It's a bit of a long shot, but I wonder if the "red tide" stands for communism and/or socialism. Snails (i.e. "mollusks") were a medieval symbol for moneylenders, so Neko could be alluding to the takeover of big banks/business and extreme capitalism in modern society.
On the other hand, she refers to tentacles, which snails don't have... so this is probably wrong.
It's a bit of a long shot, but I wonder if the "red tide" stands for communism and/or socialism. Snails (i.e. "mollusks") were a medieval symbol for moneylenders, so Neko could be alluding to the takeover of big banks/business and extreme capitalism in modern society.
On the other hand, she refers to tentacles, which snails don't have... so this is probably wrong.