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The thing with Cindry (or rather the shadow inhabiting her zombie) hating plates is likely a reference to the story "Banchō Sarayashiki" (番町皿屋敷). The main character, Okiku, is a servant at a castle and her master has a collection of ten valuable plates. The samurai makes advances to her, all of which she rejects. Eventually, he hides one of his plates and blames its loss on Okiku in order to blackmail her. She rejects him again and he ends up torturing her in order to force her to give in. This results in her death and in her haunting her murderer. The specific way in which Okiku's ghost torments him is by counting from 1 to 9 and then shrieking before she reaches 10, because of the missing tenth plate. This scene is directly referenced in Cindry's introduction in episode 340 where she is holding ten plates in her hand and throws 9 of them at Usopp, counting from 1 to 9. Beyond the hatred for plates, another parallel to the story would be Hogback's obsession with her (when she alive) reflecting the behaviour of Okiku's master. Also, minor spoiler for stuff way, waaay further down the line (ROT13 so you don't get spoiled): Guvf fgbel vf ersreraprq ntnva yngre ba, guvf gvzr jvgu n punenpgre jub vf npghnyyl anzrq Bxvxh naq unf gb qrnyf jvgu gur haraqvat nqinaprf bs na bofrffrq zna jub qbrf abg frrz gb haqrefgnaq gur jbeq ab.
