#-male Chihiro headcanons.

[astro-b-o-y-d]

"I think the [Robbie from Victorious is transgender] theory is really 'funny' when you study it closely because not only do you have to believe that Robbie is transgender, but that all of his friends are bigots." How does Quinton just never miss with this stuff?

[twenty-orange-balloons]

Chihiro is not female. I understand where you are coming from but he is not female. Chihiro coming out as not being female is a big reason he was killed. That was a very important part of his trial that happened.

[shsl-analyzer-guy]

So recently I made a post about why I think Chihiro makes the most sense within the context of her own story as a transfem. It was a post made right after an all nighter, so I'm honestly surprised how coherent I was able to make it lol, but anyways, I wanted to keep talking about it. I think I covered pretty well about why Chihiro being trans is more impactful for her, but not so much why transfem specifically, and not transmasc. Basically, the goal of this post is to explain why I think a lot of people are weirded out by the transmasc headcanon in a way that hopefully doesn't feel like an attack

I'm well aware that a lot of people that enjoy transmasc Chihiro are transmasc themselves, and see themselves in said interpretation. This is generally true of a lot of trans interpretations of characters, but especially here, as the canon explanation of Chihiro's character is "he feels immensely uncomfortable pretending to be a girl so people won't make fun of him." I myself used to adore the transmasc headcanon. I hc'd Chihiro as wearing a packer, that Kyoko could tell it was an artificial dick, and everything that followed was the class being Super Cool about trans people because it just seemed like the easiest out for all the transphobia within her story. Besides, I quite liked Chihiro, and 'boy who feels like he must dress like a girl for people to assume his identity' was something I related to a lot.

The thing is, the more I looked into that interpretation, the less sense it starts to make. Again, as a GNC trans man, I like to wear skirts and things like that. Clothes don't have gender, after all, and they can be way more comfortable than pants, especially when you don't shave. But Chihiro isn't GNC. Her story as it's meant to be interpreted expressly says feminine clothing makes her feel lesser than. She's described (by Monokuma ofc) as hating said femininity. It makes her feel weaker, like those skirts and female identity is an inherent weakness. And that's what I think the main problem is; even when under the guide of being a trans man, Chihiro's story still falls as one rooted in misogyny as most logically presented.

The story presented in chapter 2 is inherently male-centric, to the point where its title is "Boys' Life of Despair". It's a story about men, questioning the identity of men, and focused wholly on men. The one (canonically) fem character that's important to the chapter's plot is Toko, and only to perpetuate an ableist trope as a red herring. Even then, when Syo reveals herself, all her dialogue is explaining why men are so important to her. I don't think having a subplot that focuses on male characters or the concept of masculinity is a bad idea on paper, especially not when within the confines of an overarching plot that very much does utilize women as leading characters, but in practice, the plotline about toxic masculinity is used *at the expense of* women, rather than existing in tandem with them.

Throughout the entire chapter, it's established that women are weaker via Chihiro. When Mondo says that women are naturally weaker, Chihiro starts crying, and Mondo is made to apologize. HOWEVER, the reason he apologizes is not because of the blatant misogyny of the statement, but rather, because he yelled too loud. Even when Hina and Sakura are involved in the conversation, neither of them seem to care about the sexism. Even in the stage play, when Sakura DOES take offense to it, it's shrugged off as a gag, with Mondo saying she's 'special.' Sakura is held as an exception to the rule. AT NO POINT IN THIS CHAPTER IS THE ASSERTION THAT WOMEN ARE INHERENTLY WEAKER THAN MEN EVER CONTESTED. Later in the same chapter, Makoto (the player character whom we're supposed to be projecting onto) says that Mondo was right, and that girls aren't strong.

Chihiro's backstory and the way she views herself *as presented by others* only reinforces this idea. The parallels between Chihiro and Mondo are a story about strength and weakness. Chihiro is physically weak but mentally strong, and Mondo is physically strong but mentally weak. This is the point of them being paired together, and the foundation upon which everything else found in the chapter is built on. So when you have Chihiro, a canonical man who wears skirts, and give her an inferiority complex about her weakness that's inherently tied to how similar she is to women, you end up with an inherently misogynistic narrative. According to Danganronpa, Chihiro is weak BECAUSE of her similarities to women, as is enforced by the language used and the presentation of Chihiro's identity. Similarly, the assertion that Chihiro makes to Mondo defining her 'mental strength' is the assertion to no longer be fem-presenting, to destroy everything feminine about her and to become a 'real man' like how she perceives Mondo. This part by itself could be interpreted as transmasc, but when paired with the rest of the chapter's insistence of the weakness of women? It's not transphobic anymore, sure, but it still has that inherent core of misogyny, without any real acknowledgement or deconstruction of it in the way that the transfem headcanon does.

