Red vs. Blue: The Crying Oni
Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages
Stories Podcast / Wondery
4.2 • 12.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Today's episode is an adaptation of a story by Hirota Hamada. Follow along for a story about two misunderstood creatures, and friendships, old and new.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to Story's Podcast. I'm your host Amanda Weldon. Today's story is called |
| 0:07.6 | Red versus Blue, The Crying Oni, written by Herota Hamada and adapted for audio by Daniel Hines. |
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| 0:24.9 | Instagram at Stories Podcast. If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll |
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| 0:35.0 | Thanks, enjoy the episode. |
| 0:39.0 | Red versus Blue, The Crying O'Nee. |
| 0:44.0 | Once upon a time, long, long ago, |
| 0:48.0 | when goblins and spirits and other creatures of magic |
| 0:51.0 | had not yet hidden away, and humans still believed in their existence. |
| 0:56.0 | There lived two Oni, Aka and A. Oi. |
| 1:01.0 | An Oni is often called an ogre in English, but ogers and oni aren't quite the same. |
| 1:07.0 | Oni are large and powerful and often have one or two horns atop their heads. |
| 1:13.3 | Their skin can be all sorts of vivid colors, and they tend to live in mountainous areas. |
| 1:19.8 | In Japan, which is where the tales about Oni are told, stories usually depict them as savage monsters, |
| 1:26.7 | a danger to any human unlucky enough to cross their path. |
| 1:31.3 | The only things Aka and AO posed any danger to, however, |
| 1:35.0 | was a cup of tea and the occasional river eel. |
| 1:38.0 | The two Oni friends lived together in perfect harmony, |
| 1:42.0 | spending their days gardening, fishing, and playing in the fields, forests and mountains. |
| 1:48.0 | Aka means red, and true to his name, he was the bright color of maple leaves in the fall. |
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