Suikoden 3 manga new info?

Eternal Rune · Post by **Eternal Rune** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:57 am

will the suikoden 3 manga include new info on the suikoden world? info that has been speculated since the game came out? or will it only have info that is strictly realted to the game?

Post by **thcrock** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:07 pm

The manga isn't 100% correct in relation to the game, so any new information is probably not from Konami but made up by the manga artist/writer.

fake_flame · Post by **fake_flame** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:53 pm

ya, like when Geddoe meets Sarah as a cat ... the game never shows that.
and the story seems a bit different ...

suikodenherodrake · Post by **suikodenherodrake** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:03 am

Huh?

Ex-squeeze me?! Sarah a cat?! What's going on here?! I'm not upset or angry, just shocked to hear that! Whoa! That would've been something in the game...... I think.

Post by **Vextor** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:06 am

Yeah, in the manga, Sarah and Yuber both have shape-shifting abilities. They use it only once though, so it's not like Sarah is a cat most of the time.

As far as whether the manga is canon, Konami does approve of its content beforehand, so background info released in the manga, such as how it details what year the first fire bringer war happened, etc, can probably be trusted.

suikodenherodrake · Post by **suikodenherodrake** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:09 am

Not only that, to add on, and this MIGHT be a spoiler. I know the Flame Champion's name, thanks to the people in the Konami board. His name is Bocchan. Weird, huh?

Post by **Vextor** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:14 am

Nah, Bocchan is a name affectionately given by Japanese fans to the hero of Suikoden 1. It is a Japanese word that means "young master." Similarly, Japanese fans tend to call the hero from Suikoden 2 "Tsuushu" which is a contractual form of "Hero of Suikoden 2." The Flame Champion is often called "Hideo" because "Hideo" is another reading for the kanji characters meaning "hero."

suikodenherodrake · Post by **suikodenherodrake** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:40 pm

Oops, I are a baka now. Hee hee. But still, I never would've thought. Thanks for telling me that, buddy.

Post by **Vextor** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:52 pm

Don't worry about it, most people outside Japan would have no way of knowing these things.

The hero from 4 seems to be called "yon-sama." "Yon" means four, and "sama" demotes respect. It's also a pun involving a Korean actor who is currently famous in Japan, who is also called Yon-sama.