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BigRandomKaiju wrote: KoopaGalaxain wrote:

LesStudios wrote: I think if the purple atomic breath theory really is true, it has potential to look REALLY freaking cool. It also opens up the possibility of some rather interesting symbolism. Purple is symbolic for majesty, royalty, ambition, mystery and most importantly, power. You forgot that purple in japan also represents death.

Now we're seriously on to something! It's worth mentioning that while the official use of the term Shin in Shin Gojira is the Japanese word for 'new', the word 'shin' can mean numerous things, including God, True, Right, and most prominently, DEATH.

It's for this reason that the traditional word for 'four', Shi is considered extremely unlucky in Japan, and can also be found written as Yon.

Number combinations with 4 are also considered unlucky. For example (and yes, I'm quoting this from Wikipedia) 49 (Shiku) is considered to be an especially unlucky number as it is evocative of the phrase "To suffer until death." (「死ぬまで苦しむ. 」 "Shinu made kurushimu.")