Gaki

Gaki is not name for this Hungry Ghost of Japanese folklore or preta, rather than from Igorot folklore was a crustacean due to different meaning of same name, but different creatures.

Gaki is the largest known crab in the world found in the Philippines, like other crustacean guardians. This crab has three forms of true colors, blue to violet shells with white on the underneath, including the tail. Their pincers are different from others, their left hand formed a sword-like, and right hand formed a scissor-like with five bioluminescent markings, the three pairs of legs have six rows of spikes in each pairs, however the last pair of legs when devolved and now removed from the evolution process.

Gaki have 6 rows of electrical spikes that connect in their back and are unbreakable, but at the same time the electric organs connect through the antenna to the spikes, and even as far as the legs and pincers. The antenna was elongated like a wire with butterfly-like antennas with three pairs of appendages resembling electrical posts. The eye color of Gaki is blue eyes as a true identity. In the conceal mode, always be covered by dirt to moss with mushrooms or fungi to prevent any predators until the covers are removed.

For added protection, Gaki Crab's armor was made of clay, dirty earth, pebbles, mushrooms, and other algae. Their legs, abdomen, and claws are all covered in armor, which also conceals their swimming legs. The origin of this species is thought to be unknown. When their armor is removed, the electric discharges and flows freely, proving that the mud is effective against electricity.

The Gaki Crab creates a thunderstorm by spraying a storm bubble straight into the sky during the near-death experience mode. The process of convection and condensation, in which warm, humid air rises and cools, causes water vapor to condense into clouds and rain, which is why one gets "eclipsed" when a storm closes either the sun or the moon. A lifting mechanism, like a frontal barrier or terrain, frequently starts this process. This effect triggers only on surface, not in the caverns due to the strategic planning on the environment instead.

Queen Arianna noticed that many variations of Gaki crabs were seen. The Hybornian or Reinachan Gaki has copper green patches on its legs and in other places, including dirt cover, as opposed to the all grey color scheme and some moss of the Terran Gaki.

2025 Changes

• Only one sharp projection remained on the first segment of the walking leg after several of their legs were eliminated since they were deemed inaccurate for Gaki crabs.

• The color and details have been updated, with asymmetrically spiny projections on their propodus and black earthquake lines on both claws rather of just one sickle-shaped one on the left. The Gaki us now literally a giant mud crab that match in Igorot mythology in the Philippines, both electric and mud, which is represents the crab devours the sun and it leads to the solar eclipse, much like Bakunawa or Minokawa.

Gaki was able to thump between the energy of the electricity and the electromagnetic pulse in their right pincer to cause earthquakes or reshaping terrain without touches anywhere else. Gaki was now teleported via dark cave openings which is now a gateway to cause any trouble and thump their entire body. Gaki sprays their mouth with a splash of water with a jolt of electricity directly, some can perform 360° radius. Before reveal their true colors, this crustacean cover with dirt, stones, pebbles, limestones, concretes, soils, permafrost, and other terrain debris with plants as a mini-habitat and keep their secret and conceal as a camouflage until the survivors tried to clean this mess.

Skills

• • Earth Judgemental – Gaki smashes the ground and unleashes Epicenter Surge, dealing Stunned to the target. Upon hitting an enemy creature or survivor because of these markings, Gaki receives a shield of electricity as well as 30% Movement Speed boost for 2 seconds. If an enemy hero, creature or Gaki itself touches Epicenter Surge, it will spread and deal extra damage.

  • Epicenter Wrestling – Gaki jumps to a targeted location, dealing Shocked and Electrified points with Epicenter Surge to enemies nearby. After a brief delay, it then knocks up enemies in the area for 1 second. After casting, the crustacean dashes to a targeted location and leaves a copper-containing saliva behind. The saliva will look like a lightning rod and can be targetable, and hit lightning. If the saliva takes damage, it will restore Epicenter Surge for Gaki and explode in 1.5 seconds, dealing Splashed, Wetted, and Electrified.

  • Rotational Shortage of Courageous (Ilocano: Kurang ti Natured; Indonesian: Kekurangan Pemberani) – Gaki spits out combination of water and electric deals dismemberment, exsanguination, paralysis, stunned, watered, electrified, and even blindness while holds and moves clockwise or counterclockwise rotation in 3 seconds, and even consumes Epicenter Surge to dealing more damage.

  • Epicenter Surge – Gaki's energy will be consumed, up to gains Epicenter Surge when dealing damage to enemy creatures or survivors with "Earth Judgemental" and "Epicenter Wrestling", capped at 15 stacks. It will consume all the stored Rotational Shortage of Courageous when it creates the starfield with this ultimate, gaining additional damage of casts in the epicenter energy accordingly. 

• Earthquake

• Thunderstorm

• Eclipse

According to Igorots, that this animal is not being seen interacting with other species, it is unknown how it fits into the ecological niche, meanwhile the Russian tsar's daughter witnesses fighting between Namazu and Gaki. However, Gaki have been found to be attacked by Akkorokamui and others due to their respective destruction in their ecological balance.

