what is the deal with people pretending that trans people don’t exist in Japan, or that it’s some sort of weird western import?
It’s less well-understood, culturally speaking — there’s more conflation with being gay and so on — but just because Japanese media is more likely to play to tropes...
I am extremely looking forward to the very obvious scene where he prince announces that he has decided that his bride shall indeed be “one of the women in this room” before surprising both candidates by picking Marie
that disclaimer in the start has some strong vibes of “it’s only gay for narrative purposes! please don’t send me for re-education, of course I’m not supporting being gay”
she’s gonna shoot him down hard because she can’t keep seeing a client that’s developed real feelings for her. Then we’re gonna have a bunch of Mami bullshit.
finally someone suggests that Hinase’s future gender doesn’t matter that much, jesus christ every homosexual reading this has spent the entire time yelling
Also, sure some relationships end when one partner transitions, but it’s ridiculous to suggest that it’s all of them. I’ve seen as many...