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=== The Harmony of Humans and Yokai ===
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The people of Zipangu call their monsters "yokai". Many races that live there have undergone and independent evolution and cannot be seen anywhere else. They can be extraordinarily powerful, feared as "kaibutsu" (abominations) or worshipped as "kami" (gods). On the other hand, monsters are integrated into human communities and live among them as if it were natural, serving husbands as good wives. The monsters are not affiliated with the Mamono Lord's Army; instead, various factions have been formed by powerful local monsters. It is also not uncommon for monsters to serve a human lord. Men who have lain with yokai and become incubi are sometimes called "yojin" (spectral men), men who have become companions of monstrous objects of worship "hitogami"(human gods). However, in Zipangu it is most common to treat such men simply as humans, just like anyone else.

This accord between humans and monsters goes back before the new Mamono Lord converted monsters into their present forms. In the former Mamono Lord's time, monsters were motivated by an appetite to devour and an urge to slaughter. Few understood human words- and most of those who could were unable to respond. Those capable of conversation usually used this ability to deceive humans and lead them to destruction. In old Zipangu, too, monsters were fundamentally abominations that devoured humans. Strangely, however, many could both understand and speak human language. Thus, monsters were able to escape the cycle of devouring humans and being slain by them through discussion, by which avenue the humans agreed to worship monsters as gods and offer them human sacrifices. This mollified the monsters' rage and successfully realized a respectful distance that was stable, though not as close as that found today.

Considering legends of monsters living with humans, marrying them, and producing children with them during this period, such a history may have contributed to the evolution of the unique monsters that can be found in Zipangu today. perhaps the gods recorded in the ancient tales of Zipangu, discrete from the Chief God, also had a hand in the divergence of the island nation's monsters. Definite conclusions cannot yet be drawn, however.

All that said, there are still some factions and regions among humans that see monsters as foes. For example, the "taimashi" (exorcists) make their living vanquishing monsters. These groups are not as powerful as the Order, but there is a possibility that, in time, they may join hands with it.
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