Ultimately, fiction is meant to be interpreted by those who consume it, and you can fanonize as much as you want. Just don't be too surprised when women, especially trans women, don't like the way you're interpreting it. It is always worth deconstructing your own biases and the way you consume media

[72crowe89]

If the Sword Master is Chihiro's mother

I have this crack theory that the Sword Master is female and Chihiro's mother.

In my headcanon, she was this stoic, legendary swordswoman who, because of her fame and personality, everyone was afraid to approach. Everyone except for Kunishige, who would do goofy things around her in the vain attempt to make her laugh. She actually found them funny, but had too much dignity to laugh.

Then one day, Kunishige finds her at her garden. The Sword Master cherishes her garden because it shows that her hands can also bring forth life, not just take it away. Kunishige also confesses that he's horrified by what his (normal for now) swords have done. Their mutual vulnerabilities lead to them growing closer together. It also leads Kunishige to an idea: a sword that can produce life and death together. One that won't just be dedicated to killing people but cultivating life. One that will literally grow a garden out of the bodies of the fallen. One based on the duality of his true love, the Sword Master. Thus, Magatsumi is created specifically for her.

As the Seitei War starts and wages on, Kunishige continues to create other Enchanted blades to turn the tide in their favor. The Sword Master discovers she's pregnant with Chihiro sometime during the war, but continues to fight until it's time to give birth to him, with no one being any wiser.

As much as she loves her son and husband, however, the war ends up changing her, becoming extremely nihilistic and misanthropic. It's humanity's fault that the world is as cruel as it is: the swordsmen, the swordsmiths, the government that orders them, and the people whom they protect. If there were no more humans, then there would be no more war, only beautiful fields of flowers growing from their corpses.

Naturally, of course, she can't be allowed to do that, so she's captured and imprisoned with the help of the other sword bearers and Kunishige. Kunishige, however, mourns what happened to his beloved, especially since there is so much of Chihiro in her that it's painful to look at him at times. It's also leads to his caginess about Magatsumi in particular.

Only those closest to Kunishige and the Sword Master knew about their relationship. Now since the Kamunabi have Chihiro's DNA, however, a lot more are going to find out.

(Of course, this crack theory is a moot point if the Sword Master is refer to as male in the original Japanese).

[00himesaurus00]

you ever notice how the general fandom reception of a transfem headcanon of a femmy/crossdressing amab character seems directly proportional to how much of a malicious stereotype they are? like

chihiro/rui/feris/astolfo types: endless pages of discourse about gnc male erasure, a thing that is not a real problem at all even remotely

james pokemon/link loz/cloud ff7 and similar: ostensibly accepted in lots of "I can see them trans any direction :D!" but rarely any definitively transfem content

magne bnha/morley one piece/frank n furter genuinely offensive caricatures: "total genderfuck icon" held up as gold standard no matter what the many many actually transfem detractors say

and that's not even to mention the amount of Just A Guy cis men that get commonly assigned transfem by fandoms for basically no reason (the dude from stranger things, those supernatural brothers, the werewolf guy from harry potter) that then proceed to never depict those characters living and existing as women they just happen to be the bottom in a lot of yaoislop pairings

idk I just find it interesting

[somberauthor]

Masterlist!

Homestuck

John Egbert finds out you haven't watched ghostbusters

John Egbert <3 reader (HEADCANONS)

John Egbert and you have a sleepover

Rose Lalonde gets given a dress you made

Rose Lalonde + Jade Harley <> Reader (HEADCANONS)

Dave Strider and john egbert fight over glasses

Dave Strider gets called by his middle name

Dave Strider talks to karkat very seriously

Dave Strider <3< Reader (HEADCANONS)

Dave Strider tells john that nic cage is most likely dead

Dave Strider <3 Reader (HEADCANONS)

Dave Strider falling asleep on call with you

Dave Strider finds out your horns are sensitive (SFW, its not weird)

Strider cuddling headcanons

Beta Kids Sleepover (HEADCANONS)

Humanstuck (HEADCANONS)

Aradia Megido <3 Troll! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Aradia Megido <3 Fem! Horror Artist! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Tavros Nitram gets pushed around in his wheelchair

Mituna Captor plays just dance with you (HEADCANONS)

Karkat Vantas + Sollux Captor <3 AFAB! Reader (PERIOD HEADCANONS)

Karkat Vantas <3 Reader (STORY)

