A Useless Onmyoji Family -

But what happens when the bloodline runs thin? What do you do when your family is known not for their power, but for being "useless"? The Weight of a Fading Name

Sometimes, a polite conversation and a specific offering go further than a sealing spell. A Useless Onmyoji Family

There is a strange freedom in being at the bottom. While the "useful" families are busy with political infighting and maintaining their fearsome reputations, the useless ones are on the ground. We’re the ones helping the neighbor whose kitchen is haunted by a minor spirit that just wants someone to acknowledge its cooking. But what happens when the bloodline runs thin

In the old days, a lack of spiritual "firepower" was a death sentence or a fast track to social exile. But being useless in the traditional sense has forced our family to adapt in ways the elite houses never had to. Without raw power, we’ve had to become: There is a strange freedom in being at the bottom

For generations, the great houses have maintained the balance between the human and spirit realms. Then there are families like mine—the ones whose talismans barely stick and whose spiritual energy wouldn’t light a candle, let alone bind a high-ranking demon.

Maybe the "usefulness" of an Onmyoji shouldn't be measured by the size of their spells, but by their ability to bridge the gap between two worlds. If being useless means we listen instead of strike, and understand instead of banish, then perhaps our family isn't so useless after all.