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PoorWeather
Nov 4, 2009

Don't worry, everybody has those days.
So... This is probably a dumb question considering how it's already been touched on in the thread, but is Hato supposed to be transgendered...? The show seems to be giving mixed signals in how seriously it's taking the character in that regard. On one hand, we get silly or kinda gross/fetishy stuff like the other characters referring to them as a "trap" (though I'm not sure if that's just a translation issue) and them talking about shipping themselves as a boy with someone, etc.

But on the other, they also say stuff like "I want you to see me as a girl" and show discomfort at the idea of dressing as a boy in front of the other club members - And initially seem freak out when Madarame sees them like that when they falls asleep in his apartment, which makes it seem like a lot more then typical anime kooky "for fun" crossdressing. And the weird thing with the female "self" floating around makes it even more confusing.

Obviously they're in denial of some issue, but it's hard to tell what it wants me to think about the character, or if it's even thinking about that aspect as anything but comedy, which would kinda bother me.

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