User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Tobi-Kadachi/@comment-26826688-20180311201633

Tobi-Kadachi, on of the most tragic figures in MH history. It'll always be under Zinorge's shadow, all because it has the lighting element and is a fanged wyvern. Even though it tries to so hard to have an completely different moveset and design, the day people stop comparing it to Zinorge is the day MHXX will be released to the west.

He has the design of a squirrel and a snake, and really sticks out in the Ancient Forest with it's white fur. The thing I really like about the monster is it's posture. It feels like I'm fighting a panther or a Jaguar, so it feels like an actual cat, even though it doesn't do anything cat-like (Narga is probably the most cat-like monster, with it's panther noises and pounce moves, but it's way too bulky and shares its skeleton with Tigrex).

In terms of the fight, Tobi is one of those monsters where most of it's moveset makes you think its quite weak, but then it pulls out a few of it's trump cards and 2/3rds of your life is gone. His eratic bites and constant tail flips automatically tell you this is where the true challenge begins, but once you get into a nice pace, he'll die in no time since he has no health.

So, I don't really know what to think of Tobi. It doesn't give off a theme like other monsters do, but I guess that's his theme. He does what he wants and hides in the dull, unmemorable void of early game monsters, the Ancient forest's food chain, and Zinogres' shadow.