alright Vivian Paper Mario being trans slaps obviously, like even aside from the representation being nice to have it also just feels like better writing, but why does it feel like Japanese games have at least historically written a lot of characters as weirdly‐handled crossdressing guys?? Chihiro Danganronpa (spoilers i guess) and Bridget Guilty Gear also immediately come to mind as examples of characters that didn’t feel relatable. does this question make sense. i really don’t know much about this, are there people out there who feel like these characters as they were written were actually great representation for anyone
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No clue as to the reason, my suspicion is that it has to do with some cultural information lost in translation of the Otokonoko concept.
wow the English Wikipedia article about this is practically empty in comparison to the equivalent Japanese Wikipedia article. 3 references vs. 577! no wonder Japanese culture feels so unknowable, i don’t think i could learn enough about this to comment on it intelligently even if i wanted to