I never really got the whole "like as a person" trope in yuri manga. I know that being pan is a thing, but specifically in yuri there's certain instances were it feels like they're sweeping lesbianism under the rug ( or just being gay in general ) by using a more "socially acceptable" answer.
Idk, maybe it's just me getting wierdly upset over specific wording.
No, it's definitely a thing. And I like that Inori calls it out in I Favor the Villainess.
Misha: "Gender doesn't matter, the one you fell in love with just happened to be a girl".
Rei: "No, gender does matter. I like girls"
Admittedly, it's not that bad in this case, partially because we're dealing with a very roundabout conversation where she's trying to give an answer without necessarily outing herself, and partially because she's giving advice to a rather confused woman who so far hasn't even thought of such a possibility and for whom it's much easier to consider how she feels about one specific person as opposed to a generic idea of dating a woman. Any discussion of her actual sexuality can come later, once she's actually realized that she can feel like this.
