Information about the villagers from rune factory: guardians of azuma:
Watarase:
He grew up in a well to do family near the capital.
He became obsessed with fish ever since he saved one. He was captivated when he released the fish returned to the sea.
He doesnโt try to hide his beauty. He did it unintentionally with his weird style.
He once tried to give himself fish gills to his familyโs horror so he could become a fish.
He traveled the world to find all sorts of fish and settled in winter village because of the blight.
His saying is โif your not going to eat it, release it. If you take a life, you must eat it.โ He has a belief that he would not kill unnecessarily (would add to what he and murasame did with that guardian fish in Murasameโs third date).
He also has another saying which is โone fish, one encounter.โ
He was inspired by a developer who loved fishing.
Zaza:
She is a foreigner and is implied to be non Asian (like maruo and Clarice). Going by her concept art, she is most likely black.
She traveled the land before she settled in winter village.
She looks after Pilika and Clarice because she knows whatโs itโs like being outsider.
She also canโt leave lonely kids alone because she experienced the pain of loneliness when she was traveling alone.
She never changes her blacksmith tools.
She has a hard time saying goodbye to her weapons because she views them like they were her kids.
She is a little bit interested in fashion. She became interested when Tsubame said to her that she wants to help Zaza with her style because sheโs so cute. This left Zaza embarrassed and speechless(maybe sheโs into Tsubame..).
Takumi:
He wondered around (did everyone in this game travel around?) around the land to hone his skills.
He decided to become a carpenter at 15.
When he finishes a project, he bows and says โa kabuki like speechโ. Which is something he got from his master.
He stopped by spring village because of the cherry blossom tree and he stayed there because he wanted to help the town.
He has brothers and they were actually good to him (unlike fubukiโs and murasameโs).
He hates vegetables.
He tears down buildings if he wasnโt satisfied with the outcome.
Thinks muscles can solve everything.
Heโs extremely talented at plating food.
His special skill is seeing the condition of wood from a glance.
Apparently, he is popular among the developers (still couldnโt make him a love interest..). Would explain why they made murasame.
Tsubame:
She was raised by a single mother
Her mother brought her along to her business trips and that helped her gain experience as a sales woman
She also inherited her fashion sense from her mom
Sheโs pretty strict about money.
Yachiyo:
Was originally a cat and adopted by a old woman who ran a restaurant.
She was cold to the old woman at first but started to warm up to her. She became the mascot of the restaurant.
After the collapse, business died down and her master became ill.
After her master died, she became a Nekomata because she wanted to fulfill her master dream of opening the restaurant again.
She learn her masterโs old recipes and moved to fall village to open her restaurant.
She is kind and well mannered. But she is really scary when sheโs angry. Kai is extremely scared of her.
Her emotions can be seen through her tail. For example, when Kai is being a bum and accumulating debt, her tail will be wagging quickly (which means sheโs annoyed or enraged).
She does tail tricks on her free time.
Her biggest obstacle was learning the difference in taste between humans and cats.
Suzu:
She was inspired by a idol who had came to the village long before the mc came. She wanted to bring smiles to peopleโs faces just like she did.
She lost her passion for dance at one point but she regained it once the mc came to town
She considers sakaki to her parent. She has no memory of her parents since they left when she was 1 year old.
Sakaki:
Was a ninja! so were Suzuโs and irohaโs parents (more on this later)
He was part of a clan of ninjas
One day he let his friend leave the clan. The clan branded him a traitor and tried to kill him.
He escaped but was fatally wounded and fell into a river. He was rescued by someone from spring village.
Irohaโs mom and dad moved to the village 50 years later when she was very young. They became friends with Sakaki.
Irohaโs parents had to leave their kids behind because they were runaway ninjas and knew they had a target on their back. They begged Sakaki to care for their kids before they left.
On a secret search for them, he found their remains. He vowed to look over their kids from then on.
He once thought about leaving the village before the mc came along.
He uses modern slang to keep his spirit young and fit in with the youth.
He spends hours grooming his beard.
Kusatsu
His parents were successful business owners and very prominent in summer village. As we know, he is the complete opposite of them.
To try to help their son, they left the inn in his care when he became old enough and left to go live in the capital. They thought that their presence was preventing their son from standing out.
Unfortunately, this didnโt work and people kept on comparing him to his parents. This creates a inferiority complex in him.
He also feels hurt when people compare him to his parents.
To stand out, he changed his hairstyle, the way he dressed and learn performing arts. He also changed the way he spoke.
Despite his desire to stand out, he isnโt a attention seeker. Therefore he doesnโt cause trouble for other people or meddle in others lives.
He sometimes comes off as pitiful to the villagers when he speaks cheerfully.
Kotaro
He originally lived with a group of tanuki. However, he lost his home because of the blight spread by the black dragon and was separated from his group.
He wondered alone in the mountains with no food.
He was about to collapse from hunger when he smelled food and followed that scent to fall village.
He tried to transform into a human to avoid being caught but was too weak to do it.
He pretended to be a human child at first and the village took him in. However, they eventually realized his true identity and played along with his pranks (thanks to kuramaโs influence).
When he feels lonely, he hides it by doing outlandish pranks.
He hates being pranked.
Hisui
She was a prominent exorcist in the capital.
She used to work with Ikarugaโs master and became close friends with him.
She retired from the corps and started producing tailsmans for them at their request.
Doing that time, she grew to love doing business and developed her divination skills.
When she was in her sixties, Ikaruga told her what happened to his master and how the corps covered up his death to protect their reputation. She voiced her criticisms to the leader but they pretended to not know what she was talking about. She cut off all ties to the organization after this.
After this, she traveled seven years as a fortune teller and ultimately decided to stay in summer village.
She dislikes people who disrupt the peace and is overwhelmed by people like maruo.
She tried to use her skills to make Kusatsuโs presence more prominent but she failed no matter how much times she tried. She was impressed by his unique character. However, her pride was wounded because her skills were powerless.
