Indeed... Chapter 23 sets up the idea of Minami
living as a girl very explicitly, and chapter 8 is frankly just Minami experiencing dysphoria... it was absolutely on Kashii-sensei's radar. Maybe he changed his mind, maybe the publisher said no, or maybe it was something else entirely, but regardless I really think there was going to be a major plotline on the topic that was scrapped in favor of maintaining the status quo