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>>46439633
The fact that Kasen is an unreliable narrator about herself, and the Arm's encounter with Reimu doesn't strictly come off as purely malicious is the biggest thing that makes it seem like she's theoretically redeemable. The "oni essence" bit that was stated to be the thing other than malice that was left with the arm makes more sense overall, since I doubt Kasen would be able to bring herself to lie half as much as she does if she had any of her nature as an oni still with her.
>>46439640
I almost have to wonder if you're willfully misunderstanding or baiting, especially with how much you throw the word projection around. People certainly can ignore parts of themselves they dislike, but it's unhealthy at best, and ignoring that the arm getting sealed away is narratively unsatisfying, it's a perfect encapsulation of the character flaws Kasen refuses to address. Overall I'd say she seems to grow over the course of WaHH, but the detail about the arm not only indicates that most of the growth before she showed up wasn't actually accomplished and was the equivalent of removing parts of your brain that would make you capable of those decisions, and she still admittedly makes some pretty fucked up choices like the vengeful spirit killing. All in all, given the issues that spawn from her unwillingness to even address the parts of herself she doesn't like, it basically ends up being the Touhou equivalent of textbook Jungian psychology. She didn't resolve anything, and as a result I'd say it's a perfectly justified thing to dislike, even considering I like Kasen myself.

>>26979645
Might ZUN be a hack that only nicks what he likes from fan works and puts that into canon? Kind of like Mojang. Not that I prefer Keine to Kasen, god no.