I’m starting a very sporadic periodical about card names and the references behind them! First up is the group of Jewish robots.<\/p>\n
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By now, I\u2019m sure everyone knows that the Qliphorts of NECH are based on the Qliphoth, the opposite of the Jewish Tree of Life, the Sephiroth. Just like how the Sephiroth represents the divine emanations of God, the Qliphoth represents the wicked emanations of evil. The \u2013ort part of these guys\u2019 names obvious come from the fact that they\u2019re flying fortresses of death while the individual names given to each Qliphort comes from computer terms, referencing the fact that the DT World in which so much turmoil and chaos had reigned might just be a virtual world. But there\u2019s more! Konami was really clever in naming these guys, in that the individual names of each Qliphort is not only a computer term, they\u2019re also references to the actual Qliphoth itself. However, one has to jump through some strange hoops to understand the reference. Seeing as how 2 TCG Qliphort names were just confirmed, this seems like a good time to talk about each Qliphort name!<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start with the backbone of the Deck itself and its only Normal Monster, Qliphort Tool. \u30af\u30ea\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30c8\u30fb\u30c4\u30fc\u30eb is its Japanese name. The name reference to the Qliphoth comes from Kaitul, meaning ugliness. It is a counterpart to the Kabbalah\u2019s Tiferet, the Sephirah associated with beauty. As for how one can know that Qliphort Tool is a reference to Kaitul, we need to look at the Japanese. The way to write Kaitul in Japanese is \u30ab\u30a4\u30c4\u30fc\u30eb. I\u2019m sure we can all see, that the Tool(\u30c4\u30fc\u30eb) in Qliphort Tool is the same as the \u201ctul\u201d part in Kaitul (\u30ab\u30a4\u30c4\u30fc\u30eb).<\/p>\n
Next up, we have the crazy monster bouncer, Qliphort Archive \u30af\u30ea\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30c8\u30fb\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6. Archive is a reference to Shakah, meaning lustful, and a counterpart to Netzach, meaning Perpetuity. The Japanese way of writing Shakah is \u30c4\u30a1\u30fc\u30ab\u30d6, we can see that the katakana for archive \u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6 is partially in it, in the \u30a1\u30fc\u30ab\u30d6 part. <\/p>\n
And then comes the backrow destroyer Qliphort Genome \u30af\u30ea\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30c8\u30fb\u30b2\u30ce\u30e0. Genome is a reference to Chemdah, meaning desire, a counterpart to Hod, glory. It\u2019s harder to tell the direct reference this time around, because a bunch of characters are changed around. Chemdah in Japanese is written as \u30b1\u30e0\u30c0\u30fc, kemudaa, while genome is written as \u30b2\u30ce\u30e0 genomu. In Japanese, ke and ge share a base character, in katakana, it\u2019s the character ke \u30b1, ge is obtained by adding a dakuten to it. So Chemdah and Genome share the ke(ge) and mu.<\/p>\n
Next is the only OCG foil card of the group (lol TCG), Qliphort Disk \u30af\u30ea\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30c8\u30fb\u30c7\u30a3\u30b9\u30af. The hoop jumping starts jumping multiple characters with this one. Disk comes from Adyeshach, meaning apathy, and it\u2019s the counterpart to Chesed, kindness. Adyeshach in Japanese is \u30a2\u30c7\u30a3\u30b7\u30a7\u30b9, adishesu. The \u30c7\u30a3 di and \u30b9 su it shares with disk \u30c7\u30a3\u30b9\u30af. <\/p>\n
Now we have the actual ace card of the deck, Qliphort Shell \u30af\u30ea\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30c8\u30fb\u30b7\u30a7\u30eb. Shell is so great it only shares 1 direct character with its original reference. It comes from Sheriruth, meaning antipathy, the counterpart to Binah, meaning understanding. Sheriruth\u2019s Japanese is \u30b7\u30a7\u30ea\u30c0\u30fc sheridaa. Here we can see that the only character joining Sheriruth and Shell is the she, but the ri and ru are in the same row in the Japanese kana chart, so it\u2019s a slightly changed loop-jumping reference. <\/p>\n
And finally, we move on to the Big Flying Machine of Great Death, Apoqliphort Killer \u30a2\u30dd\u30af\u30ea\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30c8\u30fb\u30ad\u30e9\u30fc. The \u201cApo\u201d part of its name comes from Apocrypha, while the Killer part comes from Qimranut. Qimranut means materialism, and is the counterpart to Malkuth, the Kingdom. Qimranut is \u30ad\u30e0\u30e9\u30cc\u30fc\u30c8, kimuranuuto. The Killer in Qimranut is easy to see, as it\u2019s just the ki, ra, and \u2013 long sound symbol put together. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s a wrap for all the Qliphorts we know of right now, but those of you who are observant surely have realized that we\u2019re still missing 4 spots from the Qliphoth. And that is true, the remaining spots are Bacikal, meaning atheism, Iweleth, meaning stupidity, Akzeriyyuth, meaning cruelty, and Aiyatsubus, meaning instability. Perhaps we will see these 4 join their mechanical brethren in The Secret of Evolution?<\/p>\n
Join me again when Tribe Force is released, to talk about the Ainu language! (Hint: Pirika is Ainu, Pilica is a river in Poland)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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