Thread:Cyberweasel89/@comment-2089817-20200227050534/@comment-2089817-20200305031949

The way I see it is very simple. If it's clear the author intended for Alice to come across as being transgender, and that's evident enough that it can be cited in the literature, then it's case closed. My only argument against that only stems from the possibility that if the author used male pronouns whenever having Alice talk or talked about, then it doesn't matter how the readers perceive it, if the author intended for Alice to be considered a male in spite of his own statements. However, I myself can't claim one or the other because I don't have the original text in front of me nor can I read Japanese fluently enough to make a judgement, but in cases like that, usually native readers can be reliable sources and so if they all agree with that, then it should be a simple conclusion.