Talk:Äs Nödt

"The Fear" Kanji/Kana
While Äs Nödt's epithet has been more or less confirmed as being "The Fear" for a quite a while now, I think it is important to point out that not once has his epithet ever been actually stated in dialogue, hence why it currently has no kana. That being said, the current kanji that it has right now are not from his epithet, but from the fact that he says the word "fear" a lot, almost always in quotation marks (even in the RAW).

TL;DR: While the epithet is correct, the kanji technically aren't, and should be removed. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  14:38, March 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * Looking back at the raw, there was Kanji in quotes like any epithet. The only difference is that the side had Hiragana instead of Katakana for something like "Za Fia", but my personal opinion is that this may be corrected in a volume release.


 * My advice, in order to avoid confusion on the part of the readers for now, would be to also put the kanji in like we did with the kana, at least until volume 63 comes out. Admittedly, though, that would be another two months, so it might be best to just leave it as is for now.--Xilinoc (talk) 17:14, March 20, 2014 (UTC)

I know, this is like beating an undead horse back to death. Anyway bumping this up since the volume has come and gone. Officially speaking, we have no basis for "The Fear" being his epithet, asides from a volume drawing. That meaning, we have no kana/kanji that directly correspond to his power - no "Za Fia" or the like. As has never once referred to himself using his epithet like so many other Sternritter does, nor has he outright stated what his power is called. That being said, As certainly uses the Japanese word for fear an awful lot in his monologues, and Rukia refers to the dark substance itself as "fear" (again, the Japanese word) on a few occasions. But we already know that when it comes to epithets, Kubo never uses the Japanese reading for the kanji.

TL;DR - We should take out the kanji out of the epithet and just reference the volume drawing. Maybe it'll pop up in a databook eventually. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  22:54, May 22, 2014 (UTC)