[Liana]

I always found him in the south, but I think it was more superstition than anything... Sometimes they take their sweet time showing up, there's one near the middle that's rather famous for it. Now I think of it, I think that's why I got bored of Metal Saga. ;)

[Liana]

Glad you're loving it :D I'm with you on the item woes... my second-to-last playthrough was just with the Hunter, and while it feels appropriately hardcore, the inventory is a pain...

You can see item descriptions from the BS-Con, by the way. Load it up and select "Items."

[Liana]

The weekly targets are tied to the Hunter’s level. It changes after he gains a level and at least one of the target monsters has been killed.

[Liana]

There's a car wash in Santa Poco that you have to run through to get rid of bird crap and lead mushrooms.

[Liana]

Yeah, sorry, it's a town that comes later on in the game. Until then you just have to bear the extra weight, sadly....

[Liana]

You can also see the titles from the status screens for each character.

... I mention this because I didn't realize that until I started playing with the first English patch, and all the time I had been translating the Japanese epithets for the soldier / mechanic, I was so disappointed that no one would ever see them unless they killed off the hunter and saved their game. ;)