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In the Visual Novel [Amaranto](http://vndb.org/v1987), one of the members of
Triad is Troy. I'm playing the English patch of it now, and they refer to Troy
as a "she". When they say Troy's name, it does sound exactly like they've
translated it. However I'm confused about whether this is a translation error
or not.

**Points that indicate that Troy could be a girl**

  * All characters that are in the story or mentioned but two are girls (the two guys being a nameless vagrant that Mio was about to kill and the strawberry-loving owner of the cafe Yuuki's group hangs out in).

  * It's noted that Queen hates men, even going so far as to kill most of them off when she takes over a Sect, and since the Triad are like her elite guard, she would have nothing but girls in it.

  * The twins joke about how Troy only has eyes for "Senpai" which refers to Ria, since all the relationships shown/possible are Shoujo Ai (female × female). So, this would be the same with Troy and Ria.

**Points that indicate that Troy could be a boy**

  * Troy is a guy's name at least in English (in Japanese, it's pronounced as _to-ro-i_ / トロイ) however in the game it seemed to be pronounced as _to-ro-i-a_ / トロイア so the English name may be a mistranslation.

  * Troy's appearance:

![Troy by himself](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m9gabm.jpg)
![Triad](https://i.stack.imgur.com/J3hhjm.png)

  * Troy sounds like a boy (but that could mean little)

So I am wondering, is Troy a girl, or is Troy actually a boy (and the
translation is wrong)?


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In Amaranto, is Troy a girl or boy?


This is [Troy's profile from the official site's character
introduction.](http://www.trifolium-garden.net/amaranto/chara/11.html)

[![Troy's
profile](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SQle8l.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SQle8.png)

Although Troy's appearance is like a boy, Troy is a **she**. From the last
paragraph of Troy's description:

> 口数が少なく、常に行動を共にする双子も  
>  **彼女** のことはよく知らない。
>
> Does not talk much, and even the twins whom Troy usually act together with  
>  do not know much about **her**.

While [VNDB](http://vndb.org/c11438) claims that she is also a transgender, I
don't have any proof to support or counter it. However, from the sample dialog
on the image,

> 「そんなの、 **ボク** には関係ない。  
>  君たちの好きにすればいいだろ」

she refers to herself as **ボク ( _boku_ )** which defines her personality as a
[_bokukko_](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Bokukko) ( **Warning:
TV Tropes link** )

> A Bokukko is, literally, a girl who uses the first-person Japanese Pronoun
> _boku_ , primarily used by boys and young men. [...]
>
> Most bokukko are tomboys, but not all; sometimes it just indicates that the
> user is a Plucky Girl or unaware of social norms. [...] Although none of
> this has to be reflected in her appearance, bokukko are usually either flat-
> chested or extremely well-endowed.
>
> This speech pattern can also be used to keep a character's gender
> obscured—is she a boyish girl, or a girlish boy?

Last but not least, Kisaki Kotori ― the voice-actor herself ― [listed her role
on her official site](http://littleconcert0.web.fc2.com/work.htm) as female
for Troy.

> トロイア役 (Troy) ♀

* * *

Regarding the name トロイア ( _toroia_ ) as Troy, most possibly it refers to
[Troy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy), a city used as the setting of the
famous Trojan War. [Japanese
Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9)
lists トロイア ( _toroia_ ), トロイ ( _toroi_ ) and トロイアー ( _toroia-_ ) as the
possible pronunciations.


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