Fans love tracking these evolutions, 18. well as
learning every bit of information about as many yokai
(strange apparition) as they can. This may explain why a lot
of these books, scholarly or not, have the look and feel of
illustrated encyclopedias, 19. detailed descriptions of
scores of creatures. Why do the centuries-old monsters
continue 20. fascinate? “There’s the mystery of the
world about them,” said Bill Tsutsui, a Japanologist. “You get
that in this folkloric sense of the past: that the real world
around us is beautiful and wonderful, 21. can be really
horrible to.” (By Robert Ito, the New York Times)
【題組】18. (A) so (B) as (C) much (D) better
Mac Liang 高一上 (2017/04/07) Yōkai (妖怪, ghost, phantom, strange apparition) are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits and demons in Japanese folklore.