Toshio Seaki, that little boy who stares you upstairs (Ju On, The Grudge)

Toshio Saeki (ghost form), Ju-On

Toshio Saeki is an onryō appearing in the Ju-On and the Grudge franchise. He was the only child of Takeo and Kayako Saeki. After the murder of his mother by his father, Takeo, he was drowned in his bathtub along with his black cat.
After the curse has been set, his spirit became an onryō, a japanese vengeful spirit, and therefore haunts the Saeki mansion and kills everyone he encounters.







Toshio behaves as a warning, he is always the first manifestation of the Saeki's curse towards their victims. When he is roaming somewhere, his mother Kayako is certainly crawling around.

His main way to interact with humans is to stare at them, ominously meow at them and, sometimes, kill them - always off-screen in the movies - .
About the fact that he can perfectly meow like a cat, it is the result of "fusing" with his cat's spirit since they were both killed by drowning - and maybe because a cat and his master stay together in death? - , despite the fact that we can see the cat acting independantly from Toshio.
Although he does not kill alot, leaving it to her mother, the way he kills does not reflect exactly how he died - he was seen beheading someone with his bare hands in Sadako Vs. Kayako -.

This is the face you make when you see your father killing your mother, The Grudge 2

"MEOOOOOOOOOOW!!", The Grudge

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