Talk:Rank Up System/@comment-27032097-20151112000944/@comment-124.83.16.225-20151112024231

Emperor is NOT higher than King. They're equal. The "Ruler/Sovereign" (forgot what you guys are using here), however, IS higher than both as it combines both the traits of a King (focus on personal combat ability) and an Emperor (reinforcement of subordinates and ability to lead), which is coincidentally what Kichi is. Overlord might be a transcendental tier of of Ruler/Sovereign, perhaps?

We've seen Lords (which seem to be for both male and female members of the demon man race) and a Princess (Kukime became one, and it's probably right below the Ruler/Sovereign tier; there's probably a corresponding Prince for male demon man). The demon man species seem to have their races associated with royal titles, with the higher up they are, the more powerful they become.

For someone like Fire Lord, who went from one kind of Lord and ranked up to another race within the "Lord" species, you can consider the idea that there may be multiple tiers within the Lord species. Also, someone like Kukime who only became a princess compared to Seiji, Sei, or Sato who each became a King, Queen, and Empress respectively seems like she's only taken a "half-step" in her progression. It gets complicated, but let's consider Half-Lords as a 0.5, Lords as a 1.0, Princes/Princesses as 1.5, Kings/Queens and Emperors/Empresses as 2.0 (with a clear distinction between the two as they've begun specializing in personal combat ability or group commanding ability), Rulers as a 2.5, and Overlords as a 3.0; then someone like Fire Lord who went from one Lord race to a superior Lord Race would have become something like a 1.1 or 1.2 (might even be a 1.4 for all we know). The important thing here is that Fire Lord became stronger, but not strong enough to transcend to the next rank within the demon man hierarcy.