Ookami wa Tsuki ni Koi wo Suru - Ch. 31 - My True, Unfalsified Self

[MangaDex]

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

Ty for translation

 

[Wonderlands]

gl with uni!!

 

[Chizan]

I'd say something about her eyes, but that's already been said a thousand times..

 

[Manewatchout]

Annie are you okay Annie are you okay! Are you okay, Coz you've been hit by you've been hit by a smooth Criminal. Anyway get married or something

 

[Lunkli]

Okay, well that was unexpected. You've really outdone yourself today, huh Japan? We'll have to see how the author treats it, though. Also, I'm "excited" to see how many people show up in the comments here to complain either about the actual "reveal" or about people discussing it.

 

[EMJzero]

As always, thank you very much for the chapter!

 

[Bonzalez]

So I interpret one's "heart being male" to mean being trans masc, but she says that's not how she feels, but then seems to describe what being trans feels like. Is it the author being too scared to include an explicitly trans character, or is the character written to be somewhat in denial, or am I reading this wrong entirely?

 

[Andasen]

The manga changed genre in the middle, what's with this kaguya-sama kind of plot

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

So I interpret one's "heart being male" to mean being trans masc, but she says that's not how she feels, but then seems to describe what being trans feels like. Is it the author being too scared to include an explicitly trans character, or is the character written to be somewhat in denial, or am I reading this wrong entirely?

From what I get she’s not trans at all.

But hates the label of being a girl probably either due to trauma or feeling like being a girl carries some negative connotation or expectations of her that she feels she could never fit or live up to due to liking more “boyish” things.

But I agree her entire thing is so weird and just confuses me what the author wants out of this character.

 

[RollOmega]

Karasuma might just be non-binary without realizing that that's a thing one can be.

 

[razorshaleh]

senpai still tsundere, MC still can't be honest

thank you for translating

 

[QuantumQuake]

From what I get she’s not trans at all.

But hates the label of being a girl probably either due to trauma or feeling like being a girl carries some negative connotation or expectations of her that she feels she could never fit or live up to due to liking more “boyish” things.

But I agree her entire thing is so weird and just confuses me what the author wants out of this character.

Nah, they're probably NB. They feel dysphoria (like crystal clear dysphoria). But they don't identify as male at heart. While societal expectations definitely can play into it, they aren't appalled with how women are treated, they just don't want to be treated like one.

And before anyone says that NB isn't a concept in Japan, look up x-gender on Wikipedia

 

[Sunji27]

That was close.... almost exposed






Thank you for the TL

 

[HLSiu]

Am i the onlY one 1/4 hate reading this

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

Nah, they're probably NB. They feel dysphoria (like crystal clear dysphoria). But they don't identify as male at heart. While societal expectations definitely can play into it, they aren't appalled with how women are treated, they just don't want to be treated like one.

And before anyone says that NB isn't a concept in Japan, look up x-gender on Wikipedia

Thats why I said this could be trauma or personally attaching a negative trait to being a girl.

She doesn’t have to be appalled with how women are treated just that she doesn’t think she could ever be a girl or is too tomboyish to be a typical one.

For example, she specifically states “I don’t like being treated like a girl” and is upset when Ikeno when he was “interested in her as a girl” and she says “Me simply being a girl is not something I can accept”

She has a problem clearly with the connotation of being a girl and feels it to be chaining. Like being a girl in and of itself isn’t bad to her but the fact that being a girl prevents her from something. Its why she says she doesn’t want to be simply a girl or her efforts to be seen as amounting to a girl’s only.

Besides that fact she still refers to herself as a girl. Considering the author explicitly stated she isn’t trans or gay makes it very unlikely for the author to make her a NB…especially when NB isn’t something mainstream in Japanese manga genres like Yaoi, Yuri, or Genderswap genres.

 

[Celespirit]

Karasuma might just be non-binary without realizing that that's a thing one can be.

retarded ahh

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

Thats why I said this could be trauma or personally attaching a negative trait to being a girl.

She doesn’t have to be appalled with how women are treated just that she doesn’t think she could ever be a girl or is too tomboyish to be a typical one.

For example, she specifically states “I don’t like being treated like a girl” and is upset when Ikeno when he was “interested in her as a girl” and she says “Me simply being a girl is not something I can accept”

She has a problem clearly with the connotation of being a girl and feels it to be chaining. Like being a girl in and of itself isn’t bad to her but the fact that being a girl prevents her from something. Its why she says she doesn’t want to be simply a girl or her efforts to be seen as amounting to a girl’s only.

Besides that fact she still refers to herself as a girl. Considering the author explicitly stated she isn’t trans or gay makes it very unlikely for the author to make her a NB…especially when NB isn’t something mainstream in Japanese manga genres like Yaoi, Yuri, or Genderswap genres.

Yup.

She is rejecting allowing herself to be confined to traditional gender roles without wanting to otherwise change her identity. She likes wearing men's clothes, she likes doing masculine activities, but doesn't feel like a man or wish to become one.
She has no doubts she's female, she just doesn't want to be "a girl".

If this was a real person I'd also suspect trauma, but its manga so that's probably reading into things too much.

I'm curious about how this world view specifically plays into her views of relationships but, speculating:
So in Japan, same-sex relationships even those that get physical are more... normalized... than traditionally they have been in the west, but what the people neglect is that it is mostly because its viewed as phase that they will grow out of; eventually they will get married and move out the place they are sharing with their ROOMMATE. So its sort of expected that once you are in your mid-20s and entering the working world all your "playing around" and not conforming to society and society's expectations is done and overwith.

So I think what she's talking about when she's saying she doesn't want to viewed as a girl is she is comfortable being female, and she wants a boyfriend, but that boyfriend needs to understands this isn't just a phase of hers; she's not going "grow out of it", she's not going to start wearing cute dresses jsut because they are going out, she's not going to want to be a good little housewife.Anyone she dates is going to have to accept she's not going to become "girly" and is cognizant of how big of an ask that is.

 

[Kagimizu]

Maybe it's because of my friend groups or abundance of media intake, but I don't really see the problem. But then again I enjoy JoCat's content, and he's a cishet male who happens to like dresses and feminine clothes.

So to me it reads as a girl who feels stifled by and resentful of gender norms, hence why she detests being seen or treated "as a girl". She likes wearing cool, "boyish" clothes and has "boyish" hobbies, and just wants to be able to be who she is without other peoples' pressure or expectations of conformity.

Sounds (like it should be) pretty simple to me.

 

[orangerain7734]

"I know you like me for looking girly, but I honestly don't like it and would rather wear more boyish clothes and look more like one, and I'm not going to change my mind on this design choice anytime soon."

You could literally shorten that whole 'revelation' to ^that^, and I think a lot of guys would be fine with that if they were in front of her. Most men's clothes these days might as well be viewed as unisex at this point. As long as you know you're a woman and have the genetics for it, you're good and mentally healthy.

Now, if you're a man who wants to wear a dress and look more like a girl ... I'm stepping faaaaaar away from that topic.