I like Lotus Eaters. Youkai, myriad gods and the sort are staples of traditional Japanese culture, but I feel like giving them "traditional" status comes with the sad side-effect of robbing them of the original plasticity of oral folklore, turning them from a living idea into a dead one. Inside the wonderful Great Hakurei Barrier, they spend their time as living "traditions", their various characters still rooted in legend. If one emerged as a fresh foundation, having avoided being saddled with an individual tradition due to never having been recognized as such before now, how would they influence it? I had those thoughts in mind while drawing this. Thank you very much for reading. I'm thinking of making an artbook next.