Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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insanity years in the making.

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Spanish and Catalan subtitles by Lluc Riberax. https://x.com/LlucRiberax
Chinese subtitles by Offy.
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Sources and resources:
The obscure lore reference doc, an archive of several Splatoon developer interviews and other resources with translations - docs.google.com/document/d/1ajfNw6XgSAFBGgR_12p-3SXJaC9x0NiV8IbA_QldsPI/edit?usp=sharing

Inkipedia, as always. Very helpful with archives of stage and Splatfest dialogue, as well as Sunken Scrolls - splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Splatoon artbooks: The Art of Splatoon, The Art of Splatoon 2, Splatoon 3 Ikasu Artbook, and Bancala Walker, were used as reference throughout the video.

2015 dev interview, on MyNavi - docs.google.com/document/d/1dLN1ULPZJFnXvxacxNd7aXet_XCg_e50lPCD43zYA8o/edit?tab=t.0

March 2018 Game Informer interview - web.archive.org/web/20230215191714/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/03/26/splatoon-s-burning-questions-finally-answered.aspx

2018 Nintendo Switch news section interview on Octo Expansion - nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-2-dev-on-jellyfish-lore-new-york-subway-inspiration-for-octo-expansion-process-of-making-new-content-more

Jamsteeec article on blobfish - jamstec.go.jp/sp2/research/#r15

2018 Octo Expansion Famitsu interview - famitsu.com/news/201807/21160955.html

2018 Splatoon 2 Interview (talks about Salmonids) - docs.google.com/document/d/12TP8rRCpFCRwSa0LasNLxP3PsO0yiHxp1cIg6C1Cgbk/edit?tab=t.0

Archive of mem cakes in all languages - leanny.github.io/octo/memcakes_ja.html

Translated and typeset BancalaWalker pages used here - https://bsky.app/profile/rassicas.splatoonlore.ink/post/3ldmdmq7jlk25

drawings of my OC i subject you to - https://bsky.app/profile/rassicas.splatoonlore.ink/post/3lcaao5zx222t

Some osmotic pressure resources I referenced - biologyonline.com/dictionary/osmotic-pressure
britannica.com/science/osmotic-pressure
chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/General_Chemistry/Map%3A_General_Chemistry_(Petrucci_et_al.)/13%3A_Solutions_and_their_Physical_Properties/13.07%3A_Osmotic_Pressure
Osmotic burst of blood cells - youtube.com/watch?v=OYoaLzobQmk

Osmotic pressure SplatoonJP tweet - https://x.com/SplatoonJP/status/1151052600701100032

Splatune album jacket - splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Splatune_(Splatoon_Original_Soundtrack)

2017 Nintendo Dream interview that talks about Octavio - https://bsky.app/profile/rassicas.splatoonlore.ink/post/3lcm3yztwvs2s

[Chapters]
0:00 Intro
3:25 What's canon?
12:33 Death means nothing
24:46 Localization is at it Again (and other conflicting sources)
31:58 So how much water can they tolerate?
34:50 What about swimwear?
39:23 What about rain?
42:24 What about baths?
49:22 What is osmotic pressure?
58:57 THE DEEP END
1:17:23 A few more theories
1:21:49 Wrap up