Kanaya Maryam, John Egbert, and Equius Zahhak with a S/O with a high pain tolerance

Eridan Ampora <3 Reader (HEADCANONS + STORY)

Feferi Peixes <3 Reader (HEADCANONS)

Hiveswap

Marvus Xoloto <> PurpleBlood! Masc! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Chahut Maenad + Marvus Xoloto <3 Human! Reader (STORY)

Karako Pierot <> Reader (HEADCANONS)

Vast Error

Arcjec Voorat <3 Reader (HEADCANONS)

Hamifi Hekrix <3 Reader (HEADCANONS)

Edolon Vryche <3 Mirthamaniac! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Calder Kerian <3 Reader (HEADCANONS)

Calder Kerian <3 Reader (HEADCANONS) but fluffier

Void Bound

Formik Amoros <3 Reader (HEADCANONS)

Metalocalypse

Toki + Reader (HEADCANONS)

TADC (The Amazing Digital Circus)

Cast + TV head! Male! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Kinger + Reader (STORY)

Kinger + Reader PT 2 (STORY)

Ragatha + Everyone (STORY)

Jax x Clueless! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Jax x Fox! Mime! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Jax x Chaotic! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Jax x Reader failed rizz (STORY)

Jax x Reader first kiss (HEADCANONS)

Jax x Nonverbal! Reader (STORY)

Jax x Sensitive! Bunny! Reader (HEADCANONS)

Pomni Shows Jax Tumblr (STORY)

DANGANRONPA

Chihiro Fujisaki + Reader (STORY) !ANGST!

Parent Au! Komahina + Reader (HEADCANONS)

Parent Au! Komahina + Reader comfort (HEADCANONS)

Parent Au! Naegiri + Reader (HEADCANONS)

ADVENTURE TIME/FIONNA AND CAKE

Fionna Campbell x Reader (HEADCANONS)

Farmworld Finn x Trans Masc! Reader (HEADCANONS)

HELLUVA BOSS

Octavia and you share music tastes

MISCELLANIOUS

Axeofshame x Dr. Catatonic

part two... ^

please tell me if any links are incorrect!!

UPDATED: 7/6/2024

[the-ultimate-puppeteer]

Masterlist

Danganronpa

THH

Kyoko kirigiri

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a shy male reader

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to Junko and Mukuro's precious baby brother

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a depressed male reader

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a Mikan like male reader

Kyoko Kirigiri confesses to a male reader who's woken from a coma

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to Ibuki's Younger brother

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a male reader who was executed instead of Makoto

Yandere Kyoko Kirigiri Confessing to a Main course male reader

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing an Aoi asahina like Male reader

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a crush she accidentally rejected before

Kyoko Kirigiri finding out her androgynous boyfriend is curvy

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a former remnant of despair reader

Kyoko Kirigiri as a Parent

Kyoko Kirigiri with a cuddly S/O

Yandere Kyoko Kirigiri comforting her boyfriend who had a nightmare

Kyoko Kirigiri confessing to a reader who's to kind for their own good

Kyoko Kirigiri with a Kobeni like Boyfriend

Kyoko Kirirgiri's boyfriend giving her flowers

Aoi Asahina

Aoi Asahina with an Izuru Kamakura like S/O

Aoi Asahina with a cuddly S/O

Aoi Asahina cuddling with her S/O after a busy day

Aoi Asashina and Reader having their first date

Aoi Asahina with a Kobeni like S/O

Mukuro Ikusaba

Mukuro and Junko's Younger brother who's just done with Junko's shit

Mukuro with an affectionate and cuddly reader

Mukuro x Reader general headcanons

Mukuro asking her crush out

Mukuro with a sick reader

Mukuro with a Tsundere boyfriend who's affectionate

Mukuro's boyfriend incorrect quotes

Mukuro with a clingy and air headed S/O

Mukuro with an S/O who absolutely loves her freckles

Mukuro with an S/O where she follows through on killing the class except the her S/O

