I see some humans say that the life of an oni is degenerate. that if you simply live this way you are no better than an animal.
I think they are projecting their own emptiness upon others. Oni drink, oni laugh, oni fight, oni cry. Oni wake up then next day and realize nothing from the night before matters. Oni can do this because oni are strong. They fight to protect what they love. The recognize only truth and strength, They value those things above all else and in doing so make sure the lands they live in are peaceful. Some western functionary once said
>If you wish for peace arm yourselves
And this oni wishes other western humans would realize this simple truth. To live as an oni requires that you have a safe place to sleep in and that requires a peace land. There was a family of famous oni that were massacred on mount Ooe because they trusted outsiders and passed out only to have their throats slit and limbs cut off. This is a cautionary tale. The human world believes what it believes regardless of whether that is true or not. Humans don't value truth, only what is real to them, and that changes from human to human.
The truth never changes though. Strength is the only truth humans understand, out of strength flows peace. If oni wish to live among humans they must fight and maintain truth beyond whatever human society deems is real. Human reality changes person to person and day to day, truth never changes. If oni want peace they need to make sure humans know they will kill for it.
Right now truth for this oni is taking a shot of home made apple brandy, pouring it in home brewed ale and enjoying the sour sweet bitterness with skewers of rabbit that was raised on oats and alfalfa, seasoned with herbs and grilled over oak chips all grown and gathered on this oni's land.