[ Vincent pops a toothpick into his mouth, chewing on it as he moves aside to give Johnny a better view of his handiwork. ] Don't need to look cool — they keep tryin' to kill us but we just keep comin' back. Too fuckin' stubborn and too fuckin' pissed off.

Shinigami. [ Used to bother Vincent. The Grim Reaper of Konpeki Plaza — an insult, a reminder of his greatest failure, Jackie's ghost heavy on his shoulders. Yet slowly, surely, thanks to the gonk he's staring straight at, he learned that death was not the end.

Far from it. ] Missing one kanji, the one for god. Thought this more subtle than painting skulls and bones all over the damn thing like the Wraiths. 'Course, everyone in Japantown still gonna piss their pants. [ He snorts. ] Can imagine the sour face on Wako and Goro if they saw it.