Mukuro ikusaba as a Parent

Overprotective Mukuro headcanons

Mukuro with an S/O who takes down an attacker

Yandere Mukuro headcanons

Yandere Mukuro comforting her boyfriend who had a nightmare

Mukuro carrying her S/O

Mukuro with an Ultimate sketch artist boyfriend

Mukuro with a Quiet but extremely affectionate boyfriend

Mukuro with a Touchstarved S/O with ADHD

Mukuro with a shy and introverted Younger sibling

Mukuro with a S/O that has contrasting Public side and a Private side

Mukuro with an S/O who has a Feral side

Mukuro meeting her S/O's parents for the first time

More Yandere Mukuro Ikusaba Headcanons

Junko Enoshima

Junko with a younger brother who's just done with her shit

Yandere Junko with a darling who purposely makes her jealous

Junko with an Autistic ultimate plushy maker

Yandere Junko with a shy and adorable boyfriend

Junko enoshima Incorrect quotes

Junko enoshima Incorrect quotes 2

Junko enoshima Incorrect quotes 3

Junko enoshima Incorrect quotes 4

Junko enoshima Incorrect quotes 5

Junko enoshima Incorrect quotes 6

Non despair Junko with an Autistic reader

Junko with a shy Younger sibling

Junko comforting her S/O who was ditched by a former friend

Junko with an S/O that refuses to fall into despair

Junko x Reader headcanons

Toko Fukawa/Genocide Jack

Toko Fukawa and Genocide Jack with a Boyfriends who's energetic and affecionate

Toko Fukawa and Genocide Jack with a boyfriend who helps them their hobbies

Toko Fukawa with a Boyfriend who's supportive

Toko Fukawa with an S/O who's quiet but affectionate

Toko Fukawa with a Male reader who has a crush on her back

Toko Fukawa getting caught making out with her S/O

Makoto Naegi

Being best friends with Makoto Naegi

Chihiro Fujisaki

Chihiro Fujisaki with a S/O who has ADHD

Chihiro coming home from a busy day to cuddle his S/O

Chihiro with a reader who's his Best friend

Chihiro having a Lazy day with his S/O

Chihiro relationship Headcanons

Chihiro with an easily distracted S/O

Chihiro with a depressed S/O who's really into exercise

Celestia Ludenburg

Celestia ludenburg with Ditzy and Clingy reader who has a dangerous Ultimate

Goodbye Despair

Mikan Tsumiki

Mikan with a Mioda sibling who gets into weird situations like his sister

Mikan tsumiki with an S/O that likes giving her compliments and affection

Mikan tsumiki Parenting headcanons

Mikan Tsumiki with a S/O with ADHD

Mikan with an S/O who helps out with her hobbies

Mikan with an S/O who's normally shy and friendly but when gaming gets angry and loud

Mikan with an S/O who's quiet but loves spending time with her

Mikan and reader who have a mutual crush on eachother

Mikan with an S/O who has a Feral side

Mikan with an S/O who likes giving her headpats as praise

Mikan coming home from a rough day to recieve love and affection from her S/O

Mikan with an S/O who has Public side and Private side

Mikan meeting her S/O's Parents for the first time

Mikan with easily lost and distracted S/O

Mikan watching her boyfriend molly-wop an entire Yakuza clan

Peko Pekoyama

Peko confessing to Chiaki's older brother

Peko confessing her love to a Makoto like reader

Chiaki Nanami

Chiaki with an S/O who has PTSD from their abusive family

Chiaki with an S/O who's sleepy all the time

Chiaki encouraging her S/O to get some writing done

Chiaki with an S/O whose normally shy and friendly but when gaming is angry and loud

Chiaki with an Ultimate martial artist S/O

Super Danganronpa Another 2

Chainsaw Man

Danmachi

RWBY

Jujustu Kaisen

Persona 3-5

Helluva Boss

My Hero Academia

Honkai Star Rail

Zenless Zone Zero

Anby with a Phaethon sibling who likes to show off

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

Fate Grand Order/Stay Night

[tomboyvampire23]

I think I should show my Danganronpa THH LGBTQ Headcanons, sooo....

Aoi Asahina - Lesbian

Mukuro Ikusaba - Aroace

Kiyotaka Ishimaru - Transmasc Gay

Junko Enoshima - Aroace

Sakura Ogami - Transfem Lesbian (Butch)

Mondo Owada - Bisexual (Male pref)

Kyoko Kirigiri - Demisexual Biromantic

Leon Kuwata - Bisexual (Fem pref)

Celestia Ludenberg - Demisexual

Byakuya Togami - Asexual

Makoto Naegi - Pansexual (Fem pref)

Yasuhiro Hagakure - Asexual

Toko Fukawa - Demisexual Biromantic

Chihiro Fujisaki - Transfem Pansexual (Male pref)

Sayaka Maizono - Pansexual (Fem pref)

Hifumi Yamada - Asexual

What are your headcanons? Would love to hear them :3

[theultimatekamehamehavoc]

Okay. Time for me to finally discuss the main meat of Chapter 2 so I can eventually play the rest of the game. Spoilers ahead of course ^v^ Since this is where I started really thinking during this chapter, I shall start with this little quote from Byakuya cus I think it's a bit intriguing regarding Chihiro, the mastermind, and a bit the E-handbooks themselves.

