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Author: X2X

Jul 26th 2012 at 2:41:28 PM

Some points to add to [=MrRuano=]'s ''Soul'' series example above: Both characters are [[SimpleStaff bojutsu practitioners]], with their primary weapons (the Kali-Yuga for Kilik; the Three Karmas and, later, the Kali-Yuga for Xiba) being based on Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang (both also have extra weapons more closely inspired by the Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Jingu Staff). Kilik is known for his ability to absorb and purify evil energy via the Kali-Yuga (taught to him by his master, Edge Master), which could very well be drawn from the Monkey King's power to {{detect evil}} through his ''huoyan-jinjing'' ("fiery-eyes golden-gaze"). Kilik is a WarriorMonk who no longer has a real home to go back to and travels the land stamping out evil; one of Sun Wukong's titles was ''Xingzhe'', meaning "ascetic" (as in a wandering monk). Xiba, however, carries more of the Monkey King imagery. Likely an orphan (as well as, [[AllThereInTheManual according to Japanese sourcebooks]], [[spoiler:the estranged son of both Kilik and Xianghua]]), he is said to have been born on the Zhen Hang Mountain, suggesting that he raised himself in the wild; this matches up with accounts of Sun Wukong's early life. Xiba wears a tiger pelt around his waist which gives off the illusion of him having a tail. Several of his moves are named after monkeys and his overall style resembles the staff fighting branch of Monkey Kung Fu (Hou Gun), while his Critical Edge is named Kong's Dance of Qi Tian Da Sheng, ''Qitian Dasheng'' ("Great Sage, Equal of Heaven") being another one of Sun Wukong's titles.