User blog:ShonenChicoBoy/When it comes to capitalization, don’t be a greedy Capitalist

I guess you could also call this a guide to Capitalism, heh heh heh.

Here’s a list that I’ve compiled of the words you do and don’t capitalize on articles. Mainly this is drawn from reading through various articles on Narutopedia, so if something is wrong please let me know in the comments.


 * All character names are to be capitalized
 * All proper jutsu technique names, such as Rasengan, are to be capitalized
 * All proper names of places and organizations, even if shortened (eg. Konoha as opposed to Konohagakure) are to be capitalized. “Academy” is capitalized wherever it appears in a sentence. “Sannin” is also capitalized.
 * ”Shinobi,” “kunoichi,” “jutsu,” “jinchūriki,” “,” “curse seal,” and “chakra” are not capitalized, unless they begin a sentence.
 * Missing-nin, hunter-nin, sensor-nin, and any other descriptor added to a shinobi’s occupation are not to be capitalized, unless they begin a sentence. However, “Kage” is capitalized wherever it appears in a sentence. (viz. “Second Hokage,” etc.)
 * ”Yin and Yang” should be linked and capitalized as: and
 * Anything that describes a jutsu is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence. (e.g., “senjutsu,” not “Senjutsu,” kenjutsu, shurikenjutsu, taijutsu, etc.)
 * Any piece of equipment or non-specific weapon, shurkien, fūma shuriken, tsuba, kunai, etc., is not capitalized. *”Nature release,” “kekkei genkei,” etc. are not capitalized, but Fire Release, Wind Release, etc. are.

For article titles:

I’ve noticed people have had some trouble with this, such as only capitalizing the first word in an article title or capitalizing middle sentence articles. It’s probably best to follow the Chicago Manual of Style on this one:
 * 1. Capitalize the first and last word. “Blood Moon.”
 * 2. Capitalize nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions: “Crazy, Screaming Blood Moon”
 * 3. Lowercase articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions. “Crazy It was, under the Screaming Blood Moon”
 * 4. Lowercase “to” if you use it to do something: “There To War” but “I Want to Dance”

Hope this helps guys.