lot of interesting themes: what is gender identity? what does it mean to like someone? (does that mean you get to monopolize them? what do they owe you of themselves?) what is lust? is lust inherently dirty? why do the people we love not like us back? how do i truly connect with the people i want to connect to? is there a fundamental, unbreachable distance between boys and girls? how is sex supposed to feel?
you should never read oshimi at face value. I've seen people say kei (or alice) was being predatory to youhei at first, playing into negative stereotypes of the over-sexualized transgender body, but if you stay with the narrative, you'll see that's the opposite of what oshimi is trying to say. kei wants to be closer to youhei because they have connections beyond their bodies or lusts (they want to escape into each other, to grasp that simple joy that used to be so easy in childhood) and is trying to do it the wrong way, because society doesn't necessarily have a roadmap for the kind of connection kei wants. but kei does know that society constantly tells you sex brings you closer to someone. everyone wants sex. sexual attraction (mitani's confession) was one of the instigating motivations behind kei's self-realization and gender expression. It's impossible to totally avoid the concept, and maybe kei's obsessions begin with a rejection of society's messages and rules.
let's all renounce gender and transcend to the sky with life-partners who understand the most intimate, free parts of ourselves, yeah?
he'd learn some things, you know?
lot of interesting themes: what is gender identity? what does it mean to like someone? (does that mean you get to monopolize them? what do they owe you of themselves?) what is lust? is lust inherently dirty? why do the people we love not like us back? how do i truly connect with the people i want to connect to? is there a fundamental, unbreachable distance between boys and girls? how is sex supposed to feel?
you should never read oshimi at face value. I've seen people say kei (or alice) was being predatory to youhei at first, playing into negative stereotypes of the over-sexualized transgender body, but if you stay with the narrative, you'll see that's the opposite of what oshimi is trying to say. kei wants to be closer to youhei because they have connections beyond their bodies or lusts (they want to escape into each other, to grasp that simple joy that used to be so easy in childhood) and is trying to do it the wrong way, because society doesn't necessarily have a roadmap for the kind of connection kei wants. but kei does know that society constantly tells you sex brings you closer to someone. everyone wants sex. sexual attraction (mitani's confession) was one of the instigating motivations behind kei's self-realization and gender expression. It's impossible to totally avoid the concept, and maybe kei's obsessions begin with a rejection of society's messages and rules.
let's all renounce gender and transcend to the sky with life-partners who understand the most intimate, free parts of ourselves, yeah?