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Hardy may also have paid tribute to the "original" meaning of the word with one "ghost" in the dialogue (in reference to Prof. Hasegawa) and two references to ghost signals in the [[Quotes/Consoles|consoles]], or these may be a coincidence. | Hardy may also have paid tribute to the "original" meaning of the word with one "ghost" in the dialogue (in reference to Prof. Hasegawa) and two references to ghost signals in the [[Quotes/Consoles|consoles]], or these may be a coincidence. | ||
===Demons=== | |||
Bungie West might have been acknowledging what is probably the most common translation given for "oni" (even if it's not the most accurate), "demon", when they named one of Konoko's super moves "Devil Spin Kick". | |||
===Red oni & blue oni=== | ===Red oni & blue oni=== | ||
As TV Tropes explains [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOniBlueOni here], oni are most often depicted as red and blue. Over time, personalities were associated with these colors and used as character tropes. | As TV Tropes explains [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOniBlueOni here], oni are most often depicted as red and blue. Over time, personalities were associated with these colors and used as character tropes. Normally the red-oni character is the fiery one and the blue-oni character is the cool, collected one. It's probably worth noting here that Konoko's Daodan aura is blue and Muro's is red ;-) | ||
===Transformation through anger=== | ===Transformation through anger=== | ||