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WHO IS ... KUZENBO

By Jorg van der Velden

I’m telling you ladies and gentlemen, the urge to start with a streak of cringe worthy

kappa jokes is nearly impossible to resist! But no matter how you look at it, the

Church of Kappa is real. No, I’m not talking about Twitch chat, and I’m not talking

about Forsen. I am, in fact, talking about the one, true Kappa King: Kuzenbo!

To say that Kuzenbo as an entity is enigmatic As a result, Kato Kiyomasa called on the help of

is an understatement. A huge understatement, the Monkeys of Kyushu to fight back the Kappa

as there are painfully few references to him horde (which sounds like the average Hearthstone

directly. There’s only one actually: the legend in stream to be honest). These monkeys could see

which the Kappa migrate from China to Japan. the Kappa even when they were invisible (which

The Kappa clan once lived upstream of the Kappa apparently could, as this is the first and only

Yellow River in China. A group of them migrated all mention I’ve found), and they fought back the wave

the way down the river to end up in Japan. Kyushu to of beaked turtles with dented skulls. Once beaten,

be exact. There they bred like bunnies and soon the the Kappa moved to a different region and settled

group expanded to over 9000 (not kidding here, that’s with the local lord’s approval, helping by controlling

the actual number stated in the legend), all under the wild rivers. Soon the Kappa were venerated

the glorious leadership of King Kappa: Kuzenbo. as messengers and even became a water deity.

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