User blog comment:Jackofalltrades9X/Enemies of the Holy War/@comment-124.83.31.223-20150916141956/@comment-124.83.31.223-20150919130710

I'm not sure what your stance is. Do you believe Eiyuus are superior versions of Yuushas or not? You say you don't think it's an upgrade, so why insist on leaving the names that way that imply that they are?

Set aside your "stubborness" for a while and reason this out step by step. The major difference between the job rank up system and the racial rank up system is that the jobs stack and can be easily obtained compared to the racial job system. There is a "Ruler" category of races, under which both King and Emperor fall under. Likewise, there is a "Eiisamu" category of jobs under which both Yuusha and Eiyuu are classified as. Along with the evidence I've submitted thus far, Occam's Razor would dictate them all to be equivalent to one another.

Of the Yuushas that we do know of (Sternbild Kingdom, Luke, Avenger, the Flame Hero who saw Rou while the latter was adventuring in his first Demigod Dungeon, the Springwater Hero the Flame Hero was training up to defeat, the Holy King, the Number Expression Hero, and the Hunting Hero), all have been seen participating directly in combat or described as such (Holy King being capable of taking out a group of full-fledged dragons single-handedly while on horseback, Number Expression Hero description talking about how physically strong he is, Hunting Hero coming from a clan of warriors and not willing to marry anyone who isn't stronger than her). On the other side of this, the two Eiyuus we know of (I mean, we also know the names of a few others who were all mentioned in the Holy Kingdom story as staying behind with the Holy King to protect their territory) who've had their abilities examined are explicitly non-combat related (at least, in their direct usage). They're supporters, people who lead others. Certainly, if Eiisamu are equal to Rulers, there would exist Eiyuu like Blosato who's an Empress herself that can be devastating in personal combat (so allow me to reprise my earlier point there and simply state that Eiyuu are not as strong in personal combat like Emperors are compared to Kings). However, while ranking up did increase her physical abilities like always, the major ability boost she got from becoming an Empress was her ability to create a large army of swords and minions made from blood to fight for and with her. If there were any Eiyuus like her, I'd say it'd be the 3 Eiyuus mentioned to be left behind, the Army Symbol Eiyuu, the Iron Ring Eiyuu, and the Rock Soldier Eiyuu. It just seems obvious that Eiyuu are focused on group combat or support like Emperors are.

Lastly, is there any reason WHY you've decided that the translated name for Eiyuu should be something that implies it's better than a Yuusha? Because so far, you haven't really brought up anything that could change my mind. It's fine that 英 means greater or superior, but you're forgetting that 雄, while also able to mean hero like the character used for it in Yuusha, is a different kanji altogether and cannot just be treated as being a 1:1 synonym for 勇者 (which only means hero, a brave person, when put together). Just from that, the current translation is already wrong and would need revising, don't you agree?