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I'm tentatively excited about this one so far. I went in cautious, because I've mostly seen "otokonoko" used as a fetish term in a very transphobic way, and anime doesn't have a great track record with gender diversity, but I think this went well overall. I expect we're in for a pretty deep exploration of Makoto's gender identity and expression and the transphobia / femmephobia that exist in their life specifically and in the culture at large, and I am here for it. What I am not here for, though, is Aoi's chaser attitude (hopefully she gets better), which makes her character feel very weak when contrasted against Ryuuji's secret crush and his obviously complicated feelings about sexuality and how gender plays into that.
Overall, I enjoyed this episode and am choosing (for now) to give it the benefit of the doubt that it won't turn transphobic itself by the end. 4/5
I was worried at first but it seems like this show is actually pretty well written. Whether it gets better or worse remains to be seen but the first episode makes me think that it's going to be good. I mean, it's not exactly a high bar to clear but the representation was done right imo at the very start so I'm optimistic. I can see the internalized transphobia, and Makoto isn't being fetishized or being made the butt of the joke. I think I'm going to end up getting attached to the main cast.