Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-142.105.20.200-20150124050012/@comment-10733658-20150124064858

Ardeau, I do agree that we seem to be given some major mixed messages right now. We're not really sure where Ishida is going with things. I think the issue is that people (possibly you?) are leaping on that one statement but again I would point towards the lengthy discussions further down where Old McDonald discusses the actual Japanese.

We really do not have a statement that settles things, in any direction. It sounds very black-and-white in the English translation, but from what our awesome Japanese literate admin has stated, it sounds like the original language is more confusing. Like I said above, it uses phrasing that leaves open possibilities. I recall that it was actually suggested that maybe Mutsuki isn't even sure, which is another narrative I'm not opposed to.

I think at this point, I'm primarily just really hoping Ishida doesn't go how some people are theorizing he will. Like I've said multiple times, I cannot think of a single time I've ever seen the "rape victim" narrative done as anything but ham-fisted and kind of offensive or dumb. So I would hate if everything comes down to "Oh, Mutsuki hates being a girl because she was raped so now she pretends to be a guy to cope" and then Mutsuki decides its okay and decides to "be normal" again.