There are youkai but... they're nothing like the ones back home. [ ... ] At least, I'm pretty sure they aren't. I've only heard about them from a friend so I've never actually met one here.

[And that friend of course being Reiko. He's never understood why she's so interested in them, even here. Takashi would've rather gone on thinking that none of them had followed him here. Like this place could be a temporary vacation away from them. At least the ones here don't bother him... ]