I think Kirino’s canonically trans. One may say that Mishima should’ve been depicted as trans as well which is understandable since he liked to cross-dress and that he only felt like himself during those nights. However, he never used female pronouns to refer to himself unlike what Kirino did, and by the end we get to see that he’s perfectly content being seen as a man who engages in drag. But Kirino on the other hand, not only does she prefer female pronouns BUT she’s shown to be insecure and jealous of Mishima’s feminine physique, which also prompted her to bully him for looking like “a girl” and that it’s making her sick. She’s projecting her insecurities onto him, hating that a boy’s gifted with such a girly body— while she’s here all tall and fawned over by girls, handsome with a cool disposition. Kirino mentions Thailand all the time, which is a country known to offer countless gender-reaffirming surgeries and I’m certain that’s what drew her in, besides the wide-spread acceptance of queerness there. The ending, oh boy, was poignantly bittersweet. She chose this path for herself (I’m not even sure if I should refer to her with female pronouns now since she decided to live as a man— identity as a man.) she gave up her identity to live her mother’s dreams as a married man, complete wife and a daughter. I honesty have no idea what Kirino’s feeling right now. Did this decision truly make her happy? Is true happiness found in fulfilling a loved ones desires? Was her smile worth losing a part of herself? Maybe more than a part even.
I think Kirino’s canonically trans. One may say that Mishima should’ve been depicted as trans as well which is understandable since he liked to cross-dress and that he only felt like himself during those nights. However, he never used female pronouns to refer to himself unlike what Kirino did, and by the end we get to see that he’s perfectly content being seen as a man who engages in drag. But Kirino on the other hand, not only does she prefer female pronouns BUT she’s shown to be insecure and jealous of Mishima’s feminine physique, which also prompted her to bully him for looking like “a girl” and that it’s making her sick. She’s projecting her insecurities onto him, hating that a boy’s gifted with such a girly body— while she’s here all tall and fawned over by girls, handsome with a cool disposition. Kirino mentions Thailand all the time, which is a country known to offer countless gender-reaffirming surgeries and I’m certain that’s what drew her in, besides the wide-spread acceptance of queerness there. The ending, oh boy, was poignantly bittersweet. She chose this path for herself (I’m not even sure if I should refer to her with female pronouns now since she decided to live as a man— identity as a man.) she gave up her identity to live her mother’s dreams as a married man, complete wife and a daughter. I honesty have no idea what Kirino’s feeling right now. Did this decision truly make her happy? Is true happiness found in fulfilling a loved ones desires? Was her smile worth losing a part of herself? Maybe more than a part even.