Mushi:Vol6 TLnotes
蟲と眼球とダメージヘア
Mushi, Eyeball and Broken HairRagnarok 00: Damaged hair of a place no one knows
Damaged Hair's use of 'I'
Damaged Hair uses a fairly archaic way to refer to herself, using the first-person pronoun 'warawa' (see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A6%BE#Japanese ). This term is historically used by women as a diminutive and modest way to refer to herself.
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Ragnarok 01: 19-year-old Useless Repeat-year-student, Hobby is video gaming
FC
FC is the abbreviation of Famicom, the Nintendo 8-bit gaming system released in the 1980s. Guriko has quite a bit of interest in this entertainment system, as seen previously in the series. See here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi is the person whose portrait is present on the ten-thousand Yen bill. A famous author and educator in the Meiji era, Fukuzawa founded universities, newspapers, and publishing houses. He is regarded by many as a founder of modern Japanese education and the nation's sense of statehood. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuzawa_Yukichi
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Ragnarok 02: Marionette of blood and flesh and bone
Asura
A type of deity in Hinduism. While Asuras can be aligned towards good or bad, many of the Asura fought continously against the main Hindu pantheon in later Hindu literature.
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Guanyin
Guanyin is a prominent Buddha in Chinese and other Far Eastern Buddhism. At times male and at other times a female, Guanyin is portrayed to have 'Thousand-Arms' in Far East Buddhism literature and statues as a symbol of the Buddha's omnipotence and power.
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Seven Gods of Fortune
The Seven Lucky Gods (七福神, shichifukujin) are seven gods in Japanese mythology believed to bring good luck to people. While quite a few of these gods have origins outside of Japan (eg. from Buddhism or Chinese folklore), the seven of them are now accepted as good luck gods in Japanese culture. The seven consists of Hotei, Jurōjin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Daikokuten, and Ebisu.
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Vairocana Buddha
The Vairocana Buddha is one of the celestial Buddhas and considered by many Far Eastern Buddhism groups as a primordial Buddha, one of the main Buddhas in heaven, and the spiritual body of the historical founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha.
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The Eight Million
Shintoism, the native religion of Japan, believes there is a god in all things. It is said that there are eight million gods in Japan, including nature spirits, gods in Takema-ga-hara (heavens) and Yomi (underworld), household gods, deceased ancesors and Emperors, even old objects that gained divinity (eg. tsukumogami).
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Pantheism
A religious doctrine that believes everything in reality is a part of an all-encompassing 'God', that the physical reality is equal to that of divinity. Pantheism, therefore, does not acknowledge that there is a separate spiritual 'God' that exists outside of physical reality, bringing it into frequent conflicts with the Christian Church.
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Jizo Buddha
A Buddha in Far Eastern Buddhism that is responsible for the underworld. Its name translates roughly into 'Earth Treasury', and is a prominent hell-Buddha, governer of hell-beings, and representation of deceased or aborted children in Japanese Buddhism.
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Bannai Tarao
Bannai Tarao is a fictional character in Japanese cinema. In-universe, Mr. Tarao is a detective who is adapt at disguising himself and is capable of taking on seven distinctively different personas. 'Bannai Tarao' also became known as the series of mystery films that featured the character as its protagonist. The first film, Nanatsu-no-Kao (ie. Seven Faces), was released in 1946. The Bannai Tarao series continued until 1978 and contains 13 films.
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Ragnarok 03: Peaceful, Everyday Heaven
Urashima Tarō and the Dragon Palace
In Japanese folklore, Urashima Tarō was a fisherman who helped a turtle, and as a reward was carried to the underwater Dragon Palace. He spent a few days in the Dragon Palace, yet when he returned to the surface, 100 years had already passed.
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