IV: the traumatic allegory of suicide kings
the traumatic allegory is so complex but atst it exposes more abt the true nature of such things by reframing them in completely unstigmatized neutral terms
yet it also springboards off of a genuine horror history where such human beings become living ghosts
these are the people from whom ghost stories come from.
THE ORIGIN OF A GHOST IS A HUMAN BEING.
so a lot of the japanese specific terms regarding ghosts / spirits is already extant and the recombinations to create specific jargon for suicide kings takes barely any effort at all.
it's not invention; it's recombination.
what is a 死神 ("death god") if not a hitman?