msh1120 said: Aren't Akyuu's books considered "Inaccurate"? Isn't it also considered partially biased?
Correct. Akyuu secretly hates youkai and often blows up minor youkai to make them look nightmarish. She also gladly inflates a profile if the subject asks.
WatcherCCG said: Correct. Akyuu secretly hates youkai and often blows up minor youkai to make them look nightmarish. She also gladly inflates a profile if the subject asks.
msh1120 said: Aren't Akyuu's books considered "Inaccurate"? Isn't it also considered partially biased?
Anything canon is considered inaccurate since it is filtered through the opinions and perceptions of one of the characters. I was referring to the simple fact that logically she couldn't get up close to study or interview these "monsters" so their profiles would always have to be highly questionable.
It's really late, but this probably ought to be corrected.
The idea that Akyuu hates youkai doesn't quite gel with her actions, especially considering the content of Symposium. Unless you consider her some kind of Chessmaster who got a bunch of youkai to have a conference specifically to freak the humans out. Even so, the one who comes off looking like a bitch at the end isn't the youkai for the most part, it's Reimu. Also, for all she says about minor youkai, she apparently sneaks out at night to attend their concerts, which don't normally attract many humans.
OTOH it's entirely possible that she was inflating individual or species profiles on request, AND (more likely) relying on inaccurate or biased sources, as people here have already pointed out.
Danger Level: Extreme
Friendliness to Humans: WorstI read the Perfect Memento.How did she observe this extremely dangerous youkai?When you wrote the Perfect Memento, did you ever directly talk with Kazami Yuuka?Is that it?Did you just decide to do that without talking?Like a new butterfly knows how to fly, or a chick breaks through its egg's shell, without being taught, she left the mansion.
Her powers she now had control of no longer withered plants.
On the contrary, she could restore withered flowers back to life.
She could now control her power.
She could now keep from recklessly hurting others.
But she was still just as lonely as before.She had become too powerful.
Because of her power, she was a target for youkai that loved battle, and she fought them.
And humans saw this, and told others of how terrifying she was.
And so, it was written in that book.From when I first read this description, I had doubts.Hieda no Akyuu.