User blog comment:Poisonshark/Custom Champion: Mima, the Yellow Channeler/@comment-3391671-20160720064337/@comment-25235491-20160721093935

""Mima's name was more of the final puzzle piece that sealed the deal. As mentioned, I saw the reference more in the use of muskets (which I've rarely seen outside specific Japanese characters) along with the story-focus of "being alone."""

- Green It's true that they have the same character focus and outward appearance. Come to think of it, the personality is pretty much the only big difference. ""Seeing that you got Erin (and the rest of the SMNK) from Naruto, my mind took a guess that the channelers were also a reference to something anime.""

- Green Actually, SMNK has the benefit of 6 years of separate developments. You'd be hard-pressed to find a character I based Haramn on, or that Red was the hero and never was anything like Naruto. But I digress. "More fodder? I believe it will bring a uniqueness to Izo that he updates upon new custom champions being released than remaining stale."

- Green Well, I do believe that seeing how he taunts the remaining six of them. Anyway, that's the spirit. I suppose I'll get to work on my 2 next releases.