i wonder why author to go for silkies, i mean, they aren't all that different from other house spirits, they're pretty obscure, and the name makes for alot of confusion for a more well-known creature.
also,
A monster that eats dirt off people and things??? Japan is a weird place. I mean how are you going to scare the kiddies with that one?
(with a flashlight under my chin in a darkened room) "... and when the man woke up, he was clean from head to toe, and the bathtub was spotless!" (maniacal laugh, children scream)
i think they were supposed to be carriers for disease, like cockroaches.
Hah, I'd mentioned an akaname just before the chapter featuring one. I should capitalize on this precognition and/or author-inspiring power and suggest another "species". How about that youkai that demands you clean their giant foot? Or a nuckelavee (Irish centaur with no skin and poison breath)?
honestly, i'd sorta like to see the latter one here, i don't think anyones attempted a monstergirl nuckelavee.