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Beako
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About
Beako (Japanese: ベア子) is a lolicon-oppising loli figure inspired by Backbeard[1], a major antagonist in a Japanese popular Yo-kai manga GeGeGe no Kitarō[2] written by Shigeru Mizuki. This loli girl, also recognized as a gijinka character of the Yo-kai, has been a famous moe character in the Japanese imageboard community Futaba Channel (2chan) since 2005 and she is also known as the de-facto mascot in the English-language anime/manga blog Sankaku Complex.
![ベア子 manga girl character dressed in black and sitting on top of a large floating red eye](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/066/311/beakoand-backbeard-by-mizudamako.jpg)
Origin
Around 2004, a photoshopped image of the American Yo-kai having a giant shadow with a single large eye began to be often used as a reaction image for yelling at lolicon[3] people in Futaba's /b/ (Nijiura) boards. The common caption to the image "Damn All You Lolicon!" (このロリコンどもめ!, Kono Rorikon Domome!) came to characterize Backbeard as the lolicon-opposing Yo-kai among Futaba users, and it also caused photoshop and exploitable memes featuring both Backbeard and this catchphrase on the Japanese largest imageboard.
![Backbeard "Damn All You Lolicon!" どロこ もリの めコ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/007/761/15964__468x_beako-lolicon-bane-6.jpg)
"Damn All You Lolicon!"
Inspired by this Backbeard popularity on Futaba, a Japanese illustrator Torotei (とろてい) drew a loli girl as Backbeard's daughter and posted the character Beako (ベア子) to his blog on September 11th, 2005.[4]
![Beako](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/858/448/146.jpg)
Spread
Beako was quickly brought into Futaba's /b/ boards, and she became a popular mascot in addition toher father. Many fan creations for this lolicon-opposing loli girl were created by anonymous illustrators in Futaba, and the fandom for her has also spread to illustrators communities pixiv[5], Nico Nico Seiga[6] and deviantART.[7]
Furthermore, artist Toronei posted four-frame comic strips for Beako to his web page[8] and releasing Beako doujin comics anually at the annual Futaba fan convention in 2006. The title of this manga Backbeard-sama ga Miteru (バックベアード様が見てる; lit. "Backbeard Watches Over Us"; abbr: ベア見て, Beamite) is a parody for Maria-sama ga Miteru.[9] In his official manga series, Beako is depicted as a dojikko[10] who always observes lolicon people and tries to reclaim them from their sickness. Additionally, several official Beako figures were released from Pink Company under authorization of the author.
![Backbeard-sama ga Miteru! (Doujin Comic Cover Art) ex ○出張編。](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/858/934/50e.jpg)
![このロリコンどもめ!かしら?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/019/278/beako_1.jpg)
![Backbeard-sama ga Miteru: Beako Mascot Figure](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/858/936/2a5.jpg)
Left: Torotei's Comic Book Art Cover | Center & Right: Official Beako Figures
Meanwhile outside of Japan, English Japanese blog Sankaku Complex has become the base for Beako[11] and lolicon pictures[12], and so Beako has become the de facto mascot of the blog site.
![Sankaku Complex](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/019/287/Sankaku_Complex_by_Pas1990.jpg)
Reaction from the Official Anime
In the 5th season of GeGeGe no Kitaro TV anime series that aired in 2007, Backbeard showed up with a loli witch girl Zambia (shown below, left). In an official Neko Musume[13] illustration published in Japanese moe magazine Megami Magazine in February 2008, Backbeard is peeping at a loli cat girl from the behind (shown below, right). It's said that these are homage from the anime staff to Backbeard's online fame and Beako.
![Witch Girl Zambia](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/858/964/af3.png)
![Backbeard Watches Over Neko Musume](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/858/966/eda.jpg)
Various Examples
![ベア子と生きるぜ! Dy,コンのi5配び寸る](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/858/938/cb3.png)
![こんぬぉぉおおロリコンどもめぇぇぇええ!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/174/448/beako-lolicon-bane-2.jpg)
![このロリコンどもめ!!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/019/274/73bf7f226090cfa8235c4bc7948e10fe.jpg)
![ベア子とベアード](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/163/361/109729__468x_beako-by-sokushi.jpg)
![ぽてべあ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/007/762/beako-lolicon-bane-3.png)
![ベア子ちゃん baird sana no musune g te ikiterutsurai 庄. か すぎ きてるのか"ら](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/858/942/5c3.jpg)
![ベア子たん](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/174/460/beako-lolicon-bane-15.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
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[1] GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki – Backbeard
[2] Wikipedia – GeGeGe no Kitarō
[4] まぐろの餌付け – 落ちてたねorz / Posted on 09-11-2005 (Japanese)
[5] pixiv – Seaech results for the tag ベア子
[6] Nico Nico Seiga – Search results for the tag ベア子
[7] deviantART – Search results for the keyword beako
[8] nekomanma – バックベアード様がみてる
[9] Wikipedia – Maria-sama ga Miteru
[11] Sankaku Complex – Beako – Bane of Lolicon / Posted on 09-28-2008 [NSFW!!]
[12] Sankaku Channel – beako [NSFW!!]
[13] GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki – Neko-Musume
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