Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20141016102132/@comment-1210805-20141017073006

Mrlmm0605 wrote: The thing is, Viz is the be-all, end-all of the manga. The publishing company has full rights to the manga, superceding the author in certain respects. Therefore, if Kishi wants his manga published by Viz then he accepts that what Viz says goes. Viz's translation team has no connection to Kishimoto, they can't check up with him and as such, are still left to interpret things themselves. What they have over the illegal sites is more resources and more time. What all of them lack is the ability to note multiple possibilities and historical/cultural context. If someone like Seel translates it they aren't constrained by the panel and page space, they can say "this is the most likely meaning due to a, b and c, but there's also this possibility". MP is focused on getting them out there first, so their versions are often less refined, MS is a bit better but they have a history of taking liberties with the dialogue, as do Viz. For the purposes of recording everything as accurately as possible, it's best to have someone like Seel check up on things.