Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2601:1C2:1480:F01:8C01:BAB7:D59E:9542-20180124081251/@comment-25936766-20180203173047

They are nothing alike neither in appearance, fighting style, weapon (beyond the most basic idea) and even less personality.

If they have anything in common it's just a coincidence. There isn't even a bit enough of similarity to even think it's a "respectful omage", since those need to be done on purpose, and given how different they are, thinking it was done on purpose is a wild assumption.