I think the issue kind of boils down to trends and what's considered acceptable to depict. There's a lot more comics with ambiguous gender characters or "crossdressing" guys that are constantly playing in the space of transfem identities, yet deny that label for making the character "just" a crossdressing guy. And Xiaoyang is ABSOLUTELY dealing with transfem themes and spaces beyond just clothes, but in Xiaoyang entire presentation and troubles, with the exception of gendered language. And that just... with a trend of characters like this, but with the work trying to make sure the audience knows they're "really male" and "just crossdressing", it really starts to leave a sour taste every time it happens and a character isn't acknowledged as trans (not necessarily a trans woman, but transfem in SOME way be it genderfuild, agender, some other non-binary identity)

I like Xiaoyang. I like what the story is doing with the parallels between Xiaoyang and Xiaoen and how it ties into the larger themes and narratives of the comic. But Xiaoyang is part of a trend that is lowkey transmisogynistic, because it's a trend that combined with the lack of explicit transfem (and trans women especially) representation, that softly reinforces transfem erasure - intended or not.

Ok, the girls aside, what is up with this bathroom? There's a tiny counter behind the toilet, with a framed mirror? And paper towels next to that when there's no evidence of a sink? And on the right, is that a towel rack that's really low and directly above the toilet paper or a safety bar that's too far away and at the wrong angle to actually be much use? It's like a private bathroom and a public bathroom were overlaid on top of each other with no regard to their respective layouts, and it's really distracting me.

Am I completely misreading these signs or is it implying that Ange is responsible for Aizawa's death?
(Also, yay for non-proxied kiss)

Queen Kazama: Both of them are shapeshifters, their forms in the top panel is their "default" form though.

"A beautiful wish"

Nice touch, having them wear matching rings in the other's color.