Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-142.105.20.200-20141202002233/@comment-10733658-20141202101901

OP, no one jumped the gun. Ch.5 is very clear what the situation is, but apparently Ishida needs to actually beat people over the head with the word "Transgender" for people to understand. Mutsuki makes an explicit statement of having a Trans identity, in that he describes symptoms of Gender Dysphoria (the official medical diagnosis often given when a Trans person begins to Transition) and expresses his desire to address this by living as the gender he feels more comfortable as.

Anon Commenter #1, that is what someone that Transgender is. Born/designated as one thing, but having the mind of the other. Surgery isn't a requirement, because there are many reasons someone might never have it but is still Transgender. (It is crazy expensive, has major health risks, and you have to be healthy enough to undergo it.)