![]() ![]() ![]() I suggested Trails of Cold Steel for several reasons: It’s clearly not a very easy word to render in English and still make sense with the current “Trails” moniker, so we dismissed the more literal “Trails of a Flash” and other similar titles rather quickly. Longtime fans of the series know the game as Sen no Kiseki, which roughly means something like, “The paths/trails of a flash/flicker.” It’s typically meant to represent that glint you see on a blade being drawn as it catches the light. Here's the official word on the title by XSeed: In CS3 Rean recieved a letter from his master, telling him that the sword skill he taught Rean is unique, and it will bring flash of light to the endless darknessįor "Sen", the word must have more connection to the most important plot device in CS4 the final chapter of the arc, unfortunately, most English speaker are not going to find out. ![]() Not to mention "Steel" is the nickname of Arianrhod which make it sounds more confusing. "Cold steel" is a title that sounds cool, but does not have much deeper connection to the story and lore. Personally, I would probably go with "Trails of Blitz", which should go very well with the theme of fast mech warfare. The straightforward translation should be something like "Trails of Flash", but it does not sound very cool in English I guess. However it is not the case for sen no kiseki "閃の軌跡". The title for the Crossbell Trail of Zero and Trail of Azure are pretty straightforward, thus can be easily translated into English. For example, Trails of Sky, the Japanese title is "空の軌跡", the kanji "空" have more than one meaning, it can mean sky, it also means "space"/"empty", which is one of the element that connects to the most important object in Sky SC. If we look at the previous titles, we can see each of title not only has some deeper meaning, but also reference to the most important object in the story. The more I got into the story, the more I think "cold steel" is a typical case of lost in translation. ![]()
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