Talk:Rōshi

Question
I was wondering where we found out the name of this person. And his abilities as well. Thanks. Racht 22:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * His name and ability were in the newest Naruto databook. Kangarugh22 22:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you. Could you tell me what else was in the newest databook? Or at least point me to pages revealing new information from the databook? Racht  23:32, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Redirect
Roshi should redirect here from typing it in as it is currently impossible for a new person to find this page unless they know exactly what they are looking for. Ninety percert of keyboards lack a " ō " to type in that letter of his name. SuperN 00:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind I think I got it to work. :) SuperN 00:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Lava Release
Should we put in Rōshi's Lava Release as a kekkei genkai icon title? --ShounenSuki (talk 12:10, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah seeing as how it's a form of elemental manipulation but only if Haku, Guren a long with anyone else that has shown to do the same and only their character has done this. Remember though Lava Release was said to come from his bijuu. ~Super Novice-Talk to Me~ 15:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Corrosion Style
I just read the viz translated version and it said instead of Yoton or Lava it said Corrosion. Should we change it to that? Saimaroimaru (talk) 20:55, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Where did you find this?  ¥ S uper N ovice ↔ T alk 2 M e  ¥ 20:56, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I found it in the english released manga, lets see manga vol. 40 or 39 I think. Saimaroimaru (talk) 21:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Call in ShounenSuki. We go with Literal Translations for these things and he is by far the best translator we got for this Wiki. Wait for him to chime in.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 21:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The part about that is we actually don't go by a set policy like that. While for some things we say we go by literal translations, but yet we use Rasengan, Chidori, Tokubetsu Jonin, Ninjutsu, Fūinjutsu, and so on... Yet at the same time we use Shadow Clone Technique and Life Transfer Technique. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Apr 3, 2009 @ 21:56 (UTC)
 * I think it's that we use the more used term(Rasengan, Chidori) and if problems occur still we use the most correct term we can find(Hyūga no Hyuuga). ¥ S uper N ovice ↔ T alk 2 M e  ¥ 21:59, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Not really. "Shadow Clone Jutsu" is used more than Shadow Clone Technique and even agreed on by the English anime. What we really need to do is reopen the jutsu naming discussion. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Apr 3, 2009 @ 22:03 (UTC)
 * While I'm not sure about Fuinjutsu or the like I assumed we just used Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, and I think Kinjutsu because they were at type of technique and otherwise they would have been Ninja Techniques, Illusion Techniques, Martial Techniques, and Forbidden Techniques which all just seemed excessive.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 22:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There's an unwritten(typed) rule in there somewhere that we all know.  ¥ S uper N ovice ↔ T alk 2 M e  ¥ 22:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, but despite using Kinjutsu we use Life Transfer Technique instead of "Tensei Ninjutsu", and Shadow Clone Technique despite everyone else using "Shadow Clone Jutsu". ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Apr 3, 2009 @ 22:17 (UTC)

Well, if if you'll allow me to state my opinion on these two matters here:
 * About Corrosion Style: I wonder how they got Corrosion Style, it's a terrible translation of Yōton. The kanji for literally mean "Melting Release". As the first kanji is short for, it could also be translated as "Lava Release". "Corrosion" in Japanese would be , which would make "Corrosion Style" . I'd prefer using "Lava Release," personally ^^.
 * About our naming policy: It seems to me that we actually have a consistently used, if unwritten, naming policy. For the most part, any way...
 * Technique names are literally translated,
 * Technique categories (Ninjutsu, Kinjutsu, Hiden Jutsu) are left untranslated,
 * The two most important techniques in the series (Rasengan and Chidori) are also left untranslated,
 * Ninja ranks (Jōnin, ANBU, Kage) are also left untranslated,
 * Country names (Land of Fire, Land of Rivers) are translated,
 * Village names (Konohagakure, Sunagakure) are left untranslated,
 * Other terms not unique to the series (Shuriken, Smoke Bomb) are translated only if they are either not well-known or usually translated,
 * Other terms unique to the series (Tailed Beast, Nature Transformation) are usually translated.
 * There are exceptions, of course. Life Transfer Techniques, the Foundation, Jinchūriki, Shinra Tensei, ... These can be solved with proper, written guidelines, though. Still, on the whole, we do seem to have a naming policy.

--ShounenSuki (talk 13:06, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Trivia
Um, has anyone else realised yet that this guy shares a name with a DragonBall series character,and (granted the age difference), they look very similiar. Yet, when I tried to mention this, it was deleted. Why?--Kagimizu-Seeya 'round~ 22:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Granted they have the same name but they don't look alike. One have hair the other is bald. One has colour in their hair while one is completely white from age. Then theirs glass, etc I could go on but won't.  ¥ S uper N ovice ↔ T alk 2 M e  ¥ 22:17, 3 April 2009 (UTC)