For one, the killing game. It's all about that despair, making sure that those in the game are experiencing said despair. So, no matter if one reads Chihiro as indeed a guy who just cross-dressed like mastermind told them all, a trans girl with some internal misogyny and some self issues problems, or just as a person who was struggling with their identity and, due to life circumstances, lost their way on who they really were, it really makes this all a bit screwed up for poor Chihiro. After all, their E-handbook would be that constant reminder of what they deem as their failings. At the same time though, this also really shows off Chihiro's strength and willpower which was also sadly the thing that got them killed. A poetic irony. Additionally, regarding Miss Mastermind herself, I feel this also adds a bit in some ways depending on one's interpretation for her. One can also take into account the anime with Juzo and how she was willing to blackmail him for his internalized homophobia on himself cus of his feelings for Kyosuke. So she does have it in her to fuck with the gays, at least if one wants to include the anime. As for this case and the E-handbooks, this all also makes me think of the other students. Specifically just the concept of the E-handbooks having a sort of backhandedness to them or slight jabs at the owner's expense. Feel there could be something with that. Plus, I know Chihiro isn't the only one this could have been done on. The mastermind knows so much about them all and I feel she's smart enough to do something like that. But also, my gosh would it just be even worse if she just did that to Chihiro. It was probably going to sting regardless if she decided to mark their gender as male or female due to that just being a struggle for Chihiro in general. This also really makes me feel so bad for Chihiro though. One could probably argue they were screwed from the get-go. Furthermore, cus I did use Byakuya to segue into this, I must also say that my gosh did he ruin it a bit for what he said immediately after.

For one, Byakuya, don't EVER say "female" like that ever again. Though, I at least interpret him saying this as a way to save face in a "Oh yeah I knew something was up the entire time" since Byakuya hates admitting that he's wrong or that he doesn't know everything. So, it'd be easier for him just to say this weird ass line instead of just admitting that he was in the dark and didn't see any of this coming. Feel the ellipses is what really gives this off for me as it shows that bit of hesitation along with his sprite specifically sweating a bit. This also, at least for me, feels a bit like foreshadowing as well in some regards. Chapter 4 is when it's really shown how much this guy dislikes not knowing stuff, the whole line "How do you know what I don't know?!" being the antithesis of this as a whole. Also I like to headcanon that when he's unsure of himself he pauses cus he'd rather talk slower than ever risk stuttering as to not look weak or foolish. But also, not cool, Byakuya!

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

The fact that Chihiro`s design document has "l0li" on it instead of "sh0ta" proves she's transfem.

first of all you dont need to censor loli and shota, this isnt tiktok, MURDER DEATH SEX INTERCOURSE KILL GUN see its fine

You can have female characters that act more like shotas and male characters that act like lolis, it's just more unusual

Chihiro doesnt feel comfortable as being portrayed with loli tropes, Chihiro doesn't want to be the sweet little shy sister type or the sweet little timid girl you tutor and draws you a picture, Chihiro wants to be strong! The fact their aesthetic mismatches their personality is a big source of discomfort chihiro in the text, they dress like that because they feel worried about being seen as anything not feminine and sweet will get them targeted. (Which honestly if you see chihiro as transfem id say them overperforming femininity out of a desire to not be clocked or hurt is even MORE trans coded)

While I know less about Loli, Chihiro doesn't actually follow the tropes as much as Kokichi did for Shota, she's sweet and shy and kinda small and too nice, but it doesn't go much further then that in her behaviors. Chihiro doesnt want to be protected or be taken care of, and coddling/being doted on is pretty common for loli characters.

I headcanon Kokichi as transfem and not knowing it where does that leave me

literally you can just say you headcanon chihiro as transfem, you can just do that, you dont need excuses

[chubby-kiyo]

I’m a bit bored, so how’s about some non kink appearance headcanons

I’ll start with THH

Leon Kuwata - (He/Him bi, female pref)He’s an athlete, so I figure he’s kinda lean-muscle-ish, but with thicker thighs bc baseball players are just built different. Has smallish stretched ears (like 0g)

Sayaka Maizono - (She/Her, bi male pref) Built like a standard jpop idol, what else do you expect? She definitely puts blush and highlighter on her nose like a 2020 egirl.

Chihiro Fujisaki - (She/They, trans-femme (questioning), pan) All around petite, even their feet are tiny. Has chubby cheeks and a slight gap in her front teeth.

Mondo Oowada - (He/Him, gay) Muscular and a bit stocky, has naturally curly hair when he lets it down. Has scars on his hands from busting his knuckles. Pierced eyebrow, septum, and ears.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru - (He/Him, demisexual gay) Has a gym regimen that he sticks to religiously and is well muscled. He has fuller lips and a round face that don’t quite suit his body.

