Board Thread:Manga Discussion/@comment-32189512-20180216130910/@comment-25506276-20180415050140

2601:600:C880:32E2:C5EA:AF96:C2D9:3EEE wrote: 73.94.20.6 wrote:

Neferpitou = ?/female? We don't know much about Chimera ant biology, it could be anything from asexual to sequential hermaphroditism. She is cute in a toboyish way. while I agree with the rest of your statements, this one bothers me. Never once is Pitou refered to as female. Unlike all the other ants who use gendered pronouns and language, pitou is always adressed by their name or using "it". Out of all these characters Pitou would be considered non binary. Pitou is not male nor are they female. Pitou may look feminine and girly but gender presentation =/= gender, just because someone looks like one gender doesnt mean they are that gender.

You're making no less of an assumption than the person you replied to, and you're making a xenophobic one at that. Gender neutral language is ubiquitous in Japanese and doesn't necessarily correlate to a western perspective of non-binary gender identity and language, so at this point any assertations that gender presentation of this or any similar character does or does not equate with actual gender are equally inconclusive within context until further clarification from the source material is provided. I'm not saying you or anyone else are completely in the wrong but an imperialistic take on the Japanese language to frame a character as you'd like isn't going to do you any favors.