Forum:Romanization of Technique Names

Okay, as most of you probably know, technique names in One Piece that are in English or any language besides Japanese tend to have a note about the "literal meaning". This is because in addition to the kana that tells you how it's phonetically read, the technique names usually have Kanji that may or may not mean the same thing. For example:


 * Black Hole (闇穴道（ブラック･ホール）)

Here the kanji (闇穴道) literally means "Dark Hole Path" but the katakana (ブラック･ホール) tells it's supposed to be read as "Burakku Hōru"; Black Hole. In the actual manga the katakana would be laid on top of the Kanji. I guess this is so that the Japanese who may not know the meaning of the English word still get an idea of what it's about. Though sometimes the meaning of the Kanji might be vastly different from the name of the attack.

Now, here's the problem: Recently, Xilinoc and I had disagreement on how technique names should be romanized. Xil thinks that the reading of the Kanji shouldn't be included in the Nihongo template, whereas I think it should. There's some inconsistency on how it's done on the wiki, so I thought it'd just make a forum so we can resolve this once and for all. This is what it looks like without the Kanji reading:


 * Black Hole (闇穴道（ブラック･ホール）)

Now, since most here can't read Kanji, I think that the reading should be included on the template. Personally I find them interesting to see. 15:53, February 20, 2015 (UTC)