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UK isn't perfect either but he's generally much better than VIZ. If John Werry is the translator then he's bad at his job. Unless the reason VIZ is bad is because of their proofreader who makes bad localization choices, then it's the proofreaders fault. Either way, VIZ is usually worse than the fan translations.

Human Bird Grass is one of the cases where UK's is inaccurate. Although VIZ's is not great. Venus Peopletrap sounds bad compared to Venus Mantrap or Venus Humantrap. A good proofreader would have chose one of those two.

VIZ's bad translations are also very apparent for the martial artists' styles. "Cruel Way" instead of "Harsh Path". "Take the Plunge True Fist" instead of "Head First Rushing Style". And the worst one, "Dark Corporeal Fist" instead of "Void Fist".

I'm all for some VIZ names as some are better. The one's I prefer are: Puri-Puri Prisoner, Drive Knight, Heavy Tank Loincloth, Melzargard, Geryuganshoop, Okamaitachi

The UK's names I prefer are: Sweet Mask, Garou, Superalloy Darkshine, Lin LIn, Magic Trick Man.

I also prefer and use Lightspeed Flash and Licenceless Rider but I don't have a big problem with the VIZ names.

But Sweet Mask, Darkshine, and Lin Lin absolutely are better. I can't stand VIZ's half translated nonsense with Sweet's name and Ring Ring is silly. Magic Trick Man is also a more accurate translation than Magic Man.

VIZ's localization choices for dialogue are awful. They use outdated slang and wierd word choices. It feels like I'm reading an Archie comic or something. So I don't trust their translation choices in all aspects. Especially when they made bad/incorrect choices for some names. Like Sweet or Magic Trick Man.

The both in the anime-manga solution doesn't work because VIZ has a direct influence on the translations used in the anime sun and dub.

We should just decide which translation to use based on which is more accurate or which makes more sense.

e.g. Blackluster might be slightly more accurate, but Darkshine is basically an synonym and it makes more sense since his trademark dialogue is talking about how he shines more than anyone else.