This one is going to be controversial
That's an understatement lol.
Here's my view: this is fundamentally a silly romcom that's playing with some fairly explosive subject matter, which means it's hardly going to be a perfect exploration of gender and sexuality. However, there are a few elements that give me some optimism.
First, Konno never actually self-identifies as a lesbian, which lessens the potential lesbophobic vibes of the premise; at the same time, she shows literally zero interest in Kouyou as a guy while being super into "him" as a girl, which makes it less likely imo that the manga will end with Kouyou just being a totally manly cis man.
Second, even more importantly, Kouyou/Momiji is totally and completely upfront about what they're doing instead of lying to Konno and pretending to be a stranger (which is what I initially assumed was going to happen). This, along with them sincerely apologizing for everything bad they did in the past, makes the character come across as not a creep/predator, even as the concept of transfemininity is more or less just used comedically here.
Again I'm not expecting a deep and considered exploration of transfemininity in this manga, it's just a silly romcom at the end of the day, but I am legitimately curious to see where it goes from here. It reminds me a lot of this manga, and to avoid making this comments section a complete shitshow like what that thread became, I will avoid getting into prolonged arguments this time.
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