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The reason kogasa is a blacksmith is that, according to her, all creatures with "1 eye and 1 foot" all get a bit of ambient faith from ippon datara, who's name as a youkai comes from that same tatara.

Ippon datara are thought to be master blacksmiths by some due to their looks, Having "Lost an eye staring into furnaces and lost a leg from years of pumping the bellows". Due to the connection of "Having one eye and leg" any "One eye and one legged youkai" Gets some ambient ability to be a blacksmith. Since kogasa's form as a youkai is the karakasa obake, or umbrella ghost/monster, her umbrella is her base form and it only has one eye and one "Leg".

In short, the two resemble eachother enough to draw a comparison.

Kogasa in and of herself seems to have done this intentionally, but it is an important distinction. For that matter, kogasa may actually secretly be an ippon datara. That'd be a really cool twist, honestly.

I tought I had enough informative posts like this saved but most of it is copypastas and trash. Oh well, I wonder for how long can we keep this thread's alive.

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