curl-6 said:
As cool as it would be for them to be connected, it could just be Takahashi's design style, like how the dolls resemble the mechs from Xenogears. |
If it were any single thing alone, you know, like Zohar showing up in the lifepods or the monado in the hairclip I'd say, yeah you have a point, but there is much more explicit hinting here. Maybe it is because they aren't constrained by not having the IP like they were with other titles.
Here is a translation of the first two short stories.
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1NZO8F6qMK8cWr8LYhj4g4P7Quu-_jZadkQXyFBaLm6g/pub
"A sound argument. It embodied the sacred teachings passed down from the ‘hom hom’ of Nopon legends--"If man will not work, he shall not eat.""
"Guess it no use. At this rate, Ron be elected legendary heropon. Must avoid that"
"Together, the two of them hail from the Nopon of the Dudunga Caravan."