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We know that Tama is Ruko's "LRIG" card, but is it ever explained what an LRIG
actually stands for or what it means?

[![Tama](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LesCnl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LesCn.jpg)

I was looking at some translated card game rules also, and they never referred
to these cards as anything other than LRIGs. Have I missed something early on,
or have they neglected to explain the term?


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What does "LRIG" mean?


Looks like my guess was right - "LRIG" is "girl" spelled backwards, not an
acronym/initialism.

This was stated by
[KawaseP](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=28846)
(a.k.a. Kouhei Kawase, one of the producers for _selector infected WIXOSS_ )
in [an interview with Akiba-Souken](http://akiba-
souken.com/article/anime/19970/?page=2) (Ctrl+F for `作品要素`).

> ──LRIGs are a distinctive part of the show, aren't they?
>
> The LRIG character designs were done by [[Kyuta]
> Sakai](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=75758),
> but it was Tomo Yamaguchi, who is in charge of the card game at Takara Tomy,
> who came up with the name "LRIG". We had a different name for them at first,
> but at one of the scriptwriting meetings, we decided that we wanted to go
> with something a bit more off-the-beaten-path, and so we decided on "GIRL"
> spelled backwards: "LRIG" (pronounced "loo-rig"). Up to that point, we had
> been making up all sorts of convoluted words, so when the simple word "LRIG"
> was proposed, everybody agreed.

* * *

Given the events of episode 8...

> I guess we can see why the producers decided that "LRIG" was a good choice.
> Girls turn into LRIGs when their wishes are "fulfilled", and LRIGs likewise
> turn into (human) girls when that happens. Simple and effective.


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