

(last minute addition- I was looking at some stuff, and saw someone say Nanako doesn’t specify a gender in the original language. (also her outfit is much nicer and suits her more in the manga, just saying).īut that’s kind of small compared to the literal last line of the anime reassuring everyone that yes, now that Nanako is older she has also found a man as is appropriate, as is r eal, like her mother said!

She’s more feminine and that’s a Choice, but she’s wearing pants still, on what may well be her wedding day, whereas in the anime it’s like, now that’s i’m married to a man it’s gotta be in a wedding dress and even in the airport I’m in a skirt: These lines actually aren’t in the manga! The anime went out of it’s way to add this!Īnother thing that isn’t in the manga is Kaoru going from never ever wearing skirts to wearing skirts the second she gets married. and just to hammer it in, they have Rei’s phantom come up and confirm,: yes, none of my feelings were legitimate because they weren’t for a man, also you will someday also find a man to love.Īnd then Nanako’s mother also tells her she hasn’t truly loved because she hasn’t been with a man too.

Like, you think it would be the opposite since one was 20 years after the other but nope.įirst of all, I knew this was a class S originator, none of the queer relationships would work out in the end and there was going to be that subtext that “this stuff is okay in high school but you’re going to conform to your expected gender role and meet a man in the end”, but I was a little shocked that the anime came out and SAID IT.įukiko pissing all over her sister’s grave.
