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>>45693640
They're not really eating Humans for their nutritional value, instead they eat it for the spirit that it contains. I imagine flesh is the most efficient and spirit dense way of feeding yourself as a Youkai, and in older times where humans were not a limited resource this was the way to go. Hermits are better in this regard, as an animal eating their flesh becomes a Youkai, while a Youkai eating their flesh ascends to a higher level or rank; so eating lots of Humans also increases your power, and in the case of Beast Youkai, an animal eating enough Humans becomes a Beast Youkai. In particular it's mentioned that virtuous Humans like Monks who've done a lot of training are ideal targets. The stronger one is spiritually (Human to Monk to Hermit) the more strength their flesh gives and the more "nutritional" it is. I think there's enough circumstantial evidence to conclude that Youkai feed off Human spirit in particular and that eating Human flesh is the easiest and fastest way but not entirely required.

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>>45299604
There isn't a real answer and that's because good/evil are completely different depending on perspective. The Humans may think she is evil since they're the plug to the Youkai life support machine. The Youkai might think poorly of her, but it's a fact that without her many of them would have died out. On the otherhand we don't know a whole lot what the outside world is like and how it compares to ours in the present, but in the future it seems to approach a dystopia with worsening climate and more people are unhappy. Also note that while rare, outsiders do choose to settle in Gensokyo, and Rinnosuke's brief foray into the outside didn't leave him with a good impression and it was completely alien to him. If some outsiders are choosing to stay, then that says a lot about the quality of outside society if there are some people willing to leave it all behind and risk living in a world of actual monsters instead of returning to their own.

I argue that it would be worse for the Humans of Gensokyo if it was torn down and they were sent to the outside world. The culture shock is too much and their skills would not have any worth because who needs a blacksmith or fisherman when it's all handled by industry. Their money is also worthless since I doubt inflation ever took off in Gensokyo due to being a closed loop economy. The highly bureaucratic outside world just rejects them as invalids since they have no paperwork, they simply don't exist and no one—save criminals—will hire a nobody. Simply put they'll be taken advantage of; there's no village to protect them, no shrine maiden, no gods, and the monsters are all hidden on the inside in everyone around you. I've seen the argument about "muh north korea", but can you really say that it's all that bad when most of what you had to worry about was staying healthy, stocking food and wood for winter, and keeping an eye out for dangerous Youkai?

Whether it's Good or Evil, it's necessary that Gensokyo continues to exist for the livelihood of ALL of it's residents, not just Youkai. Yukari isn't good by any means, but if Gensokyo protects all inside then she is there to protect you from everything outside.

>>44237611
Suffice to say you're going to be very busy. At least Chen is there to give an extra hand to her many new little sisters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZi2ITMh2Jg

Kneading and nuzzling her, as she's on my lap doing her thing

>>18755307
It is the collected works of Lafcadio Hearn along with everything else ZUN drunkenly flipped through/had stories told from Yukari running headlong into the real problems of operating a perfectly isolated, sapient-inhabited nature reserve in the 21st century with the added tedium of balancing magical factors.

Honestly though, I wonder how many entries it will take until the issue of the inevitable collective cabin fever everyone in Gensokyo has will be dealt with. Will they open up? Will they merely allow secret passages to the Outside? Will they do something even more esoteric?

>>17613847
Calm down mushroom head.

Yukari searches the archives for evidence she is not the best 2hu and finds none.

>>9868284
Except for those ones on the moon.

Yukari is mortal and will die someday.