Talk:Den

Densuke? Is that really so? I wouldn't be terribly surprised, but where'd you hear that? That doesn't really sound like a girl's name... CorbeauKarasu 00:16, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

I can't recall exactly where, now, but it was either on the Sketch Book or an Arakawa Interview for New Type... She mentioned she had a dog named "Densuke" and she named Den after it. I'll try to find it here and I'll get back to you with where exactly that's said. ^^ Turdaewen 01:43, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

Found it!! It was neither XD It was an interview in Perfect Guidebook 2. Here's the link for the translation: http://www.zomgfta.com/hagaren/interview.html Turdaewen 01:48, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

About Den's gender
Just to clarify, altough many places have translated Den as a "he", according to Perfect Guidebook 2, in a 'character dictionary', is is stated Den is actually female. Since it is a guide, it's more trustable (if that's such a word) than omakes and even more than translations by fangroups, who, not rarely, have no background research before releasing translations.

That being said, unless we have an official Guide or actual proof that the Perfect Guidebook 2 was actually wrong, Den should be regarded as a "she". Turdaewen 03:13, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

I always thought Den was female, and I don't know why I did, because I don't remember seeing it anywhere. In fact, I think there's an omake with Den and Hayate are together and Hayate calls Den "sir". Of course, that could be a mistranslation or have something to do with the fact that all the female officers in FMA seem to be called "sir" as well. By the way, how are you able to read the second Perfect Guidebook? I thought only the first was translated.--Fullmetal Fan 04:54, January 5, 2011 (UTC)

Fortunatelly, I know a little Japanese and I have the Scans to that Guide with me, but many parts have been translated into some languages by fans (I have some translations both to English and Spanish). Whenever I have doubts about a particular thing, I ask a friend of mine, who's fluent, to translate. About that omake with Den and Hayate, he actually adresses her as "sama", which holds no gender (as of most pronouns in Japanese), so noone could have taken a gender through that information. Since there's very little situations in Japanese where you can actually state an animal's gender through normal conversation, it would be almost impossible for us to know unless, like it is in the Perfect Guidebook 2, to be stated directly. Turdaewen 05:01, January 5, 2011 (UTC)