Board Thread:Articles Discussion/@comment-1739368-20151114120137/@comment-26907384-20161020231054

Okay, I just came across a new point for the Hamon VS Ripple thing. Whatever we decide to call it, Hamon/Ripple is a technique used in various forms--fighting styles, medicine what have you. Though "Ripple" is techinichally what the word (Pronounced as Hamon) means when it's translated that's not how these kinds of things are usually handled. Martial Arts are rarely translated from their original pronunciation. Kung Fu, Karate, Tang Su Do all have proper translations but you don't see them being reffered to as those--The Way of the Open Hand to Defend and Strike is a bit of a mouthful.

Other anime and manga do the same thing, you don't literally translate the meanings of all the Zanpakuto in Bleach you just leave it as a footnote. It's a title, not a word.

Using this logic and the fact that the official translations keep "Hamon" as the technical term for magical-sunlight-breathing-techniques I elect myself to go back and change all instances of "Ripple" back to Hamon.

~With Expressed Permission but gosh dang I will do it again.