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tarball-sauce:

Oh hi guys. I thought you should probably know a thing.

Katou said that “Bon” is a nickname for “Young Master,” right? I wouldn’t be the correct person to ask, but unless it’s a crazy coincidence, she picked the name from something else entirely.

facets-and-rainbows can you help me out here? Is “bon” a normal prounciation of the kanji used in Suguro’s nickname? And if it is, is that a normal kanji used for “young master?”

In any rate, coincidence or not:
Friends, behold “Bon” the religion. It exists in Southeast Asia and is influenced by, and has influenced Buddhism.

From the Library of Congress Country Studies of Bhutan.

Bon

Before the introduction of Buddhism, animistic worship, generally categorized as Bon in the Himalayas, was prevalent in Bhutan. The sun, moon, sky, and other natural elements were worshiped, and doctrine was transmitted orally from generation to generation. Bon, from a Tibetan word meaning invocation or recitation, has priests—bonpo—who perform exorcisms, burial rites, and divinations to tame threatening demons and to understand the wishes of the gods. Imported from Tibet and India, perhaps in the eighth century, Bon doctrine became so strongly reinvigorated by Buddhism that by the eleventh century it reasserted itself as an independent school apart from Buddhism. Conversely, Bon influenced popular Buddhism, infusing it with an appreciation for omens and demons felt to influence daily life profoundly. Bon established a canon of teachings and continued to be practiced in modern Bhutan.