Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170112165458/@comment-4010415-20170123074749

SpiritedDreaming wrote:

KNN005 wrote: I thought Ren's pop was a hunter but when he said they needed one, it seemed like there weren't any at all in town. Li is a hunter - you were thinking he was a Huntsman. The end of the word is a key difference that is very important in this setting.

Huntsmen are guardians of humanity, trained to fight the Grimm and save the day.

Hunters (with a lower h) are people who track and kill normal animals and bring them back to the village for food. They're an important part of a town because they provide fresh meat for the people, but they're not trained to hunt and kill Grimm. See, now that we've seen an actual literal hunter in the show, it's even more important for fans to realize that the word to use when talking about both Huntsmen and Huntresses is "Huntsmen", not "Hunters".