Wait I don't get it sorry. Does he want to become a woman? or just look feminine?

We'll probably get more specific details in the coming chapters.

Wow thank you once again manga for your thrilling depictions of trans women as hopeless stalkers

Certainly there are some bad depictions out there. But I think this kid is just desperate for someone to talk to about gender stuff.

When I was growing up, the only representation available aside from mean, one-off jokes was The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And that movie isn't great representation, to put it lightly.

Having a working adult in a happy relationship as a role model probably would've gotten me out of the closet a lot earlier and saved me a lot of pain.

As for this, it remains to be seen how the character is handled from here. It'd be nice to have a trans character not suffering too much for once.

Yeah this is honestly pretty endearing to me! I really hope we see more of that chara ^^_^^

So the kid was just trans, phew.

Gotta say “you have a girlfriend so you must be a guy” is one of the weirder logic jumps I’ve encountered and very much smacks of being so caught up in your own issues that you forget about everything else. I feel bad for both of them in that situation lol.

Whatever happens during this arc just please please please treat this person better than Akemi. It’s been a long time since sasameki koto came out so lets hope there’s some growth from there.

uh

WOA, a baby trans??? here's to hoping they handle her well and don't just go "HAHA TRANS PEOPLE AM I RIGHT?!?"

Oooooooooohhh shhhhhiiiiiiiiit.

I dont know how you can recover from that.

Could be crossdressing

Sakuma does dress like a bit of a slob most of the time, I guess she could sorta give that impression (^^)

Every single one of you is overthinking this. He just likes the blonde girl.

uh

Nice try jesus, but you gotta up your level kiddo.

That poor dummy...

baby trans girl!

Also they briefly mention but; some of the reasons he thought she was 'a man' was her being tall and having a deeper voice

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Every single one of you is overthinking this. He just likes the blonde girl.

uh

Nice try jesus, but you gotta up your level kiddo.

I don't gotta up my level, I AM the level. and uh... i'm not tackling that.

EDIT: I mean Jesus was, I'm not him. I'm not the level. I'm just a loser.

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nice twist.

HYAHAHAHAHA! That's the misunderstanding of the day!! The look on her face was PRICELESS!

Ohhh, this reminds me when me and my then-GF got called bunch of gays in winter, because we're both man height and wore winter coats...

Though at least in this case it wasn't meant as an insult, so that's better, I guess.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. I'm way more interested in this high schooler now.

It's always fun to see the comments go from "male, die!" to "we want more" in just one chapter. :P

Wow thank you once again manga for your thrilling depictions of trans women as hopeless stalkers

Certainly there are some bad depictions out there. But I think this kid is just desperate for someone to talk to about gender stuff.

When I was growing up, the only representation available aside from mean, one-off jokes was The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And that movie isn't great representation, to put it lightly.

Having a working adult in a happy relationship as a role model probably would've gotten me out of the closet a lot earlier and saved me a lot of pain.

As for this, it remains to be seen how the character is handled from here. It'd be nice to have a trans character not suffering too much for once.

Yeah I think the kid is just earnest and awkward, the author even said the kid is sincere.

Gotta say “you have a girlfriend so you must be a guy” is one of the weirder logic jumps I’ve encountered and very much smacks of being so caught up in your own issues that you forget about everything else. I feel bad for both of them in that situation lol.

I think it's because they're a teenager that's maybe not been exposed to gay people before, and yeah the kid is caught up in their own issues they're a teenager trying to figure themselves out. Something I could see happening even IRL, and I'm not going to hold anything against the kid for an honest awkward mistake.

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Hahahahahahaha!!!!!

Wait I don't get it sorry. Does he want to become a woman? or just look feminine?

Does it matter? Does one make him a better or worse person? Does it change the comedy either way?

That said, I think while we don't have genuine information on that, we do have a clue: The guy is asking about "pulling it off" which strikes me as more an appearance issue, like how do you "pass" for being what you are not. So maybe just a look feminine/crossdress kind of thing.
I have noticed that while in North America crossdressing as a phenomenon on its own is these days much less visible and discussed than transgender transitions, and indeed I'd say much less discussed than it was years ago, in Japanese fiction at least crossdressing, particularly male crossdressing as female, continues to be a lot more commonly depicted than actual transgender. So in a manga, all else being equal crossdressing would still tend to be the way to bet.

I'm not sure either side is totally healthy . . . near as I can make out transgender issues continue to be sidelined in Japan, but I sometimes get the feeling that in North American queer subcultures you're practically not allowed to be just a guy who wants to crossdress any more, that's taken as almost having to mean you really should be trans.

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^Yeah tbh I read that as him wanting crossdressing tips, and just being a crossdresser doesn't = trans right? though obviously it touches on the edge of the same areas, as it were.

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IAKi100atT posted:

Wow thank you once again manga for your thrilling depictions of trans women as hopeless stalkers

And I think you're paranoid.

We know literally NOTHING about their reason for wanting to pass as a girl/woman, but you just have to go on assuming things and feel insulted on your own.

FYI, some people want to crossdress because of other reasons than some gender dysphoria.

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^Yeah tbh I read that as him wanting crossdressing tips, and just being a crossdresser doesn't = trans right? though obviously it touches on the edge of the same areas, as it were.

I would imagine it's a genuine concern for trans people too, especially those with masculine physiques who want to express themselves as female but lack the fashion knowhow to avoid being seen as just "a dude in a dress". We can glance from Kita's remark about not wanting to be all muscles that their body type is a hurdle for them.

Ahahaa, sure didn't see that coming. Super embarrassing.