Celestia Ludenberg - (She/They, bi fem pref) She is plus sized and has an slight hourglass figure that is accentuated by her corset. Draws their eyebrows on in thin triangles and has a trad goth makeup look. Snakebites and stretched ears.

Hifumi Yamada - (He/They, aroace) We all know the man is fat, but the game really did him dirty. His body in my headcanon is evenly portioned and he has more of a hanging stomach that is tucked in his pants. Always wears comfy clothes because of sensory issues and has somewhat curly hair.

Sakura Ogami - (She/Her, pan) She’s already perfect in game. I do see her having softer facial features and thick curly hair though. She also loves to wear nude tinted lipgloss when she isn’t actively training.

Aoi Asahina - (She/Her, Lesbian) Midsized with thick thighs and muscular arms. Has a really cute button nose and a dusting of freckles. Has a small gold hoop nose ring.

Junko Enoshima - (She/Her, pan) She’s a supermodel, so yeah. She wears hair extensions, and her natural hair is pin straight. Has a small, upturned nose. (She also wears push up bras)

Mukuro Ikusaba - (She/They, Lesbian) All around muscular from combat training. Has freckles on her shoulders as well and scars on her hands/arms from knife fights.

Kyoko Kirigiri - (She/Her, bi, female pref) Slim and relatively flat chested, but doesn’t mind at all. Has very light colored eyelashes that match her hair.

Yasuhiro Hagakure - (He/Him, pan) Just kind of an average guy. He doesn’t work out or anything, so he’s a little bit soft. Scraggly facial hair. Likes to wear his locs in a ponytail with a bandanna, and he has some wood and glass beads in them. Pierced nostril and ears.

Toko Fukawa - (She/Her, Lesbian with one exception) Kind of scrawny and awkward. Hates wearing form-fitting clothes. Has knobby knees and doesn’t like wearing skirts that show them. Thick hair and eyebrows. She has freckles on her shoulders and a few other dark moles on her arms and back, like the one on her face. Is actually quite pretty, but doesn’t put any time into her appearance.

Byakuya Togami - (He/Him, Somewhere on the ace spectrum) Tall and thin, but not in an unhealthy way. Has long elegant fingers and big feet. Softer, androgynous looking facial features and double eyelashes.

Makoto Naegi - (He/Him FtM, pan) Is just kind of naturally chubby, and has a round baby face. Hasn’t had top surgery, but his body shape kind of evens him out. Thick, wavy hair. Has a gap in his front teeth and kind of a wide flat-ish nose with full lips.

[danggirlronpa]

Oh, are we talking about trans headcanons??? I see someone already mentioned transfem Kazuichi, which I'm a pretty big fan of! But have you guys considered transfem Fuyuhiko? I think there's a lot of potential in that - in the fact that even in canon there's a lot of him not feeling like he really fits as the Ultimate Yakuza, and that he has to play a role to be so... I think it lends well to a transfem headcanon. Another I could see would be transfem Mondo, with how much in canon he plays up the masculinity, it could be something preformative in a transfem headcanon. I'm also a fan of transfem Kokichi & Shuichi, too - I've seen people headcanon the both of them as nonbinary, transfem, AND transmasc, and honestly? Love that for them, tbh.

I also am a big fan of transfem Makoto!!! I usually headcanon him as genderfluid, but I could also see him be a trans demigirl, tbh. I respect transmasc headcanons too even if I don't usually ascribe to them for Makoto specifically! I kind of like to think that the fact that Makoto's door gets stuck is a very funny quirk of fate in the event of him being genderfluid/nonbinary - even his door, which is supposed to be a men's one, doesn't ascribe to a binary! & Makoto using she/they/he pronouns is so real to me.

I also love to see Kiibo exploring pronouns in fics. Like, in canon they use he/him (at least in the localization) but I like to believe they experiment with different ones for a while, just to see if they like them.

I also tend to see Hajime as nonbinary, using he/they pronouns too! That's not exactly a transfem headcanon, but yeah.

I also love the idea of nonbinary kaede as well - using she/they pronouns. Maybe in the event of transfem Shuichi or Kokichi, she helps them explore their gender at first.

I could also see Tsumugi as being genderfluid or otherwise genderqueer in some way - she defaults to she/her but she doesn't mind other pronouns, and oftentimes go with he/him when complying a male character.

