Kitsune's Curse

The Kitsune's Curse, Lady Fox's Curse, or even simply Akari's curse, is a curse cast by Akari Oborodzuka on Ryou Shishikusa's bloodline as a result of her being tortured and killed by the latter.

The Curse causes those who are affected to exprience "strange habits of eating people" and a strong drive for cannibalism and violence, while earning advantages such as peak physical strength.

## Appears in

* 鬼蜘蛛ト狐ノ獅子ト (Onigumo to Kitsune-no-Shishi to/The Spider And The Fox Like-Lion) [Mentioned]

* 狐の嫁入り (Kitsune no Yomeiri/The Fox's Wedding)

* 鬼美影演舞狂-狐ノ嫁入リ- (Oni Mikage Enbu Kyou -Kitsune no Yomeiri-/The Beautiful Shadow of the Demon's Frenzied Dance Performance -The Fox's Wedding-)

* 明鏡鬼童 (Meikyou Oni Warabe/The Demon Child in the Clear Mirror)

* 鬼火 (Onibi/Will O' The Wisp)

## Background

### The Spider And The Fox-Like Lion

> *"I won’t die. But I’ll have you all take responsibility."*
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The curse is first mentioned by Akari indirectly, after being kidnapped with the aid of the Onigumo Clan and handed out to the Shishikusas after, she is kept within their secret theater.

A bag is put on Akari's head to prevent her from using her powers, and when the time of the performance comes with the Daimyo's presence with the bag removed, the executioner who was assigned on stage is then killed by Akari.

In an instant, Akari turns to Ryou and Tomonari, killing the Daimyo that was in front them, it's is noted that those killed under Akari seem to suffer before they fully die.

Tomonari decides for go investigate on stage with his head put down, but Ryou, wanting to take revenge for her uncle, gets on stage. Ignoring her husband's warning, while holding a demonic blade in hand.

Afted Ryou stabs Akari in the abdomen, Ryou feels pity as she looks into Akari's face when noticing that her eyes has turned brown, but Ryou realized that she was mimicking her daughter, and her sympathy disappeared.

Before her death, Akari warns Ryou one last time, telling her that she won't die, and she will have them all take responsibility and pay for what they did to her, possibly referring to the curse.

### The Fox's Wedding

> *,,Now, whom i shall devour next?"*
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Mai was kidnapped by Akari's brother, Kanishiro and forced to eat human flesh, what seemed to trigger Akari's curse, because she started to ask for more.

The cook of the Shishikusa household had been found dead in one Mai's wardrobes, having deep wounds in his body that looked like she had been eaten alongside with some blood stains, and when her parents confronted her about it, she confessed and ate them as well.

No matter how strong the bond is between the character that was cursed and other people, when the ones enchanted feel a strong urge to devour someone, they will eat anyone, even their loved ones.

### The Demon Child In The Clear Mirror

> *,,And when she joyfully consumes them, she can smile again tommorow"*
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The two main characters that show up in this song are Kaori and her mother, Kaori was Ryou's niece and she was affected by the Kitsune's curse, until with the help of Shikyou, she somehow got rid of it.

### Will-O'-The Wisp

> *,,I still trusted you, whether you sold me or not"*
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This song takes place 100 generations after Akari got kidnapped by Ryou, where Akari cursed her in return.

For an unknown reason, the ,,Kitsune's curse" finally weared off, which resulted in making the doll owner free from cannibalism, what angered The Onibi at the end of the song.

## Characteristics

### Causes

The curse's maindrive comes from Akari herself, possibly due to the powers she inherited from Tsukuyomi and her siblings.

Though, one of the conditions of the curse seems to be blood relation, as Akari mentions in the song, "The Spider And The Fox-Like Lion", that they better make it "genetic" or she will murder them all, which concludes that for someone to be influenced by the curse, they must have Ryou's blood, or else they won't be affected.

The curse also seems to require a "push", as Mai didn't exprience any symptoms of the curse until she was kidnapped by Kanishiro and forced to eat human flesh, which then seemed to have awaken the curse from there.

### Symptoms

The first symptom of the curse is primarily red eyes, much like a corpse as described by Ryou. This seems to be a trait inherited from Akari herself.

The red eyes signal that the curse is at work, which then makes the cursed suffer from "loss of consciousness", as they lose sense of reality, become unaware of their own surroundings. And feel like their body is acting on it's own accord, such as making strange noises, like "Kakakakaka".

What follows is the strong drive for violence, and possibly hunger. When the cursed expresses this, they will most likely devour whoever is in front of them, without them being able to fight back, as the cursed will feel a sudden surge of physical strength and be able to overpower their victim.

Not to mention, that those cursed suffer from a "frenzied" state, which is a state of the cursed constantly devouring those around them, possibly causing a genocide.

### Treatment

There is currently no known treatment for the curse, but it has been mentioned by Masa that the curse will wear off after the 100th generation, the reason why is unknown, although Kaori somehow annihilated the curse with the help of Shikyou's powers.

## Bearers

* Ryou Shishikusa
* Mai Shishikusa
* Kaori Onidzuka
* Doll Owner

## Theories

* It's possible that Akari was able to cast the curse with the help of Shikyou, as she is almost always associated with death, and her main role is causing death to grant herself immortality.

* A theory states that the curse's effect is not cannibalism, and is instead granting Akari the abilty to order those who are affected, proof of this is that right before devouring her parents, Mai states:" I... know these people. I’m sure of it... Well, whatever. I’ll leave the rest to **you**."

* There is another theory that the curse's effect is making those effected act on urges they can normally suppress (cannibalism, murder, kidnapping...), which might explain the reason for why the doll owner tortured ??? Instead of killing her.

* There is a possibility that once the curse was cast, it can never be undone, hence explaining why Akari didn't remove it for the sake of Mai.

## Trivia

* The curse was first mentioned directly in the song "The Spider And The Fox-Like Lion", but it was never mentioned again.

* Even though Ryou is cursed, she has not shown any symptoms of the curse, but it's possible that she has not lived long enough to experience it at all.

* Ryou, Mai and Kaori, don't seem to be aware of the fact that they are affected by the curse, but it's possible that the Doll owner knows about it.