Talk:Demon Realm/@comment-25035274-20150112151021

Srsly, with all these updates based on new translations? We... kinda need to decide on a common terminology and stick with it regardless of new translations coming out. For instance, we need to standardize whether we're going to use "demon realm" or "monster realm", "Demon Lord" or "Monster Lord", and "Demonic Energy" or "Monster Mana".

We've trended towards using "demon" over "monster" in the past, so I'm not certain why we're evidently changing. I mean, I (on one level) understand its because there's been new translations, but the Japanese word for "demon" is interchangable with "monster" in English. In point of fact, neither word actually has a direct Japanese equivalent. There's, like, thirty Japanese words that would roughly translate to the same to the general English speaker. "Bakemono", "Mamono", "Yokai", etc.

My point is that the same page could be translated several times, and each time the translation could manage to be slightly different but functionally the same. However, while functionally the same it can lead to confusion on the site when a reader sees "Demon Realm" on one page and "Monster Realm" on another. Or "Demonic Energy" on one page, and "Monster Mana" on another.