Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-27950421-20170218204727/@comment-24464674-20200723022110

Since those weapons are more likely to be used by people actually fighting for their lives against giant murder-lizards, it seems like sabotaging weapons and armor is less of a prank and more like something that would get people killed.

If they have a species-wide reputation for sabotaging their own goods and for cheating people, how did they manage to make the strongest merchant guild in the kingdom? It's not like they don't have competitors people could buy from (you mentioned both human and mamono merchants, and with their rivalry the Gyoubu Danuki in particular seem like they'd be eager to present themselves as a better alternative), and their deceitful ways seem well-known enough that people know the tell they give when trying to con you. Or is that just information for us as, not something most people know, and the Tokay's guild manages to hush people from talking about how the Tokay scammed them?