Is this based on the Pombero / El Señor de la noche?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pombero

kia'ra said:

Is this based on the Pombero / El Señor de la noche?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pombero

It could be, it was the first thing that popped up when I searched the name up, but I couldn't find any confirmation on the subject.

The other twitter replies on the comic seem to talk about something a mist.

UnderCurve said:

It could be, it was the first thing that popped up when I searched the name up, but I couldn't find any confirmation on the subject.

The other twitter replies on the comic seem to talk about something a mist.

"El sereno" is just cold breeze, some latinamerican countrys have the idea that that breeze would harm ur lungs in the night

Wrote a TL note explaining this character. Also added clarification to the pool description.

NNescio said:

Wrote a TL note explaining this character. Also added clarification to the pool description.

Nice note! I updated the character wiki with the explanation you provided.

UnderCurve said:

Nice note! I updated the character wiki with the explanation you provided.

Took the liberty of rewriting the wiki. Hope you don't mind. Also found a primary source in English that also mentions El sereno de la noche as a cultural belief. Included that under external links.

Edit: The word "sereno" in Spanish means "serene", but as a noun it can mean a "nightwatchman" (someone who makes rounds at night keeping the peace on the streets, but not usually an actual police officer) or "evening/night dew" (and humid evening/night air by extension). Nightwatchman here is in the generic sense and not to any named groups of nightwatchmen or vigilantes. So, I don't think there's any intended reference to watchmen.

NNescio said:

Took the liberty of rewriting the wiki. Hope you don't mind. Also found a primary source in English that also mentions El sereno de la noche as a cultural belief. Included that under external links.

Edit: The word "sereno" in Spanish means "serene", but as a noun it can mean a "nightwatchman" (someone who makes rounds at night keeping the peace on the streets, but not usually an actual police officer) or "evening/night dew" (and humid evening/night air by extension). Nightwatchman here is in the generic sense and not to any named groups of nightwatchmen or vigilantes. So, I don't think there's any intended reference to watchmen.

Great work with the wiki! Much better than my amateur attempt.
I'm impressed by the sources you managed to find on such an obscure subject.

The reason I mentioned the nightwatchmen on the previous version on the wiki was that I had read about it in the twitter replies and the images I managed to find had men holding lamps with spears as seen with the character. (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sereno_(oficio))

Anyways, thanks for your help on filling in the wiki for this character whose reference i had trouble finding.

UnderCurve said:

The reason I mentioned the nightwatchmen on the previous version on the wiki was that I had read about it in the twitter replies and the images I managed to find had men holding lamps with spears as seen with the character. (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sereno_(oficio))

Huh. Yep, definitely a reference then. I'll edit it in later.

Hey kid, it says gullible on the ceiling.

So sleeping with your window open in Latin America is like sleeping with an electric fan running in Korea (where Korean Fan Death was a common belief)?

Shinjidude said:

So sleeping with your window open in Latin America is like sleeping with an electric fan running in Korea (where Korean Fan Death was a common belief)?

I think it's a mix of superstition and old wifes' tales, which rooted in Pneumonia/Tuberculosis diseases.