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>>19757031
>>19756955
>Where's the JOP Masadafag when you need him?
Don't know where's the one you're refering to, but I was sleeping after working for 12 hours straight.
>adopt a super Japanese look
Though it was never explicitly stated (or at least I don't remember it), it's probably because of how the universe and Taikyoku work in general. Yakou was talking about it, stating that one of the base principles of Onmyoudou is that you can't name something unknown, because it's something that no one has ever seen. That's why people (and the universe in general) tries to forcefully put things they don't understand into some form that they can understand and perceive. It's not completely correct to say that Tenma and their Kamunagara look exactly as we've seen them. It's just how the Eastern Expedition sees them. As for why they're Yatsukahagi — well, Tenma are the eight legs of a Tsuchigumo, a spider-like youkai from the Japanese folklore, which is also called "Yatsukahagi". They are referred as such because they oppose Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (which is one of the ancient names of Japan), and in ancient Japan, people called the ones who were opposing the Emperor "tsuchigumo". Why is the overall setting an ancient Japan-like? Well, probably because of how the world history went after Hajun wiped out almost everything. History developed much slower because of Tengudou as the universe law, but in general Japan still went the same course, up until the Easter Expedition of Emperor Jimmu (Rindou).