Wildbill wrote:
If you remember or find some notes on the stories, I hope you can confirm that Asuka is a woman and Gaou is a pariah in the first village. Also, do you recall if another route exists between Dawn Town and the second destination, other than the Whitecaps Sea Route? If so, does both the Ekurea party and Gaou find and take it as they advance the story?
I've been a little confused about this myself too. Asuka is a girl's name, but the sprite looks as though it could be either male or female. Here's the description of Gaou's scenario:
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; " ぼうじゃくぶじんを えにかいたようなガオウ"
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Gaou is like a picture of arrogance.
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; " かれを りかいするものは あいぼうフローズと"
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The only ones who can understand him are his friend Furozu and
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; "アスカというなまえの ながれものだけであった"
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a vagabond by the name of Asuka.
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; " かけがえのないなかま・・・そのひとりアスカが"
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Precious allies... one of them, Asuka,
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; "なにものかに ころされ ふくしゅうのたびへ"
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gets killed by someone and Gaou departs on a journey for vengeance.
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I'm not sure about Asuka, but I'm positive that Furozu (Froz) is a girl. Gaou must have been a pretty lucky guy to live with two girls in a house, heh! Well anyways... I guess since Asuka mentions Taiga, I suppose that Gaou must think that he is the one who killed her.