...copyright Squaresoft 1993. The images used are also from the game. Don't go claim them as your own or anything silly like that. This document is not intended for any commercial purpose, real or imaginary. It exists primarily out of curiosity about both the Japanese language and the changes between the Japanese and English versions of the game. If you're interested in the game, go out and buy it if you haven't already... a summary of what happens can't compare to actually playing it. Especially with multiple players, one of the game's strengths...

Recent Updates

2022-02-27: Significantly more of the storyline, up to the lost continent rising. Speculation on things the storyline might have done if the game hadn't been scaled back. Information on where to find all the armor. A new page that charts out all the landing zones for Flammie (and cannon travel). Lots of new content!

2020-02-08: Various minor revisions, including noting English version monster and spell names in narration for reference.

2018-11-24: Slight revision to a boss monster name, and a correction and explanation for the name of the previous king of the mushroom people.

2017-10-28: Added more storyline, from the beginning of the Upper Lands through the end of the Fire Temple events. Also made some revisions to previously existing sections, as usual.

2015-09-07: Much more information, and some storyline, too.

21 Aug 2010: A few minor revisions

16 Jan 2009: Minor updates to monster and weapon pages.

09 Jul 2007: First version. Information currently limited to item and spell names.

Storyline

Non-Story Information and Translations

Various Notes

• I've kept the layout of the original text as much as possible.
• Lines that are colored like these are my comments, anything in gold denotes actions and such that the dialog doesn't explain, and this teal is for messages from the game (e.g., "You got a potion").
• If I'm not too comfortable with how I translated something, I've put a * after it. A (*) stands for something that I can't figure out even well enough to guess.
• The term 妖魔 (youma) comes up fairly often in this game. The kanji are something like 'suspicious', 'bewitching', or 'mysterious' plus 'demon' or 'magic'. My decision is to go with "imp" on this one. My previous remark about one of the player characters being one was incorrect; that's 妖精 (yousei), which isn't the same thing at all, and is most typically translated as "fairy", but "sprite" just seems more appropriate here. I think my confusion came from the 妖魔のヤリ ("Imp's Pike") being called the "Sprite's Spear" in the English version.
• Original (JP version) text, my translation, and the official English (NA version) translation are displayed side-by-side in columns for easier viewing, and to allow comparisons.

Lots of reference information from this discussion thread: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/588646-secret-of-mana/69150657

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