Utawarerumono Q & A

[Takemi_Ikazuchi]

Originally Posted by Crimen Scythe

Spoiler for Grandmother's fate and a question:

If even Grandma can die in this series, does it mean that some other important char can also die? To put it simply, is any other important char going to die?

/mod edit: Added spoiler tags just in case.

Let's get this over with then..

Spoiler:

.................................................. .................................yes

[PastPrime]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Like many clever sayings, it is probably intended to be interpretable in a number of ways like a subtle pun.

Seriously.... it makes sense to me that "songs" and chants tend to be made about individuals a people admire so I can see how linguistically the term could overlap. Languages are full of idiomatic expressions that don't really mean what their "literal" translation might imply or be subtly different.

Like what they did with one of those hand held English - Russian translating devices. They translated the old saying "Out of sight, Out of mind" to Russian and back to English. What they got back was "Invisible, Insane." A literal translation that is very different from the actual meaning.

[Vexx]

Ah yes... its always fun to "Babel fish" sentences -- English->Japanese->Slavic.language.of.choice->Chinese->English
will often get you hilarious results.

[zalas]

http://pie.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi...851094/282-296
They seeeeeeeee usssssssss........... (and also are kinda arguing over the name as well...)

[GriS]

What's the gender of the archers, Dori and Guura?

[KBTKaiser]

Game-wise: they're males.

Anime-wise: we'll have to wait and see until the early teen episodes for that conversation, I think.

[Onizuka-GTO]

i wonder, would the fans cry murder if they turn out to be females?

[Jinsoo]

Well, when I found out they were actually guys, I cried murder lol Cos it ruined the shoujo ai factor. Now it's shounen ai :X (I'm more into shoujo ai then shounen ai ;o )

[Onizuka-GTO]

i like lesbians too.

[Whitemoon648]

I heard the game is a role playing one. what system is it on?. PS1/2 Or another role playing game for PC?.

[ctrl-z]

Originally Posted by Whitemoon648

I heard the game is a role playing one. what system is it on?. PS1/2 Or another role playing game for PC?.

It's a PC game.

[Jinsoo]

Yeah there's an iso for it floating around somewhere on the net D: I tried installing it but it wouldn't work DX

[PhantomX]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

i like lesbians too.

This response was great XD

I just find it odd that the twins are males ... but they have tails? o__O

[KBTKaiser]

The message runner in ep 6 had a tail also...

[PhantomX]

Didn't notice that ... I just figured that it was only the females that had tails ... oh well, I'm gonna have to pay more attention *focuses*

[Jinsoo]

How old do you think everyone is? Since it Utaware was adapted from an h-game, we should assume the girls you get to screw around with are over 18 right? D:

How old would you say Aruruu is? >_>; My friend's accusing me of being a pedophile even though he's the one that's over 18 lol

My guess is around 14-12 even though she sounds a bit younger >_> But that's probably cos she's shy, right? ;o

[Newprimus]

Originally Posted by Jinsoo

How old do you think everyone is? Since it Utaware was adapted from an h-game, we should assume the girls you get to screw around with are over 18 right? D:

Actually, Japan's age of consent is 14, iirc. And there are plenty of h-games with the protagonists screwing much younger girls, so there's nothing really legal to say that everyone is 18+.

How old would you say Aruruu is? >_>; My friend's accusing me of being a pedophile even though he's the one that's over 18 lol

My guess is around 14-12 even though she sounds a bit younger >_> But that's probably cos she's shy, right? ;o

I think Aruruu is about 10 or 11.

The rest, no clue really. Eruruu might be 18-ish. Yuzuha seems older than her. Kamyu, probably a little younger than Eruruu. The rest, Urutorii, Karura, and Touka all seem over 20.

[Vexx]

You have to think of this in medieval terms .... the village probably considers Eruruu damn near an old maid -- about all they didn't do in ep 1 and 2 is push Eruruu on top of Hakuoro. A girl of 14-18 was usually married off pronto prior to the industrial age.

Japan's age of consent is as young as 14 *socially* but it kind of depends on where you're standing, who you are, and who's complaining. They passed a national law raising it a couple of years ago so the politicians could say they'd "done something to save the children" (mostly due to international prude pressure) but it appears to be mostly ignored by the Japanese themselves.

And now you know (of course you should also be aware the police may take an unfriendly eye to an over-18 male gaijin accosting highschoolers for a date so don't book your plane ticket just yet).

Finally, we also have no clue what the average lifespan is of these people in Utawarerumono. Nor do we know their cultural standards for "of age" though I'm assuming pre-industrial "ready to breed" is probably the answer.

Now as far as 21st Century odd little rules of the US, Japan, or other locales..... they just slap the "assume anyone you can bonk is over 18... we say so." labels on it to chase off the Nosy Neurotics.

[Rafal]

Originally Posted by Jinsoo

How old do you think everyone is? Since it Utaware was adapted from an h-game, we should assume the girls you get to screw around with are over 18 right? D:

Heh, no, in ero-games everything goes, although they always seem to keep someone's age in the dark when they seem really young. And the age of consent in Japan is officially 13, but can range from 13 to 17 depending on prefecture (it's 17 in Tokyo). This doesn't mean it's illegal to show children under the age of 13 performing sexual acts in ero-games and the like though.

Spoiler for game:

And if you're curious, no, in the game Hakuoro doesn't get to screw with Aruruu.

How old would you say Aruruu is? >_>; My friend's accusing me of being a pedophile even though he's the one that's over 18 lol

Like Shinova I'd also guess she's about 10-11 years old, judging from the way she behaves. And there's nothing wrong with loving Aruruu, we all do.

[Green²]

Originally Posted by PhantomX

This response was great XD

I just find it odd that the twins are males ... but they have tails? o__O

They just didn't think the later was all that popular with the ladies.