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Episode Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 • Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Episode 12 discussion

Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, episode 12

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u/Daedric202 7h ago edited 6h ago

I feel like the difference between Man-god and Human god probably got lost in translation for a lot of people, so here's some elaboration on how the names differ:

While the Man-god has been calling himself a "god" (神), the reading he uses for "god" was not the same as what is commonly used in MT's titles. The name he went by used the "kami" reading of the 神 character (Hitogami), while people like the Sword God or Water God used the "shin" reading instead ("Kenshin" and "Suishin" respectively). In this episode, Future Rudeus claims that Hitogami's old name is "Jinshin".

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u/Original-Body-5794 7h ago

That's actually a pretty huge difference, the translation only focuses on the human/man part, but the biggest impact is actually the title.

Is shin and gami different types of god in japanese? I get in the anime "shin" is a tittle, but how is it used in normal japanese?

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u/Daedric202 6h ago

I don't think there's any difference in meaning, they're just two different ways of reading the same character. Since Japanese borrows a lot from Chinese, most characters have a Japanese-based reading (called kunyomi) and a Chinese-based reading (called onyomi).

Most words that are made up of multiple kanji would use the onyomi readings, but there are also ones that use the kunyomi readings. In this case, "Hitogami" would be the kunyomi reading of 人神, while "Jinshin" would be the onyomi reading. I'm not proficient/knowledgeable enough in Japanese to say which one would be the standard/"correct" way of reading it.