Bloody Battle: Highly Spirited Oniwatari

Kutaka Niwatari's Spell Card. In this attack, she makes her opponent take her final spiritual trial. It is said that Niwatarijin was first called Oniwatari because adding the ''o'' prefix to a name shows respect. However, Oniwatari was then later written with the kanji characters for ''oni'' and ''passage or deliver.'' It is also theorized that the name is written this way due to the exploits of a certain general who vanquished oni.

Oni could also refer to the deceased. Thus, Oniwatari could mean the act of delivering or ferrying the souls of the deceased to the Netherworld. Bird spirits are also deeply connected to the souls of the deceased, and it was even believed that they preside over reincarnation.