Talk:Fire Soul Bird
Chant
23:16, 2 December 2010 (MST)~~
Does anyone know the chant Rei uses to perform the attack the first time? It isn't RinPyouTouShaJinRetsuZaiZen.
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The chant from episode 54[edit]
I'm not 100% sure -- somebody with better hearing should listen to this sequence -- but it appears to be a type of mantra for Fudou Myou-ou (慈救咒 Jikushu), which is something like のうまく さんまんだ ばさらだん せんだんまかろしゃだや そは たや うんたらた かんまん. (Makes sense considering his silhouette is also in the Akuryou Taisan anime attack sequence.) --YnK 09:48, 12 July 2011 (MST)
- What I hear doesn't exactly match that but some parts of it are the same? Kerochan no Miko 17:25, 12 July 2011 (MST)
- It is that probably, mantras like that don't sound exactly like normal Japanese. I went to an SGS thingy and their mantra was only transliterated into hiragana. I'd say it's safe to put that into the articleHave_a_niceity 23:17, 12 July 2011 (MST)
- Put what into the article? Kerochan no Miko 00:21, 13 July 2011 (MST)
- The reference to the mantra used, I guess? But seriously, if you're trying to compare what Rei says to the hiragana transcription I provided, it'll be slightly off because the mantra is technically in sanskrit which can't be exactly replicated using the Japanese writing/phonetic systems.
- Still, what made me think I'm on the right track is the Fudou Myou-ou connection. That deity is even mentioned in the glossary section of the Nakayoshi Album II for the first season; according to that entry, in episode 40 Rei used Fudou Myou-ou's power to weaken the lake spirit - but what she actually does there is her regular Akuryou Taisan chant sequence with some extra spell at the start, in Japanese, which is a fairly common spell used for exorcism. So, it won't be surprising if she is capable of using other techniques related to Fudou Myou-ou. I know that borders on speculation, probably, but at least it shows that Rei using that particular chant as part of the Fire Soul Bird attack is not a coincidence. --YnK 02:01, 13 July 2011 (MST)
- It does border on speculation, which is why I'm asking exactly what you wanted to put in the trivia note. It'd have to be worded kind of carefully, though having a connection in the anime album would help. Kerochan no Miko 02:12, 13 July 2011 (MST)
- Put what into the article? Kerochan no Miko 00:21, 13 July 2011 (MST)
- It is that probably, mantras like that don't sound exactly like normal Japanese. I went to an SGS thingy and their mantra was only transliterated into hiragana. I'd say it's safe to put that into the articleHave_a_niceity 23:17, 12 July 2011 (MST)