Talk:Celestial Demons/@comment-12642484-20190919073359

I think people are misunderstanding this, including likely the WN translators. Usually any species terms with (族 -zoku) in it indicates a more generalized species classification which has multiple sub-species underneath. Rather than an evolutionary step it's more of a general "Angel Tribe" term as far as I can see.

To give an example of what I mean, it's like how all Daemons are considered Daemon-race (悪魔族(デーモン) akuma-zoku(dēmon)) but beyond that there is a differentiation between Lesser Daemon, Greater Daemon, Arch-Daemon, etc. such differences probably exist among the angels as well, they just weren't conveyed very well. For example both "normal" angels (天使 tenshi) and Seraphim (熾天使 shitenshi) are part of the "Angel-race" (天魔族(エンジェル) tenmazoku (enjeru)).

Another example would be the Beastman-race (獣人族(ライカンスロープ) jūjin-zoku (raikansurōpu)) which includes all variations of Beastmen regardless of whether they are Foxes, Lions, Tigers, etc.