Talk:Ash Ketchum VS Nathan Adams/@comment-27125554-20160103072738

Something i found out from the anime. Youkai can indeed 'die' in a way through different means (shock, removal of certain parts of the body etc). Basically the soul leaves the youkai's body, leaving behind a grey empty husk of the Youkai which cannot act. The souls can return eventually, but the time for this to occur is not specified. The youkai medallium also states a few times that youkai can die such as Wobblewok's description. Hope this helps.