Forum › I Reincarnated as the Heroine in a Yuri Game, but for Some Reason That Thing Was Still There! discussion
I don't really like this, it doesn't seem to take anything seriously, rather than a trans girl having a lesbian experience, it seems like a man dressed as a girl breaking into the yuri world what the author tried to portray. The whole "deceiving" element is what makes it feel fetishist, as the mc doesn't perceive themselves as a girl, not even a trans girl. It doesn't take any matter seriously, not the transgender thing, not the lesbian thing, nothing.
Not feeling like a "real girl" and self-hating for being "deceiving" is an extremely common trans fem experience.
The issue here is how the author is portraying the character. So far, it doesn't look like it's a trans fem character, what the author has portrayed so far in my eyes is the oh so problematic (in this site) "femboy", a character that dress and talks and "act", you could say, like a girl, but doesn't perceive themselves like a girl. It's not what the character says about themselves but how the author portrays it what is the problem. And so far nothing the character has said screams "I'm a girl!" at all, they don't see themselves as a girl. And please don't try to explain trans fem issues to me, I know them, I'm trans myself.
I think the worst call out from this is the title itself, at no point the title says they reincarnated as a girl, but rather "in a Yuri game" but later states that "that thing" is still there. I don't know, I just see many red flags and I'm expecting the worst from this story
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It's not what the character says about themselves but how the author portrays it what is the problem. And so far nothing the character has said screams "I'm a girl!" at all, they don't see themselves as a girl.
"If only I could abandon this body and be reborn as a beautiful girl..."
"Goddammit! I hate this! Even though I finally look like my ideal self!"
It's not what the character says about themselves but how the author portrays it what is the problem. And so far nothing the character has said screams "I'm a girl!" at all, they don't see themselves as a girl.
"If only I could abandon this body and be reborn as a beautiful girl..."
"Goddammit! I hate this! Even though I finally look like my ideal self!"
I'm not even gonna cite the several instances the character states "I'm a man". No matter the desires of becoming a girl, the fact that they still perceives themselves as a man is what bums me off. My main concern is what the author wants to do and their views on the matter or intentions, and so far they don't seem promising, but rather like poking fun of trans people
I expect it to be a comedy.
Also, while the MC wishes to be a girl, it's only in relation with his obsession with yuri, which is pretty fetishy.
Imagine a yaoi fangirl who'd want to be reincarnated as a guy in her favorite BL. Does that mean she's trans or does that mean she's obsessed with her fetish?
I think the latter and it's the same here.
Yeah, the reason I am currently still hesitantly looking forward to more is because I can genuinely see how badly the MC wants/wanted to just have become a girl.
The immediate self-harm is pretty extreme and maybe meant to be taken as over the top but like. Wowee, if that was me I'd be mad too. To have the prospect magical girlification seemingly granted and then torn to shreds. Awful.
Again though I'll have to see more before I'll be willing to truly hand it to the manga or not. And not to be presumptuous I hope everyone else can at least afford that as well.
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I'm not even gonna cite the several instances the character states "I'm a man".
You said there's nothing that screams the character is a (trans) girl, and that's just incorrect. The protagonist extremely blatantly and explicitly wants to be a girl.
Imagine a yaoi fangirl who'd want to be reincarnated as a guy in her favorite BL. Does that mean she's trans or does that mean she's obsessed with her fetish?
I mean, plenty of trans guys figure out they're trans through yaoi, yeah.
If I were to guess the crush will like the male half of him which will make him conflicted. Also is this gender bender when he's still male in his reincarnated life?
Hmm... I'm skeptical it'll lead anywhere meaningful.
The MC obviously doesn't consider himself an actual girl (yet?). And the co-MC seems to be very interested in his man-bits (sheltered girl being curious). So, maybe it's a het crush?
As usual, magic blurs identities and relationships.
Also, it's a comedy, so it'll probably just be funny hi-jinks hiding his crotch while "playing" the game and nothing too deep about gender identity.
Thats what I'm getting. The crush also never once referred to the MC as a girl post reveal. She also seemed very interested in the MCs male part. After seeing my fair share of series where a male MC has to blend in with female characters at school I feel like this will be a comedy Manga focusing more on the MC hiding their gender in funny ways rather than anything else.
Can we just let the manga play out more before freaking out?...
I feel like this is going to get extremely transphobic at some point, and I really fucking hope I'm wrong.
Bad, bad vibes.
It's not what the character says about themselves but how the author portrays it what is the problem. And so far nothing the character has said screams "I'm a girl!" at all, they don't see themselves as a girl.
"If only I could abandon this body and be reborn as a beautiful girl..."
"Goddammit! I hate this! Even though I finally look like my ideal self!"
I'm not even gonna cite the several instances the character states "I'm a man". No matter the desires of becoming a girl, the fact that they still perceives themselves as a man is what bums me off. My main concern is what the author wants to do and their views on the matter or intentions, and so far they don't seem promising, but rather like poking fun of trans people
Yeah, but that’s exactly the standard pre-transition transfem experience.
I'm not saying this story will necessarily turn out well - I don't know what direction it'll take. The love interest's focus on her lower bits could turn out fetishistic... or it could be the first step toward her realizing she doesn't need bottom surgery to be a girl. Hard to tell yet.
But here's the thing : no cis guy looks in the mirror and feels horrified at having a dick. That's just not a cis male reaction. This reaction is unmistakably transfem, even with all the "I'm a man" self-denials.
Yeah, but that’s exactly the standard pre-transition transfem experience.
I'm not saying this story will necessarily turn out well - I don't know what direction it'll take. The love interest's focus on her lower bits could turn out fetishistic... or it could be the first step toward her realizing she doesn't need bottom surgery to be a girl. Hard to tell yet.
But here's the thing : no cis guy looks in the mirror and feels horrified at having a dick. That's just not a cis male reaction. This reaction is unmistakably transfem, even with all the "I'm a man" self-denials.
Yeah, I have faith in the mc, I don't deny they really want to be a girl. It's the author and their intentions what worries me
It's not what the character says about themselves but how the author portrays it what is the problem. And so far nothing the character has said screams "I'm a girl!" at all, they don't see themselves as a girl.
"If only I could abandon this body and be reborn as a beautiful girl..."
"Goddammit! I hate this! Even though I finally look like my ideal self!"
Looking at it I question does he want to be a girl or does he want to be a girl in order to be with his waifu, who is in a yuri game. It feels like he's thinking in order to get his ideals girl he needs to be a girl himself. I saw it as he has his ideal body because that's the type of body (female) his ideal crush has. The biggest reason he was mad was because he thiught she would no longer like him. Notice how after she still shows affection to him he's not as mad about still being a man.
I feel like this is going to get extremely transphobic at some point, and I really fucking hope I'm wrong.
Bad, bad vibes.
I mean, if she's in denial, we’re probably in for some very uncomfortable statements. Denial and internalized transphobia, especially when they’re spelled out in first-person narration, can feel really harsh. It's a bad experience to live through, and honestly, a bad experience to watch play out on the page too.
But that’s also what makes this stand out from the usual gender-swap isekai setup. The fact that she still has a dick means the story can't avoid touching on self-perception, identity, and body dysphoria.
And for anyone expecting a "transgender story" to be about instantly getting the perfect body, perfect sense of self, and perfect social instincts... well, this manga doesn't seem to be that, and neither is real life.
Yeah, but that’s exactly the standard pre-transition transfem experience.
I'm not saying this story will necessarily turn out well - I don't know what direction it'll take. The love interest's focus on her lower bits could turn out fetishistic... or it could be the first step toward her realizing she doesn't need bottom surgery to be a girl. Hard to tell yet.
But here's the thing : no cis guy looks in the mirror and feels horrified at having a dick. That's just not a cis male reaction. This reaction is unmistakably transfem, even with all the "I'm a man" self-denials.
Yeah, I have faith in the mc, I don't deny they really want to be a girl. It's the author and their intentions what worries me
While I don't know the author personally, I frankly don't see how you could write something like this without at least knowing some trans lesbians well, if not being one oneself (possibly in denial). This is really not the kind of story a cis man who fetishizes lesbians would write, because cis men don't want to be women :p
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Looking at it I question does he want to be a girl or does he want to be a girl in order to be with his waifu, who is in a yuri game.
The protagonist wanted to be a girl pre-isekai. "I want to be a girl so that I could date a fictional character in a yuri game" is not something any cis man has ever thought.
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I feel like this is going to get extremely transphobic at some point, and I really fucking hope I'm wrong.
Bad, bad vibes.
I mean, if she's in denial, we’re probably in for some very uncomfortable statements. Denial and internalized transphobia, especially when they’re spelled out in first-person narration, can feel really harsh. It's a bad experience to live through, and honestly, a bad experience to watch play out on the page too.
But that’s also what makes this stand out from the usual gender-swap isekai setup. The fact that she still has a dick means the story can't avoid touching on self-perception, identity, and body dysphoria.
And for anyone expecting a "transgender story" to be about instantly getting the perfect body, perfect sense of self, and perfect social instincts... well, this manga doesn't seem to be that, and neither is real life.
Again I have to ask is this gender swap if the character is still a male in the other world?
The protagonist wanted to be a girl pre-isekai. "I want to be a girl so that I could date a fictional character in a yuri game" is not something any cis man has ever thought.
For a yuridanshi? I've seen this said quite a bit, enough that someone writing a story about it doesn't seem far fetched at all. The MC doesn't think men should interfere with yuri and they've potentially found a way to do that without breaking their beliefs. That's a fantasy I've seen before.
I don't get the vibes this author is trying to make any statements about gender here but we'll see. There's likely a reason they keep showing the male face whenever there's comedy and I've learned to be weary of that choice. Other similar series do the same when they want to remind the audience it's a guy amongst women for comedic effect. It's one chapter though so.
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It's not what the character says about themselves but how the author portrays it what is the problem. And so far nothing the character has said screams "I'm a girl!" at all, they don't see themselves as a girl.
"If only I could abandon this body and be reborn as a beautiful girl..."
"Goddammit! I hate this! Even though I finally look like my ideal self!"
I'm not even gonna cite the several instances the character states "I'm a man". No matter the desires of becoming a girl, the fact that they still perceives themselves as a man is what bums me off. My main concern is what the author wants to do and their views on the matter or intentions, and so far they don't seem promising, but rather like poking fun of trans people
Yeah, but that’s exactly the standard pre-transition transfem experience.
I'm not saying this story will necessarily turn out well - I don't know what direction it'll take. The love interest's focus on her lower bits could turn out fetishistic... or it could be the first step toward her realizing she doesn't need bottom surgery to be a girl. Hard to tell yet.
But here's the thing : no cis guy looks in the mirror and feels horrified at having a dick. That's just not a cis male reaction. This reaction is unmistakably transfem, even with all the "I'm a man" self-denials.
I think there’s some cross talk happening here. Here’s how I would lay out the foundations of these two positions: 1) Some of the attitudes and feelings this character expresses are common to real-world transfems. 2) The way this author positions and refers to this character may suggest suggest they intend for them to be read male.
This character is not an actual person. That they express sentiments that are transfem-indicating in real life does not mean they are in fact transfem or understood by the author to be transfem in this story, because in the context of the story the author gets to decide that.
At the same time, people resonate with these statements, and so it seems whether intentional or not, it does capture part of the experience of transfeminity. This is not necessarily a good thing: part of why people are nervous is that this can make the story far more painful and cuttingly transphobic if 2), it turns out the author does intend for the character to be a man and an imposter. Yes, the character calling themself a man could be a portrayal of internalized transphobia: it seems to resonate with people in such a way. It can also be consistent with the author saying “yes, you are in fact a man,” which would of course be horrible. And the way we try to sus out the distinction is by looking at the attitude the text takes to the character and the situation.
last edited at Aug 19, 2025 5:33PM
The protagonist wanted to be a girl pre-isekai. "I want to be a girl so that I could date a fictional character in a yuri game" is not something any cis man has ever thought.
For a yuridanshi? I've seen this said quite a bit, enough that someone writing a story about it doesn't seem far fetched at all. The MC doesn't think men should interfere with yuri and they've potentially found a way to do that without breaking their beliefs. That's a fantasy I've seen before. I don't get the vibes this author is trying to make any statements about gender here but we'll see. There's likely a reason they keep showing the male face whenever there's comedy. Other similar series do the same when they want to remind the audience it's a guy amongst women for comedic effect. It's one chapter though so.
