Weakling. You're supposed to be Judge of the dead.

NailStar said:

Weakling. You're supposed to be Judge of the dead.

These are her superiors, not dead people.

Vid-szhite said:

These are her superiors, not dead people.

Judges have superiors? Preposterous!

bunkhead said:

Judges have superiors? Preposterous!

Canonically, Hecatia is Eiki's superior

RIGperu said:

Canonically, Hecatia is Eiki's superior

ZUN has made it seem as if there are quite a lot of people higher up than Eiki in the pecking order, honestly. "She's just a judge".

RIGperu said:

Canonically, Hecatia is Eiki's superior

That's only your headcanon, it's never been said anywhere. You're making assumptions.

tokensmoke said:

That's only your headcanon, it's never been said anywhere. You're making assumptions.

From an interview:
ZUN: As for that, I had wanted to bring a character from Hell into the story. A Hell different from the one underground. Though she's different from oni, she's just a normal goddess of Hell. In terms of status she's absolutely higher than Eiki. Eiki's a judge, but she's a part of a society of oni. However, Hell isn't limited to just oni. There are plenty of things we haven't seen yet in regards to Hell. And it would be easy to make new worlds if they wanted to. An infinite number of worlds can be made. All those mysterious aspects can be considered Hecatia's "Otherworlds".

There are also the Ten Kings, who are certainly superior to Eiki and the other Yamas. Eiki herself is just "one of the many" and was a jizou like many other judges, she isn't a unique existence.

I can't wait to see more of this hellish stuff in canon, it seems really interesting.

I don't think any of us should be surprised that Eiki's superiors are rapists. Hell's probably a very hostile work environment.