==RIVAL CHOICES==

EVAtrice:
-Ange Ushiromiya (canon)
-Arle (magic user with very similar hair)
-Maria (that's her niece's name lmao)

Hwei:
-Gum (fellow artist)
-Heavy Magician (i made his hitconfirm line "your true colors")
-Sakura (Ionia is fantasy asia I guess?? idk this one's a stretch, I'll replace her if I make Jhin lol)

Hisui:
-Whisper (quiet one of a girl duo)
-Gutbuster (attacks with their cooking)
-Kohaku (futureproofing in case that one from 1.x ever gets ported, or someone else makes her)

Mech-Hisui:
-Hisui (no comment)
-Neco-Arc (futureproofing for her arch-nemesis)
-Rappy (Mech-Hisui uses PSO weapons, which is why Sega is in the credits for Melty Blood)

Arti:
-Dex (that's oomf)
-Zigzagoon (boyfriend's sona species)
-Sakura (i mained her when i made this character lol)

Padraig:
-Pyra (duh)
-Metal Sonic (same reason they share stats: iykyk)
-Redz (Rex...?)

Arcueid:
-Len (tsukihime character not by me. idk. i had Ciel here but someone made the Megaman Zero one and while I thought that was funny I still felt like changing it)
-Azusa (I know there's an im@s song called "Kyun! Vampire Girl" and while I think that's a Takane song and not an Azusa one it's still the closest thing I could get)
-Eggman (blew up the moon lmao)

Red Arcueid:
-Arcueid
-Mech-Hisui (exists thanks to TATARI)
-Surge (angry doppelganger)

Dlanor A. Knox:
-EVAtrice (witch)
-Erika Furudo (futureproofing to include her trusted friend)
-Heavy Magician (Knox's 10th: It is forbidden for a character to disguise themselves without any clues.)

Wuk Lamat:
-Emerl (machine that resembles Alexandria's sentries and, like Sphene, has a gemstone-themed name)
-Blaze (cat deuteragonist)
-Pyra (I'm telling you. Wuk Lamat and Rex Xenoblade are the same character. Nobody is ready for this but it's true.)

Avali:
-Blaze (Avali can't handle the heat)
-Rappy (weird alien bird)
-Eggman (warmongering selfish human)

Ange Ushiromiya:
-EVAtrice (canon)
-Len (similar appearance and cat motifs to Bernkastel)
-Maria (that's her cousin's name lmao)

Kiwi:
-Bean
-Jet
-Rappy (these are all pretty self-explanatory)

==SHITTY SIGNS==
Arcueid: It's Neco-Arc. you know Neco-Arc. C'mon now.
Arti: FF7 rebirth moogle. this is miguel. dont touch me
Avali: this one's funnier unexplained sorry
Dlanor A. Knox: she has pretty striking eyes, doesn't she? so she gets the blue eyed people meme
EVA-Beatrice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW4IcP0nw5o
Hisui: bart chair
Hwei: "It's over, Jhin. I've painted you as the soyjak, and myself as the chad."
Mech-Hisui: jetson
Captain Padraig: He still doesn't get what emeralds are... (Chengi Assist!)
Red Arcueid: i don't know if i can explain this one
Wuk Lamat: Speak with Wuk Lamat.
Ange Ushiromiya: not her first time being hamburger
Kiwi: The playstation can produce mind-boggling effects.