[ SECRET POST #2360 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2360 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, I know what you mean. I love characters that don't conform to gender stereotypes, especially characters that crossdress or are trans*, but so often the source material treats those behaviors as something that needs fixing.

The only recent manga I've seen that treat crossdressing/trans characters are Kuragehime and Love*Com. The main characters in Kuragehime are a crossdressing boy and a group of 'unfeminine' girls (in that they're nerdy and unstylish). The 'problem' with these girls is not that they aren't interested in traditional femininity--it's that they suffer from incredible social anxiety and need practice interacting with other people. The issue of crossdressing is never presented as being problematic (except by more conservative minor characters). Love*Com is a decent high school rom-com, and one of the secondary characters is a transwoman named Seiko. There's the standard "that girl you kissed is really a guy!" punchline, but it's immediately followed by Seiko explaining that she's never thought of herself as a boy and that her genes just got mixed up. The other characters like and support her, and they encourage her to keep living as Seiko even when she thinks her voice is changing.

tl;dr there are a few manga out there that do a decent job with gender ambiguity/fluidity, so it's not all bad...?