Talk:Taisai

Kanji spelling of Taisai is 太歳(grand year) and means Jupiter(planet). Precisely, it is an imaginary star placed at the opposite of the celestial sphere to Jupiter. Jupiter's orbital period is close to 12 years and old chinese astronomers divided it into 12 to measure years.

Taisai as a creature is named after this imaginary star. It has thousands of eyes and blobish body like Taisai in the game. And it is considerd to travel underground following Jupiter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthly_Branches

--Urasawa 00:16, 19 January 2007 (EST)