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- "Have you come here in search of death?"
- —Arachnus, Yo-kai Watch 3
Arachnus (Japanese: 土蜘蛛 Tsuchigumo) is an Rank S, Earth-attribute Classic Yo-kai of the Eerie tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch 2. From Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukipedia Kiwami to Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukipedia Gakuen Y, and in Yo-kai Watch 4, he is part of the Goriki tribe.
In Yo-kai Watch 3, Arachnus is one of the Yo-kai required to unlock Shogunyan.
Appearances[]
Video games[]
- Yo-kai Watch 2: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Boss Yo-kai and Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch World: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 4: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Medal Wars: Playable Yo-kai
Anime series[]
- Yo-kai Watch: The Movie: Minor Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Recurring Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch!: Recurring Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch♪: Recurring Yo-kai
Manga series[]
- Yo-kai Watch: Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days: Minor Yo-kai
Biology[]
Arachnus is a humanoid Yo-kai with pale peach skin, eyes with light green sclera and yellow irises, red Kabuki-styled face markings, black hair with yellow streaks, and appendages that simulate spider legs and a ponytail at the back of his head. He wears a red kimono, a purple kataginu with spider web designs being held by yellow ropes, a dark blue hakama, and white socks and zori sandals.
Arachnus is the general of the Bony Spirits army, in contrast to his rival Toadal Dude, he is more serious and ground-to-earth personality. Despite this, Arachnus is very passionate over sweets (to the point of declaring war after a disagreement on whether custard donuts are better than cream donuts or not) and has no tolerance for spicy foods.
Arachnus and Toadal Dude start out as enemy generals who start out a war against each of their respective factions, after a series of events in Yo-kai Watch 2 unfold, they call a truce of peace between the Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls, eventually becoming friends.
In the first movie, Arachnus is one of the many Yo-kai that Nathaniel has befriended, he comes to his aid when facing off against Dame Dedtime.
Profile[]
Yo-kai Watch 2[]
Arachnus is exclusive to Bony Spirits. To befriend Arachnus, the player must first complete the game's main story and unlock the Rank S Yo-kai Watch, after that, receive the version-exclusive quest: "The Bony General" from Arachnus himself at Flatpot Plains. Collect a Bun of Oneness, which are rarely dropped by Chymera at the Infinite Inferno or Kyryn at the Divine Paradise and give it to him, which will make him attack the player due to the unexpected spiciness of the Bun of Oneness. After he battles you, he will be automatically befriended, completing the quest.
Yo-kai Watch 3[]
Arachnus can be befriended through the quest The Persuasion of General Arachnus, unlocked after completing the quest The Search for General Toadal Dude, through the Detective Agency after Chapter 10.
Alternatively, he can be freed from the Crank-a-kai by using a Legend Coin.
Yo-kai Watch 4[]
Arachnus can be freed from the past Crank-a-kai with a Gasha Coin, Five-Star Coin or One-Star Coin as a first prize post-game. He can also be found in the Glitzy Bones battles in Enma Tournament - Oni Arena but his soul will not be able to be acquired this way.
Yo-kai Watch Blasters[]
In his mission in Chapter 11, Arachnus can be rarely befriended after the mission is cleared.
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2[]
Arachnus can be found in the Wandering Arena.
He is required for the Bony Spirits Army Yo-kai Circle.
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
Yo-kai Watch World[]
Game data[]
Main series[]
Yo-kai Watch 2[]
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Yo-kai Watch 3[]
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Blasters stats[]
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Yo-kai Watch 4[]
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Attribute tolerance[]
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Tolerance of attribute attack Strong × ⇒ △ ⇒ - ⇒ ○ ⇒ ◎ weak |
Held items[]
Spin-off games[]
Yo-kai Watch Blasters[]
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Yo-kai Watch Busters 2[]
Other games[]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
Quotes[]
- Being traded (Yo-kai Watch 2): "So you need assistance? I'd be happy to lend a hand...or [sic] eight."
- Freed from the Crank-a-kai (Yo-kai Watch Blasters): "And so we meet. I can be of help in a fight."
- Blasters House:
- "When will it be my turn? Let's use my skills freely."
- "My true form is a gigantic spider. Sorry if I revert to a spider in my sleep."
- "Are there any doughnuts?"
- Blasters T camp: "Seekest thou my strength of arms? I shall spare no quarter!"
In the anime[]
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie[]
Arachnus first appears in Yo-kai Watch: The Movie alongside Toadal Dude, when Nathaniel Adams summons all of his Yo-kai friends to defeat Dame Dedtime.
Yo-kai Watch[]
Arachnus makes his major debut in EP198, where he declares war with Toadal Dude over boxers and briefs. He reappears in EP203.
Yo-kai Watch![]
Arachnus appears in EX033.
Yo-kai Watch♪[]
In the manga[]
Yo-kai Watch: Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days[]
Etymology[]
"Arachnus" derives from arachnid.
Origin[]
Arachnus is based on the purse-web spider youkai called tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛, "ground spider"), which is also his Japanese name. They are typically evil masterminds that use illusions and trickery to lure their prey, or inflict them with supernatural diseases. The most famous one disguised as a servant and secretly administered poison to the hero Minamoto no Yorimitsu, until he saw through its illusions and struck it down. "Tsuchigumo" was also a pejorative name for gold miners of the Edo period, who polluted rivers with the mercury used to sift gold, and were thus likened to the earth-dwelling poison-spreaders.
Trivia[]
- Arachnus' "random" nicknames are: Arachned, Webster, Spyder, and David.
- The phrase doton no jutsu in Arachnus's Soultimate is a term describing a group of real-life ninja techniques themed around the earth element, such as curling up and remaining motionless to disguise as a rock.
- In Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble his Awoken form debuted before his base form.
In other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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土蜘蛛 Tsuchigumo | ||
Aracnio | ||
Arachnus | Same as the English name | |
Arachnus | ||
Arachnius | ||
More Languages | ||
Aracnus |
Related Yo-kai[]
- Arachnia
- Arachnevil
- Tsuchigumo Yuan Shao
- Enchuutai Aragumo
- Enju Tsuchigumo
- Kaien Tsuchigumo
- Chou Kaju Tsuchigumo
- Shukuga no Tsuchigumo
- Omatsuri Tsuchigumo
- Keiga no Tsuchigumo
- Tsuchigumo (Shadowside)