* '''E7-450:''' Satoshi Sangi is elected mayor of [[Yurai]] with 77% of the votes, on a campaign promising the unification and strengthening of the youkai people and communities. He gains the nickname of ''"Black-Eye"'', after the color of his third eye.
* '''E7-451, Prima 7:''' Task Force "Mind's Eye" is established. It is composed of Sangi, his three trusted lieutenants (Haraguchi, Tawara, and Hirota), and a small team of highly-skilled youkai activists.
* '''E7-451, Triema 18:''' Mippei Yosai's Town Security renames itself to ''Task Force "Divine Edge"'' ('''作戦部隊 「神刃」''', ''sakusen butai 「kamujin」「kamijin」''), and establishes the Training Center ('''講習会場''', ''koushuukaiba''), a 100% youkai military recruitment and training center.
* '''E7-454, Prima 1: Birth of the Youkai Nation:''' During the New Year celebrations, [[Satoshi Sangi|Satoshi "Black-Eye" Sangi]] declared in a televised announcement, the entirety of the towns with a majority youkai population, as well as all Intersections and roads in between, to be part of a new, separate country known as the [[Youkai Nation]]. The territory encompasses the totality of the Northeastern Zone, plus the towns of [[Aosaidan]] and [[Masatomo]].
** The stated purpose of the Youkai Nation is to be a self-sufficient, safe and prospering country made by youkai, for youkai, with no interference from human-dominated factions and interests, and with its own [[activist fighter|defense force]]. Sangi then extended an invitation to all youkai in the Mazes to join the Youkai Nation and help build what he referred to as "our country". The announcement ended with a warning not to challenge the independence and legitimacy of the Youkai Nation; any such acts would be treated as an act of war.