Talk:Boros/@comment-49.144.208.143-20190709113302/@comment-32448221-20190711172429

Intelligence has nothing to do with it. Translating Japanese to English is a very complex task as each Japanese symbol can have several different translations and interpretations to them. This is how you get cases like "Nelo Angelo". In One Punch Man's case, the text used to describe Boros' power can be translated as both "Erase the Earth" and "Shave the Earth", as this guidebook in relation to the manga showcases:

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"Translation: Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon: Erase the Earth. The roar of despair !!! It is an attack able to destroy Earth. ("Erase the Earth" could be translated as "shave the Earth", which means destroying a planet's surface, so both anime and manga's translation basically is two side of a coin, I think. But due to the text on the right, it is a planet buster)."

Why did they choose the latter translation you may ask? This is why:

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"I'll fire all of my energy and erase you OFF the face of the planet"  No mention of Surface wiping here, it's obvious to see how the Manga misinterpreted this line. Aside from this the actual attack in question is labeled as such:

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The Manga was a simple mistranslation born from a misinterpretation of the original source material. Every other source whether its the Webcomic, Anime or basically every single Guidebook written for the series list him at Planet Level. The Manga is a complete Outlier in this regard and should be discounted, as its plainly obvious what ONE intended his Power Level to be.

Planet Level