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Aural1 year ago(+1)

Seriously, every comment makes me more excited about what you're going to do with this game <3.

And my advice is to do something like youkai, basically each youkai has different powers and there are some specific ones that are very powerful (probably the most feared or are prayed to as gods) but the coexistence between humans and youkai depends more on a harmonious tolerance and an "avoid each other", and when there is a bad youkai that kills humans, a "god" or a exorcist kills them, and the same if humans start killing or enslaving youkai for their interests, well maybe a "demon" kills all humans to protect defenseless youkai (And if you realize, this is a cycle which is the main reason why youkai and humans can't truly coexist with each other).

My headcanon would be that there is a codependency between youkais and humans, that youkais make the world easier to live in (ecological allegory) and on the other hand, youkais need humans to pray to them to become gods (or fear and become demons). ), but due to their differences and racism this coexistence is very difficult, and since there are a large number of humans, the youkai end up hiding more from the humans while the humans always use the victim card lol.

This is all suggestion and headcanon (I have taken all this from Inuyasha, Ao exorcist, and Dororo), whatever you decide I'm sure I'll love it<3.

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HiroRCK1 year ago(+1)

I'm glad! I'm very excited to work on this project, too, because it combines a lot of my personal interests. ^^

Oh, I see. 🤔 I want to do some more research on Japanese folklore to see what the bottom line is (or like a general consensus ) but that first bit would definitely play into what I'm planning for the story. There needs to be enough tension for the humans to be unsettled by a halfling like Kyū and the demons need to have their own reasons not to overrun villages and stuff. 🤔

But thank you again for the suggestions, you gave me a lot to think about. ^^

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Aural1 year ago(+1)

Honestly, I'm having a lot of fun with this conversation plus I'm really excited about what you're going to create.

If I'm not careful I can write long comments to you infinitely XD.

But I'll stop for our mental health and because this thread of comments is getting very long lol, but I'll leave you my twitter so you can send me DM if you want to hear more of my long comments or need the point of view of someone who has I've seen a lot of youkai anime and Japanese history (It's @Loka4v).

P.S (And this is the last thing, I swear): The Japanese at that time were a bit British, in the sense of classism, honor in following your role, that blood is what matters most, and super racist.

Basically, simply because Kyū is a "demon" it will be enough for hatred and suspicion, of course if Kyū were a god or a descendant of a god (Or the same if he was a renowned youkai) it would be another story, so I would make Kyū of a humble origin and that he had a conflictive or criminal past (Basically that he almost became a demon), and that should be enough for others to hate him.

Of course they wouldn't hate that he served Mairō since that would be a symbol of power and strength to the family and Mairō (There are many types of youkais, and some if you kill or subdue them, they are considered symbols of power for you, an example were the Tengu who are very competitive and if you beat them in a competition they rewarded you), but they would hate that Mairō treated Kyū well, respected him, and gave him privileges, since in their eyes "a servant (or dog) shouldn´t be respected or rewarded for being loyal and serving well since that is their role, rather they should be grateful to serve a renowned family like ours, that will give honor to their mediocre existence"...

Seriously, at that time everyone was very classist, what mattered most was your honor, blood, and family, in the sense that if you screwed up your whole family screwed up with you and if you succeeded your whole family triumphed with you (And if you succeeded but it was discovered that your family was poor or criminal, you lost all that success overnight lmao).

A good example was that if a criminal was caught and executed, their children were treated as if they themselves had committed said crimes, and it was expected that they would end up committing them too when they grew up (And of course if nobody help children or give them a work when they grew up, they would end up becoming criminals to survive, and the prophecy is fulfilled lol).

The case, don´t worry, it is very easy at that time to create problems so that Kyū isn´t accepted XD.

(By the way, sorry for the long comment, I really tried lmao)

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HiroRCK1 year ago(+1)

Okay, thank you! Feel free to message me too if you'd like ^^

(also, this is very insightful, i appreciate it 👌)

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