Magician

Description
Magicians, are, of course, people who primarily study and practice the magical arts. Unlike youkai power, which tends to be rigid and limited use, magic is capable of doing nearly anything you desire, as long as you have the know-how and supplies.  This is what draws people into learning the magical arts, and thus becoming Magicians. Magicians in a way are very similar to scientists. They typically learn through trial and error, and massive amounts of experimentation, data collection, and applied theory. Magic itself is quite similar to science, although human technology and magic have different sources of power, so not quite the same. Some Magicians instead opt to use the title of 'Witch', but they are basically the same thing.

Origin
Since the Magician is both a type of youkai and a human profession, there are different sorts of magicians. In terms of the actual youkai magician species, a youkai magician can originate out of one of two ways. Humans that study magic long and hard enough can discover or replicate certain spells that eliminate their need for hunger, and also typically age. The actual set of spells causes the human's body to change in such a way that their body literally functions solely through magical power as an energy source, thus eliminating their need for food, and they often can use magic to gain control of the rate of their age, or even appearance. That is the point in which they stop being human, instead becoming a youkai. Of course, like ordinary humans, Magicians can still breed, and thus someone can be born a natural youkai magician, the foodless spell already in effect for the young Magician at birth. In a sense, most Magicians are not quite true youkai, since all of them have human origins, as opposed to supernatural ones, but for the sake of differentiating them between humans who have not completed the Foodless spell, they are referred to as youkai anyway. Non-humans who learn magic typically don't take the title of Magician, but there are a few exceptions.

Characters of this Species

 * Marisa Kirisame (Human Magician)
 * Alice Margatroid (Formerly-Human Magician)
 * Byakuren Hijiri (Formerly-Human Magician)
 * Jakamas Prekybininkas (Formerly-Human Magician)
 * Sarvik (Formerly-Human Magician)
 * Kuz'ma Alyoshavich Loboda (Formerly-Human Magician)
 * Patchouli_Knowledge (Inborn Magician)
 * Ellen (Inborn Magician)
 * Mai (Demon Magician)
 * Yuki (Demon Magician)