The Six Scriptures of Slaine are very interesting in terms of etymology.
First a fun fact. Originally Maru used one type of kanji for Scripture (we'll call this Skripchurz). Skripchurz referred to religous canon or holy books. Maru stopped using this and instead retconned it to Scripture, which means the same thing but can also refer to things described in memoirs or remembered being said by someone. Think Muhammad's quotes for example.
Did Maruyama change it to suggest the Scriptures were formed later in history post Great Gods based on things said and not actual religious dogma?
Makes you wonder given Maru retconned it, which is super rare.
Let's talk about Scriptures though.
You know the localized names of course. Black, Holocaust, Sunlight, Windflower, Clear Water.
But did you know the names follow a pattern?
陽光 漆黒 風花 水明 火滅
Here the raws. Notice how each is two kanji?
Well something to keep in mind, both Light and Darkness come SECOND in this pair, while Water, Wind, and Fire all come FIRST in their word.
Wind Flower relates to sparkling snow falling on a clear day fluttering from a breeze. It's related to certain prefectures in Japan. Wind Flower is just the literal meaning.
Holocaust is literally Fire Extermination, Fire Eradication, Fire Vanishing etc. Can read it as to turn off too. Lots of ways to read the kanji. That could explain why they assassinate, counter terrorism, and guerilla fight.
Clear Water is also described as light dancing on the surface of water. Because the Cardinals recommend Clear Water over Wind Flower, it appears Clear Water is a more friendly infiltrator, while Wind Flower is a cover ops type of infiltrator. The feelings of each supports this classification .
Sunlight refers to well Daylight or rays from the sun. You can read each kanji as Yang/Open/Life and influence/light. So a focus on Divine casters who summon can be postulated to come from reading these kanji in different ways.
Black is Jet Black. Of course it's dark or black. It can also refer to undeground darkness though (whic4 might suggest why Nigun said usually the BS deal with Miko's or foreign assassination). What about "Jet"? Well actually you can read it as either lacquer (shiny stuff on wood tables) but more interestingly you can read it as 'seven' but a legal form of seven, usually for legal documents. So if you use alternative readings, you can read the Blac7 Scripture as the Seven Darknesses. It should call to mind the seven sins.
“Hmmm… I wonder why? Perhaps it was because my job involved killing lots of people?" [V2 Clementine]
土?
So the Earth Scripture (if it follows the same rule as the Three Water, Fire, Wind scriptures) could be:
土壌
Which could be read as soil, but also Foundation or Breeding Ground. The idea being they are a Slaine covert op group built to scout or find strong members, as implied by Khajiit that strong people could be found. Probably a Scripture with many Sages and Divination users in that case or retired older members of other Scriptures. It would basically be what is described in V10 with the orphanage. Well this is all conjecture of course based on an assumption and guess.
So?
hmm. Some people probably wonder why 'analyze' kanji so much. Mainly because Maruyama Kugane is one elaborate kanji name-joke. It can be read as 'Gold Money Heap'. You can also read Maruyama as a kanji secret message referring to KadoKawa, given Maru and Yama Circle Mountain directly relate to the kanji in KadoKawa. Square River.
It shows he sucks wit4 names and has to form literal meanings from Japanese. It's a funny easter egg basically and shouldn't be considered canon.
First a fun fact. Originally Maru used one type of kanji for Scripture (we'll call this Skripchurz). Skripchurz referred to religous canon or holy books. Maru stopped using this and instead retconned it to Scripture, which means the same thing but can also refer to things described in memoirs or remembered being said by someone. Think Muhammad's quotes for example.
Did Maruyama change it to suggest the Scriptures were formed later in history post Great Gods based on things said and not actual religious dogma?
Makes you wonder given Maru retconned it, which is super rare.
Let's talk about Scriptures though.
You know the localized names of course. Black, Holocaust, Sunlight, Windflower, Clear Water.
But did you know the names follow a pattern?
陽光 漆黒 風花 水明 火滅
Here the raws. Notice how each is two kanji?
Well something to keep in mind, both Light and Darkness come SECOND in this pair, while Water, Wind, and Fire all come FIRST in their word.
Wind Flower relates to sparkling snow falling on a clear day fluttering from a breeze. It's related to certain prefectures in Japan. Wind Flower is just the literal meaning.
Holocaust is literally Fire Extermination, Fire Eradication, Fire Vanishing etc. Can read it as to turn off too. Lots of ways to read the kanji. That could explain why they assassinate, counter terrorism, and guerilla fight.
Clear Water is also described as light dancing on the surface of water. Because the Cardinals recommend Clear Water over Wind Flower, it appears Clear Water is a more friendly infiltrator, while Wind Flower is a cover ops type of infiltrator. The feelings of each supports this classification .
Sunlight refers to well Daylight or rays from the sun. You can read each kanji as Yang/Open/Life and influence/light. So a focus on Divine casters who summon can be postulated to come from reading these kanji in different ways.
Black is Jet Black. Of course it's dark or black. It can also refer to undeground darkness though (whic4 might suggest why Nigun said usually the BS deal with Miko's or foreign assassination). What about "Jet"? Well actually you can read it as either lacquer (shiny stuff on wood tables) but more interestingly you can read it as 'seven' but a legal form of seven, usually for legal documents. So if you use alternative readings, you can read the Blac7 Scripture as the Seven Darknesses. It should call to mind the seven sins.
“Hmmm… I wonder why? Perhaps it was because my job involved killing lots of people?" [V2 Clementine]
土?
So the Earth Scripture (if it follows the same rule as the Three Water, Fire, Wind scriptures) could be:
土壌
Which could be read as soil, but also Foundation or Breeding Ground. The idea being they are a Slaine covert op group built to scout or find strong members, as implied by Khajiit that strong people could be found. Probably a Scripture with many Sages and Divination users in that case or retired older members of other Scriptures. It would basically be what is described in V10 with the orphanage. Well this is all conjecture of course based on an assumption and guess.
So?
hmm. Some people probably wonder why 'analyze' kanji so much. Mainly because Maruyama Kugane is one elaborate kanji name-joke. It can be read as 'Gold Money Heap'. You can also read Maruyama as a kanji secret message referring to KadoKawa, given Maru and Yama Circle Mountain directly relate to the kanji in KadoKawa. Square River.
It shows he sucks wit4 names and has to form literal meanings from Japanese. It's a funny easter egg basically and shouldn't be considered canon.
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