I can see why some people burn hella hours into this. The game just flows into other quests to the point that the main mission can get put on the backburner. I ran into a monk asking for help to find a false monk somewhere in Teshio Ridge and on my way to that objective I triggered a bounty fight with a bunch of dogs. It was funny just fighting while the monk just sat on his horse from a distance watching me clean up.
Now I get to a small trading post town and opened a door to a house and a nine tails enemy was inside the house ready to fight. First time I encountered an indoor fight lol. I'm still 30 hours in and only killed The Oni. I'm just doing a bunch of stuff in Teshio Ridge.