Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25951143-20150101110046/@comment-27098669-20160927195344

> « You could certainly say "well maybe he changed his mind", but there's no indication that this is the case and so you bringing it up is an obvious reach. »

And I definitely say that you have no indication of the opposite. Oh, unless you are a psychic. (That's a joke, not an offense.) So, just another speculation, not exactly a counter. See, both you and me are speculating here unless the author tells us his original intention and why did we had to get what we've got instead. His reason. Current state makes no sense to me and I try to offer some explanation. Deliberately going for a trans is something that might have happened, but Occam's razor tell me that's not the best guess.

> « scenes in the Election arc (so, running concurrently with Killua's affirmations that Alluka is a girl) have the Zoldyck family (yet again, minus Killua and Alluka) referring to Alluka as a boy »

> « some characters believe her to be a boy. »

I offer my explanation of why this could be this way, based on patriarchal families common to Japan. I don't try to argue with the fact, just offering some possible reasons for it to happen. Aside of transgender thing, that's again too complicated. And I find all plushy room and dresses thing strange for a 'serious unemotional assassin family' to do unless we're talking about a girl. Or an attempt to intimidate a boy, but that's highly unlikely.

> « Togashi certainly always had something planned for Alluka »

Yes! But that was a concept, you see. I'd say he wasn't going to reveal the character that soon, but the 2011 anime producers (contract terms, you name it) forced him to speed things up. And while he was thinking about this 'brother-in-concept' and even released first information (Illumi, Silva and other family members calling Alluka 'he' as an example), the character evolved. You know, great writers tend to share with public that characters often 'act on their own'. But that evolution led to a contradiction between early concept and current character. Chapters have already been released, there was no turning back. But the author could not think of a character as a boy anymore, that's why we see more feminine personality, the room, miko outfit and demeanor. I see this explanation as way more simple and obvious, happening to a number of others, elegant and generally believable. In layman's terms, it is more likely to be true than a complex one. It'd be really sad if the author went that 'transgender' path, it would be a halfhearted thing to do regarding both parties, 'cause I believe that if that was the author's intention all along, he would not led the audience in disputes like this one. He's not that bad, is he =)

So, that's why I'm leaning towards human error/evolving character due to haste in production and tight schedule given his talent. As an underlying reason. Not as a result or further explanation.