Profile picture doesn’t align with appearance cause Jai thought the other was underage.

Oni are not born, they are made. One unforgivable, perhaps less than, act, and the mask of an Oni is strapped to one’s face, never condoned to be removed again. Those forced to wear it hold an unbearable shame. No one knows what you’ve exactly done, but it’s not needed to know you’re a worthless addition to society. No one bats an eye if it’s one of those people beaten and left in a ditch. Children will throw rocks at you, and shrines will reject you. Maybe it doesn’t have to be like this. Maybe others like us can form our own community, but how wrong you are. See, the system isn’t perfect. Political enemies, innocents, etc. are all victims. Some even wear the masks even though they’ve done nothing to deserve it, but it’s obvious who those are, as there masks are distinctly white. They don’t want to be shunned, merely a silent protest. So when there are imperfections in a system of this magnitude, people organizing or trying to redeem themselves becomes a problem. So priests deal with it. You can’t kill without becoming an Oni, so they gain Ofudas from shrines forgiving them exactly of what they’re about to commit, before they commit it. Still, it’s not enough. Priests will often have a hope struck Oni work with them. The justification to kill other Oni is that to ascend, you must first descend. Though once their toys are bloodied and have completed the last of their work, all promises of salvation are broken. As the Oni has allowed themself to descend to such a point in front of a priest documenting their actions, not even an Ofuda is needed to sanction their death.

(Artist)