point in her travels visits a shrine dedicated to Shippeitarou. Given Yuru Camp has a strong love of dogs, it makes sense she'd visit there

I love the way the dog gets a name and the guy just is nameless. The priority of who wrote the story was in the right place. 🐕😂

3:48 one of my favorite tropes from Red's videos is the hero busting in on someone who is drinking something and does a spit take 😂

I love how casual you make old folklore seem it’s very entertaining (especially when you do mythology) also when are you going to make more deVINEs those are awesome and we need more

At least this story didn’t end tragically. I was worried for a sec.

I've been following since your roughly tenth video, and let me tell you, your singing has gotten SO pretty! you always had a talent for it and i'm glad to hear that you've been nurturing it properly! Thanks for all the learning and laughs!

Speaking as someone who's entire life has been constant crisis with arbitrary adventure sprinled in... Listen to Red, those voices are not to be trusted. Character stories gloss over crazy amounts of trauma. From a first hand experience there's so much literature and media I cannot enjoy due to it being actively triggering because I CAN relate to the characters on... far too many accounts.
Enjoy fantasy, learn from history. Appreciate Red and Blue for making it safe to learn even for the traumatized ❤😅

Lemme tell you it was absolutely crushing to realize there wasn't a compelling found family narrative waiting for me once I left home and now I have to do taxes ;~;

Everybody give Red more dog related myths
This is the best thing I've seen all week

And of course, no Japanese folklore video is complete without music from Inuyasha. Love it.

If you keep going back 5 seconds after the "have you ever had that thought" line in the beginning you get a sick beat

I know I am not allowed to listen to my inner storyteller, but now I want to go on a cool adventure with my dog

Always a fun trip with OSP! Thanks for the hard work Red!

From the tone “don’t tell Shippeitaro” was delivered, I figured the cats were pulling a Brer Rabbit. Nope. They were just announcing to the world what would defeat them, in the tradition of Rumplestilskin and most supervillains.

The Inuyasha music was a beautiful touch! I love learning new myths and folklore through your channel. Keep it up!

3:43 I love that the poor Sacrifice Girl is shrieking lyrics to Memory in the background. This episode is delightful.

This started so relatable and then the cats started dancing.

the story about a bunch of cats singing and dancing at night ending with you singing memory made me choke lmao

that may just be the cutest drawing of a dog i've ever seen, hope Red goes over a myth with a dog in it again soon lol

I can’t even imagine what was going thru those cats minds when they were dancing
“Hey Frank u think it’s smart to sing so loudly about our ONE and ONLY weakness , what if someone nearby hears us ?”
“Shut up Percy no one ever comes here , god man ur so paranoid .”

I love this episode so much. The drawing, the narrations, amazing

Fun Fact: "Memories all alone in the moonlight" is actually a quiet lyric in the song; the loud lyric is "TOUCH ME! IT'S SO EASY TO LEAVE ME!"

Holy shit, the singing at the end is easily top ten favorite OSP Red covers of all time for me. Still hoping for a cover album someday (or just a full song would be cool as fuck) (also I don’t actually wanna push anyone to make extensive music work they don’t want to do actually I just think she has a fucking incredible voice)

Coincidently I just bought the "supernatural lives of cats in Japan" book! Its a really great read! I love it so far.

I cannot thank you guys enough for continuing to post videos. I have been struggling with near crippling anxiety for a good while now and your videos always help me take my mind off of things. So thank you! :)

As you talk about the “sinister and untrustworthy nature of the cat” mine cat is currently biting my ankle

Considering how often folklore and fairy tales are incredibly bloody most of the time, this was actually pretty tame and wholesome when compared to other stories of this nature.

I wasn't expecting this to be a story about the bestest doggo but I am pleasantly surprised and extremely satisfied 🙂

The stories of heroes may be interesting, but there is triumph in putting the pieces in place for the heroes to make their moves.

Love how Shippeitaro has a permanent blep

You know it's not too hard to imagine that the cats really _were_ pulling a Brer Rabbit in a display of feline class solidarity. I mean I know they're supposed to be untrustworthy but maybe they weren't any more interested in perpetuating blood sacrifices to their boss than the villagers were

I know I'd die in an adventure story

I don't know if I'm just very melancholic today but Red's voice singing Memory at the end brought me to tear ngl.

When I was young, I was convinced I could slay all the demons, but when I got older, I realized my role would be more in the passive voice.

Shippeitaro, a mythological instance of people caring more about the pet than the human. Honestly, can't blame em. Who wouldn't celebrate such a good boy.

As a dog owner and non-cat lover, THIS is the fairy tale I've been looking for!!!

"I'm gonna get such a good grade in this" was too relatable Red

**overwhelming urge to adopt a Shiba Inu and name it Shippeitaro**

Shippeitaro, the story of the goodest, bestest dog.

I read and write fanfiction, so I've read a self-insert or two in my day. It's led to considering writing one myself, but that always leads to the thought of main character who tries to run, rolls their ankle and ends up limping through the rest of their quest, skipping from panic attack to panic attack.

Moral of the story: We could have defeated the Cats movie if only a hero brought a dog on set to attack Tom Hooper

Good to know that the cats have the classic rumplestiltskin logic of singing your one weakness into the void for literally anyone to hear

your videos were a big part of my childhood, I'm happy that you guys are still up and strong and I wish you great success

"Tons of cats partying up at night" nah that's perfectly normal they just got the zoomies

I just want a series of Japanese folktales featuring Shippeitaro and "The Boy."

Red, how _absolutely dare you_ hit me with Memory. Now I'm all weepy. 💙

The random villager saying “IS IT ME?” Is perfect

You know... in spite of how this was introduced, this is a rather heartening story for anyone seeking adventure.

This story sounds like a comic relief side quest the hero does in-between the actual plot.

*Red:* Have you ever had that thought that you'd be really great in a crisis?
*Me who gets nervous when I have to speak to my own coworkers:* oh absolutely not but continue

Love the attention to detail in your drawings when you drew a Kasa Obake at 1:52. It’s one of my favorite yokai.

Red, OSP, you are treasures of UAclips. Also, heroes that are comically out of their depth has been at the core of every good pen and paper RPG I've ever been part of.

It seems there is No end to interesting unknown But relatable stories

After many jabs and jokes in Rolling with Difficulty and the OSP pod, we FINALLY get to hear 'Memory' being sung! Thanks for the laughs Red

Markiplier and his friends told the story of the were cats that surrounded them in their cabin. This is hauntingly similar

We stan an unnamed protagonist who is outshined in his self-imposed hero's journey by a puppy.
But we stan the puppy way harder.

Lucky that such a well-known dog had such a unique name, or this plot would have been much harder to resolve.

This video at a perfect time for me. I have been looking for adventure for a few weeks now after living a boring adventureless life for 28 years. So I created a yellow adventure book and tried to fill its pages with adventure (since I believe an "interesting" person should have some interesting stories and adventures to tell to others). So far, I just explore the city I live in beyond the beaten path and try to find ibteresting things like a forgotten piece of history or hiding spot. Not as grand as I want it to be but it's a start...

At the start of the pandemic I got really obsessed with CATS, and last year I got really obsessed with Touhou. Going from trying to slay Youkai to seeing a bunch of cats dancing under a fool moon is like... reliving the past few years but in reverse