Thread: Licensed Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maou
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Old 2010-04-03, 16:33   Link #92
popsiclestick
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Originally Posted by Audit01 View Post
"The Demon King that sits in the back" is more appropriate for a title
It should be Farthest Demon Lord. The ambiguity of "Ichiban Ushiro" has a double meaning in japanese. It means "farthest away in the back" or "lowest level/tier". English can't express this duality when translating except with just Farthest in my opinion.

Ichiban - means literally the top most, or highest. Ichi - 1st, Ban - Placement
Ushiro - is back of, behind, below.

In the sense when used together, it could be seat placement, like in a classroom, or if there was a tier system (like a ladder or family hierarchy) it be the lowest level or bottom.
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