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>>17673464
Why change perfection? Her hair is her best quality!

>>14861275
You can't justify youkai eating humans just because humans eat animals. They're two completely different things. And whether or not if I'm a vegan or omnivore doesn't matter either. Youkai as an existence were created by Lunarians to regulate human 'filth'. At least the bad ones. There are a huge variety of youkai, 11520 if you go by the Emperor Koutei tale. It could be justified if the humans being provided as food for youkai are all 'filth' but if they're not, than it's just bad. Animals aren't human, animals don't have free will. They don't have reasoning like humans do. They are a lower existence. Now I could see your point if humans were also eating youkai though, but I don't know of any instance of that happening. It's just Yukari's way of trying to sustain Gensokyo's existence, the dark side, dark side. The way I'm seeing it, if there are youkai that need to eat humans in order to sustain its existence, vs youkai that don't need it (i.e. Kogasa only needs fear), then maybe those youkai don't need to exist do they? Did you know many youkai were once human before? And you know how they became youkai? Some by tragic event, others because of holding onto some vulgar desire or constantly committing some, INHUMANE deed.

Now here's something to think about. In Forbidden Scrollery, there are many books that exist in Kosuzu's store that contain sealed youkai, many of which were too dangerous to be allowed to exist. They were too dangerous because they were too malicious, a destructive existence. Those youkai probably aren't as dangerous as Oni or Kitsune, but due to their lack of intelligence they were just bad. They deserved to be sealed. Now, I know Yukari is incredibly intelligent, so she knows what's doing. I'm sure Yukari herself has probably had to exterminate youkai. So what do you do you about the not so destructive ones that need humans for food to exist? This is why I said it was complicated. Because humans are intelligent creatures with free will. I can see your point about if those humans being drawn in did want to commit suicide. The barrier near the road of reconsideration is weak, and the humans that often traverse there are often there to die. And more often then not, they're eaten by youkai instead. Should a human be allowed to die if he just wants to die, or rather, is willing to become food for youkai? Is this of there own accord, or are they being 'manipulated'? That's all up in speculation and interpretation. Lastly, why are those youkai even allowed to live? But this is what I believe, as Yukari is a 'youkai', she is gonna have bias toward youkai and is only willing to give more control to youkai. This is why youkai have a bigger population in Gensokyo than humans, instead of it being even. Yukari is looking toward the well being of youkai kind, not human kind. Since humans are needed for the survival of youkai, she therefore has to keep them alive too. That's only my interpretation though. I will respect her, but I will not like her. Simple as that.