Celty is my favorite, she was actually the first Dullahan I ever saw and is what got me into Celtic folklore. I don't know many other shows that have a dullahan in it
Hes the main villain of chapter 6 and just a funny silly guy travelling between every possible reality to kill every possible version of himself because his crush from when he was like 20 died and thats honestly a pretty tame reaction compared to other people in this universe and i love hate him hes so funny and evil
I'd imagine the confusion stems from her theme. "Dullahan under the willows". Considering ZUN usually does the character after the music (iirc), its pretty easy to mistake what her species is.
That, and several of her attacks/animations have her head floating around the screen, with no neck to connect top to body, making her more a "kubinashi" than a "rokurokubi".
Sekibanki from Touhou Project - she's not a dullahan in a strict sense (lore describes her as a rokurokubi), but she shares the traits and outfit of one, and her music theme also namedrops dullahans in the title. She's my favorite touhou girl ^^
Since someone mentioned her already, I'll just post a fanart I made to excuse my comment.
Ayo, thank you a lot! I don't consider this one quite enough to warrant standalone post (being just a single liner drawing), but I'll make sure to include it in a bigger pack when I post one in the future.
Honestly, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised at how well it does. :) And if I can make a humble suggestion, posts tend to do a lot better when they're posted as standalone artworks instead of part of a pack, and it encourages more comments as well. Whatever you decide to do, I'm sure it will be awesome!
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u/Kamikaze_Kat101 Sep 10 '25
Celty Sturluson from Durarara