Yes. [Hakkai's tone chills with disapproval at that reminder. Treating adults badly is one thing, and annoying enough, when he and his friends are among them. But expecting children to fulfill the duties of gods -- and there are some very young children among them now -- is something else entirely.]

I can understand child shinki. Sometimes, children die young. But it's hard for me to understand why anyone would use a child's spirit to replace a god.

... In any case, I don't know too much about the politics either. Amaterasu is the ultimate authority, and she is still very young. Recently reincarnated, I believe. Her advisers, Suijin, Fuujin and Raijin, may be the ones making decisions.