My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Spider-web-like cracks soon spread across the bodies of the remaining clay soldiers. With the sound of crackling, hundreds of remaining clay soldiers shattered into pieces of clay fragments, all falling to the ground.

Seeing this scene, the ghost girl Rito, who was restrained by Mian Yue Yiji, had her already bulging eyes wide open as if they were about to pop out.

Having been hiding in remote mountains for many years, the ghost girl Li Tao has not had much information exchange with other monsters and aliens.

Although the ghost girl Li Tao had heard of the names of the ancient great monsters and the noble "Princes" who had ruled all the monsters in this land for thousands of years, she found it difficult to recognize Shang Yang and Mian Yue Yiji, the two noble "Princes" who had great reputations among the monster tribes.

After casually destroying these troublesome clay soldiers, Shang Yang instantly appeared next to Mian Yue Yiji, who was holding the sword against the ghost girl Li Tao's neck. He glanced at the ghost girl Li Tao, who was terrified and dared not move, and coughed.

"Well, put away your sword first, Yiji. We are here to discuss business. There is no need to use knives or guns."

Hearing this, Mian Yue Yiji didn't care. She sheathed her sword calmly and didn't say anything.

Seeing Mian Yue Yiji put away her sword, Shang Yang turned to look at the ghost girl Li Tao who also breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly.

"Ghost Maiden Rito, right? Please forgive me for any abruptness. We came here specifically to discuss a business deal with you, Ghost Maiden Rito."

“…Oh? Then…”

Hearing Shang Yang's words, the suspicious ghost girl Li Taoye slowly probed in an old and hoarse voice.

"My lords, you have come to this remote mountain to look for me, the useless old woman Li Tao. I would like to ask you, lords, how can I be of any assistance to you? I will do my best."

"It's very simple."

Nodding slightly, Shang Yang replied slowly and calmly.

"We want to use your magic as a witch to resurrect someone."

"Oh? Resurrect someone?"

Hearing this, the ghost girl Li Tao couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"This isn't a difficult task for an old woman like me, but I wonder what kind of being you two adults want to resurrect?"

Hearing this question, Shang Yang smiled and spoke slowly.

"Your Excellency, the Ghost Witch, may have heard of this person."

"That was the human priestess who died fifty years ago while guarding the Four Souls Jewel, Lady Kikyo."

"... Kikyo?"

Hearing this name, the ghost girl Li Tao said slowly and thoughtfully.

"That's the human miko who, fifty years ago, guarded the legendary Four Souls Jade, which was said to grant any wish..."

"...However, it is said that the human priestess died fifty years ago due to some unknown accident."

"Not only have her remains disappeared, but even the legendary Four Souls Jade has vanished..."

"Yes, she is the one we need to resurrect."

Shang Yang nodded slightly and asked slowly.

"How is it, can your ghost magic, the ghost witch lady, revive that human witch?"

"Haha, it's not impossible. Even if she's been dead for fifty years, it doesn't matter..."

After a smug smile, the ghost girl Li Tao tried again in her old and hoarse voice.

"However, the old woman's ghost magic requires a certain medium to work. In other words, to call back her soul and revive the witch Kikyo, we must have her ashes or hair as a medium. However, Kikyo's remains have been missing for fifty years..."

"Don't worry about this. I understand that this kind of magic requires the body of the recipient."

Hearing this, Shang Yang said indifferently.

"I have already prepared the necessary medium."

As he spoke, Shang Yang casually took out a colorful sachet tied with a thin string from his inner arms, opened it, picked up a few long, slender, jet-black hairs from it, and handed it to the ghost girl Li Tao.

"Is this the hair of the miko Kikyo?! But how is this possible..."

After taking these few strands of long, dark hair, the ghost girl Li Tao's surprise could not be concealed even with her old and hoarse voice.

"The miko Kikyo has been dead for over fifty years..."

“You don’t need to care where these media come from.”

Hearing this, Shang Yang asked calmly.

