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Nobody really knows what characters to use to write 'Oyashiro-sama'.
Knowing this is hard partly because depending on the time period, he has been called with various titles, with subtle changes to his name, and nobody knows the real one.
The only thing all time periods agree on is that the four syllables "o" "ya" "shi" and "ro" are always used.
There is a theory stating the shrine, or "yashiro," dedicated to Oyashiro-sama itself became an object of worship, and that people began calling it "o-yashiro-sama," or "lord honorable shrine"—but this doesn't make a bit of sense.
And in the legend the Furude family passes down, if for eight generations in a row the firstborn child is a girl, the eighth daughter will be the reincarnation of Oyashiro-sama.
If we go by this legend, the characters used for Oyashiro-sama's name should be "o" for "honorable," "ya" for "eight," and "shiro" for "generation." (These character assignments are simply something I've thought up; there is no way to verify it.)
If this is true, then Oyashiro-sama would have been named as such under the assumption he would come again.
The second coming of an object of worship can be seen in several religions, so this isn't unusual.
But a few of these religions call the second coming of their object of worship a "day of judgment" or something along those lines, and we must not forget they mean it to be the end of the world.
...The rumors say she is the eighth generation, and Oyashiro-sama.
I do not know the family tree of the Furudes, but at the very least, I can confirm that for the past two generations, the first child has been a girl.
Rika Furude watches over Hinamizawa.
If the village were to lose her protection, what would happen?
Would peace between man and demon be lost?
Would it once again create a hellish landscape where man-eating demons run rampant?
A gruesome feast of the demons, who suddenly remembered how delicious the weak humans were, who could only cry, scream, and run for their lives.
...What would that look like?
