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[MangaDex]

 

[thatother1dude]

Before the end, Suzu seemed relatively OK with the idea of Matsuri deciding to stay a girl, even if she finds him more attractive as a male.

I can't tell if she changed her mind more because seeing Matsuri dressed up all girly made her uncomfortable, or because she sees Soga as a romantic rival so long as Matsuri is female.

 

[SuperOniichan]

@thatother1dude Is it? She originally wanted him to return to male form even more than he himself.

 

[Raydnt]

@thatother1dude
She wants him as guy cause she wants the D

 

[Darkenning]

@thatother1dude: A person can have more than one reason to want something.

 

[Smileyguy]

a classic gender bend moment
enjoyable as always, seeing suzu watch how her yuri route may be in the slightiest bit of danger makes me happy

 

[TrumanHanson117]

The thing is, changing his gender will not change his sexuality because those are mostly unrelated.

So yuri time.

 

[thatother1dude]

@TrumanHanson117: Changing physical sex isn’t the same as changing gender (identity). It shouldn’t flip everything, but logically it could put anyone who wasn’t gay before somewhere on the bisexual spectrum.

Anyway, Matsuri’s 15 and only showed attraction to one person. How can we be sure he wasn’t at least somewhat attracted to guys from the start?

 

[SuperOniichan]

@thatother1dude @TrumanHanson117 To begin with, speculation for the sake of speculation is idiocy. Continuing that you shouldn't take Suzu's thoughts too seriously and Matsuri is not going to "change gender". And finally, don't even try to understand Japan with Western "things." For the Japanese, gender and sexuality are synonymous.

@Smileyguy Seriously dude. It's like you're reading a completely different manga. The character has been literally trying to get the MC back into male form all this time, but somehow you were able to see what she wants and worries about her yuri route.

 

[Smileyguy]

@SuperOniichan
that's unlikely to happen tho
this manga is destined to be the suzu x matsuru ending.
but I really, really doubt that matsuru will go back to his male form, so it's at least 90% sure that this will have a yuri ending (not a fan of yuri myself but I can live with it)
It's almost like the opposite version of Boku Girl (where it was made very clear from the begging that mizuki would end up with takeru, but they still gave some scenes that fujiwara might have a chance or smth)
I know matsuru won't end up with Soga, but seeing her blushing before him makes me happy even if I know it's just bait

 

[SuperOniichan]

@Smileyguy This is shonen ecchi gender bender, which is essentially the ecchi version of Ranma. You shouldn't compare this to the "commnon" gender bender titles. Seriously. Matsuri doesn't have to end with Soga to get a common het ending.

 

[Smileyguy]

@SuperOniichan
so was boku girl, it had both the "shonen" and "ecchi" and constantly played around with the possibility of mizuki going back to being a man, hell he even went back to his male form for a whole arc.
It could go both ways, like I said boku girl had exactly the same tags and you know how it ended (I liked the ending, though it seems a bunch of people didn't)
guess we'll have to wait and see, but imo I really don't think that Matsuru will go back to his male form, though that's only my point of view

 

[SuperOniichan]

@Smileyguy Well, you yourself mention that it had a pretty common straight ending. But anyway, we really better sit down and see how it ends than speculate about how it COULD end lol.

 

[NinjaGoemon]

Delicious genderbend shame. Matsuri is still best girl.

 

[thatother1dude]

@Smileyguy: Boku Girl was quick to show the protagonist being a girl as better for everyone. Mizuki becoming male again even temporarily was to show they wanted to be a girl instead of accepting they had to be a one, and that being female was not the be-all and end-all of Mizuki's feelings for Takeru. (Also, it's seinen, not shonen, but that's besides the point.)

While Ayakashi Triangle has emphasized upsides to Matsuri's transformation (realizing he loved Suzu, making actual friends), they're not really tied to staying female. Recent chapters have even shown Matsuri growing less tolerant of his situation. That's not really proof he'll become male again (it could even make it more impactful if he decided otherwise), but it's certainly not obvious he'll stay female in the end.

As for Soga/Matsuri, I see a high chance of Matsuri ultimately staying faithful to Suzu, but still reciprocating some feelings for Soga. I don't consider that "bait", because I view a romance as having value beyond the couple being together in the end, or convincing the audience they might. And it's not like there's some huge resistance to it; I've looked at a bunch of posts about the series in Japan, and Soga/Matsuri is a quite popular ship.

 

[Stormtomte]

Gothic Lolita was the best outfit by far.
Not that it suited Matsuri as a character.

You know what a good thing to do would be Suzu?
Talk with Matsuri.
That's not really gonna happen since it's all part of the comedy.

 

[mimisan]

its weird that after all this time matsuri is still wearing a fundoshi

 

[MangaMonger]

"Don't get me wrong, Ninokuru! I'm still a fundoshi type of guy." What did he mean by this?

A pretty off-the-rails chapter. I guess Yabuki wanted to solidified the love triangle's insanity.

 

[thatother1dude]

@MangaMonger: For Matsuri, the biggest embarrassment isn't being seen by his male senpai in lingerie, it's being seen without the fundoshi he considered part of the exorcist ninja uniform.

 

[Brooshie]

good to see that their love isn't one sided