User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Yian Kut-Ku(4th Gen)/@comment-25119729-20150323211211/@comment-7584137-20150324162629

Well, Yian Kut-Ku was pretty much the "turning point" of the early generations. It was the first "hard" monster the beginners had to face, and could come as a surprisingly dangerous monster. That´s it, really. Yian Kut-Ku had the "honour" of giving the newcomers a taste of the "real" monster hunting and that´s why many like it. I for myself remember being TERRIFIED of it during the first time. It seemed so large. AND IT WAS SO FAST! And at the time it also hit like a truck. The really inexperienced me got quite of a fright. And it felt so satisfying to bring it down the first time. :)