Is it a red herring?

It says it's a sardine.

>>17271889
Kasen is pretending to be an oni pretending to be a hermit.

>>17271889
Kasen actually has kemonomimi but is too embarrassed by how sexy it makes her, so she hides it all the time.

>>17271889
Given the "Kasen is one of the great youkai sages" theory, [From her battle quote in UliL and relationship with Yukari] being an oni COULD be a secondary cover.

No its just a stupid conspiracy theory. Most people don't like sardine heads.

It's a red hermit.

>>17272510
I think you mean pink

>>17271889
Who gives a shit what Mamizou has to say. She should be DELETed from Touhou.

>>17271889

Nothing happens in Touhou manga so we'll never find out.

>>17272418
>being an oni COULD be a secondary cover.
It only strengthens the evidence that she's an oni considering there are few characters even now that could be speculated to have such a role. I think you're underestimating the influence of oni in the setting.

>>17272854
It doesn't matter one bit whether or not it's ever straight-up stated as a matter of fact.