[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Faiz

But at the same time, Kiva isn't based on an insect, and despite popular belief, he isn't based on a bat either.

Prevalent. Not always.
Hell, Agito and Ryuki are dragons, Hibiki is an oni, and Den-O is a freaking train.

The difference is: Faiz's design doesn't lend itself to a shark. His head crest (Which usually in the design of the character's horn/antennae when based on a bug) is supposed to resemble a shark's fin, but they split it in two, making it more of a match for bug antennae. His mouth plate (Which features the teeth) has no real indicator that they're there. There are grooves in the mouth plate, but unless there's a close up shot and the viewer is looking for them, no one would see them (Which is why no one thought Faiz was a shark until the Den-O OOO Net movie shorts, which explained this last year).

Faiz's comparison to a firefly was a stretch, but that was only because he didn't really look like anything else.