>>9072932>>9072957and the characters are all usually a reference to some kind of mythological thing (mostly eastern, occasionally a western one like vampires)
for example, pic related is the final boss to TH11. she's supposed to be a reference to the yatagarasu (three-legged crow that represents the sun in asian culture). because of the sun theme, she has the power of nuclear fusion, which means she simultaneously has the motifs of that myth while also having nuclear weaponry association