Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-10733658-20141210062955/@comment-10733658-20141212054905

The clinging to "Mutsuki is a girl", when we have EXPLICIT EXPLANATION is getting old.

Shall we compare the necessary steps towards each conclusion?

Mutsuki is Transgender:

1. Accept what we are told and shown in the canon material.

Mutsuki is a Crossdressing Girl:

1. Ignoring or explaining away Mutsuki's explicit statements in the opening scene of Ch. 5

2. Assumption that Mutsuki is being deceptive/lying

3. Considerable speculation about Mutsuki being physically, emotionally, or sexually abused.

4. Considerable speculation about internalized sexism or misogyny

5. Assumption that Dr. Shiba and Sasaki are either oblivious or playing along with Mutsuki's deception

While we cannot discount the possibility that Ishida might backpedal later on in the series, for the moment all evidence indicates a canon Transgender character. Evidence also indicates that Ishida has done research while creating the character, because he has thus far accurately portrayed multiple details of a Transman that are not common knowledge for the average person. That suggests effort on his part. Mutsuki has also not thus far been handled in the same fashion as the typical "Crossdressing Girl" character type. I'm very familiar with that character type, and honestly expected that when ch. 4 came out. But Ch. 5 was pretty clear in both what Mutsuki wants and what he thinks about himself.