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** His more PrettyBoy looks are closer to model, Lucky Blue Smith, on the other hand.


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** Her appearance looks an awful lot like a combination between Tina Bell from proto-Grunge band, "Bam Bam", and Fantasy Soul musician, "QUIN".
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** Ditto for his X shaped scar,it's explicitely a ShoutOut to Manga/RurouniKenshin

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** Ditto for his X shaped scar,it's explicitely explicitly a ShoutOut to Manga/RurouniKenshin



* In the old afterwords, Fluhor stated that his main inspirations were VideoGame/GuiltyGear, VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII and Manga/{{Berserk}}

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* In the old afterwords, Fluhor stated that his main inspirations were VideoGame/GuiltyGear, VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and Manga/{{Berserk}}''Manga/{{Berserk}}''

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** The second episode is called "[[Music/{{Mastodon}} Blood and Thunder]]"

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** The second episode is called "[[Music/{{Mastodon}} Blood and Thunder]]"Thunder]]", also inmediately follows the previous song due the fact these are the lyrics of it:
---> "Hero of the night. [[TitleDrop Blood and thunder]] rushing through me."
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* [[Main/{{Tango}} Julio Sosa]], that's all.

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** The eleventh one is called "[[Music/MyChemicalRomance Demolition Lovers]]"



** Ditto for his X shaped scar,it's either a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Zack Fair]], or Manga/RurouniKenshin

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** Ditto for his X shaped scar,it's either explicitely a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Zack Fair]], or Manga/RurouniKenshin
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* Cesar, the cyborg that turns into a monster has an uncanny resemblance to a young [[Music/{{KoRn}} Jonathan Davis]] with the dreads and 90s PermaStubble.
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** The tenth one is called "[[Music/AcDc Thunderstruck]]"
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** The fourth one is called "[[Music/JudasPriest Hellion]]" and the artwork references the debut album of Music/30SecondsTomars.

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** The fourth one is called "[[Music/JudasPriest Hellion]]" and the artwork references the debut album of Music/30SecondsTomars.Music/ThirtySecondsToMars.
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** The eight one is called "[[Music/Placebo Sleeping with ghosts]] and the album is artwork is drawn in the same [[IncrediblyLamePun spirit]]

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** The eight one is called "[[Music/Placebo "[[Music/{{Placebo}} Sleeping with ghosts]] and the album is artwork is drawn in the same [[IncrediblyLamePun spirit]]spirit]] as the album cover.
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---> "[[VideoGame/MetalGear Kept you waiting]], huh?"
** Which is parodied in the Bonus Track with himself dressed as a parody of Solid Snake, except he's called Rattlesnake

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---> "[[VideoGame/MetalGear "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Kept you waiting]], huh?"
** Which is parodied in the Bonus Track with himself dressed Track, having him cosplayed as a parody of Solid Snake, except he's called RattlesnakeYarará [[note]] a yarará is the species of a VERY poisonous snake, which is also translated as rattle-SNAKE.[[/note]]

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* The episodes are named after songs:

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Aqua Regia is full of references and homages as plain AuthorAppeal due the fact that Fluhor is JustForFun/OneOfUs, here's a list:
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* The Most episodes are named after songs: songs, always rock related, with some exceptions. And to drive the point further they're called [[CallARabbitASmeerp "tracks"]] instead of chapters/episodes:



** The fourth one is called "[[Music/JudasPriest Hellion]]" and the artwork references the debut album of Music/30SecondsTomars.
** The fifth one is called "[[Music/{{INXS}} Suicide Blond]]
** The sixth one is called "Unease", but it's not based in any particular song, however it references Music/ThePlasmatics, with a punk rocker being fully nude.
** The seventh one is called "[[Music/JudasPriest Out in the cold]]" and the artwork is a reference to Music/LacunaCoil's album "''Karmacode''".
** The eight one is called "[[Music/Placebo Sleeping with ghosts]] and the album is artwork is drawn in the same [[IncrediblyLamePun spirit]]
** The ninth chapter is called "[[Music/CarpenterBrut Le Perv]]"
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* A {{Cyberpunk}} with a dictatorship in a ClosedCircle? Manga/{{Akira}} influenced a lot of Cyberpunk works, after all...



