Willow hummed for a bit in thought as she continued, "I guess you can say that they are spirits or gods in Japan."
"Then, Akira is a god?"
"He's a servant of a fox god." Willow shrugged, "I guess he's a diety of sorts, but he's still a fox that only ever loves to try any and all types of Tofu cuisines for better or worse. Besides..."
She looked to them with a clear look of confusion, "Isn't the fox demon in China said to be neither malevolent nor benevolent?"