Where exactly IS the Yellow Sea?

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Where exactly IS the Yellow Sea?

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Is the Yellow Sea immediately around the (is)land, in the land, or above it in the sky? :?:
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Post by Neko-chan »

hehe...... good Question.

My guess would be the island itself(looks at the map)





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Post by anna467 »

I think the YELLOW SEA is just a land.It's in the centre of the world,which may not above the lands around it and just because it is furher difficult to access.
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Post by Lauren »

I'd always thought that it was the water *around* Koukai, collectively.

But in taking a second look at the map, there is definetely the kanji for sea planted smack on the island land mass itself. So...my bad, I guess!

Also, thinking back on it...taiho are supposed to grow up taming youma that inhabit "the Yellow Sea." We get to see Taiki and Keiki tame some shirei, but they're on land when they do it.
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Post by bigfire »

Lauren wrote:I'd always thought that it was the water *around* Koukai, collectively.

But in taking a second look at the map, there is definetely the kanji for sea planted smack on the island land mass itself. So...my bad, I guess!

Also, thinking back on it...taiho are supposed to grow up taming youma that inhabit "the Yellow Sea." We get to see Taiki and Keiki tame some shirei, but they're on land when they do it.
The naming scheme is similiar to the forest around Mt. Fuji. That forest is call Sea of Trees.
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Post by Lauren »

Tentei wrote:Koukai == Yellow Sea

AC didn't realize this in the earlier episodes.
Oh wow, I never knew. Thanks for that :)
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Post by Shinkun »

The yellow sea is an ocean-less sea. It is a wasteland in the center of the JK world. It is where Youma are said to propogate.

The character for yellow is often related to evil or ominous things in Japanese.

One example is...
黄泉 <--- "Yomi" which litterally reads as "Yellow Springs" but actually means Hell or Hades.
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Tentei evil?

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Tentei
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 3:01 pm    Post subject:
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My last name is that character ?, so does that mean I'm evil? MAHWAHHAHA~
You need proof? :wink:
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