* The [[ToBeContinued chained arrow]] that appears at the end of the first chapter is a HeavyMetal take take on the iconic "To be continued" of the same franchise.

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* The [[ToBeContinued chained arrow]] that appears at the end of the first chapter each episode is a HeavyMetal take take on the iconic "To be continued" of the same franchise.Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure franchise.
* The [[WordOfGod reasons]] why the characters look and are designed is stated in the [[AllThereInTheManual Bonus Track #1]], for example:
** Why does Daniel has a [[RevolversAreJustBetter huge black revolver?]] Well, because of Manga/{{Trigun}}, of course!
** Ditto for his X shaped scar,it's either a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Zack Fair]], or Manga/RurouniKenshin
* Rouge looks like a [[CompositeCharacter fusion]] between [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki and Ryuko]] with [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Integra Hellsing]] wit.
* Anahí's appearance is based on [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Casca]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 Lucía]].
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* Daniel's appearance in the flashback, with his spiky blond hair and leather clothing, is based partially in Music/BillyIdol. Fluhor proclaimed himself an unabashed fan.
* Anahí's surname, is a homage to [[Music/TheCranberries Dolores O'Riordan]].
* In one of the bonus comics, they mention PunkRock bands such as "Music/BlackFlag", "The Violators", and of course, Music/JudasPriest, which Anahí {{Lampshades}}:
---> "If you're gonna flirt with me, using metal as an excuse [[TerriblePickUpLines it's not the best idea]], say you like Black Flag, The Violators, use punk, at least".
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* In the old afterwords, Fluhor stated that his main inspirations were VideoGame/GuiltyGear, VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII and Manga/{{Berserk}}



---> "[[VideoGame/MetalGear Kept you waiting]], huh?"

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---> "[[VideoGame/MetalGear Kept you waiting]], huh?"huh?"
** Which is parodied in the Bonus Track with himself dressed as a parody of Solid Snake, except he's called Rattlesnake
* Daniel's katana in the cover have wires and lightning, similar to the High-frequency blades ones from VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance.
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* The [[ToBeContinued chained arrow]] that appears at the end of the first chapter is a HeavyMetal take take on the iconic "To be continued" of the same franchise.

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* The [[ToBeContinued chained arrow]] that appears at the end of the first chapter is a HeavyMetal take take on the iconic "To be continued" of the same franchise.franchise.
* Episode three has a quote based one:
---> "[[VideoGame/MetalGear Kept you waiting]], huh?"
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** The first one is "[[Music/JudasPriest Leather Rebel]]", and while it opens with a flashback, subsequently Daniel wakes up with a trippy background, let's say that if Deep Cover played on te background, it wouldn't [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami feel out of place]].

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** The first one is "[[Music/JudasPriest Leather Rebel]]", and while it opens with a flashback, subsequently Daniel wakes up with a trippy background, let's say that if Deep Cover played on te the background, it wouldn't [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami feel out of place]].

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* The first episode opens with a flashback, and subsequently Daniel waking up with a trippy background, let's say that if Deep Cover played on te background, it wouldn't [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami feel out of place]].

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* The episodes are named after songs:
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The first episode one is "[[Music/JudasPriest Leather Rebel]]", and while it opens with a flashback, and subsequently Daniel waking wakes up with a trippy background, let's say that if Deep Cover played on te background, it wouldn't [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami feel out of place]].place]].
** The second episode is called "[[Music/{{Mastodon}} Blood and Thunder]]"
** The third one is called "The girl in a black dress" which is a song by [[UsefulNotes/SynthWave Synthwave icon, Perturbator]].
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* The first episode opens with a flashback, and subsequently Daniel waking up with a trippy background, let's say that if Deep Cover played on te background, it wouldn't [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami feel out of place]].
* One of the stores Daniel passes by is called VideoGame/LaPucelle, which has mannequins posing a la [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's]] characters.
* The [[ToBeContinued chained arrow]] that appears at the end of the first chapter is a HeavyMetal take take on the iconic "To be continued" of the same franchise.

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