

The gods in Sengoku Youko are whimsical and often demand a price for their
assistance. While the mountain god waived her original price of a soul from
the sibling pair (Jinka and Tama). I can't recall what the resolution of
Shinsuke's assistance from the flower god (she was a big help for the fight
against the cloud god in retrieving the injured). At the end of the series we
see the flower god hanging around what is presumably his tombstone.


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What is the price does Shinsuke pay for the assistance of the flower god?


When Shinsuke goes off to find Yazen, Hanatora (the "flower goddess") claims
she has a reservation for his soul, so we can pretty much assume that's what
she got out of that deal. I don't think the manga ever tells us exactly how
those godly characters take souls, or what they do with the souls they
collect, but we know that Hanatora also had a claim on Ashikaga Yoshiteru's
soul. In Yoshiteru's case, she only collected her "payment" at the time of his
death (and later "forged" the Shogun's soul into the soul-sword she gave
Senya). Considering Hanatora is pictured nearby Shinsuke's tombstone, as you
mentioned, I'd say it's implied that "taking his soul after he died" was the
price she asked of Shinsuke as well.


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