I can't recommend this to English speakers who prefer a faithful translation over localization. Be wary of the Americanization of the dialogue. None of the character's speak the way they do in the original Japanese script. One example I will bring up is the expression used by Lent when he speaks to Claudia's father, "Ojamashimasu" - which I will point out is a polite phrase used when you're a guest in/entering someone's home. The English version translates this as "Hey, what's up?".

This type of butchering is completely unacceptable, and I will go far as to say is character assassination. If you have a good enough understanding of the Japanese language to pick apart where the localization team have failed, you'll probably have a much more enjoyable(or frustrating) time with this game. That is, unless if you're an American/Californian, then you'd probably prefer it this way.

Edit: Earlier today while playing the game, I have noticed an obvious mistranslation where Ryza says "is she okay?" as opposed to "will she be okay?" or "I wonder if she'll be alright?" in Jonna's quest completion dialogue. Later on, "Ointment" is translated as "Pain killers". Some materials are even named incorrectly. A piece of log is called a "tree"(Fragrant Honey Tree - as opposed to Fragrant Honey Log). Ryza isn't carrying an entire tree in her backpack - hilarious imagining it though lol. Shame on the English translation team for not being able to even translate something so simple.

One final point I have to bring up once again is to be wary, there's way too many drastic changes in the dialogue. None of the things they say are 1:1, sometimes even completely different. The translation is on par with the 4Kids Pokemon translation - if you remember the infamous scene where Onigiri is translated as Jelly donuts(lol).

I can't recommend this to English speakers who prefer a faithful translation over localization. Be wary of the Americanization of the dialogue. None of the character's speak the way they do in the original Japanese script. One example I will bring up is the expression used by Lent when he speaks to Claudia's father, "Ojamashimasu" - which I will point out is a [b]polite[/b] phrase used when you're a guest in/entering someone's home. The English version translates this as "Hey, what's up?". This type of butchering is completely unacceptable, and I will go far as to say is character assassination. If you have a good enough understanding of the Japanese language to pick apart where the localization team have failed, you'll probably have a much more enjoyable(or frustrating) time with this game. That is, unless if you're an American/Californian, then you'd probably prefer it this way. Edit: Earlier today while playing the game, I have noticed an obvious mistranslation where Ryza says "is she okay?" as opposed to "will she be okay?" or "I wonder if she'll be alright?" in Jonna's quest completion dialogue. Later on, "Ointment" is translated as "Pain killers". Some materials are even named incorrectly. A piece of log is called a "tree"(Fragrant Honey Tree - as opposed to Fragrant Honey Log). Ryza isn't carrying an entire tree in her backpack - hilarious imagining it though lol. Shame on the English translation team for not being able to even translate something so simple. One final point I have to bring up once again is to be wary, there's way too many drastic changes in the dialogue. None of the things they say are 1:1, sometimes even completely different. The translation is on par with the 4Kids Pokemon translation - if you remember the infamous scene where Onigiri is translated as Jelly donuts(lol).