As a gay man who also love feminine man (Actual feminine mlm. Not small petite short men), let us have this. Stop calling this trans because it's just reinforced sexist and homophobic (especially when author confirm it. Lets stop making this specifically a woman and straight just because mlm character is actually feminine). It's just as problematic as calling mulan a Trans man.
EXACTLY!!
They even have the nerve to call people transphobic if people say characters like “Tsubaki” (windbreaker) and Kinosaki (marriage toxin), are feminine dudes not trans women.
Unless the author says they’re trans, they’re a man.
The same goes with masculine girls (tomboys)
Because Hiura doesn't identify himself as a guy so he's not really trans. And even though he is so soft, cute and feminine, Hiura is manly!
Now that this series is getting an anime adaptation, let’s make sure NOBODY forgets exactly how sexist AND homophobic so‑called “progressive” people really are toward feminine mlm men.
Being feminine , or dressing in ways that don’t fit narrow “masculine” stereotypes does NOT turn a man into a woman ever. Stop throwing words around carelessly: calling a character “femboy” and re‑labeling them a trans woman just because they don’t act “manly enough” isn’t respect, it’s sexist and its especially homophobic if they also a mlm.
And let’s remind everyone of the mess that already happened: Back in 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment, the English publisher trusted to translate manga and novels deliberately altered this character’s identity in their version, rewriting him entirely as a transgender woman. This change was only for first volume, and they only backed down after massive call out and when the original author stepped. The creator stated plainly and without room for confusion: this is a BL story, and this character is written specifically as a FEMININE MAN NOT trans.
Worst of all? They never apologized for being sexist, homophobic, or for essentially straightwashing the story and erasing the character’s identity. They only issued a sorry because they got caught and called out publicly. That tells you everything you need to know.
I genuinely hope the anime team respects the source and doesn’t butcher it the same way. Straightwashing BL and “trans‑washing” feminine mlm men, treating anyone who doesn’t fit rigid gender boxes as “wrong” and needing to be re‑categorized will NEVER convince me you are actually progressive. It’s just a patronizing, controlling way to erase identities you don’t bother understanding.
Who gave translators and publishers the right to mess with, rewrite, and vandalize the creator’s work just because YOU decide it’s “problematic” or “doesn’t fit YOUR modern views”? What is actually problematic is refusing to understand and respect the point the story is making: men CAN be feminine, soft, gentle, or androgynous and they are STILL FULLY MEN. Being feminine does not equal being female. Every time you twist or rewrite that, you prove exactly what you are: loud, performative “woke” types who are actually deeply sexist, anf if they also gay then it is deeply homophobic, and obsessed with policing other people’s stories and identities..
Your ONLY job as a translator or publisher is to faithfully convey what the author wrote NOT to impose YOUR agenda, YOUR morals, or YOUR will onto someone else’s creation.