Talk:Bliking Pirates

Crew Name
Where did "Wapol Pirates" come from? Wapol's introduction (Chapter 131 page 11) and Databook Yellow (pg 235) both list the crew's name as the Bliking Pirates (ブリキング海賊団), same name/pun as their ship. 167.160.116.202 16:02, July 28, 2015 (UTC)

Yet another case where there is no citation for our current title. Any ideas, anyone? 20:52, July 28, 2015 (UTC)

Who knows. Probably bad scanlations or a mistake by the creator of the article. In any case, it's clear that it's wrong. Another mistake that has gone uncorrected for such a long time that everyone started to think it's correct. 11:31, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

Time to change then?

11:46, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

Yep, this is totally cut-and-dried unless someone can provide an instance where they're referred to as "Wapol Pirates". Closing the discussion and renaming. 11:57, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

Renaming to what? It's been this way since before I even joined the wiki, so try tracking down one of the older (than me) editors. 19:29, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

I don't know why this was moved when a random IP commented and claimed what they claimed without a source or anybody actually asking a translator. SeaTerror (talk) 19:37, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

Well, the only translation I could find was the Tin Can King Pirates. But since that's 100% not the Wapol Pirates, I see no problem changing it.

20:20, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

I meant we would need to check the RAW. Just somebody claiming something doesn't mean it's actually true. SeaTerror (talk) 20:54, July 29, 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, let's find a raw and have a translator take a look. We had Kanji for Wapol Pirates, let's see if that actually came from anywhere. 03:30, July 30, 2015 (UTC)

I already checked the raw before I commented. It's just as the IP said. Burikingu/Bliking, like their ship Bliking. And as the "Translation and dub" issues section on that page says

"The name is intended to be a pun as "Blik" is Dutch for 'tin plated', while without the "bli" all that is left is "king". With this in mind, the intended name would appear to be along the lines of "Tin Plated King". Another example of such a wording would come later with Sogeking."

Which explains why the translation Nova found said Tin Can King Pirates. For the Wapol Pirates kanji, someone probably just combined kanji from Wapol and Pirates. 09:20, July 30, 2015 (UTC)

As shown in the raw image Kage linked, the crew name should be "Bliking Pirates". MizuakiYume (talk) 16:45, July 30, 2015 (UTC)

Alright, seems like we're done here then. 12:59, July 31, 2015 (UTC)

The pun goes even deeper. He's the Tin King from Drum Island. It's a reference to a novel called ブリキの太鼓 (The Tin Drum). Rimmer7 (talk) 11:55, July 25, 2020 (UTC)