In the early days of their partnership, Ichirin thought of Unzan as somewhat of a defeated foe andsomewhat of a loyal vassal. However, as the years went by, and particularly once other humans started to ostracize her for her affiliation with youkai, Unzan became the one person who she could really consistently rely on. Since she joined Byakuren's group, there were more people who would have her back in a pinch, but the period in between her separation from the human worlds and her integration into Byakuren's world left a lasting impression, and Unzan is now unconditionally Ichirin's best friend. Since Unzan is bad at talking to people, Ichirin often acts as his spokesperson to others.
The time that strengthened Ichirin's friendship with Unzan also severely weakened her religious fervor. She was a priest in her human life, but she more or less turned her back on that life when the world of humans turned its back on her. As such, her chief motivation for living the monk's life now is less religious fervor and more profound respect for Byakuren. The pacifistic elements of the religion frustrate her, and she often ends up getting into fights anyway, a fact that makes her worry that she'll lose Byakuren's favor, so she compensates by focusing on the other parts of her duties - denying material desires, helping the needy, and nagging preaching to non-converts about the greatness of buddhism. She does drink (Byakuren is the only one who doesn't), but not very much - as much because she doesn't want to lose control of her dignity as because she lives under the same roof as Toramaru the raging alcoholic.
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In the early days of their partnership, Ichirin thought of Unzan as somewhat of a defeated foe andsomewhat of a loyal vassal. However, as the years went by, and particularly once other humans started to ostracize her for her affiliation with youkai, Unzan became the one person who she could really consistently rely on. Since she joined Byakuren's group, there were more people who would have her back in a pinch, but the period in between her separation from the human worlds and her integration into Byakuren's world left a lasting impression, and Unzan is now unconditionally Ichirin's best friend. Since Unzan is bad at talking to people, Ichirin often acts as his spokesperson to others.
The time that strengthened Ichirin's friendship with Unzan also severely weakened her religious fervor. She was a priest in her human life, but she more or less turned her back on that life when the world of humans turned its back on her. As such, her chief motivation for living the monk's life now is less religious fervor and more profound respect for Byakuren. The pacifistic elements of the religion frustrate her, and she often ends up getting into fights anyway, a fact that makes her worry that she'll lose Byakuren's favor, so she compensates by focusing on the other parts of her duties - denying material desires, helping the needy, and
naggingpreaching to non-converts about the greatness of buddhism. She does drink (Byakuren is the only one who doesn't), but not very much - as much because she doesn't want to lose control of her dignity as because she lives under the same roof as Toramaru the raging alcoholic.