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Especially for a Japanese author portrayal of lgbt community and mental health was pretty good. Japan is pretty closed off about these things.
I completely agree with you about that character. I was also disappointed they didn't label them correctly as trans :(
Same...Japan really has to start opening up a little and stop rejecting or trying to hide things so much
Is no one going to comment about the lgbt portrayal here. Personally I'm very surprised they made this not just about liking the same gender but also that it mentions lgbt community aspects of life. Its portrayed so much within the protagonist how homosexuality really is and the difficulties of liking the same gender.
I'm only a bit disappointed that they made that character we saw with the blond hair (sorry can't remember name) didn't get much trans portrayal and just dismissed them as gay. I really thought since the manager said they felt wrong about putting him/her in the males bathroom was like forcing a woman to go meant that they were recognising that he/she was female. They also mentioned that he/she had bad memories with bathrooms. I hope I'm not the only one feeling bad about this.
Other than that I really enjoyed how the author manages to portrayal loneliness and the fear of being in love. A lot of this manga was quite realistic that way.