#--as though theyve never realized that the intention behind reclaiming for oneself is different from a cishet man yelling at someone 🙄

[dangan-meme-palace]

The Kaito stans don't understand nuance and intent in language so let's take it from the top. Again.

TW for uncensored usage of some anti-LGBT+ slurs being used in a non-derogatory sense (otherwise they're censored.) CW for Kaito Slur Discourse.

Does Kaito call Korekiyo a slur in the original Japanese version of the game?

Yes. Yes he does.

But let's attempt, for just a moment, to give Kaito the benefit of the doubt here. Ok*ma isn't always used as a slur– for instance the Hitachiin twins from Ouran use it to refer to Haruhi's father, who dresses in drag, and neither party sees it as offensive– so it can be used inoffensively or not depending on the context, much like some of it's counterparts in English.

Which is to say that tranny bars and queer studies most certainly Exist and get referred to as such, but that doesn't mean a cishet guy can go around calling people tr*nnies or q***rs now, does it? Regardless of your stance on reclaiming slurs it's plain to see which usage is meant to shame and degrade LGBT+ people and which one isn't.

So then, here's the all-important question—

Does he mean it in a derogatory sense?

Yes. Yes he does.

Specifically in that moment Kaito yells at Korekiyo to "stop acting like an ok*ma!" implying that acting like a gay man/trans woman (by speaking effeminately, which is what caused Kaito to yell at him) is a Bad Thing and that Real Men shouldn't do that.

Is there any way for what he said and the way he said it to be less than derogatory?

No. No there isn't.

He was yelling. He was mad. His sprite was serious. Korekiyo used a more feminine tone of voice in Japanese and we know that that specifically is what caused Kaito to use the slur. He used the slur in it's derogatory sense correctly. This is not an "oops I used a word I didn't know because my grandparents said it" but an intentional negative comment about Korekiyo's behavior, LGBT+ people, and effeminate speech in general.

And before any poor, misinformed Kaito fan tries to mention it:

Kaito never apologized for acting this way.

When people were spreading that rumor did you ever notice that there are 0 screenshots of that happening? It's because it never did, it's another rumor made up by the fandom.

I hope that clears things up for fans of the game/fans of Kaito who genuinely want to know what's going on. Thanks for reading.