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There are a few things that I don't understand about the highlighted text in the image below. The biggest question I have is what でいう is doing after 人間 (is it some sort of construction or are they acting as two completely seperate words?) and what で is doing after 程度. Also at the end where it says 「という元気なキャラクターだ。」who is that referring to?

I also found this page which describes ～で言うところの but I'm not sure if that's related.

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設定年齢は人間でいう１３歳程度で、桜井氏いわく「悩みません。あと自分探しとかもしません（笑）」という元気なキャラクターだ。

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AでいうB means "(equivalent of) B in A's terms" or "known as B in A".

  • 彼は人間でいう13歳程度だ。
    He is about 13 years old in human years.
  • 彼は今でいう糖尿病だった。
    He had a disease now known as diabetes.
  • ロシアのKGBはアメリカでいうCIAだ。
    KGB in Russia is comparable to CIA in the US.

で after 程度 is simply the te-form of だ, and it's used to connect two sentences. 元気なキャラクター refers to Pit, and 桜井氏いわく～という modifies 元気なキャラクター.

設定年齢は人間でいう13歳程度で、
The age (of Pit) is (set to) about 13 in human years, and ...

桜井氏いわく「悩みません。あと自分探しとかもしません(笑)」という元気なキャラクターだ。
he (=Pit) is a cheerful character who, according to Mr. Sakurai, "doesn't worry, and doesn't go on a journey of self-discovery :D".

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