Talk:Day 241-250/@comment-26898460-20150817044156/@comment-4784862-20150828180545

After consulting with my native speaking friend...he said the 閻 in 地獄閻鬼 doesn't really mean anything on its own in japanese, it's really only used to describe Yama (閻魔), who is commonly known as the ruler of the underworld.

He also said Hell Gate Demon, Hell's Gate Demon, Hell Gate's Demon could also be an accurate interpretation for it, since it appears to be something that the author made up.

He also said that he has no idea about アスフェール, except that he assums it's "Asfer" and not "Asfel" (though it could possibly be either I'm guessing, heh).

Either way, I don't think that "Asvara" is the proper reading for it because the katakana is read literally as "Asuferu"...and there IS one for the "ra" sound...and I think they'd use "アスバーラー" which is asuba~ra~ for Asvara.

Thanks for continuing to research it, though...even if it probably isn't the right answer. ^^