400
edits
Difference between revisions of "Shuten"
→Notes
(→Notes) |
|||
| Line 77: | Line 77: | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Shuten is based on the legendary [[wikipedia:Shuten-dōji|Shuten-Douji]], a fearsome Oni said to live in Mt. Oe, where he and his company kidnapped women to have them as maids, but some of them killed them, ate their flesh and drank their blood. | |||
* Shuten is based on the legendary | ** This legend ends with Shuten-Douji decapitated, by [[wikipedia:Minamoto_no_Yorimitsu|Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], who got him drunk and bound by four deities. In a final attack, Shuten-Douji tried to bite his head off, but he survived having worn two additional helms besides his own. | ||
* This legend ends with Shuten-Douji decapitated, by [[wikipedia:Minamoto_no_Yorimitsu|Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], who got him drunk and bound by four deities. In a final attack, Shuten-Douji tried to bite his head off, but he survived having worn two additional helms besides his own. | * In one version of his legend, he is turned into an oni after putting on a demon mask and not being able to remove it afterward. This is reflected in his design. | ||
* | * His Gerdarme variant's Charge Skill refers to [[wikipedia:Hanami|Hanami]], the practice of having a small party with friends, or family members under the blossoming cherry trees, or sakura, and in other cases, under plum, or ume trees. | ||
* He shows up in two different loading screens: in one, he's laughing at Kyuma's effort to swing his Kanabo (which he apparently uses as a baseball bat), {{Transient icon|Kyuma}} seems to think "If I swing this, I'll make it to the regulars" (これを振れれば、レギュラーに), as well as another one where {{Transient icon|Ibaraki}} presents him a little doll in the likeness of him while asking him "Looks good, right!!" (いいだろ！！). The little doll's foot says "My Aniki Forever". | |||
[[File:Kyuuma.jpg|400px]] | [[File:Kyuuma.jpg|400px]] | ||