Oddly, IIRC, the only two red-heads in mythcanon are the smartest (or shrewdest, anyway, even if he isn't quite Aesir) and the dumbest most straightforward. :p

the convincing technical ways it comes up with to justify your crack

a little learning is a dangerous thing, as I have amply demonstrated XD

Tsuzuki and mushi! The mind boggles with the possibilities maybe his coma and other problems didn't stem from demon-possession after all
Now if only Miki Shinichirou had been in Mushishi...