Sword Art Online May Be The First Piece Of Media That Addresses The Real Story Of Being Transfem: Seeing

Sword Art Online may be the first piece of media that addresses the real story of being transfem: seeing yourself in a feminine way once, seeing how it makes you feel, and then deciding "Nope not gonna address that today" and then burying it inside you for 218 years.

So me and my friends have had an ongoing discussion on whether or not Kirito from Sword Art Online is transgender.

It's primarily a jokey thing based on some fun details like how Kirito has a female-only avatar in GunGale Online, that they feel more at home in an avatar than in their own body, that they were primarily reclusive and introverted, and got swept into a harem, and that in some of the newer SAO games you can customize the protagonist (make them a girl) and still be Kirito.

But like. I was playing one of the really old SAO games for the channel since I needed videos for this week and like.

Well.

The quote will speak for itself.

"Kirito… I was born Kazuto Kirigaia, yet that no longer feels like my name. Deep down I feel like I've always been Kirito, and I've abandoned that old self."

Get this bitch some estrogen NOW

“It’s gonna be ok, Elsa… Just come home with me.”

Elsanna stuff I started back in February and never finished. Oh well. orz

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT.

I've been looking all over the internet to find someone else who thinks Deku is a trans girl. Can you share exactly why and what caused you to headcanon Izuku as transfem?

between my thoughts on Izuku Midoriya (theyre transfem), Kazuto Kirigaya (theyre transfem) and Amano Yukiteru (theyre transfem) I think realistically if you put me in a room with an anime protagonist theyll come out on estrogen

So as its painfully aware for my channel viewers, I am doing a playthrough of Sword Art Online Lost Song. Its the second game in the gameverse series. Ive only played Lost Song since its all I had on my Vita.

Theres a scene in Lost Song where Philia comments on Leafa and Kirito, saying theyre closer to "forbidden lovers" than siblings, and then theres a cute scene between Leafa and Kirito where they explain theyre not bio siblings, but they still deeply care for eachother and even if they arent family in that way, theyre still eachothers brother and sister.

I thought it was cute since i was basing it off my knowledge of the anime and manga, not the games.

NOPE

In the previous game Hollow Fragment, there is a quest called the Sun and Moon Lovers where Kirito and Leafa dance to reunite two long lost lovers who turn out to be brother and sister. Afterwards Leafa confesses to Kirito and kisses them. They decide to share the two pendants of the Sun and Moon lovers. Cut to black.

Philia was 100% correct.