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* Arguably, Saint Ajora in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' was victim to this. The original PSX version of the game (both English and Japanese) referred to Ajora Glabados as a he. However, during the game he's [[spoiler: possessed by the female Lucavi Altima]] and is also [[spoiler: reincarnated into the female body of Alma Beoulve]], though no one ever refers to Ajora as a she even in these cases. A Japanese-only Ultimania release refers to Ajora as female, as does Final Fantasy 12 in a fleeting reference, but the PSP retranslation keeps the male pronouns.
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* Arguably, Saint Ajora in \'\'VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics\'\' was victim to this. The original PSX version of the game (both English and Japanese) referred to Ajora Glabados as a he. However, during the game he\'s [[spoiler: possessed by the female Lucavi Altima]] and is also [[spoiler: reincarnated into the female body of Alma Beoulve]], though no one ever refers to Ajora as a she even in these cases. A Japanese-only Ultimania release refers to Ajora as female, as does Final Fantasy 12 in a fleeting reference, but the PSP retranslation keeps the male pronouns.
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Someone knows the exact japanese word that was translated as
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It is mentioned in GenderNeutralWriting that \" languages on the other end of the spectrum (such as Japanese and many East Asian languages) don\'t bother with pronouns much anyway, making it much easier and more natural to obscure a character\'s gender (which explains why localization teams have so much trouble with this issue in anime and video games).\"Someone knows the exact japanese word that was translated as \"he\"?
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* Arguably, Saint Ajora in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' was victim to this. The original PSX version of the game (both English and Japanese) referred to Ajora Glabados as a he. However, during the game he's [[spoiler: possessed by the female Lucavi Altima]] and is also [[spoiler: reincarnated into the female body of Alma Beoulve]], though no one ever refers to Ajora as a she even in these cases. A Japanese-only Ultimania release refers to Ajora as female, as does Final Fantasy 12 in a fleeting reference, but the PSP retranslation keeps the male pronouns.
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* Arguably, Saint Ajora in \'\'VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics\'\' was victim to this. The original PSX version of the game (both English and Japanese) referred to Ajora Glabados as a he. However, during the game he\'s [[spoiler: possessed by the female Lucavi Altima]] and is also [[spoiler: reincarnated into the female body of Alma Beoulve]], though no one ever refers to Ajora as a she even in these cases. A Japanese-only Ultimania release refers to Ajora as female, as does Final Fantasy 12 in a fleeting reference, but the PSP retranslation keeps the male pronouns.
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Someone knows the exact japanese word that was translated as \"he\"?
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