>>45885779His math interest is still very much present (the Ferris wheel's the obvious example, plus his goddamn name is Natural as in natural number) but some of his more pointlessly technical stuff/puns were lost in translation. He's specifically fascinated by electric energy and the mechanics behind the Ferris wheel as mathematical expressions, and there's some double-play about wanting Pokemon to reach "perfection" in the mathematical sense (完全体 is the Japanese term for a perfect field, but it also gets used to talk about a being's ultimate form sometimes. You might see it pop up in discussions about Gen's 8 fossilmons, for reference). All kinds of stuff that went over my weak, doughy brain. Hearing someone who actually has a clue talking about the math inspirations is fascinating. It's no surprise the character's special to Masuda because you can see so many of Masuda's own interests (mathematics, music, etc.) reflected in N. The madman named him "Gropius" because of a violin concerto, nothing but respect for the level of devotion poured into his self insert.
