Ryou Shishikusa

Ryou Shishikusa is a character that appears in the The Story of the Kitsune ''series. She is the mother of Mai Shishikusa and spouse to Tomonari Shishikusa.

BIOGRAPHY
Not much of Ryou's past is known. We do know that she is a former member of the Onidzuka Clan, but later became a member of the Shishikusa Clan. She, along with her clan, kidnaps a young lady, Akari Oborodzuka, and Ryou tortures and kills her in the song The Spider and the Kitsune-Like Lion. While killing Akari, Ryou slips into insanity due to the Demon Blade she uses, and before Akari eventually dies, she curses Ryou's family into cannibalism.

Later, Ryou's daughter, Mai, is kidnapped and forced to eat human meat. She later returns home, where she, due to the curse put upon her by Akari, eats Ryou and Tomonari.

Ryou appears once more in the song Shikyou, The Amanojaku, though she is portrayed by a doll and mocked by Shikyou for being an athiest.

PERSONALITY
Not much is known about Ryou's personality, other than she was a pacifist until her Demon Blade drove her insane while killing Akari.