>>55219150Isn't the monstrous element that they all have magical powers? It's like, my mom's cat, but it can shoot lightning. Or my mom's butterfly, but it can move things with its mind.
There are plenty of Japanese monsters that are just dogs or cats or snakes or badgers or whatever else. And the only thing distinguishing them from animals is that they're big or they have some supernatural power. But even if they look like animals, they're still monsters.
