/jp/ - Otaku Culture

It was clear that Tewi wasn't just a normal youkai rabbit. All the earth rabbits listened to everything she said. Though there was nothing at all dignified in her appearance, the idea of her being able to control a great number of rabbits at will brings to mind the image of an ascetic who has achieved enlightenment.

"The earth rabbits only listen to Tewi. Do you know what that means?"

"That Tewi is the most important of the earth rabbits?"

"Without Tewi, we wouldn't be able to control the earth rabbits, which would be a problem."

Then, Oho-Namudi-no-Kami who came last of all saw the hare and asked, "Why do you lie weeping down?"
The hare answered, "I was in the island of Oki-no-Shima, and wished to cross over to this shore, but I had no means of crossing over. And so I deceived shark of the sea and said: --- 'I wish to compete by you and me, and count up which tribe is more. And so you will bring every member of your tribe, and lie in single file from this island to Keta Promontory. Then I will tread on them, and count running and crossing over. We will know which tribe is numerous, thus.' --- I said so, they were deceived and lay in a file, and so I trod on them and counted crossing over. But when I was just about to get on land, I said: --- 'You have been deceived by me!' --- But as soon as I had finished saying, the shark who lay the end of all seized me and stripped the all clothes (skin) of mine off. And so I was weeping and grieving, then the eighty-deities who came before you commanded me to pour sea-water and lie down in the wind. And so I did as I was told, but my whole body was hurt."