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According to ( http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=mai&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or ), Konoko's true name translates (in japanese) to 'dance' or 'linen robe'. | According to ( http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=mai&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or ), Konoko's true name translates (in japanese) to 'dance' or 'linen robe'. | ||
It can also be a result of "True, real" combined with "Love, affection". | It can also be a result of "True, real" combined with "Love, affection". | ||
==Design== | |||
Lorraine McLees, Bungie artist, remembers the slight tug of war between the Chicago and Bungie West, "Their vision of (Konoko) was more overtly -blam!- than ours. We specifically didn't want her to be just another Lara Croft, so we'd go back and forth with the California office. They'd send Konoko designs back with a bare midriff and the bottom of her breasts exposed, and we'd go back and re-clothe her. The funny thing is that the more we tried to de--blam!-ize her, the more sexy she became." | |||
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