>>49320790
let's play a little with racism

fairies are very annoying, to the point that every species dislike them (magicians seem to get along with them, however), but is the industrialistic kappa where they find their natural enemies. in the print works, is noted that kappas contaminate nature with their activities (ironically, the rivers they are so fond of get don't get a special treatment. zun not pulling the punches there), and fairies are avatars of nature magically given form, so they will get weakened, maybe even killed, if kappas would get free roam. even if fairies might be a little too stupid to realise the menace kappas are to them, they absolutely understand that sabotaging their super complex technology is a thrill that dirtying a human's house up, or just breaking their simple tools, won't give them.