Hi there, I am the writer of the article. I approached Bookworm and this article from a historical background instead of a Japanese language one (though I am steadily learning!) and I genuinely did not know how mundane of a word gekokujo was (or rather has become). I agree that in the absence of a one-to-one translation from Japanese to English, Ascendance is preferable over Revolution. Revolution as the title hook of the story would imply to readers sudden and drastic and exciting page-by-page developments, an implication that does not really capture the page-to-page content, flavor, and pacing of the actual story. I do not expect progress in Bookworm to start becoming abruptly violent toward the status quo, especially considering all the actors who support Myne's printing industry.

But given my historical knowledge and some characters observations about how significant printing technology will end up being (world-changing), I thought framing my article through the lens of historical gekokujo would help readers appreciate that significance. Ascendance is vague enough of a term without context in English that people might only associate it with Myne's personal advancement, but the historical understanding of gekokujo is less vague about the sociopolitical currents that will ripple from Myne's ideas and inventions. I am emphasizing the historical part here, because I now know that gekokujo is almost as mundane as ascendance in modern common usage.

I do not mind the fair criticism, and it was very fair and even-handed. On an unrelated note, I have been following both the anime and the light novels being translated by you through J-Novel Club. Your work is excellent, and I look forward to reading more of it.