Talk:Tamamo/@comment-893816-20150218120938/@comment-25707465-20150218155719

I hardly see how it could be foreshadowing anything for 2 reasons.

A. In mythology, the most powerful a kitsune can get while remaining "normal" is nine.

B. In the first encounter in the visual novel (Cave of treasure, Ilias Continent), there's a whole dialogue about the fact she has 9 tails.

I just think it's a design choice or overlook. The only think related to this number in the game is Black Alice (maybe I forget something), and considering how they're related (Tamamo was officially appointed as the monster lord's tutor after Alice the 8th went berserk), this is too stretched.