Dextrins are white, yellow, or brown powders that are partially or fully water-soluble, yielding optically active solutions of low viscosity. Most of them can be detected with iodine solution, giving a red coloration; one distinguishes erythrodextrin (dextrin that colours red) and achrodextrin (giving no colour).
Yukine (éªé³, lit. sound of snow) is one of the three main characters and Yato's only Shinki. When the name Sekki is called, he transforms into a silver katana, the handle of which is loosely wrapped in bandages.
Ugetsu Monogatari. Ugetsu Monogatari (é¨æç©èª, Tales of Moonlight and Rain) is a collection of nine supernatural tales by the Japanese author Ueda Akinari, first published in 1776. Largely taken from traditional Japanese and Chinese ghost stories, the collection is among most important works of Japanese fiction of the 18th century, the middle of the Edo period.