Category talk:Chirei Clan

Clan? or Race?
Is there any documented basis for referring to different demon families by race/clan? I think by tradition we refer to the minor families by race, and the major families by clan (ie. birds are a clan, and reichou are a race) but I don't know if there is a basis for this. I suspect the use of race came from Remiel's SMT translation effort (possibly the first accurate translations of a Megaten game) ...as for clan, I can't recall the major families being in SMT1, one sec...

Wow, someone made a Gamefaqs SMT1 guide almost twice Remiel's size (without translations) ...but anyway, Remiel uses race, but flips the major / minor. But doesn't mention the minor races in his faq. In my SMT1 guidebook (the best) the major races (bird, beast, dragon, etc.) are significant for three way fusion.

I'm as bad about saying race/clan as anyone. But I'm thinking these words are really not accurate, either translation wise or application wise. If I had to choose a word (in English) I'd say "family" is probably better. And maybe call the major groups "families". As in Category::Chirei Family, and Category::Oni Families. Say minor (ie. Chirei) and major (ie. Oni) if you gotta. Of course in most cases I would avoid saying family altogether if possible. In fact Category::Chirei would probably be better than Category::Chirei Family, Category::Chirei(Minor Family) might be better than both. And say Dwarf: Chirei Family, might be worse than Chirei Dwarf (the only slight problem being readers confusing the family name with the devil name)

Just saying, I don't think race or clan are accurate. Both have connotations that really don't hold water. But it's no big deal. --Yksehtniycul 19:39, 25 June 2009 (UTC)