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Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo
It isn't necessarily that important, as people have said, but I don't think we have to regard the Shinsengumi as a bunch of airheads because they didn't recognize her as a girl. In those days, I don't think women would ever have worn male clothing, as she did. It might even have been illegal, as it was to wear the clothing of a different social class. And her hairstyle, while it might look feminine to us, was like the other guys'.
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In addition to those good points, they really weren't
trying to figure out she was a girl. Some of them were apparently told she was a girl, and accepted it at face value. It seems two of them knew she was a girl all along, they just didn't mention it to the others. Again, not that it matters much.