[ Whew, having to explain youkai to other people on her own again...]
Akyuu explained it to me once, but the basic theory is pretty complicated...
Youkai are something like... monsters created out of the fears of humans. It's like, if there's a strange sound from the woods, and people start to think that a monster is causing it, then eventually a youkai will be born from the idea of "the source of the strange noise in the woods". But at the same time, if people went out and found out that it was just a bear or something, then the youkai would gradually lose its power from then on, because the basis for its existence was denied.
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Akyuu explained it to me once, but the basic theory is pretty complicated...
Youkai are something like... monsters created out of the fears of humans. It's like, if there's a strange sound from the woods, and people start to think that a monster is causing it, then eventually a youkai will be born from the idea of "the source of the strange noise in the woods". But at the same time, if people went out and found out that it was just a bear or something, then the youkai would gradually lose its power from then on, because the basis for its existence was denied.