is お死枚 a pun on 四枚?


So I was watching Hunter x Hunter episode 142, and at one point one of the
characters is about to shoot a bunch of coins at the other, and he asks 君に渡すのは
何枚でしょう, which is correctly translated as "how many am I going to give back to
you?". After he shoots them though, he answers his own question saying 答えはお死枚,
which is translated as "enough to kill you". I've never seen a counter like 枚
be used in this way, but a part of me suspects this is a pun on 四枚, but the
fact that he shoots far more than four coins leads me to believe this is
false. Can someone explain what's going on here?




> Maybe a pun for おしまい（お終い）? – Chocolate

It is indeed a pun but not for お四枚.

For further information, this is a kind of
[[当て字]{あてじ}](http://hey%20are%20very%20ordinary%20tricks%20to%20be%20taught%20to%20dogs%20in%20Japan.)
.

Among the heavy metal music circle, motorcycle gangs or even ordinary
youngsters in Japan, this kind of [当て字]｛あてじ｝ are often used as a kind of
fashion or materials for designs. They would represent ordinary words with
similar pronunciation but usually unpleasant, creepy or grotesque kanjis like:

  * **聖飢魔Ⅱ** sei-ki-ma-tsu (Ⅱ is two similar to _tsu_ in Japanese) 世紀末｛せいきまつ｝ the end of the century, a Japanese heavy metal band 
  * **夜露死苦** yo-ro-shi-ku よろしく Nice meeting you. 
  * **夜露死苦尾寝骸死魔酢駄個裸** yo-ro-shi-ku-o-ne-gai-shi-ma-su-da-kora よろしくお願{ねが}いしますだコラ Hey, please remember me. Hey, please help me. Hey, please treat me well. 
  * **愛離我闘** a(?)-ri-ga-tou ありがとう Thank you! 
  * **氣魔愚隷** ki-ma-gu-re きまぐれ whim, whimsy 
  * **仏恥義理** butsu-chi-gi-ri ぶっちぎり off the charts, landslide, overwhelming, outright, resounding, sweeping, runaway 
  * **栖威邪苦** su-i-ja-ku 衰弱｛すいじゃく｝ breakdown, collapse, consumption, weakening, debility 
  * **愛羅武勇** ai-ra-bu-yuu アイラブユー I love you! 
  * **鬼流汰威無** ki-ru-ta-i-mu キルタイム kill time 
  * **出羅苦栖** de-ra-ku-su デラクス deluxe 

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