"How did I come up with the character names and OMORI?"
Um, honestly it's been so long I don't remember anymore, I don't remember how their names came to be... But I do know, I do remember that SUNNY's name was really, really last minute, it was like really last minute because we didn't, we couldn't decide what to name him. So super last minute, last name. I don't really remember the other ones, unfortunately.
I mean there is meaning behind SUNNY's name that's, I was wondering if it was not obvious but too heavy-handed, but I ended up thinking that it was good, so I did it.
*1:すなわちオイディプスの悲劇をもたらしたのは「お前は将来父親を殺す」という神宣そのものであったということであり、これは「予言の自己成就」の例として詳しく研究されてきた。OMORIではぴったり当てはまるものはないが、"Everything is going to be okay"(みんなうまくいくようになるから)という言葉が逆にSUNNYとBASILを追い詰めていくところに、似た空気を感じることができる