The woodcutter asks the imoogi for a wife in exchange for having provided his desirable scent to him. The imoogi agrees, but doesn't want to lose out on being with the imoogi, so he disguises himself as his bride--but is male in form. The woodcutter, being naive and innocent, doesn't notice until the imoogi reveals it, and just keps up with the lie of being a human and uses a sob story to keep the woodcutter from casting him out--and tops him. Most everyone is none the wiser that the bride isn't an imoogi--heck, they don't even know his human form is male--with only a town official knowing that he's inhuman.
I do feel bummed out seeing how kind the woodcutter is, since the imoogi comes off as both selfish and manipulative.
The woodcutter asks the imoogi for a wife in exchange for having provided his desirable scent to him. The imoogi agrees, but doesn't want to lose out on being with the imoogi, so he disguises himself as his bride--but is male in form. The woodcutter, being naive and innocent, doesn't notice until the imoogi reveals it, and just keps up with the lie of being a human and uses a sob story to keep the woodcutter from casting him out--and tops him. Most everyone is none the wiser that the bride isn't an imoogi--heck, they don't even know his human form is male--with only a town official knowing that he's inhuman.
I do feel bummed out seeing how kind the woodcutter is, since the imoogi comes off as both selfish and manipulative.