What language do you headcanon the cattle children speak as their primary language?
Dutch
French
English
German
Irish
Japanese
Spanish
The language varies by farm.
All the farms speak the same language, but they have different dialects.
All the farms have English as their primary language of communication, but…*
I don't have general headcanons for the farms as a whole, but…**
Other nuanced opinion (share in the reblogs/replies)
Voting ended onMar 24, 2025
*All the farms have English as their primary language of communication, but each farm has a different secondary language they also teach.
**I don't have general headcanons for the farms as a whole, but I headcanon specific human characters as multilingual besides Ayshe and Norman speaking the old demon language (share in the reblogs/replies)
Headcanon and not canon because it's more interesting and because for simplicity sake's I think Shirai would say everyone living in the demon world speaks and writes in English by default for reasons below the cut:
• The Western setting was chosen to intentionally make the anachronistic aspects of the farms feel more natural:
(Mystic Code Book Chapter 1)
• The majority of the legible text shown not related to the original faith is in modern English in the Japanese raws for both humans and demons (them using international Morse code and sounding it out in English as opposed to using Wabun, the signs in Goldy Pond being in English) due to Shirai writing for a modern audience:
(Chapter 1 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 65)
However, Shirai's never said other languages weren't formally taught at Grace Field besides Latin:
(Mystic Code Book Chapter 4 Q&A)
And even if the children were being taught to the tests for commentary on standardized testing, you could argue the kids could learn on their own time if language books are classified under the arts based on the first light novel's description of the library's contents:
(TPN Light Novel 1: A Letter from Norman - “The Day Emma Cried”)
With the issue of "why didn't Ray ever bring up learning other languages after reading all the books in the library?" coming down to the same reason as this:
(Mystic Code Book Chapter 6 Q&A)
He just never brought it up. _(:△」∠)_
Also to promote @puff-poff's demon culture posts (found here and here):
I almost sent this on anon whoops but I love moodboards so much could I have one?
Of course you can have a moodboard!! Your vibes are incredibly specific and after researching for the Right Word I found fernweh? It’s kind of like when you miss a place that you’ve never been/haven’t found? Oddly specific I know but that is how the vibe check WORKS
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Hiii bestie with a PhD in tpn lore do you perchance have any canon resources that talk about mask lore that aren't this one page in volume 11 I need them for OC making purposes :>
Shirai doesn't really talk about it much outside of the text itself, which is a shame. The most attention paid to them is in this segment in the third chapter of the mystic code book:
And this is mostly just a summary of what the characters talk about during Goldy Pond.
(Chapter 77 | Chapter 78)
There's also this little segment of the art book that briefly touches upon the Grace Field Demon Boss' and Yverk's designs:
So if you're sticking strictly to what he's openly discussed, there's a lot of wiggle room to work with.
If you're open to playing around with some abandoned concepts from Shirai and Demizu, there's the concept art previously shared in this post from the art book, specifically these portions:
I'm also going to use this as another opportunity to promote @puff-poff's demon anthropology posts (found here and here) because, while not official, they're the most comprehensive analysis I've come across regarding the subject.
And then this panel from chapter 77 might be of interest. You could interpret it as some demons using an adhesive akin to spirit gum to help keep their masks in place, which is interesting if you want to further explore mask etiquette.
