Examples of han'yō are the characters: InuYasha from the Anime and Manga series '' InuYasha ''; Sha Gojyo , the red-haired, red-eyed playboy from '' Saiyuki ''; Yusuke Urameshi from the manga and anime series '' YuYu Hakusho '', and Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto Uzumaki) from '' Naruto '', who carries the spirit of a powerful Nine-Tailed fox within his body. In folklore, han'yō are often seen as useless monsters. They are ostracized by humans and yōkai alike, because they are proof of a relationship between a human and yōkai that both groups see as improper.
There are, however, exceptions. Human descendants of a liaison between a Kitsune and a human male are sometimes portrayed as heroic figures. Abe No Seimei , a famous '' Onmyōji '' of the Heian Period , is one such figure said to be descended from a kitsune. Even these han'yō, though, remain separated from human society in one sense: they possess unusual traits and superhuman powers as a legacy of their bloodlines, and this often makes ordinary humans uneasy.
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