me and my buddies are reading a novel based on the manga series "Bleach." We
are trying to interpret the name of a character's power-up

> 逆様邪八宝塞 (sakashima, yokoshima, Hatsubou, fusagari)

The character's powers are "reversal" based.

We are debating over these questions -

1) Does 塞 describe 八宝 or act as a noun?. 2) Does 邪 affect 逆様 or 八宝?

My interpretation is-

> eight treasure obstruction of reversed evil

My buddy thinks it's more likely-

> Eight obstructed treasures of evil reversal.

But if we go with my buddy's interpretation, why isn't 塞 placed in front of 八宝
instead? Same with 邪 and 逆様. Doesn't the object being described come after the
descriptor in Japanese?
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I suspect the correct reading of 八宝塞 is not "hatsubou fusagari" but "happou-
fusagari". It seems like a clear play on the common expression 八方塞, also
pronounced "happou-fusagari", which means "nowhere to run" (literally "blocked
from all eight directions").

As for why 方 "directions" in the original expression has been replaced with 宝
"treasures" here, it's difficult to say for sure without knowing more about
the context of this ability.
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