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==Connections to the game== | ==Connections to the game== | ||
Real reason for the name aside, does the name of the game manifest itself in any way within the story? | Real reason for the name aside, does the name of the game manifest itself in any way within the story? | ||
===Monsters=== | |||
If one searches Oni's [[Quotes/Speech|dialog transcripts]] for "monster", a possible translation of "oni", there is a theme developed where Muro and his men are described by Konoko as monsters. Upon learning about the Chrysalis, she is concerned that she will become one too, and even refers to herself as a monster when speaking to an unnamed NPC. The point at which the player has to decide whether to kill Griffin contains separate "outro" lines for the murder and mercy scenarios. If she kills Griffin, Konoko calls him a monster for what he did to her. If she spares him, she says that she herself won't be "the monster you thought I would be". | |||
Finally, though the game refers to him as Mutant Muro, Muro's transformation in the killed-Griffin scenario is certainly monstrous, and no doubt intended to reflect Konoko's own choice about Griffin's life and what that might portend for her development as a symbiote. | |||
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The Japanese have a saying, "oni ni kanabo", "like an oni with its iron club". The phrase conveys the concept of an already strong entity with a weapon to make it even stronger. In line with that, [[Barabas]] is already represented as a very strong fighter, and on top of that, he has the game's biggest weapon in his hands when Konoko first confronts him. | The Japanese have a saying, "oni ni kanabo", "like an oni with its iron club". The phrase conveys the concept of an already strong entity with a weapon to make it even stronger. In line with that, [[Barabas]] is already represented as a very strong fighter, and on top of that, he has the game's biggest weapon in his hands when Konoko first confronts him. | ||
But there's more. Barabas also possesses a regenerative ability, which is an occasional attribute of oni, ''as well as'' | But there's more. Barabas also possesses a regenerative ability, which is an occasional attribute of oni, ''as well as horns'', and to top it all off, <u>''he's guarding a gate''</u>, as many oni do in folk tales. Coincidence? | ||
===Miscellany=== | ===Miscellany=== | ||