Don't worry, I thought _he was a girl the first time I played too.
Thinking about it now they did a pretty good job of hiding it through his speech patterns, mannerisms, outfit, and hot-blooded revenge raison d'etre.
Although it would make more sense if he_ fell in love with Luvaid. Maybe he still did.

Back then I guess 男の娘 wasn't as prevalent. Even if you're used to it the game pulls TWO characters like that in the same game, haha.