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- >1. 聖剣・蕩塵
- Holy Sword・Scattering Dust
- > 2. 耆・天狼
- Ancient ・Sky Wolf (Sirius)
- >3. 墨淵玄離
- Abyssal Phantasmagorical Disappearance
- Literal translation would be "ink deep mystery leaving", which is nonsensical. Also, there's like a multi layer reference in this shit.
- (1) 墨淵 and 玄離 are apparently the names of some other wuxia works. 玄離 in particular is a character from another Pili puppet show.
- (2) Gen Urobuchi's name is 虚淵 玄, so he basically snuck (part of) his name into the sword.
- >4.魔劍・墮日斬
- Demonic Sword・Sky collapsing Cut
- >5.喪月・死寒魄
- Mourning Moon・Deathly Cold Spirit
- >6.幽冥・萬世神伏
- Netherworld・Unlimited realms of Lurking Deities
- 伏 can mean conceding defeat or ambush as well. So alternate interpretations could be
- - Deities Ambushing from Unlimited Realms
- - Taming of Deities of Unlimited Realms
- >7.飲雪
- Drinking/Consuming (the) Snow
- >8.喪月之夜
- Can mean either Night of the Mourning Moon or The Night where one Mourns the Moon
- >9.孤煞瀾月
- Lone Phantom of the Rippling Moon
- >10.冥幽玄牙
- Enigmatic Dark Fangs of Underworld Spectres
- >11.百代昆吾
- Hundred Generations of Kunwu
- Welp, time for more references. Kun Wu is supposedly a famed blacksmith (whether he's a real historical figure, or just a legend, or mix of both, that's still up to debates). Kun Wu's weapons thus are supposed to be top tier stuff.
- > 12.妖姬・七殺天凌
- Demonic Princess・Seven Killings in the Heavens
- > 13. 須彌天幻・劫荒劍
- Illusory Skies of Meru・Plundering the Abandoned Sword
- 須彌 refers to Mt Meru. According to wikipedia, it is a sacred mountain with five peaks in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.
- To add to that, in buddhism there's a phrase/concept of "納須彌於芥子", or "containing mountain Meru in a speck of dust". Considering the theme of the sword is space-time manipulation, it's oddly fitting.
- >14.青燈孤照
- Green or Young Light Shining in Solitude
- >15.鳳刀蝶殺
- Phoenix Blade Butterfly Slaying
- >16.炎殺・雷岳
- Killing Blaze ・Thunder Mountain
- >17.斬・日月
- Slay・Sun Moon
- >18.炎邪黯刃
- Blazing Evil Dusk Blade
- >19.霹雷鳴劍
- Sword of Thunderbolt's (here's your obligatory studio namedrop) Roar
- >20.靂降風雲
- Descend of Crashing Thunder, invoking the Unforseen
- 風雲 literally means Wind and Clouds, but the implication is supposed to be unpredictable changes or tidings.
- >21.狂鳳玄牙
- Enigmatic Fangs of the Wild/Arrogant Phoenix
- >22.刀影破
- Broken/Breaking of the Blade's Shadow
- > 23.舞羽孤蝶
- Dancing Feathers Lone Butterfly
- >24.東風瀾月
- Eastern Wind Rippling Moon
- >25.離寒破辰
- Leaving the cold, breaking dawn
- >26.劍皇破佛
- Sovereign/Royal Sword Denouncing the Buddha
- >27.畫影空騰
- Drawing Shadows (and) Taking Flight into the Void/ Nothingness
- >28.鎮嶽尚方
- Suppressing (the mountain) Peak, Sword of State
- 尚方is a reference to尚方寶劍, the sword that symbolizes the rule/power of the monarch.
- >29.龍淵
- Dragon in the Deep/Abyss
- >30.荒夢赤霄
- Forgotten Dream, Scarlet Mist
- >31.六道殊月
- Six Paths of the Peculiar Moon
- The six paths is yet more references to Buddhism. Wiki Samsara for more details.
- >32.流光劍
- Chronos Sword; literally means 'flow of time sword', so I'll put it as Chronos Sword to make it more chu2
- >33.古龍青雀
- Ancient Dragon, Green Sparrow
- >34.日月神息
- Unending Pulses of the Gods
- >35.九天玄冥
- Nine Days of Xuan Ming
- Xuan Ming historically refers to a type of northern god/deity of winter, implying the lack of sun
- >36.六問虛空Prashna Upanishad
- 六問虚空
- 六問 6 Questions (A reference to the Prashna Upanishad)
- >How did life begin
- >What is a living being?
- >What is the nature of man, and how is it so?
- >What establishes man?
- >What is meditation, and why meditate?
- >What is immortal in man?
- 虚空 Empty Air / Void / Meaninglessness
- 虚 combines with 淵玄 from . 墨淵玄離 to form Gen's name
- Figuratively, an existential crisis
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