Talk:Hitodama

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In Manga and Anime

In the manga and anime Dragon Ball Z, hitodama are seen frequently as Son Goku (and many other characters) traverse through "The Otherworld" and Hell.
In the series Inuyasha the re-animated priestess, Kikyo, is sustained by Hitodama which are harvested for her by special "soul carrier" demons.
In Soul Eater the souls of defeated characters are depicted as Hitodama.

Until someone can actually find references for this information I am leaving it here. If anyone with more knowledge of Dragon Ball (and whatnot) can find articles referring to these as Hitodama then it should go back in. Otherwise it's just Original Research Duende-Poetry (talk) 22:45, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Once Again, a Random List of Anime With No References

Why even pay attention to this? It would be one thing if they were written, say, as an actual article with reference and citation, showing that the person who put it here wasn't an obsessive 12 year old who has never heard of spell-check. But there is this bizarre subculture in Wikipedia who seems to feel that if it is drawn as a cartoon it must be Mythology even though authors like Rumiko Takahashi have gone on record to say they take artistic liberties with the creatures they come up with (http://www.sehrch.com/?q=%28type:Works+By+Rumiko+Takahashi%29) and yet the rest of us suffer because of articles like Hitodama represent what Wikipedia is to the world ... more than just a bit of a joke. Duende-Poetry (talk) 18:15, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]