Quote Originally Posted by Takfloyd View Post
No, that's the English version of it, pay attention. It's the exact mess of a translation we talked about.

The character makes it completely clear she was always a female in the Japanese version, referring to when she was a little girl. She may very well have been supposed to be a man originally though, and changed to female later because in Japanese, it didn't cause any major conflicts.
Source? Another poster claims Nael Van Darnus doesn't mention gender at all in the JP. Or are you referring to Nael Deus Darnus? I've seen my fair share of JP posts saying "what!? but I thought Nael was a dude!"