Card Trivia:Grace Princess Kana

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• The Japanese's name, いとをかしかなひめ Itookashikanahime, involves these puns:
  • いとをかしかな Itookashi ka na: "So cool, isn't it?"
    • いと ito: "so"
    • おかしい okashii (historically をかし wokasi): "cool"
    • かな ka na: "isn't it?"
  • 愛おしい itooshii: of a person or emotion, "darling", "beloved" or "sweet."
  • お菓子 o-kashi: confectionery, which is what the princess is eating and trying to feed the viewer, and her candy-shaped hair accessories.
  • かな kana: the letters written on the piece of paper to the princess's right
    • The kana read ようかん (羊羹 yōkan) and みすあめ (水飴 mizuame), both of which are traditional Japanese confectionery. みすあめ misuame is a misspelling of みずあめ, properly intended to convey faux archaism. Mizuame literally means "water candy," which explains the monster's Aqua Type.
    • The kana specifically used here (in the card name, card text and artwork) are hiragana, also known as "women's kana," since they used to be the only writing system accessible to women. A princess who is all about hiragana is historically accurate.
• The Japanese flavor text, あ～ん。 A~n., is the sound one makes when telling someone else to open up their mouth. In writing, it is also equivalent to the English expression a-z, with あ being the first kana and ん the last, which is apt for a princess named "Kana."
• The viewer whom the princess is endearingly feeding may be her romantic partner, given her ATK (200) and DEF (1400), which seem to to reference Valentine's Day. This is supported by this card's release date, February 13 2021. The dark-colored candy she's feeding them may then be chocolate.