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Originally Posted by karice67
It's characterisation that's spread over the first two volumes (and probably over the last two, but I haven't gotten to them yet) so I don't know if I can even summarise it properly, but let's see how it goes.
Spoiler for just in case (mini 1st movie spoiler too):
Basically, it goes back to something Kawamori said about Alto in the episode 10 commentary...I think it's something that the creators wanted us to consider when watching the series (Kawamori indicates as much in a couple of interviews I've skimmed), but only a couple of people brought it up back then and no one really discussed it. Which is possibly one of the reasons they made it explicit in the 1st movie (i.e. "Am I a man? Am I a woman?").
Except that the novels go a bit further into the implications of what it meant: i.e. especially considering he started acting at such a young age, probably before he was even able to form an identity for himself.
Personally, I'm still trying to get my head around what this means for Alto's relationships with the two girls. For example, one of the effects could be that he doesn't even try to understand what Sheryl and Ranka are thinking wrt him because that involves thinking like a woman again...
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I'm of somewhat mixed feelings about this. On one hand I don't want to dismiss something's canonicity just because I want to stick to reading the characters the way I'd read them previously. On the other hand however I really feel that if something is that important it should be made clear in the main material itself, not left for other sources to bring to light.
All that being said, would you be willing to provide some details about what the book said about what this meant for Alto? Or did it actually say anything about the effects it had on him? Are we left to form our own conclusions completely or did it spell some things out?
Your own bit of speculation is interesting although I'm not sure I buy into it completely at this point. Even if it would be a good counter to use against the people who keep accusing Alto of being stupid or dense. :lol: