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lazykurocat

1 year ago

My thoughts on Kiruko as a trans man.

Now keep in mind all this is my opinion, but if I offend anyone I don’t care frankly so don’t try to start shit with me.

Kiruko is a character that spoke to me on the deepest level imaginable, he’s always been him. When he said “my body is a woman’s, but in here, my mind is a man’s. So… I’m a man” I lit up, I was so happy, I had never seen a character say something that is the very essence of how I feel as a trans man. But then I read further because I couldn’t just leave the cliff hanger of that episode… and then I saw the comments of so many transphobes being so glad that Kiruko “isn’t trans”… but the thing is he is on the deepest fundamental level he just is, it doesn’t matter how or why.

I don’t exactly know how else to say this, but I have a major problem with people who want Kiruko to be a girl… he’s not.

When Robin did what he did Kiruko was traumatised. He had not only lost his sister, but was just hurt by someone who he thought cared about both him and his sister… he trusted Robin, and what happened fucking broke him

I don’t think he truly wanted to become his sister in that moment, he wanted to escape and feel safe she was his only family and he wanted to feel like she was still with him in some way or another, he’s not a trans woman and I personally find people who think Kiruko is a trans woman fucked up, because you’re ignoring all of his trauma. I’m saying this as someone with a lot of trauma and CPTSD.

Being trans does not mean to become someone else, that want is a trauma response from what happened with Robin. and trauma doesn't make you trans. Kiruko’s mind is a man and his body isn’t, the feeling that your body isn’t your own is presented far more literally with Kiruko, but I’m sure any trans person can relate to the feeling that your body isn’t your own.