In episode 13 of Gundam Build Fighters, the number 44 comes up as a bad number.
Why is 44 considered a bad number?
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1anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5694/…, probably the same how Japanese numbers are structured – Memor-X Jan 7 '14 at 2:35
The link in the comment was correct.
Number four in Japan is considered bad luck.
This is because both four and death are pronounced the same way - shi. (source)
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In both Chinese and Japanese language, the pronunciation of "death" and the number "four" are so close:
- Mandarin: si4 (four) and si3 (death)
- Cantonese: si2 or sei2 (both "death" or "four")
- Japanese: shi (both "four" and "death")
