Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-50.170.239.189-20150118003533/@comment-10733658-20150118164038

Actually, according to Old McDonald's discussion of the actual Japanese text and the statement about a "man's heart", the statement does not make anything clear cut. The impression our dear Japanese Literate admin got seems to be ambiguity or uncertainty, raising the possiblity that Mutsuki may not even be certain about his own identity.

Mutsuki doesn't say that he thinks of himself as a girl, nor that he doesn't think of himself as a man. Rather, the implication seems to be one more case of Mutsuki doubting and questioning himself. "It's not necessarily that I have a man's heart" is not the same as "I don't have the heart of a man". For one, according to Old McDonald the "not necessarily" is a Weak Negotiation, which suggests one more situation where we see Mutsuki self-doubting and questioning.

We apparently also see some switching between personal pronouns, which Isihida loves to do to illustrate someone's unstable mental state. So Mutsuki is someone that right now may very well still not be certain about himself and this particular situation has shoved all of that to the forefront. How long before Mutsuki settles things and decides, there's no way to know. But right now, Ishida is presenting a character that is full of doubt and uncertainty, questioning their feelings and in a very emotionally charged place.