This one's more controversial, but I also love the idea of nonbinary Junko with possible internalized transphobia. Like, I think the fact that she keeps making alter egos that are male (Monokuma, Shirokuma, and Kurokuma) lends well to this, but I also keep going back to that line monokuma said about being neither male nor female because there's no gender in the animal kingdom. Incredibly nonbinary thing to say. Of course, I think how Junko handles being nonbinary is somewhat dependent on what you headcanon Chihiro as - but if you headcanon Chihiro as a transwoman and Junko as transphobic towards her, it could somewhat be from internalized transphobia- like, her having the idea that "if I'm fine with being a woman even though I feel like this about it, you should be fine with your assigned sex too!" Or even the idea that she cannot fathom why someone would WANT to be a woman in the first place - like, what reason would you have to subject yourself to it if not malicious ones or weakness? Since she is so disconnected or even discontent from "womanhood". If you see Chihiro as nonbinary, Junko not understanding or even being bitter that they get to reject the binary but she doesn't could also make sense, and her putting them in the "male" box would almost be from jealousy and spite. If you headcanon Chihiro as a transmale, it becomes a) somewhat hilarious that Junko, the big bad of the series, accepts their gender and b) Chihiro could be the person who teaches her about this stuff in a pre-despair setting, and maybe even make her realize she's nonbinary. I know it's.... slightly problematic to headcanon the main villain of the series who has shown she is possibly transphobic (depending on how you see Chihiro again) as trans, but I think it's... fine if you also headcanon other characters as so and not just the villains. Plus, I'm nonbinary myself, so I think it's allowed.

Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head! I love trans headcanons <3

There's so much good stuff here!! I can't address all of it, but a couple of my favorites:

I LOOOVE transfem Mondo, it's one of my absolute favorite transfem headcanons. The way it changes that trial from "horrifying trans panic" to "the tragedy of someone with extensive internalized transphobia meeting someone who is further along on their journey and lashing out in unrealized jealousy, ultimately destroying the version of themself they wish to be"...MWAH. The type of tragedy that can only belong to someone transitioning. The consequences of self loathing, both in harming others and harming ourselves, made manifest! But with GENDER.

I'm sure this is just part of the rest of that line, but the phrase "they canonically use he/him pronouns" is so funny. Power to K1-B0 for being incomprehensible wrt gender just in general. Love that agender kid

I am actually a big fan of transmasc Junko! (And I'll use he/him for Junko real fast to emphasize this point) I think the idea of Junko as someone who experiences a huge amount of dysphoria when he's perceived as feminine, who then goes out of his way to present himself as a champion of gyaru culture and hyper-femininity, making it so that, even if he one day receives the mental health treatment he obviously needs, he will always be associated with this incredibly female-oriented culture...that's despair. That's the type of shit you do at rock bottom. I have BEEN there my man. EDIT:

we are on the EXACT SAME PAGE anon 🤝

I actually did, genuinely, think Shuichi was a butch girl until I played the game, and was SO excited to finally see rep of my actual high school self. Wearing hats to cover dysphoria-inducing hairstyle? Emo makeup to escape the Social Makeup Norms? hangs out with kaede??? that's one of us right there

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long ramble about chihiro

trying to write my thoughts about ttyd remake making vivian canonically trans, acknowledging and improving her original transphobic (?) depiction instead of ignoring it, and how that makes me wonder what would happen to chihiro if thh ever got a remake, and i simply cannot come to a conclusion. the problem with ever trying to get to the bottom of how i feel about chihiro is that chihiro didn't live long enough to even get to the bottom of how they felt about themselves.

like ok if you take the game 100% at its word, ignore the transphobic trope that chapter 2 is rooted in and just accept it as a story, chihiro is a boy and all of his other mental issues stem from not being validated as male, and so he presents as female to escape that constant invalidation. and THAT reading is much closer to an allegory for being transmasc than it is to being transfem. this is so clear to me, i really don't know if i can ever personally internalize chihiro being a girl, because the story so strongly drives home that he's unhappy being seen as a girl. he's unhappy introducing himself as a girl, it weighs on him seeing other girls be confident in their identity because he CAN'T be, and the girls trying to include him as one of them only hurts him more. and if we read chihiro as transmasc whether literally or allegorically, the fact everyone switches to he/him pronouns for him post-mortem is now a gesture of respect.

so i don't think a modernized version of thh could or should make chihiro canonically transfem. it would mean changing absolutely every part of his writing, and like personally, again if you can just accept that the writing is problematic and engage with it anyway, i do really like chapter 2 and i love mondo and chihiro as characters and it's the most tragic chapter of the game to me. and i think that making chihiro canonically transfem would require so much rewriting that this chapter would need to be completely redone. so again what i'm trying to figure out here is, if we aren't completely scrapping what's there and are just trying to modernize the writing for a hypothetical remake, what DO we do with chihiro?