"In short, as long as there is such a medium, we can call back Kikyo's soul, right?"

"Of course you can."

As she said this, a hint of inexplicable meaning appeared on the old face of the hunched ghost girl Li Tao.

"But, if I can resurrect Kikyo, the shrine maiden who guards the Four Souls Jade, for you two adults, I wonder what kind of reward I will get..."

"...What did you get? This question is a bit difficult for me."

Hearing the question from the ghost girl Li Tao, Shang Yang seemed to be in embarrassment and rubbed his hair, then spoke casually.

"Actually, I haven't really thought about it."

"...Well, if the Ghost Maiden refuses to use her magic to revive the Miko Kikyo."

"The underworld, the final resting place of the dead, will be the only place for you, the ghost witch Rito."

Volume 6: Yearning Across Time and Space: Chapter 319: Kagome Imprisoned

Shang Yang's nonchalant words immediately caused astonishment and anger to appear on the old face of the ghost girl Li Tao. However, the next second, the ghost girl Li Tao bent her hunched body in panic and explained hastily in fear.

"No, no! I, an old woman, will definitely use my magic to revive Kikyo, the shrine maiden who guards the Four Souls Jade. What I said just now was just a moment of confusion. My two lords, please rest assured! Please rest assured!"

"So best."

Hearing the ghost girl Li Tao's hasty and panicked agreement, Mian Yue Yiji took over the conversation with a cold tone.

"However, Ghost Girl Li Tao, if you have any extra thoughts later."

"You can only use your ghost magic to see if you can resurrect yourself."

A mountain path deep in the mountains.

"There will be other little thoughts, Ghost Girl Rito."

On the mountain road, Mian Yue Yiji said this lightly.

"Yes."

Shang Yang nodded slightly, his tone also calm.

"The ghost girl Li Tao must have some other little tricks up her sleeve. This is not surprising. If you think that the ghost girl Li Tao will do things for you and me just because you and I threaten her, then you are underestimating this cunning and treacherous ghost girl."

Having said that, Shang Yang paused for a moment and then continued speaking in a casual tone.

"But it doesn't matter. Let the witch do what she wants."

Hearing Shang Yang's words, Mian Yue Yiji also nodded slightly.

The Second Princess of the Moon City also had no interest in paying attention to the possible tricks of the ghost witch Li Tao, a weak alien who only had some strange magic tricks to show off.

Then, the Second Princess of the Moon City suddenly spoke in a calm and soothing tone.

"Don't worry, I won't tell Jue, Shana, and the others about you carrying that miko's hair with you."

“…No, it doesn’t really matter…”

Hearing Mian Yue Yiji's comfort, Shang Yang curled the corners of his mouth and explained helplessly.

"That was just a medium for the ghost girl Rito to perform the ghost magic. I have nothing to hide."

Hearing Shang Yang's answer, Mian Yue Yiji glanced at Shang Yang indifferently and said softly.

"...The scented bag containing your long hair is imbued with Kaguya's eternal power, impervious to the erosion of time. While it's difficult to gauge its age at first glance, you've likely kept it within your embrace for decades."

"Your obsession with that witch is truly deep."

“…Wait a minute!”

Shang Yang felt something was wrong the more he listened, and hurriedly spoke up to stop Mian Yue Yiji from saying anything further.

Where is this and where is this...

It is true that the sachet containing a strand of Kikyo's hair was there a long time ago, but the colorful sachet was made by Kaguya a long time ago and given to her. At that time, she specially asked Kaguya to use her eternal power to protect it. Since then, this colorful sachet has been hanging on her underwear.

Fifty years ago, considering that Kikyo's body had been frozen under the icy lake of the cold hell in the underworld, there would naturally be no ashes and soil for the ghost girl Li Tao to revive Kikyo fifty years later. So she left a lock of Kikyo's long hair and placed it in this colorful sachet protected by eternal power as a medium to revive Kikyo fifty years later.

