If possible, I would like to compile a list of abilities for all the characters, as each is a reference to a famous novel and writer.
List of Abilities for each Character
Started by geogio13, Apr 04 2015 03:04 AM
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Posted 04 April 2015 - 03:04 AM
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Posted 04 May 2015 - 05:14 AM
For your reference:
Author's name - "Ability Name" 「Ability name in original language」(Name of work which inspired the ability, English translation)
Armed Detective Agency
- Nakajima Atsushi 中島 敦 - "Beast beneath the Moon" 「月下獣」(San Getsu Ki, lit. The Moon Over the Mountain 山月記)
- Dazai Osamu 太宰 治 - "No Longer Human"「人間失格」(Ningen Shikkaku, lit. Disqualified from being human)
- Kunikida Doppo 國木田 獨歩 - "Lone Poet" 「獨歩吟客」(Doppo Gin 獨歩吟)
- Yosano Akiko 與謝野 晶子 - "Thou shalt not Die" 「君死にたもうこと勿れ」(Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare
- Edogawa Ranpo 江戶川 乱歩 - "Super Deduction" 「超推理」(not inspired by any specific works because it is not a real ability)
- Miyazawa Kenji 宮澤 賢治 - "Undefeated by the Rain" 「雨ニモマケズ」(Ame ni mo Makezu)
- Fukuzawa Yukichi 福澤 諭吉 - "All Men are Equal" 「天は人の上に人を造らず人の下に人を造らず」(Gakumon no Susume, lit. Encouragement of Learning 学問のすゝめ)
- Tanizaki Junichirou 谷崎 潤一郎 - "Light Snow" 「細雪」(Sasameyuki, official English title: The Makioka Sisters)
- Naomi 直美 (main female character in Chijin no Ai, lit. A Fool's Love 痴人の愛, official English title: Naomi - by Tanizaki Junichirou)
Port Mafia
- Akutagawa Ryunosuke 芥川 龍之介 - "Rashomon" 「羅生門」(Rashomon, lit. City Gate of Rajou)
- Kajii Motojirou 梶井 基次郎 - "Lemon Bombs" 「檸檬炸彈」(Remon 檸檬)
- Izumi Kyouka 泉 鏡花 - "Demon Snow" 「夜叉白雪」(Yasha ga Ike, lit. Demon Pond 夜叉ヶ池)
- Nakahara Chuya 中原 中也 - "For the Tainted Sorrow"「汚れっちまった悲しみに」(Yogorechimatta kanashimi ni)
- Hirotsu Ryurou 広津 柳浪 - "Falling Camellia" 「落椿」(Osa Tsubaki)
- Mori Ougai 森 鷗外 - "Vita Sexualis"
- Elise (main female character in Maihime, lit. The Dancing Girl 舞姫 - by Mori Ougai)
- Ozaki Kouyou 尾崎 紅葉 - "Golden Demon" 「金色夜叉」(Konjiki Yasha, alt. translation: The Usurer)
- Yumeno Kyusaku 夢野 久作 - "Dogra Magra" 「ドグラマグラ」(Dogra Magra)
Foreign
- Dame Agatha Christie - "And Then There Were None"
- Fyodor Dostoevsky - "Crime and Punishment" "Преступлeние и наказaние" (Prestupleniye i nakazaniye)
- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald - "The Great Fitzgerald" (The Great Gatsby)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery - "Anne of Abyssal Red" (Anne of Green Gables)
- John Steinbeck - "The Grapes of Wrath"
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft - "The Great Old Ones" (The Call of Cthulhu)
- Margaret Mitchell - "Gone with the Wind"
- Nathaniel Hawthorne - "The Scarlet Letter"
- Louisa May Alcott - "Little Women"
- Herman Melville - "Moby Dick"
- Mark Twain - "Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer" (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
Edited by Kusunoki, 18 May 2016 - 06:54 PM.
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