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Boss ("Owner" in the Japanese version) is the nickname for the tenants of New Zack Island in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 and the Venus Islands in Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation. Although never directly seen due to the characters being avatars for the player in both instances, it is heavily implied by various dialogue that the characters are male.

Personality

The owner is shown to be fairly good at catching his female guests by surprise and off guard, as can be inferred by the various comments by the various girls. He's also fairly skilled at lying, which can be implied by his telling a "history" about how the Venus Islands started involving a mermaid, and his accidentally admitting to Kasumi he made the entire thing up, as well as his faking a letter from Ryu Hayabusa to lure Momiji over to New Zack Island. The owner is also shown to have a slightly more perverted side to him, although he was shown to be somewhat chivalrous, due to him not taking advantage of a drunk Tamaki at one point. He is also shown to be fairly charismatic, as several of the girls on the island hold a large amount of respect for him. While at times clever, there are instances where he is shown to be lacking in common sense, as evidenced by his ordering 100 cabbages, far beyond what was necessary for a Rival Festival, much to Hitomi and Leifang's chagrin due to their having to prepare all of them. He also may have had a shady background, as implied by Ayane and to a lesser extent Helena's reasons for going to the Venus Islands being to investigate the island and its owner.

Trivia

  • Even though the Owner is heavily implied to be male by various lines of dialogue in the Japanese version (and made a bit more explicit in the English versions due to the girls using masculine third-person pronouns in reference to him in various episodes, and in Tamaki's case, one of her win point animations.), the hands used to represent him in certain episodes have a distinctly feminine appearance.
  • In the Japanese versions, the girls address the Owner differently depending on their relationship to or opinion of them. This is toned down in the English releases, where they very rarely directly refer to him in face to face conversations, and generally refer to him as boss (or in the case of Luna in her character episodes, "sir"). In particular:
    • Misaki, owing to her being particularly close to the Owner, refers to him as merely "Owner" without any honorifics, with two exceptions (when meeting the Owner, and when having to play the role of a lady-in-waiting during a Summer Festival alongside Hitomi).
    • Nyotengu, owing to her significant age and species, refers to him as "Owner-Domo".
    • Tamaki refers to him as "Owner-Kun", an informal term of address suggesting they are close.
    • Fiona refers to him as "Owner-Sama", indicating immense respect for him.
    • Nagisa frequently refers to him as either "Hentai Owner" or "Erotic Dog" due to her distrust of the Owner.
    • Kanna frequently refers to the Owner as "Omae", a very rude and informal masculine second person term that's the equivalent of "hey you".
    • Kokoro refers to him as "Owner-Han", owing to her Kansai dialect.
    • The other girls refer to him simply as "Owner-San".
  • The Owner is friends with the Sensei from Shinobi Masters Senran Kagura: New Link, and is implied to be acquaintances with Gekko and Senko from the same game.
  • Owing to his being an avatar of the player, the boss is never directly seen, with only his arms being visible. In some cases, an object obscures him from view when otherwise interacting with one of the girls.
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