New Guren Naming (Again) - Seiten vs Shouten/Shouden

I want to clarify something about the Guren naming, ’cause I realize I didn’t really address this in my last naming post. :p

紅蓮聖天八極式
紅蓮: Guren
聖天: Seiten or Shouten/Shouden
八極: Hakkyoku (8 Extremes)
式: Shiki (-Type)

The translation differences people have about 紅蓮聖天八極式 are due to the seiten vs. shouten/shouden. If you read 聖天 individually as sei and ten, then they are, individually, sacred/holy and heaven. If you read 聖天 together as shouten/shouden, then it’s Ganesha/Ganapati. You can’t just romanize 聖天 as seiten or shouten/shouden then say, “This means either Heaven or Ganesha”. What we’re waiting for is someone to say it in the show so we know. :3

Because the last Guren name (Kashou Shiki) was used to denote its new mobility, then its likely that this is supposed to be read as something like, “Guren [____] Eight Extremities-Type”, and what goes in the [_____] is the pronunciation of the kanji, not a translation. Like, Guren Seiten/Shouten/Shouden is the new name, and model/build is Eight Extremities. I don’t really have any proof for this, I’m just making guesses based off of how they translated Kashou Shiki into “Flight Enabled-Type” on-screen, but left Guren untranslated. (Although, its really confusing. They translated Shinkirou as Mirage on-screen in ep 12…)

Name Guessing Game:
- Guren Ganesha Eight Extremities-Type [The implication here is that it removes all obstacles in all directions. This would be punny cause of Ganesha's four arms.]
- Guren Eight Extremities of the Heavens Type [Can go EVERYWHERE in the SACRED HEAVENS etc.]

Frankly imma call it Guren Lagann-Type until they pronounce the kanji in the show.

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  FanOfGuren (August 10, 2008 @ 5:55 pm)

  i think it should be seiten because of its speed and power

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