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Plasma Bomber · #370 Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:46 pm

Finally, I have found an explanation for the name of the ninja enemies in Super Bomberman 4, "Chibimaru".

It seems that "maru" was a popular suffix for names in the Edo period. The Edo period is the era during which Stage 2 is set, and thus is the era in which the ninja enemies appear. Thus, the name should probably just be kept as "Chibimaru" - there's not really a perfect translation for the word "chibi" anyway.

Here is a reference.

I've also seen some forum posts where people have claimed that "maru" was the suffix appended to the names of the young sons of samurai, and that their name was to be changed when they grew older.