Transliterations are never easy, and fans of ONE PIECE they know something. Raftel is Laugh Tale, Marijoa is Mary Geoise and the list goes on and on. So far, Eiichiro Oda has brought some officially Westernized names as dowry, albeit not at advanced stages of the plot.
However, this is not the case with King. The Pterodactyl of the Crew of the Hundred Beasts is Kaido’s most trusted soldier and, as we saw in the ONE PIECE 1035 flashback, is also the first character to join the future Emperor’s crew. The chapter published on MangaPlus on Sunday 18th December also reveals his real name, which has been adapted as Alber in the translations of the different languages.
But is the name Alber correct? ã‚¢ ル ベ ル (Aruberu) could be translated in many ways like Arbel, Alber or Arber, with this discrepancy that could lead to conflict in the future. But ONE PIECE’s Portuguese translator solved the situation. Unlike in the past, this time is that Shueisha stepped in and alerted the translators of all languages ​​by updating them via the official transliteration bring in their versions.
King is therefore called Alber and other versions resulting from reading by fans who in many cases suggested it as Arbel are not valid.
According to the official Portuguese translator for MangaPlus, the romanization of “Alber” was provided directly by Shueisha, making it the canonical romanization of King’s name for the time being https://t.co/HzsQjHq142 pic.twitter.com/8DJxK7BaSj
– Artur – Library of Ohara (@newworldartur) December 20, 2021
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