Talk:Daemon/@comment-12642484-20190901145852

I am sorry for saying this, but this page as it is right now (or more precisely when it was like you can see through this link) is a total mess. It's not the fault of the editors who made the changes since their confusion is completely understandable, infact. In Japanese there are MANY and I really mean MANY words that can be translated as "Demon" or "Devil". So many infact that this page (in the state it was in when I made this comment) is a perfect demonstration of that fact.

I shouldn't be doing this as someone who only learned the basics of the basics for Japanese, but let me explain to you about the Japanese language and the lore of TenSura a bit.

The Kanji 魔 (ma) is present in pretty much every single word related to "magic" or "demons". There are many variations of it.

魔物 (Mamono) refers to Monsters in general, though it could technically also be translated as "Demon" as well. Regardless, "Mamono" encompasses any Magicule-based lifeforms, meaning any species capable of, in theory, becoming a True Demon Lord.

魔族 (Mazoku) refers to any intelligent (usually non-humanoid) Mamono/Monsters. Once again it could technically be translated as "Demon" or "Demon-tribe". The Monsters Rimuru fought in Veldora's cave, as well as the Ants and the Knight Spider chasing after Ellen's adventurer trio would not qualify for this term, since they are just wild beasts that move entirely on instinct. Normal Slimes wouldn't qualify for this term either. However the Direwolves and their evolutions would qualify for the term "Mazoku" because they have high enough intelligence to communicate with others and don't just behave purely on instinct. Likewise with Rimuru in Slimeform or any other "Unique" monsters, from a species that normally doesn't qualify for it, that have mutated in some way and gained sentience.

魔人 (Majin) refers to Magic-born/Demons/Devils or basically any intelligent humanoid magicule-based lifeform. It's a catch-all term and isn't a species in of itself. It includes the likes of Gelmud, Laplace, human-form Rimuru, Ogres and their evolutions, the Lycantrhopes like Phobio, and so on.

悪魔 (Akuma) refers to the Daemons/Demons/Devils from the Underworld/Hell, i.e. characters like Diablo, Beretta and Guy, as well as the Lesser Daemon that Rimuru fought in his adventurer exam, as well as the Lesser Deamons and the Arch Daemon Orthis in EP24 of the anime. They are magicule-based lifeforms that are also innately Spiritual Beings of the immaterial plane and just like Spirits/Elementals, they are unable to exist too long within the material world without some sort of medium like a body or a constant supply of magicules (the latter method is very inefficient in terms of magicule consumption though). All Akuma are considered Mamono, but only those Akuma who obtained a physical body can really be considered as Majins, though in most cases Akuma are treated as their own thing, due to their differences compared to other Mamono and are therefore usually explicitly called Akuma. It should be noted that Akuma actually refers to a species, i.e. other Monsters never "become" Akuma. Whoever claimed that Majins/Magic-born evolve into Akuma/Demons is completely mistaken, escpacially since Akuma refers to a specific species while Majin does not.

魔王 (Maou) refers to Demon Lords/Demon Kings. This not refering to any species in particular and can theoretically be achieved by any magicule-based species. To become a 真なる魔王 (Shinnaru no Maou) or "True Demon Lord", a Monster first needs to become a 魔王種 (Maou-shu), i.e. a Demon Lord Seed (or more literally a "Demon Lord Breed"). To become a Demon Lord Seed, a monster must first fulfill several (many of which are as of yet unknown) conditions. One of these conditions is reaching a Magicule level of "Demon Lord-class", which seems to be on the higher end of Special A, since the Orc Disaster was considered a Demon Lord Seed while being classified as a Special A Rank Monster. It should be noted once again, that Demon Lords/Maou are not Akuma and becoming a True Demon Lord does also not require becoming an Akuma/Daemon beforehand. Akuma are able to become True Demon Lords as well though.

Put each of these Japanese words into GoogleTL underneath each other with one term per row. You will instantly understand why people become so easily confused about the different terms.