Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo
I really hope they don't milk the "I am a man with no past" cliche that was evident in the first episode. I also didn't like how Hakuoro just kind of decided everything on behalf of the villiage in episode 2 (Even if it is just to show how influential he is to these mild-mannered folk, I still think it's a tad corny), or how his name was suddenly decided for him.
I actually thought the way he decided it shows he isn't a man without a past. Even if I risk being wrong I like to think he was influential in his forgotten life, a man with some power, and thus he had natural, unsuppressed leadership tendencies. He has shown clear character and nature of mind so far, which is a good thing even without definitive memories.

How his name was decided wasn't actually a bad thing either, in my opinion. It shows two things: The docile villagers also wanted to exert some power or willingness to make decisions. And secondly things like that no doubt come more naturally to them than waging war. A semi-isolated village like that must be quite communal to work, and thus giving a local name to the stranger binds him tighter to the village (they already seem to think fondly of him, for now at least).