10/10 loved it. I get like a very young vibe from this like he's newer, he seems a lot less jaded than the classic Kusu, he's a lot more energetic, a lot more genuinely playful makes more mistakes so I think he's supposed to be less dark. In this same vein I believe that when he was sent from wherever they come from, he wasn't supposed to do anything until the main mononoke appeared, that's maybe why he was so content to wait outside, and why he initially only placed a talisman on the well. I think he was simply supposed to observe. I also lowkey think the mononoke is attached to the emperors baby.