Business Youkai of the Mountain's Recess Takane Yamashiro Species: Yamawaro Ability: Capable of manipulating forest ki One of numerous humanoid youkai who live in the mountains. Their inherent nature as a youkai resembles that of the kappa. They build hide-outs in the depths of the Youkai Mountain, within which they live a communal lifestyle. They're specialists at living in forests and are quite technologically advanced. In spite of being forest-dwellers, they're making progress in economic research, and have built a complicated system of currency. They have a healthy rivalry with the kappa, and the two groups call each other things like "you lousy river-dwelling amphibians" and "you stinking forest monkeys". The kappa wouldn't be able to complete their machines without the yamawaro, and the yamawaro's businesses would wither away unused without the kappa's manufacturing. The two groups are dependent on each other, both in technology and in business. Takane is a leader-esque presence amongst the yamawaro. As for why? People say it's because she speaks just a tiny bit more politely than others of her kind.