Order of Munan Chohept Onast

The Order of Munan Chohept Onast is an organization/cult in the Yakuza series first introduced in Yakuza 0.
==Overview==
The Order of Munan Chohept Onast is an organization under the facade of a religion wherein disciples are unknowingly conned and brainwashed to forget about those important to them so that they could easily be manipulated.
Disciples are led to believe that they must break ties with all earthly things and to pay titherance (their word for a tithe) to Munan Chohept, whom they worship, using rinchos (one rincho equals ¥100,000) to accumulate "kulipaas" (kulipaas are considered their measure of virtue) which will give them spiritual purity as well as spirit points. They also practice "shooreh pippi", which is another way they accumulate "kulipaas". Female disciples can engage in "special shooreh pippi" if their leader chooses them specifically.
The Order have their own made-up words for various things:
*"Munancho" is the word they use to greet one another.
*"Hepton" is their word for "farewell."
*"Hept-onast" is a holy word similar to the phrase "thank you."
**"Onast" by itself is also a phrase that expresses gratitude.
==History==
===Yakuza 0===
The Order of Munan Chohept Onast first appears under the leadership of Munan Suzuki in the substory Disciple of the New Order.
===Yakuza Kiwami===
The Order appears again under the leadership of Munan Yazawa in the substory The Rumored Party.
===Yakuza 6===
The Order of Munan Chohept Onast appears again under the leadership of Munan Akamatsu in the substory Sins of the Father.
=== Yakuza: Like a Dragon ===
While not explicitly stated as the Order of Munan Chohept Onast, certain enemies appearing throughout the game wear similar garb and imitate the phrases (E.g. "Shooreh Pippi") and mannerisms of the Order. The Sujidex entry for these enemies describes them as an organization that "worships a chicken as their god". The highest ranking version of these enemies wears gold raiments instead of white and wears a chicken mask on his head, with the title "Munanugget Messiah".
==Trivia==
* The cult bears many similarities to the , which itself was gaining membership and notoriety in the late 1980s.
* The altered version of the Order that appears in Yakuza: Like a Dragon is possibly a double reference to content from Yakuza 0, specifically the debut of the Order and Nugget the chicken. This may be the reason why their "leader" is given the title "Munanugget Messiah" in the Sujidex.
* Munan Akamatsu appears in Judgment in the minigame Dice & Cube as an enemy under the name "Munancho".
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