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sticky-runes wrote:Quite a few names there that did become Suikoden characters in later games...
or taken for other JRPGs, I've seen like 4 "Tales of" games characters lol....

also what I don't get is why some girls name there hahaha....
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Well this is Suikoden, where somebody named his son Sheena...
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sticky-runes wrote:Well this is Suikoden, where somebody named his son Sheena...
And he looks like a girl.

And he's a womanizer.
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Only 4 names out of 136 are solely female afaik: Kinshasa, Luna, Sophie, Soraya. Perfect names if you think you're a womanizer ;-)
Lepant: "This is my son Sheena."
Viktor: "This is Genkaku's son Luna."
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BrucePrintscreen wrote:
And he looks like a girl.

And he's a womanizer.


Personally i didn't pass him as a girl as i did with Tuta,Sasarai or Stallion :lol:
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Wolkendrache wrote:Only 4 names out of 136 are solely female afaik: Kinshasa, Luna, Sophie, Soraya.
Kinshasa is a female name? I only knew it as the capital of DR Congo.
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Sasarai10 wrote:Personally i didn't pass him as a girl as i did with Tuta,Sasarai or Stallion :lol:
Stallion?! In my country you'll say this to someone who has a serious testosterone surplus.
BrucePrintscreen wrote:Kinshasa is a female name? I only knew it as the capital of DR Congo.
and guess what, it means "city"
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Wolkendrache wrote:
BrucePrintscreen wrote:Kinshasa is a female name? I only knew it as the capital of DR Congo.
and guess what, it means "city"
Are you sure about it? I've been to Kinshasa a couple of times and I remember being told it was the name given to a market place that lied there before Europeans built a city, as it was more of a meeting point for merchants than a permanent settlement before. They called it Leopoldville and it was renamed Kinshasa after the independence as part of an africanization of names.
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BrucePrintscreen wrote:
Wolkendrache wrote:
BrucePrintscreen wrote:Kinshasa is a female name? I only knew it as the capital of DR Congo.
and guess what, it means "city"
Are you sure about it? I've been to Kinshasa a couple of times and I remember being told it was the name given to a market place that lied there before Europeans built a city, as it was more of a meeting point for merchants than a permanent settlement before. They called it Leopoldville and it was renamed Kinshasa after the independence as part of an africanization of names.
Oh sorry, I misunderstood that. Sure, the name comes from a city, but doesn't mean city. Anyway, if you google you may find that it's used as a name for females, although I doubt that africans will name their daughters Kinshasa.
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Many Congolese people (or other Francophone Africans actually) bear unusual first names that would only be used as words in French, concepts such as "Fortunate", "Happy", religious terms like "Blessed", or just very old fashioned first name. It is almost a stereotype of the Francophone French wearing such names, it may sounds funny at first but it is just a different cultural trend. I have to say I never met a Congolese named after a city, though. Only in Suikoden :P !
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Wolkendrache wrote: Stallion?! In my country you'll say this to someone who has a serious testosterone surplus.

His face was quite feminine just like Kirkis in S1. Strangely male elves in the further games they looked more masculine like Roland or Isato :lol:
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