Seibetsu Fushou ni Koi wo shimashita. - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - I fell in love with X-gender

[MangaDex]

 

[Narancia5]

slams desk
I'M EFFIN COMMITTING TO THIS MANGA THAT IS HITTING REAL CLOSE TO HOME!

 

[loonacrunch]

Hideyoshi gender

 

[pop_x3]

They look cute

 

[ShrimpShady]

Non-binary romcom??? Utter woke nonsense

 

[Lunkli]

I like this premise. I hope someone picks it up, but if not, I'll be waiting for that release in three months. If nothing comes out by then, heads will roll. (Not really, though. Only translate it if you want to.)

(Also, FYI to anyone who else who thinks this looks interesting: It currently seems to be getting review-bombed, so you should rate it highly if you'd like to help offset that.)

 

[kurisu]

I'll be waiting for that release in three months. If nothing comes out by then, heads will roll.

 

[Hicleric]

I am suddenly reminded of a story that we read in middle school about a child raised as genderless (in the story, they identified just as X) and the positive impact they had on their more conventionally gendered classmates. I never really appreciated how wonderfully subversive it was at the time (this was...thirty years ago ), since it just made sense.

 

[sverhnovyi]

Noooo, the american brainrot reached the japenis people

 

[fujoyoshi]

Noooo, the american brainrot reached the japenis people

you took a wrong turn

 

[Idiot69]

I looked up X-gender and every source I found says it's just the Japanese term for non-binary
The only difference seems to be the flag.

 

[Astromarine]

Please don't be a series where he "fixes" them.

 

[ErikTheRed]

Quite rude of him to ask them such a personal question just after meeting. Hope its not indicative of what to come from this manga.

 

[Eija]

Quite rude of him to ask them such a personal question just after meeting. Hope its not indicative of what to come from this mangaView attachment 18840.

yeah, rubbed me the wrong way, but i want to see more nonbinary people in manga so im gonna stick with this for at least a bit and hope the guy just learns (to be better i mean)

 

[zalagires]

Japan is cool using physical indicators,
compared to the West using ideological indicators.

and yes LGBT and xgender completely different

there is cute x gender, such as Luca in kanata no astra
or mangaka Watase yuu

 

[ShrimpShady]

Noooo, the american brainrot reached the japenis people

We support the LGBTQ+ community 'round these parts. Take yo ass to another manga aggregator site

 

[monkey123]

Noooo, the american brainrot reached the japenis people

Always has been!

 

[RacistDith]

You know what they say: “If there’s a hole, there’s a goal.”

 

[MidnighTea]

X-gender as a term has been around in Japan since at least the 1990's, first catching on in the Kansai region. If you think this is brand new and that Japan has been "sullied" by gender politics, you're either too young to know better or you were deluded into thinking Japan was a monolithic conservative paradise and just got a harsh overdue wake-up call. While we're at it, maybe we could discuss classic okama culture? Or visual kei pop stars? (and how one named Mana helped popularize gothic lolita fashion)

.... nah, let's stay on topic.

Hot take, but I like "X-Gender" better than "nonbinary". Nonbinary sounds like something a computer would identify as. X-Gender just inherently sounds badass, as almost anything starting with "X" does. It also doesn't center the concept of binary gender identity as something one has to be considered an exception from.
If the manga is this informed about the whole concept I'm going to show a lot more hope for it than others in this thread. In fact, I'll even bet the protagonist is the one who winds up exploring his gender identity a bit more. Sometimes all it takes is seeing someone live their personal truth to make you realize examining your sense of self was even an option.

 

[Shita-kiri_Suzume]

Noooo, the american brainrot reached the japenis people

This district has been around since the '50s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Ni-chōme