No, that's what I got out of it. Komachi was freaking out because souls aren't normally destroyed
Yeah I was a bit confused about the destroyed part because the Miare soul clearly still exists even though its' gone this process several times. I eventually just replaced the word 'destroyed' with 'purified' since what the court was doing was essentially resetting her her soul so she never has any issues with lingering regrets as a human.
That's still pretty harsh depending on a person's definition of self and because the story seems to imply that the court just throws out the bits that developed during the Miare's life like unnecessary trash; effectively the bits that would make Akyuu distinct from the other Miare's.
I suppose so. As I understand it, eastern mythology reincarnation tends to work like recycling. The soul is sort of melted down, the impurities are removed, and it is recast into something else. It's basically an entirely different soul that just happens to be made from the same soul material as the previous one. The Miare is special because it doesn't get broken down during reincarnation and simply continues on to a new body when the soul is reconstituted.
I guess I just didn't get the part where it was explained that Komachi had to become a reaper in order to get Akyuu across the river. Though I do like your explanation.
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