Known to attack alongside Gaki crabs with black flying creatures such as crows, ravens, bats, or Remobras, they are known as an omen to disaster.

Gakis are naturally quite passive creatures. They move around without noticing survivors, but when enraged, they may try to attack them by swinging their legs and pincers wildly or by using their enormous, powerful claws, which can cause earthquakes. Gaki prefers to avoid conflict by remaining hidden in caves with their kin.

But when threatened, they will ruthlessly attack to defend themselves. It will become more aggressive to the point where it no longer relies on defense but rather attacks as a last resort to survive threats and even attack villages and cities because they are in its territory without provocation. This will happen when all of its armor is removed and all that is left is its hard outer shell.

Gaki was endemic in the Philippines. In the past, However, Gaki was only imprisoned in Cordillera Administrative Region where the mountains are actually sacred and never escaped for this crab.

Gaki crabs appear in the mountain ranges not far from Bontoc and other nearby provinces in the Philippines. This animal was found in Luzon Tropical Pine Forests as well for fit and often heavy condensation is persistent because the cooling of moisture-laden air currents sticks the hard shell for moisture.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Decreasing

• Population: ???

• Locomotion: Amphibious

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Fallow Airbase; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Candyland; Mountain; Warm River; Cold River; Lukewarm River; Subterranean River; Warm Pond; Cold Pond; Warm Lake; Cold Lake; Salt Lake; Aquifer; Warm Littoral; Cold Littoral; Warm Intertidal; Cold Intertidal; Kelp Forest; Coral Reef; Barrier Reef; Guyot; Neritic Zone (Warm); Neritic Zone (Cold); Pelagic Zone (Warm); Pelagic Zone (Cold); Karst Cave; Karst Spring; Lush Cavern; Crystal Cave; Magnetic Cave; Radiated Vale; Radiated Citadel; Sulfur Lake; Volcanic Crater Lake; Lava Field; Lava Tube; Volcano; Lava Trench; Basalt Delta; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.

• Earth: 

  • Extant (Resident): Philippines

• Reinachos: 

  • Extant & Introduced (Resident): Abirosa (Simpson's Lightning Cave)

• Sawintir: ???

Gaki was now tamed when the torpor was now completely unconscious. When the electricity was exhausted and now riding it with Marionette String Bugs (similar to Wyvern Riding from Monster Hunter Rise), it sure can control it and attack monsters or beat the walls three times to make it entrapped by Marionette Beetle's sinks stuck into the ground. Feed them with Glow-prey meat (lampreys with glowing tail resembles from Ark Survival Evolved: Aberration) or aufwuchs burger (made of algae with bacteria and any water larval like lake flies to mosquitos) to get a new pet.

Gaki is the second recently discovered crustacean in Earth Responsibly universe, the first being is Mamba Mutu, a largest semiterrestrial shrimp in Democratic Republic of Congo, the Gaki itself was from the Philippines. This crab is gigantic and fits in Greek mythology called Karkinos but is actually been extinct by overhunting during Roman empire, not be confused with this real crab with rusted pincer. Gaki's location was actually be in Eurasia to the Philippines, the last refugee of this guardian and can cause serious earthquake with their right pincer during the winter and in nighttime. Gaki charges itself to summon lightning bolt during enraged when the one of the allies die, would be not prepared and this is not yours, never fault in this action because of the intelligent rotation.

The crab always pursues suspicious soldiers during the battle, and instead of hunting certain Igorots, it shifted to foes to preserve the nation. The Japanese started the attack in the Cordillera region during World battle II, which had an unexpected twist. Large crabs killed a lot of soldiers, and because their skin is only moderately bulletproof, they are useless against bombs or assault rifles.

Like in the Historya Davvun series, Nilan Punzalan traveled to Benguet with his family and friends in the 1990s to locate his mother Lesley Punzalan's great-grandparents, who were pure Aswangs from North Luzon. Analtap Agsabong, however, discovered three great-grandchildren in the woods and embraced her's great-grandchildren and Lesley's sons. They were assaulted by the large crab, who is the same person that attacked the Japanese and Americans during World War II. Despite the fact that crabs are wildlife and cannot be held by their owner, Analtap observed that this species is amiable to them.

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• Japanese: ガキカニ / ガキ蟹 (gaki kani)

• Korean: 가키 게 (gaki ge)

• The first ever drawing made by Ognimdo2002 had the following.

  • A crab;

  • From Bontoc Igorot mythology;

  • Electric elemental crustacean;

  • Have third layers from rock, soft to true forms of each weakness;

  • and the gigantic crustacean.

• Gaki is one of the moon-devouring monsters in Philippine mythology rivalry Arimaonga, Bakunawa, and Minokawa are called Elite Four of Eclipse by Artemis, goddess of moon and hunt.

• http://phspirits.com/gaki/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_mythology

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Gaki-Crab-881507181

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Gaki-Crab-2025-1199956318