11. Social phenomenon and Yokai

     It is said that yokai get popular when a period change over, and there are two factors.

1.    The social dislocations, social disorder, corruption

2.    The darkness inside of human’s mind

     Those things are thought that Oni(ogre) of social or mind. The darkness in our social and our minds produce yokai. These days, we face sever social phenomena, for example, modification because of global warming, economic stagnation, suicide, illness, etc…. We create yokai, and yokai reflect our mind. We ourselves may be yokai or yokai are alive in our minds.