Talk:Seele Schneider

Expanding the article
EXPAND THIS!--Renji Abarai 23:58, 9 March 2009 (UTC) 23:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Zanpakuto?
Doesn't "zanpakuto" also mean "soul cutter", but in Japanese? Does this imply that a seele scheider might be used in a similar way to a zanpakuto? I know it hasn't been demonstrated in the series, but it makes me wonder.

I think Zanpakutō means soul slayer but i don't remember--Kisukeiscool100396 22:05, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * No, Zanpakuto and Seele Schneider both mean "soul cutter". But that is interesting. I never noticed it before.LapisScarab 06:21, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Romanji and translation
While looking into Ishida's techniques for me, Adam provided the following information about the Seele Schneider. I changed the romanji, but I am not making a call on the translation. I'll let others decide if we should just switch it to "soul cutter". Tinni  (Talk)  18:46, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

Seele Schneider should have its underwriter (tamashii/kon wo kirisakumono) removed, as I don't know if it's ever specified as being read such a way (if I'm wrong, please give me the page where the underlying kanji meaning is designated to also have the reading tamashii/kon ~ etc.); otherwise, we'll have to go back and do it for everything, such as Arrancar (whose kanji *could* read, in Japanese, as yamen) and, given how many various but equivalid readings kanji can have, would be a non-canonical nightmare. So keep it as Seele Schneider (魂を切り裂くもの（ゼーレシュナイダー）Zēreshunaidā) (note it should be Zēreshunaidā, not short-e/a Z e reshunaid a  as currently), Japanese and German for "soul cutter"--although the lack of an <・> between the katakana, as well as his actual romanization in the raw, suggests Kubo wants it to be Seeleschneider. The translation "that which slits the soul" is alright I guess, but the breakdown for the kanji is, more lit. "soul(s) (accusative particle wo) cut-splits-er" (suffix -mono is "thing, person," a usual agential like English -er); compare the Japanese series Erufu wo Karumonotachi"elf(/ves) hunter (plural suffix)," which is usually translated Those Who Hunt Elves. The verb kirisaku, as cited above, means "cut (off)," as it derives more lit. from kiru, kiri- "cut" and saku, "split, rend, burst (apart)." I might suggest "soul render," but it's your call. Likewise, the short e in the katakana of Licht Regen, R e gen, should be Rēgen. I didn't look at any other terms but these, so some *may* still be in error. Adam Restling 17:56, January 30, 2010 (UTC)