

Whenever the pirate guilds make any use of magic, they chant something
repetitively (example: on episode 2, about 3 minutes in, as shown [on
Funimation](https://www.funimation.com/shows/outlaw-star/world-of-desires/).
It's not subtitled, and kind of hard to make out.

I'd imagine it's something in Chinese; their powers are referred to as "Tao
magic", with one character in particular called a "Tao master".

What is this chant, and its significance if any? Note that this is on the
English dub, if it matters.


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What are the pirates in Outlaw Star chanting when they use magic?


It is very much the case that the pirates are _associated_ with the Chinese
Guild. This much is said in the intro [of episode
7](https://www.funimation.com/shows/outlaw-star/creeping-evil).

> This particular group of pirates are from the Hoppo system. They are called
> the 108 Suns, the most brutal member of the Chinese Guild.

The chant _itself_ is not Chinese. It sounds more like faux Chinese, or at
least something to sound as close to foreign as possible. The sub doesn't make
any attempt to transliterate the chant at all, and any announced _senjutsu_
attacks are nonsensical phrases in both Japanese and Chinese.


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