>>19758145If takeuchi's hack is to just draw the same character for 50 different characters, nasu's hack is to just crib historical anecdotes in place of coming up with material. He's done this with a lot of stuff at this point, so almost any prominent happenstance you can think of can either be connected too or directly has a mirror representation in nasuverse.
For a similar example, see how botegrils 'cash in' on the already existent cultural capital of historical warships; simply follow the format and you've instantly got a cast of characters to play out with.