Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27950421-20190809154011/@comment-27666783-20190819202522

I would posit that, while there are undoubtedly differences between a human as we know it and a monster as we know it, there is no significant 'seperation' to attribute between monsters and non-monsters. They still embody same aspects of what we can consider the human condition. They are still born, they grow both physically, mentally, and emotionally, they possess aspirations in life, the mourn for their dead, they will still run into struggles and conflicts…

I wouldn't necessarily consider a Hero to have removed his humanity, even if he is capable of doing things that humans as we know them are not capable of. Therefore I cannot really conclude that an Incubi is more or less 'human'.

Perhaps the outlier would be death. The closing of the book. Even then, I'd consider it unfair to strip away the entire identity of being 'human' over this, even if it is in a sense a step toward godhood. Just as I would consider it unfair to call someone 'less than human' for having superstrength.

So for the sake of what trully determines humanity to Mamono is, well, convienience. Just as much as humans didn't really consider each other human for thousands of years, so can it be with Monsters.