Card Trivia:Anarchist Monk Ranshin

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• This monster's name is likely based on Shinran, a Japanese Buddhist monk.
  • This monster's Japanese name, "Precept-Breaking Monk" (破（は）戒（かい）僧（そう） ランシン, Hakaisō Ranshin) literally means "Precept-Breaking Monk". Here the verb "破戒" (hakai, homophonous with the verb for destroy, "破壊") refers to the act of breaking one of many Buddhist precepts (Buddhist equivalents to "commandments" in Abrahamism), including not killing, not drinking, not eating meat, etc. They are most applicable to the Buddhist clergy rather than the Buddhist lay. Both the "Ten Precepts" and "Ten Commandments" are known in Japanese as "十戒" (Jikkai).

• This monster's appearance is likely based on a warrior monk or exorcist monk from feudal Japan. This is enforced by how this monster is depicted wearing a Men-yoroi, a facial armor worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan, and wields a khakkhara, a staff typically carried by Buddhist monks.

• This monster shares a relationship with "Chow Len the Prophet" and "Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer".
  • All monsters are monk-like figures with spiritual connotations who wear masks on different parts of their faces.
  • All monsters share the same Level (4), Type (Spellcaster), and original ATK (1800).