#your fun wordplay makes me nervous katoh

For the first time in ages, Blue Exorcist 121 has a title that isn’t all numbers and such! It’s called 無双（むそう/musou)! Let’s take a look at how a Japanese dictionary defines that word:

1. Peerless, a cut above the rest, invincible, unmatched by anyone
2. A garment where the inner and outer layers are made of the same kind of cloth
3. A sumo move where you sweep away the opponent’s thigh with your arm, knocking them off balance

Personally, I’ve pretty much only seen it used for definition 1, though I think the Viz title (”Of the Same Cloth”) does a pretty snappy job with definition 2.

…What’s that? You want to know how on earth the same word means “invincible” and “using the same cloth for both layers”?

Well, you see…that’s because of the LITERAL meaning of the word.

LITERALLY, like if you just look at the kanji it’s made of? It means…uh…well…it means…

Twinless.

And I am NOT sure how to feel about that one, Katoh.