Board Thread:4. General Discussion/@comment-124.83.16.225-20160129101113/@comment-124.83.16.225-20160129161601

On 英勇, I was beginning to doubt myself on whether it could be a job aside from just being a collective term, so thanks for reminding me that it is. So forget that point.

However, I'll have to disagree with what you're saying. A Yuusha IS strong individually. An Eiyuu is also strong, but does not have the same amount of individual combat ability a Yuusha has. I'm not sure where you got this idea from. From all the examples of the Eiyuu in the recent update, they were all focused on group combat and led/created armies. Creating minions, modifying humans, or predicting the future and telling other people what to do. As opposed to the Yuusha who all had special individual abilities like making people explode or erasing them from existence.

The Yuusha's companions do not enhance their leader's strength. They're simply there to act as their companions and support them in combat. Remember that humans aren't as strong as monsters, so fighting alone against a King class monster would be rather difficult without a party.

There isn't really a reason to believe that an Eiyuu is as strong as or stronger than a Yuusha one-on-one, is there? I know we discussed this in the past and it was settled by saying "there's no evidence to settle it one way or another", but this update and the last one where Rou said he divided the human and devil armies' methods of entry so that the Eiyuu and Hyulton couldn't synchronize their group battle abilities just reinforces the idea of Eiyuu = Emperor, Yuusha = King. Then you throw in the Savior and Saint too. It's all rather easily categorized to divide them into those who specialize in group battle and those in individual battle. The battle style of the Emperor and Savior have even been heavily described in this recent update too, so why assume that the Eiyuu is the odd man out here? Just as how the Emperor and Savior can't match the individual combat abilities of a King and Saint (the White Master is more powerful, though, by virtue of her blessing from a Great God), the Eiyuu shouldn't be able to match the Yuusha as an individual.

Also, is there a necessity to actually use the word hero for all of them? The "ei" in Eiyuu simply means someone great or superior. They could easily be called a "Champion", in that case. Fits the definition well. Same with Yuusha. Although we're used to calling them heroes, when Rou abbreviates their titles, he calls them [noun] + 勇, which just means "Brave" (which can be a noun that refers to a brave person). In that case, 英勇 could just be "Brave Champion".