I'm not transgender, but I feel so much empathy for the MC. The awareness of being different, the pain of feeling alone, the guilt of lying about your true self, hoping that you'll wake up one day fixed or normal. I have had these same thoughts for my own circumstance and know the despair of feeling broken.
Though the comments have arguments about the MC's true gender, I think we can at least all agree that the MC's pain is real. It doesn't matter what the real truth is, just what is true for the MC. The manga doesn't discuss the social politics of gender, and I think that's to emphasis that this is the MC's personal story. Whatever side your beliefs are on, this manga invites you to first understand the MC as a person.
I'm not transgender, but I feel so much empathy for the MC. The awareness of being different, the pain of feeling alone, the guilt of lying about your true self, hoping that you'll wake up one day fixed or normal. I have had these same thoughts for my own circumstance and know the despair of feeling broken.
Though the comments have arguments about the MC's true gender, I think we can at least all agree that the MC's pain is real. It doesn't matter what the real truth is, just what is true for the MC. The manga doesn't discuss the social politics of gender, and I think that's to emphasis that this is the MC's personal story. Whatever side your beliefs are on, this manga invites you to first understand the MC as a person.