Explanation of the codename, from the artist who did the "cover art" for an earlier version and who works on 9front:
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"Stairway to Anschluss"
I see the 9front guys still love flirting with "nazi for laughs and giggles" esthetic...
Their front page is literally covered with anti fascist stuff so I think this criticism is probably misplaced
Stairway to gulag for you!
A lot of the aesthetic and the "9" in a circle seems inspired by Death in June, who have similar Nazi-adjacent imagery, sans-serif text over reappropriate historical photos and use "6" as an icon similarly
It seems really weird and misplaced for OSS
The 9 in a circle was inspired by a meme about Cirno of Touhou fame; in the manual for Phantasmagoria of Flower Garden, she is labeled "⑨ バカ", hence the memes about her being kind of stupid and having the ⑨ as her personal symbol.
mentally I associate all that stuff with the punk/hardcore/post-punk thing rather than nazis anyway -- but all those groups were known for copying nazi aesthetic in a mocking tone.
pil, 7 seconds, dead kennedies, black flag, husker du, bad religion, bad brains, off, crass -- everyone in the 70s and 80s had a band logo that would've looked just fine on a red arm band.
thinking about it, kinda sucks the nazi got the branding and aesthetic permanently attributed to them , the punks have been employing it for way longer -- and I like them.