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hello, i was reading Yuyuko's info and i am troubled by the language in her profile for PCB. there are also some inconsistencies regarding whether it were Yuyuko's body AND her soul that were used as the main component as the seal for the sakura tree ayakashi, or just her body.

it goes: -Yuyuko feared her power of death and committed suicide -someone who wants Yuyuko to live as a ghost (i.e. soul) peacefully in Hakugyokurou for eternity sealed her CORPSE and the tree's sakura together. -from the old book in the library Yuyuko visits, it says that removing the seal on the tree will resurrect the human. but "Once the boundary is breached, the time that was frozen will continue to flow, resulting in her death again." -if Yuyuko's corpse, which is dead by medical standards, frozen in time, how will defrosting the time on the corpse lead to Yuyuko's death again when she's already dead? -or is 'dead' meant in regards to Yuyuko's ghost? if this is the case then there will be another inconsistency. in terms of time flow, for Yuyuko to be resurrected just as the book had said, the corpse's time flow should be reversed. but 'continue' to flow implies that the time will move forward.

-also, is 'soul' and 'ghost' used interchangeably in the Touhou Universe? -in Taoism, if a human has lost any of his/her soul components(i.e. Kon and Paku - mentioned in Youmu's info page), he/she might not be able to reincarnate. -if this is true in the Touhou Universe, this suggests why Yuyuko cannot reincarnate or vanish. because part or all of her soul is sealed with her body in the tree -which in turn proves that both Yuyuko's soul and body were are sealed. -and once again, it in turn proves that 'soul' (Kon,paku)and 'ghost' cannot be used interchangeably. because Yuyuko exist now as a ghost while her soul along with her body are existing elsewhere too. -if this is so, are the dead who are waiting for Yama's judgement souls... or ghosts? ... or spirits?

-as for Youmu Konpaku: what is the sources for the below passage - Although both "Kon" (魂) and "Paku" (魄) are "soul", their elements are different. "Kon" stands for a mental soul, which is separated from a body as soon as human dies and ascends to Heaven; "Paku" is a physical soul, which remains in the body a few days and goes back to the Earth. In this case, "Kon" is Youmu's phantom half, and "Paku" is the human half.

can ghosts be killed? according to the Bohemian Archive, i think, they can't be. so in SWR, why did the shinigami say the number of ghosts crossing the river decreased? - as in the ghosts 'died' before reaching the river.

ghosts are deceased people who have earthly attachments. do the deceased become ghosts before or after yama's judgement? - since there are a lot of ghosts in netherworld.

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