Thread:Zambaquous/@comment-26884760-20180331231609

Enma Daio was deleted as "not a villain" and while it is true he serves a divine purpose we have articles on many beings that do evil for the greater good.. Enma is in charge of Hell, he commands demons and he also tortures the souls of the dead.. sure he does it to ultimately try and save humanity but he is a fearful demon, the "dark half" of a deity, I see no reason he should be deleted as we have many similar beings here (for example Grim Reaper is not evil, nor is Q etc.. they all perform evil for a greater good).

I have asked admins to repeal this deletion - I get what you say in that he is ultimately part of the "good" side but ithe myths are clear that he is a demon side of a deity.. the "dark side" of that god.

yes, he may have a soft side but that's why we have "affable evil" or "necessary evil" - he is the chief torturer of Hell.. such a position is not something that can simply be taken for granted.. he inflicts as much pain and suffering as he can, so as to "purify" souls.

Enma is an embodiment of necessary evil as he will cause suffering to those who come across him, everyone suffers in this folklore - while he may save them it does not remove the fact he is just as likely to punish them to thousands of years in the "crushing hells" for rather minor offenses. 