Hermits are the same. We refuse to die as humans and become something else entirely, even escaping the laws of reincarnation.

...Surely by this point, things like the difference between man and woman or public morals should be trivial.

Also... Kasen-dono...

Why is it that you kept a youthful appearance like myself

and remained in this earthly world stained in desire?

After all, ethically speaking...

Wanting to become a hermit to extend one's life

is no different from a woman wishing for a phallus.

Base, unseemly desires.