...Of course, apart from this, although leaving Kikyo's hair behind does have some nostalgic meaning, but now hearing Yiji say this, it just feels wrong...

At the same time, in Maple Village.

Kagome, who was caught by the villagers of Maple Village and tied back to the village because she approached Inuyasha who was nailed to the sacred tree out of curiosity, was also tied up and unable to move. The villagers were also looking at this girl who was dressed strangely and revealingly in their eyes with suspicion.

What the hell is going on?! This group of people...

While thinking this fearfully, Kagome tried hard to free her hands that were tied behind her back, but when she found that it was of no use at all, the angry Kagome complained loudly to the onlookers.

"Hey! You don't have to tie me up!"

Of course, no villager paid any attention to Kagome's angry complaints. They still looked at Kagome with suspicion and whispered to their relatives and friends.

"A little girl in strange clothes..."

"It must have come from somewhere else."

"Maybe there's going to be another war..."

Some women in the village even looked at Kagome's white thighs exposed under her school uniform skirt, whispering in dissatisfaction.

"Could she be a fox in disguise?"

"Dressing so revealingly..."

"Maybe it's to seduce men..."

"Hey!!! Aunties over there! What weird things are you talking about?!!"

Hearing the women's whispered discussions, I was inexplicably labeled as shameless, revealingly dressed, and a vixen who seduced men.

Kagome Higurashi, an innocent girl who had never been in love in the fifteen years since she was born, immediately turned sideways with a big crossroads on her forehead and angrily refuted these strange aunts.

"This is just an ordinary student uniform! Who would do such a shameless thing?!"

However, even after hearing Kagome's angry roar, the suspicion on the faces of the women in the village became more and more serious.

Seeing the reactions of this group of people, Kagome, who was quite exhausted, sighed and thought a little anxiously.

Weird hairstyle, weird clothes, weird look. Where on earth is this place? It doesn't look like it's near Tokyo...

Just as Kagome was wondering anxiously about who and where this person was, suddenly, a loud shout was heard from the outskirts of the gathered villagers.

"Everyone, get out of the way, Grandma Feng is coming!"

Following the loud shout, the villagers consciously made way for her. Grandma Feng, with her waist bent and a zelkova bow in her hand instead of a crutch, walked out of the crowd and looked at the beautiful girl who was tied tightly, had an uneasy look on her face, and was wearing revealing clothes.

Alas... Another weird mother-in-law appeared...

Seeing the old weird woman coming out of the crowd, Kagome showed uneasiness on her face, and felt helpless in her heart.

Without saying a word, she approached Kagome who was tied to the ground, handed the bow in her hand to the villager next to her, picked up a bag of salt used to exorcise evil spirits, and without saying a word, she threw handfuls of it at the confused Kagome.

"Hoo-ha! Hoo-ha! Hoo-ha!"

“…Eh?! Ahhh! Stop it now!!!”

Kagome was stunned by Grandma Kaede's strange behavior, and was immediately covered with rough salt grains. She struggled hurriedly, shaking her upper body to avoid the rough salt grains, while angrily questioning the strange grandma in front of her.

"What the hell are you going to do?!"

"Eh? Ah..."

Hearing Kagome's angry and loud questioning, Grandma Kaede was stunned for a moment, stopped sprinkling salt, and spoke with some confusion.

"I heard that you appeared in the forest where Inuyasha was sealed, and you were dressed so shamelessly. I thought you were some kind of fox monster..."

"I already told you I'm just wearing a normal school uniform! How shameless of you!?"

PS1: I personally feel that Kagome in the comics is a bit more "astringent" than Kagome in the animation. She is truly fair-skinned, beautiful, and has long legs. (Distant view)

PS2: I only watched the animation before, but later I read some of the differences between the comics and the animation in the Inuyasha forum, as well as some details in the comics, and I felt more and more that Kagome is really a very good girl.

PS3: I've reached the point where I feel a bit jealous that such a good girl is left to Er Gouzi. (Nods)