Talk:Demon Realm/@comment-25035274-20150112151021/@comment-108.19.151.156-20150228154638

On the surface using the same word "mana" for "sei" and "maryoku" may indeed seem misleading. But they are supposed to be very similar energies, so I think the idea is in english to indicate that, and simply add "mamono" when speaking of monster mana in particular. It's been repeatedly emphasized by various sources that the term "sei" simply doesn't translated that well into english given it is partly a pun. The intention though is for it to reference MP from RPG games and such, and to have monsters using simply a different version of it. Indeed it is "sei" that the Japanese source specifically requested be called "mana."