Topic: THAT Painting in Royal Chapel

[TheouAegis]

I can see the wordplay argument, but did Kurt actually have a source for that or was it just conjecture on his part? Or your part (and thus, did you actually have proof)?

[Eric Roman]

Here's the perspective-changing picture that came up during a discussion on the CVDF circa April 20, 2006:

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Slogra's Japanese name finally made sense once I caught the rough translation of the phrase in the red box.  In spite of its reptilian disposition--thick tail and clawed hands--I eventually conceded that, after all, the name of BERIGAN did not have its roots in the myths relative to Morrigan and Kerrigan...Konami was simply messing around with the writing for pelican as written in the Japanese script for foreign words; PERIKAN became BERIGAN. 

A short time afterward I hacked this together:

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:p

Hope that helps clear a few things up.  I'd love to see the rest of that page translated. 
And, hey, I found a link to the guide, Akumajou Dracula no Subete, on what happens to be a very NSFW site. 

Now returning to your regularly scheduled discussion.  I hope. 

[Nagumo]

Apparently "beriberi" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for tearing or ripping. It's possible they combined this with "perikan" as some sort of pun. For one of the other enemies they used the Japanese equivalent for "thud" or "whack", so it's possible.

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Eric Roman@

LOL.

[Eric Roman]

Apparently "beriberi" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for tearing or ripping. It's possible they combined this with "perikan" as some sort of pun. For one of the other enemies they used the Japanese equivalent for "thud" or "whack", so it's possible.

 
That's an interesting insight.  I thought those features on the lower jaw resembled scraps of skin left behind from the "beak bag" having been torn off. 

('Til now I had carried "periperi" as the word for the rips, as it had been introduced by a moment of Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibitao {4:20~5:12} in which a character's book-world is having pages torn from it.  "Periperi" is probably her childish way of saying it.) 

[TheTextGuy]

Eric Roman@

LOL.

Jeez, as if Slorga wasn't frustrating enough.  If he was a giant pelican, I'm pretty sure I'd just quit too!

[zangetsu468]

Slogra and Launchpad had a common ancestor.. Their mother