What is Tengen's motive?
I just finished JJK for the first time like a week ago so forgive me if I missed any details, plot points etc. I am going to rewatch/reread soon but this question has been playing on my mind and I need to put it out there.
>!What is the point in Tengen existing at all? Well I kinda mean, why has Tengen been allowed to stay alive this long, when their existence has probably caused more harm than good in the long term? I know people have tried to kill Tengen so I guess that is kinda only part of my point. !<
>!Why bother making barriers and amplifying cursed energy in the first place, which leads to stronger more refined curses in Japan, when the rest of the world lowkey seems to be doing fine without these systems in place? And not to mention sacrificing young girls just to stay human. What is the motive behind this if not to just live forever? It all seems a bit selfish of someone who is considered a Buddhist deity by many. I understand everyone in this universe has their flaws but it just doesn't actually make any sense to me why this hasn't been explained. I know in the culling games Kenjaku says Tengen has the power to take the barriers down and end the games but it would cause a lot of damage - this is not what I mean. I am wondering why it was all done in the first place? Why create the barriers knowing it would boost the strength of cursed spirits and curse users? What is the point in this stalemate? Surely somewhere along the line before things got out of hand Tengen could've just called it and reset everything, minimising the damage done in the future - (before/during Sukuna and/or Kenjaku's era)? Is there even a point in stronger sorcerers and more sorcerer births when in reality if there was no Tengen the curses and curse users would be weaker, and far less numerous? Even if all of this was a misjudgement or a mistake by Tengen why isn't that explained?!<
Genuinely this is driving me a little bit crazy because I feel like most of the other plot points have a solid explanation behind them but this is just not really mentioned at all (to my knowledge). It is all just a little vague to me. I get why it makes sense from a storytelling aspect, I just don't really understand why it wasn't explained in the actual universe of the story. I feel like this is a missed detail that is kinda just leaving holes in the plot (to me.)
I think Tengen is a really interesting character and I guess I just wish this wasn't left unanswered because it would be quite an interesting plot point to me. I am super new to all of JJK - I'm only up to Chapter 10 on Modulo so I'm unsure if any of this gets explained in this manga. I'm reading it quite slowly hence why I'm asking this question before I finish it - regardless I have googled my question countless times, to no avail.