I thought Kanji was gonna be gay but nope. That was a bit disappointing. They made him attracted to Naoko when they dress and behave like a boy. There is some terrible logic underlying it which I won’t bother explaining but it really sucked they did that instead of just being normal.
Japanese media does do this often where the AFAB character adopts a masculine personality not because they like it but because they were coerced by patriarchal circumstamces. But deep down they yearn to be a woman and express their womanhood like by putting on a pretty dress. Biological determinism runs deep. I don’t know how it is now a days.
they fumbled Kanji’s sexuality so badly. he could have been gay, could have even been bi after the reveal about Naoto, but instead they leave things vague in the most annoying way. yeah, his story has a lot of to with accepting that things seem as traditionally feminine as fine for guys to do too, but they have him very clearly attracted to Naoto as a guy. so, much like abandoning what they were working to wit Yosuke, we’re left with this awkward end to his story and never get the payoff we deserve
My interpretation was that Kanji is straight but has feminine hobbies. His attraction to Naoto is their way of foreshadowing the discovery that Naoto is actually a girl. Kanji has some sort of a transvestigator radar that is able to see through Naoto’s masculine attire.
I thought Kanji was gonna be gay but nope. That was a bit disappointing. They made him attracted to Naoko when they dress and behave like a boy. There is some terrible logic underlying it which I won’t bother explaining but it really sucked they did that instead of just being normal.
Japanese media does do this often where the AFAB character adopts a masculine personality not because they like it but because they were coerced by patriarchal circumstamces. But deep down they yearn to be a woman and express their womanhood like by putting on a pretty dress. Biological determinism runs deep. I don’t know how it is now a days.
Yeah the Ace Attorney series did this a lot too
they fumbled Kanji’s sexuality so badly. he could have been gay, could have even been bi after the reveal about Naoto, but instead they leave things vague in the most annoying way. yeah, his story has a lot of to with accepting that things seem as traditionally feminine as fine for guys to do too, but they have him very clearly attracted to Naoto as a guy. so, much like abandoning what they were working to wit Yosuke, we’re left with this awkward end to his story and never get the payoff we deserve
My interpretation was that Kanji is straight but has feminine hobbies. His attraction to Naoto is their way of foreshadowing the discovery that Naoto is actually a girl. Kanji has some sort of a transvestigator radar that is able to see through Naoto’s masculine attire.