Hiizumi Enjin ♋ 2/a lotderpchanApril 18 2010, 16:22:03 UTC
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Ah, the town theme. This is the first impression anyone would get of Sakurashin-machi. They would also note it's a fairly carefree town; from it's (somewhat amusing) town song, down to its employees and townsfolk, it's a peaceful place. Humans and yōkai coexist peacefully here. Yōkai can otherwise be known as demons, which is a general term for a being with abnormal powers; from an Oni to a Jiang Shi--literally a dead corpse that lives again (with aid, such as Rin, who has sutras and a special pin that allows her to move). In most parts of the world where yōkai and humans exist, there is bitter fighting. Many humans, residents of 'our' world, view yōkai as poison or evil; even sometimes heartless or soulless creatures, if you're particularly keen on Biblical depictions of 'demons' or yōkai.
But this is not the case, as all the residents of Sakurashin town (including its young mayor) are well aware. In fact, yōkai are truly, when it comes down to it, no different from humans. They feel what we feel, can fall in love, and do everything we can. ... They're just generally stronger with supernatural powers. But the abnormal is the norm in this town! Both humans and yōkai go to school, eat, sleep, and live together, as the mayor, Yarizakura Hime, would have it. She herself is in actuality a yōkai of dragon descent, though the entire town was unaware of this. ... Keyword being 'was'.
Of course, her plan was working fine--when her grandmother died, Hime inherited (more or less) her job as mayor, which she took and still takes as a very serious job. She's so dedicated to understanding her town that, in fact, she asked the Goddess of its land (Shinatsuhiko Yae) to seal the memories of all the townspeople of her ever being a yōkai in the first place. Because of this, even her closest friends would not judge her powers and she could, as she put it, see from the perspective of "both human and yōkai", and be a better mayor.
That, of course, all changed many years later. But in order to explain properly the who and the (possible?) why, I must first explain the how...
Tsun tsun dere tsun dere tsun tsun~
Ah, the town theme. This is the first impression anyone would get of Sakurashin-machi. They would also note it's a fairly carefree town; from it's (somewhat amusing) town song, down to its employees and townsfolk, it's a peaceful place. Humans and yōkai coexist peacefully here. Yōkai can otherwise be known as demons, which is a general term for a being with abnormal powers; from an Oni to a Jiang Shi--literally a dead corpse that lives again (with aid, such as Rin, who has sutras and a special pin that allows her to move). In most parts of the world where yōkai and humans exist, there is bitter fighting. Many humans, residents of 'our' world, view yōkai as poison or evil; even sometimes heartless or soulless creatures, if you're particularly keen on Biblical depictions of 'demons' or yōkai.
But this is not the case, as all the residents of Sakurashin town (including its young mayor) are well aware. In fact, yōkai are truly, when it comes down to it, no different from humans. They feel what we feel, can fall in love, and do everything we can. ... They're just generally stronger with supernatural powers. But the abnormal is the norm in this town! Both humans and yōkai go to school, eat, sleep, and live together, as the mayor, Yarizakura Hime, would have it. She herself is in actuality a yōkai of dragon descent, though the entire town was unaware of this. ... Keyword being 'was'.
Of course, her plan was working fine--when her grandmother died, Hime inherited (more or less) her job as mayor, which she took and still takes as a very serious job. She's so dedicated to understanding her town that, in fact, she asked the Goddess of its land (Shinatsuhiko Yae) to seal the memories of all the townspeople of her ever being a yōkai in the first place. Because of this, even her closest friends would not judge her powers and she could, as she put it, see from the perspective of "both human and yōkai", and be a better mayor.
That, of course, all changed many years later. But in order to explain properly the who and the (possible?) why, I must first explain the how...
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