If a "yuridanshi" fantasizes about being a girl so they could date girls as a girl...well, let's just say I think there's some gender going on with them lol.
I think there’s some cross talk happening here. Here’s how I would lay out the foundations of these two positions: 1) Some of the attitudes and feelings this character expresses are common to real-world transfems. 2) The way this author positions and refers to this character may suggest suggest they intend for them to be read male.
This character is not an actual person. That they express sentiments that are transfem-indicating in real life does not mean they are in fact transfem or understood by the author to be transfem in this story, because in the context of the story the author gets to decide that.
At the same time, people resonate with these statements, and so it seems whether intentional or not, it does capture part of the experience of transfeminity. This is not necessarily a good thing: part of why people are nervous is that this can make the story far more painful and cuttingly transphobic if 2), it turns out the author does intend for the character to be a man and an imposter. Yes, the character calling themself a man could be a portrayal of internalized transphobia: it seems to resonate with people in such a way. It can also be consistent with the author saying “yes, you are in fact a man,” which would of course be horrible. And the way we try to sus out the distinction is by looking at the attitude the text takes to the character and the situation.
That is fair. It could turn out wrong, and if it does, the fact that some of those statements resonate so strongly with transfem experience would make it all the more cutting.
However, as someone else pointed out above, what we’ve seen so far feels much closer to genuine transfem experience - and, if I’m honest, explicitly distinct from gender-swap tropes that skip over the harder points of gender transition. The detail of “my body changed, but I still feel dysphoria because of my lower body” is exactly the kind of thing fetishistic stories usually skip over. That suggests the author is writing from either personal experience, or at least from conversations with people who’ve gone through that thought process.
So based on what we have now, I’d expect this to be an attempt at an honest transfem story, one that shows both the parts that feel good (“I look like a girl !”) and the parts that don’t (“this part of my body still makes me feel like a man, and I hate it”). And that includes internalized transphobia, which is transphobia. Unless the author states otherwise explicitly, it’s up to the reader to decide whether those lines reflect the author’s message or the character’s self-denial. Personally, for now, I assume it’s the latter, and I find that it’s being depicted quite accurately to pre-transition experience.
That said, I understand the fear that it could go wrong.
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The protagonist wanted to be a girl pre-isekai. "I want to be a girl so that I could date a fictional character in a yuri game" is not something any cis man has ever thought.
For a yuridanshi? I've seen this said quite a bit, enough that someone writing a story about it doesn't seem far fetched at all. The MC doesn't think men should interfere with yuri and they've potentially found a way to do that without breaking their beliefs. That's a fantasy I've seen before. I don't get the vibes this author is trying to make any statements about gender here but we'll see. There's likely a reason they keep showing the male face whenever there's comedy. Other similar series do the same when they want to remind the audience it's a guy amongst women for comedic effect. It's one chapter though so.
If a "yuridanshi" fantasizes about being a girl so they could date girls as a girl...well, let's just say I think there's some gender going on with them lol.
In real life maybe but not necessarily for these authors. It's early but I'd have some caution.
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Can we ask for the addition of a "WTF am I reading" tag!?
"but the author" "but the genre" "but but but"
at the moment the story reads a lot like a trans experience/fantasy, from my own trans perspective, and the constant "what if" overthinking is honestly a pain in the ass to read. Let the story play out, judge it as a complete work instead of trying to assume malintent from the first chapter.
less worried about how authentic/inauthentically trans the main character is and more ill at ease at the (currently just implied) "lesbians secretly crave cock" thing I assume it's leading to with the main girl love interest. im going to continue reading because I desperately want it to be a good trans yuri but I'm skeptical.
"but the author" "but the genre" "but but but"
at the moment the story reads a lot like a trans experience/fantasy, from my own trans perspective, and the constant "what if" overthinking is honestly a pain in the ass to read. Let the story play out, judge it as a complete work instead of trying to assume malintent from the first chapter.
Thank. You.