Is Nomura from Okinawa or something? I cant find anything about his early life. But all the Destiny Islands stuff makes me think it was inspired by Okinawa.

This could be total coincidence but I'm bored and was reading about Okinawans religion.

>Mabui (まぶい), or "spirit", is a key concept in Ryukyuan religion. Mabui is the essence of the self, somewhat like the soul and somewhat like mana.

>Mabui can leave the body, resulting in mabui-utushi (まぶいうとぅし, "lost mabui") with various physical results. Mabui can be lost as the result of fright, stress, loneliness, or helplessness, any circumstances in which a person suffers from a sudden shock or a lack of psychological/physical resources. A coma-like trance is one manifestation of the loss of mabui, but an extreme one. It seems that the loss of one's mabui manifests itself first psychologically, as depression or anxiety, and then physically as general lethargy or actual illness.

Kind of reminds me of Nobodies.

And theres a trio of heaven earth and water creation beings but it's a pretty common motif. Sora/Riku/Kairi