(2014-08-02, 08:59 PM)dmpdesign link Wrote:I think, but wouldn't swear to it, someone on these forums has suggested in the Japanese version at least that Guyra was female? I think it was Holydiver who made the claim insisting he had read all the Japanese text but I couldn't be certain.I looked through the references to Guyra in KF2(Jap) and then used those to look up the original Japanese text and I don't find any reference to Guyra being female. Japanese isn't big on gender-determining pronouns so it's often hard to tell. There are several forms of "I" that can tell gender, but I don't find any of those. Other people always refer to him as Guyra without a gender determiner.
John - wanna take a stab at that one...I know you've had your fair share of time reading through the Japanese dialogs.
I did find one place where the word "mother" is used in the same sentence as Guyra's name, but it isn't referring to Guyra. The official translation read:
Quote:The Guards of Endless Time are the Woods, the Winds and the Fog. Everything is created and destroyed by the earth. For everyone who loves their mother, Guyra must be destroyed.
What it actually says is:
Quote:The fog, wind and forest guard the eternal cycle. Everything is created and destroyed by the will of the earth. You must defeat Guyra for everyone who loves mother earth.
Maybe someone thought 'mother earth' was referring to guyra? If someone wants to double check my translation:
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Attached are some interesting bits about Guyra from KF(US):