Editing Talk:Mushoku Tensei Names and Terminology (section)

== "Mana calamity" or [insert other name]? ==

I've noticed there is two (or three?) names for this event, i forget where i saw it, so i just need some clarification of what this event should be called and stick to one. 

Onizuka-GTO 23:01, 5 August 2014 (CDT)

This is another thing the author caused. He calls it at least 3-5 different names. Maryoku Saigai, Teni Jiken, Teni Saigai, Dai Saigai (Log Horizon?), Maryoku Tensai... Honestly, I can't even remember them all, but the reason they're all over the place isn't just a difference in translation on this one... so it would be pretty hard to differentiate. It might even change the meaning, if in one of the political chapters they refer to it as a "disaster" vs "incident" since it was made use of politically. 

On the disaster end it could be incident, calamity, disaster, or natural disaster. But, I don't think these should be changed, calamity and disaster are interchangeable but natural disaster and incident are different in the context themselves tensai & jiken vs saigai (calamity/disaster).

Basically the only changes should be: instances where it's referred to as Metastasis/teleport, we should choose one: '''Teleport, Transfer, Shift, or Metastasis.'''

Also, in regards to mana it's up for question whether to leave that as mana or use magic power. '''Mana Calamity vs Magic Power Calamity/Disaster'''. (Both are maryoku saigai in the raws) --[[User:Dark Kaito|Dark Kaito]] ([[User talk:Dark Kaito|talk]]) 23:53, 5 August 2014 (CDT)

In case that ^ was confusing what I'm suggesting is basically, if we pick "Teleport", "Mana", and "Disaster". 

Then teni jikens would all become "teleport incident", maryoku saigai, would become "mana disaster", teni saigai would become "teleport disaster", the other ones that refer to it as "natural disaster" should be left alone, though if they have metastasis or magic power then change them to "teleport" and "mana" accordingly.  Mana vs Magic power, Disaster vs Calamity, Metastasis vs Teleport. --[[User:Dark Kaito|Dark Kaito]] ([[User talk:Dark Kaito|talk]]) 02:37, 6 August 2014 (CDT)

"Mana", "Teleport", "Disaster" and "incident" Sounds good to me, as long as there is consistency.
Onizuka-GTO 04:06, 6 August 2014 (CDT)

I don't mind using "Teleport" at all, but perhaps we can add something to the terminology page that explains that (what we've been calling Metastasis) is actually time-and-space teleporting? Reaching vol 12, We've learned that the Metastasis Formations cause a time-lag or a natural passage of time while the person using them are being teleported. Metastasis conveys that idea to a degree that mere teleporting does not. It gets confusing, especially in the dungeon chapters where they are doing more "teleporting" of an closer-to-instantaneous nature than cross-continental teleporting, which invokes a perceivable time-lag.--[[User:Skuizaan|Skuizaan]] ([[User talk:Skuizaan|talk]]) 21:01, 10 August 2014 (CDT)