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** Sagara's character arc and reasons to ultimately identify as female can be very alienating to Western readers, not only because of different views of genderqueerness, but more general philosophy of individualism versus harmony. Basically every reason given for Sagara to follow the SecondLawOfGenderBending is based on how they fit into the environment around them (what Kurokawa's finds attractive; what will make dating Narumi more socially acceptable; positive changes to Sagara's lives where their sex was incidental), not their own self-perception. Sagara's ultimate decisions--that they're a girl even if they wish they were "still" a boy--is ''fundamentally nonsensical'' to most definitions of gender identity.
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** Sagara's character arc and reasons to ultimately identify as female can be very alienating to Western readers, not only because of different views of genderqueerness, but more general philosophy of individualism versus harmony. Basically every reason given for Sagara to follow the SecondLawOfGenderBending is based on how they fit into the environment around them (what Kurokawa's Kurokawas finds attractive; what will make dating Narumi more socially acceptable; positive changes to Sagara's lives where their sex was incidental), not their own self-perception. Sagara's ultimate decisions--that they're a girl even if they wish they were "still" a boy--is ''fundamentally nonsensical'' to most definitions of gender identity.
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* TearJerker: Aya's backstory She's kind, bright, diligent and studious, just what you'd expect in a class representative, but she's also a StepfordSmiler steeped in self loathing because her whole family (herself included) consider her nothing more than a ReplacementGoldfish for her deceased older sister. She doesn't allow herself any credit for her own actions and firmly believes "The real me is ugly."
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* TearJerker: Aya's backstory She's kind, bright, diligent and studious, just what you'd expect in a class representative, but she's also a StepfordSmiler steeped in self loathing because her whole family (herself included) consider her nothing more than a ReplacementGoldfish for her deceased older sister. She doesn't allow herself any credit for her own actions and firmly believes "The real me is ugly.""
* ValuesDissonance:
** Sagara's character arc and reasons to ultimately identify as female can be very alienating to Western readers, not only because of different views of genderqueerness, but more general philosophy of individualism versus harmony. Basically every reason given for Sagara to follow the SecondLawOfGenderBending is based on how they fit into the environment around them (what Kurokawa's finds attractive; what will make dating Narumi more socially acceptable; positive changes to Sagara's lives where their sex was incidental), not their own self-perception. Sagara's ultimate decisions--that they're a girl even if they wish they were "still" a boy--is ''fundamentally nonsensical'' to most definitions of gender identity.
** By that same token, Kurokawa's attempts to get Sagara to act more feminine can come off as [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic much more intrusive and manipulative than intended]].
* TearJerker: Aya's backstory She's kind, bright, diligent and studious, just what you'd expect in a class representative, but she's also a StepfordSmiler steeped in self loathing because her whole family (herself included) consider her nothing more than a ReplacementGoldfish for her deceased older sister. She doesn't allow herself any credit for her own actions and firmly believes "The real me is ugly.
* ValuesDissonance:
** Sagara's character arc and reasons to ultimately identify as female can be very alienating to Western readers, not only because of different views of genderqueerness, but more general philosophy of individualism versus harmony. Basically every reason given for Sagara to follow the SecondLawOfGenderBending is based on how they fit into the environment around them (what Kurokawa's finds attractive; what will make dating Narumi more socially acceptable; positive changes to Sagara's lives where their sex was incidental), not their own self-perception. Sagara's ultimate decisions--that they're a girl even if they wish they were "still" a boy--is ''fundamentally nonsensical'' to most definitions of gender identity.
** By that same token, Kurokawa's attempts to get Sagara to act more feminine can come off as [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic much more intrusive and manipulative than intended]].
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*TearJerker: Aya's backstory She's kind, bright, diligent and studious, just what you'd expect in a class representative, but she's also a StepfordSmiler steeped in self loathing because her whole family (herself included) consider her nothing more than a ReplacementGoldfish for her deceased older sister. She doesn't allow herself any credit for her own actions and firmly believes "The real me is ugly."
