Some Characters, Settings, and Abilities in the Book: Prototypes, Sources of Inspiration, and References

Prototypes, sources of inspiration, and references for some of the characters, settings, and abilities in the book

Although most of the characters, settings, and abilities in this book were the result of sudden flashes of inspiration, some of them were inspired by other works, while certain characters and names also had prototypes. Here is a brief list.

(To be completed)

The protagonist's Blood Flame: Inspired by Akihoshi Hino from DDD.

Haoyue Tartaglia: Her surname came from the Tartaglia Family in The Godfather, while her name and clothing style came from Haoyue Zhou in strange

moon.

Urahara Sakura Dance: Her surname came from Rinka Urushiba, the heroine of Tokyo ESP, or perhaps Ruka Urushibara from Steins;Gate... I can't remember which anymore. Her clothing came from the heroine of dog

live.

Little Ying's ability: Inspired by Part 8 of JoJo—Four Balls and Kira.

The Corleone Family in Volume One: It was packed with The Godfather references, too many to list individually.

Si Nan Xiao: Patchouli from Touhou... This one needs no explanation.

I: The name came from IB: The Mysterious Painting and IB: Speedrunning Bullets.

Huang Huo: His appearance and clothing came from Huo Ji in The King of Fighters.

Northern Realm Rally: Its prototype was SBR from Part 7 of JoJo.

The Sena Sisters: Elton Sena was a legendary F1 driver.

Ye's greatsword: It came from the Void Greatsword in Guilty Crown.

The place names throughout the Northern Realm Rally: Most of them came from the Cthulhu Mythos.

The cries of the aberrant spirits: They came from Gersus in Mad Mountains.

The ability of a certain minor enemy: It came from Yagiyama Yotsuru in Part 8 of JoJo.

Sick Spider: The nickname Sick Spider came from Mokuji Ichihime in The Tatami Galaxy. Her ability was a combination of Mokuji Ichihime and