create alias vlad_king/endeavor -> kan_sekijirou/todoroki_enji

BUR #6407 has been rejected.

create alias vlad_king_(boku_no_hero_academia) -> kan_sekijirou
create alias endeavor_(boku_no_hero_academia) -> todoroki_enji

Real names are rarely used in the anime so everyone is more familiar with the hero names.

Honestly, I'd prefer the reverse. I didn't know Vlad's real name.

I know that evazion supports to use the name a character is most known for. I still do support that BUR, because I think with a utility alias like that, it's no problem to use the real names. But I would also support the reverse I guess.

I don't mind either way, to be honest. Though I have to agree with Veradux that I didn't know Vlad's real name either. So the more commonly used name is def the hero one.

Someone should just make a mega BUR about this already, it comes up very often and having a BUR with a few characters every week is gonna get old fast. I'd do it but I'm not sure I know enough about the show to get it all right.

related:
topic #16767

If I were to speculate... the issue with superhero-themed series is that some characters are better known under their full (or partial) names while some are better known under their superhero alias (or ONE out of many aliases). So figuring out which name should be primary can be tricky especially for people less familiar about the series. Even people who are into the series might not be too sure about things, hence probably why we're seeing a trickle of names only for the characters they are more familiar with and care more about. One-Punch Man also has this issue. Not helping are the various Fandom wikis having a preference for full names while also being somewhat inconsistent at times.

And sometimes it can be worse if there's a name that is translated (as opposed to transliterated) a few ways in different official sources. Though IIRC most of the My Hero Academia characters' superhero aliases are already in English.

(And another complication is that sometimes the superhero identity is distinct enough from the civilian alter ego to be a character in its own right. This is especially true if there are multiple characters assuming the same mantle. A lot of Western comic book heroes are like that (c.f. Bruce Wayne and Batman). And for My Hero Academia in particular there is All Might and his civilian alter ego Yagi Toshinori.)

Alternatively, we could do like the My Hero Academia fandom and stick with their civillain names for most characters while aliasing the alter ego names to these tags (with the exception of more 'spoiler' names like All Might and Dabi, which are better having separated tags for civillain and alter ego names).

NNescio said:

And for My Hero Academia in particular there is All Might and his civilian alter ego Yagi Toshinori.)

He's the only character in the main series to do this. Dabi is a good example of a spoiler reason.

Beyond that, nobody else has a secret identity. In spinoffs, there's Knuckleduster, Haneyama Kazuho, and Haimawari Kouichi.

Do this in topic #19101 or topic #19098, I can't handle three open threads about the same copyright.

The bulk update request #6407 (forum #192346) has been rejected by @evazion.