Board Thread:4. General Discussion/@comment-124.83.16.225-20160129101113/@comment-124.83.16.225-20160205121429

Oh, I definitely know. From day 321-330, Rou makes it clear that Eiyuu are the ones who specialize in group battle. I just didn't bring it up again since, at the time that update was released, we had just recently finished arguing about the naming conventions again so I didn't want to bring it up so soon. However, this latest update just hammers in that idea.

I mentally noted down some other lines from other days that clearly stated all this, but I've already forgotten it since it's been about a week already and I was preoccupied with rereading the older stuff and finally taking advantage of TA's Substitution tool (which I can't believe I've avoided all this time; it's really made it easier to read through the text).

Suggested Champion since that's a method to interpret the kanji. It's a superior/great man/leader/chieftain (basically someone who's in charge; of course, 雄 can also mean a hero, but the context is of someone who's valued for their valor and leadership). As Eiyuu essentially specialize in group battle, the word 'Champion' just fits contextually. Champion of the people, etcetera. So Great Leader, Great Warchief, Great Man. The word 'Champion' can encompass these ideas.

It's definitely equal, Caudyr. Eiyuu are not Yuusha with more abilities. They're a class that specialize in group battle. Even if they don't fight with an actual army per se, like the Cloud Eiyuu, they still rely on quantity to help them fight (the Cloud Eiyuu being more powerful the more clouds there are in an area).

Just take my word on it. There's already an overwhelming amount of context that points to what I'm saying and I'll get around to finding the exact lines again. Each time I reread the text, I've been improving and learning how to better parse through it all to get a better translation, so at this point I'm fairly confident of everything I've stated.