Hey that's awesome news regardless! I thought I was going to have to use the all Japanese walkthrough that SamIAm posted on the last page.
I'm currently about midway through area 2. I've had some weird saving issues though. I formatted my TG CD and had nothing on it. Didn't have any saving problems until I got to stage 2. I went through the cave and got back to town, but when I went to fire it up again my save was from much earlier. I checked my saves on the system and there were two extra ones. Really weird. Happened to me twice. I have to play through that cave a 3rd time now, but at least I know it real well now.