Octopath Traveler - Main Story complete + Thoughts

Yeah, I know. I just got around to finishing it. I started playing it, and games just came out and I ended up finishing those first. But still, anyways, I finally came around to finishing this game.
And like the title says, I have finished the main story. Just the main story. There still is the "final" "hidden" "post-game" boss, but I think I have played enough of the game to be able to give my thoughts on it.

I usually give a "proof" screenshot of me having complete the game, but this game doesn't seem to give you a special mark for completing all 8 stories.

New Game! (´・ω・`)

Yeah, no surprise on what it is.
I mean, I did like Bravely Default (Second was a bit iffy) and it is a Switch-only game. Of course I would get it.
I got the DL version because
1. The size of the game is relatively small
2. I wanted to play the game in Japanese text, which the localized versions did not include. What is sad is that the Japanese one actually has more available languages than the localized version. What's up with that? Can't include just all languages for both versions?
If the localized version also had Japanese, I would have gotten that...

Oh, and I started with the merchant girl. Of course.