REIKO


Meaning of REIKO in English

[Japanese] A Japanese hero. Well-known are his various encounters with gigantic spiders. One day when he was ill, a small boy brought him his medicine every night. This medicine did not cure him but made him sicker, for it was poison. His suspicion aroused, Reiko struck the boy when he came in one night. Quickly the bow threw something at him, which grew into a sticky net, and disappeared through the door. Reiko, enveloped entirely was helpless. Tsuna, Reiko's chief retainer, managed to stop the boy at sword's point, but he threw a web over the retainer too, and fled again. The boy was later found in a cave and killed. It turned out that he was a spider-spirit, a little demon with a magic weapon. In another adventure, Reiko saw a skull flying before him, then disappearing into a ruined building. Inside the building Reiko found an old hag, entirely white with sagging breasts. A moment later he saw an old nun with a large face. Finally he saw a beautiful woman. As he stared at her, she threw ...

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