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Celesteela is likely based on Princess Kaguya from {{wp|The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}}: its body resembles bamboo shoots, its arms resemble cut bamboo trunks, and its overall shape resembles a {{wp|space shuttle}}. It may also incorporate similarities to the spacecraft {{wp|SELENE}} (nicknamed "Kaguya" in Japan), which orbited the Moon between 2007 and 2009. Celesteela may also be based off of a Bamboo Rocket. | Celesteela is likely based on Princess Kaguya from {{wp|The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}}: its body resembles bamboo shoots, its arms resemble cut bamboo trunks, and its overall shape resembles a {{wp|space shuttle}}. It's body also gives the appearance of a multilayered kimono, as in the Heian Era of Japan, the time in which the story of the Bamboo Cutter is set in, kimono dresses with multiple layers was the style of dress's worn by women of high class such as Kaguya. It may also incorporate similarities to the spacecraft {{wp|SELENE}} (nicknamed "Kaguya" in Japan), which orbited the Moon between 2007 and 2009. Celesteela may also be based off of a Bamboo Rocket. | ||
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