On August 26, Arc System Works issued a warning to domestic and international fans through its official Twitter account, stating that the company’s user support response had been tampered with, and images fabricated to look like official responses were being spread.
It has not been clarified what kind of forged images were being circulated. However, the company has stated that it will not answer individual questions regarding “settings that have not been published in the game or on the website, etc.” I can see it.
In response to this statement, there are many comments that refer to “Bridget”, especially overseas. Bridget is one of the playable characters in the fighting game “Guilty Gear” series. The other day, he added to the latest work “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-” and became a hot topic. After the distribution, attention was also focused on Bridget’s “settings”.
Bridget is a character with a past in which she was born as a man, but her gender was hidden by her parents due to village superstitions, and she was raised as a girl. With such a background, a character design that looks like a woman is adopted. Among her fans, she has gained popularity as the so-called “boy girl”.
Bridget in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-” has changed to a much more casual outfit than before, but her feminine appearance remains the same. On the other hand, the masculine markings on the costumes have been changed to something closer to transgender or androgyny. This, along with the dialogue in the cutscenes, has led fans to speculate that Bridget may have been transgendered. However, it is not officially stated whether this is actually the case, or whether a man dressed as a woman is a man’s daughter. Even so, some fans seem to have criticized the premise that it was set up in such a way.
In the midst of this, there are images circulating on the Internet that appear to be reply emails from the “Arc System Works Customer Service Office.” Although details regarding the content are hidden, the company’s user support will give a clear answer regarding Bridget’s gender setting while touching on Bridget’s interpretation of the development in the story of this work. The content of the e-mail was translated into English by a fan and spread overseas.
I don’t know if the fake image in the user support response that Arc System Works has alerted this time refers to something regarding Bridget. However, it mentions “settings that have not been published in the game, on the website, etc.”, so the possibility seems high. If you ever see such images, you should be skeptical.
