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Onibaba is a Category II Kaiju that attacked Tokyo, Japan in 2016.[1]

Biology[]

Bearing a striking resemblance to a crustacean and a Japanese temple[4], Onibaba appears somewhat smaller than the rest of the Kaiju in height, but larger in terms of width.

This Kaiju possesses four large legs along with two thick claws. Onibaba's claws are said to able to crush over 50,000 pounds per square inch.[5] Two small, arm-like appendages also reside in the Kaiju's thorax.

Onibaba also possesses a high crest above a large, symmetrical head that can withstand close range and energy based attacks. Onibaba is not openly hostile and rather passive; despite the damage it caused to the general area of Tokyo, it actively avoids combat with an enemy unless provoked. Even then, its attacks are primarily defensive rather than aggressive.[5]

History[]

On May 15, 2016, Onibaba emerges from the Breach and attacks the Japanese capital city of Tokyo. The beast lays waste to the city, killing millions of people who failed to evacuate in time. The military's attempts to hold the creature off only result in the further demise of the pilots involved.

In the midst of destroying the city, Onibaba notices a terrified little girl wandering the streets crying for her parents: Mako Mori.[6] The Kaiju relentlessly chases and corners her, but is interrupted by the arrival of Coyote Tango. Piloted by Stacker Pentecost and Tamsin Sevier, the Jaeger is deployed into the city to aid the military in luring Onibaba into a more isolated area in order to prevent further casualties.[5]

During the battle with Coyote Tango, Onibaba is able to inflict a degree of damage to the Jaeger's head.[5] Tamsin suddenly blacks out from a seizure, forcing Stacker to undertake the dangerous task of piloting the Jaeger alone.[2] He succeeds in doing so and kills Onibaba, saving Mako's life.[7][3]

Legacy[]

Onibaba is one of the first Kaiju whose organs are harvested and sold on the black market; this practice becomes common as the Kaiju War continues. Onibaba's cranial exoskeleton, still intact after its death, is severed from the rest of its body and relocated to the headlands of the Miuri Peninsula to be used as a monument by the Japanese government.[7] The level of devastation caused by the Kaiju's rampage through Tokyo also leads the Pan Pacific Defense Corps to construct a Shatterdome in the city, which opens seven months after the attack.[3][8]

Trivia[]

  • "Onibaba" means "demon hag" or "Ogre Grandma" in Japanese.[9]
  • As with Slattern, Onibaba is never referred to by name in Pacific Rim.
  • Onibaba was named as a tribute to Kaneto Shindo's 1964 horror movie of the same name. Guillermo Del Toro is a professed admirer of the film.[10]
  • A twitter post from Travis Beacham shows that 1 kilogram was defined as the mass of 1 litre (dm^3) of Osmium in 1803 of Pacific Rim Universe.[11]

Gallery[]

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References[]

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