i don't know. i think personally i would keep the story the same but like, when the characters express transphobic sentiments (which they will, because they're all shitty teenagers) have there be pushback from other characters. like just give SOME of the characters a more empathetic understanding of gender identity. and just. make the transmasc allegory more clear honestly. that's what would make the most sense to me.

i want to say like 'and also make celeste canonically transfem to balance it out' (because she's the other character whose existing writing most strongly COULD suggest being trans with minimal changes) but that doesn't sit right because she. yknow. is the coldest killer we see. and also if she's trans then the plot requires deadnaming her. the thing about danganronpa is all of these people are kind of terrible and it's a terrible situation and probably almost any explicit queer representation you could make canon will end up being 'bad rep.' chihiro is bad transfem rep because she's revealed to be biologically male and then referred to as male post-mortem as if that's all there is to it. chihiro is bad transmasc rep because he was too used to presenting as female and was scared to come out. celeste is bad trans rep because she kills people. sakuraoi is bad wlw rep because one of them dies by suicide. there is no happiness here. obviously you can headcanon any of the other characters like makoto as queer but i'm focusing mainly on the ones who are already written in a way that implies it (within the actual game. there is also byakuya's whole thing in the togami novels. and honestly i think a lot about closeted transfem byakuya and closeted transmasc chihiro and... all the shit that happened and the shit byakuya says about chihiro. and again byakuya is such a terrible person in the game if he WERE canonically transfem or genderfluid it WOULD be considered bad rep. but like. i think about it)

in a way though that's part of what appeals to me about danganronpa. the characters are bad AND the writing is problematic and the result is like... weirdly human to me. and i kind of hope that if there ever were to be a modernized rewritten release, it would keep that quality of genuine human shittiness. i mean hopefully one day queer 'representation' will be so normal that we don't have to think of it as representation anymore. trans people being onscreen won't be that noteworthy, and we won't have to decide if a character like chihiro is acceptable or not, and we won't have to try and solve the question of chihiro's identity. they can just be a tragic hero.

anyway outside of this post i don't know how i'll refer to chihiro. probably stick with they/them so nobody gets mad at me. i just have a lot of thoughts. hope that all made sense

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guys i watched dead meat's danganronpa kill count and it honestly irks me that they considered chihiro a "they"

headcanons aren't canon!!!! chihiro is explicitly said to be male bc he was literally bullied into it to protect himself bc of japanese gender roles

if he was trans, he wouldn't have gone to mondo to be stronger- mondo was literally everything chihiro wanted to be from an outside perspective

and i don't think taichi would be the type to misgender his kid

canonically, chihiro is male. it's fine to have headcanons as long as it doesn't directly impede a character's story/arc. if you don't get that, you don't understand his character or story.

EDIT: (under the cut)

gender roles in japan are (or at least were) very strict. boys were supposed to be strong and chihiro was not, so he got bullied relentlessly for it. since he was seen as weak and feminine, he decided to pretend to be a girl to get the bullying to stop. and it worked. the only issue was that if he was ever found out, he’d be bullied even more for crossdressing.

chihiro never wanted to be a girl and only did it because he wanted the bullying to stop. he is quite literally uncomfortable at the others treating him as a girl.

chihiro looked up to mondo because he was a strong man and wanted to be trained by him- he even declined sakura’s offer because she was a woman.

the second motive made him motivated to share his secret- to be strong enough to let the truth out and finally be himself. a lot of his dialogue gives an insight on his insecurity of being weak and his desire to be a strong man. he wants to be a man.

if you headcanon him as trans, that is fine. that is your headcanon. my personal problem is that it feels like a lot of the takes i’ve seen undermine his story or it’s just people insisting he’s canonically trans. his character arc and over all characterization is very heavily centered around the topic of gender and gender roles/masculinity and i’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be a critique on those topics. and it’s important to keep in mind that these topics are seen differently between somewhere like the usa and japan. this game was released in 2010 and no game after has stated that chihiro identifies as anything different. alter ego- a program that chihiro created and i doubt he intended on sharing with anyone uses he/him pronouns for him. chihiro programmed something secret and gave himself he/him pronouns. the AI of chiaki that chihiro also helped create refers to chihiro as her and monomi’s father. it’s not supposed to be anything all that deep.

can his story be seen as an allegory? yes, absolutely. if you resonate with that, then that’s your comfort space. but don’t be one of those people that project onto the character.

my issue with dead meat’s kill count is that usually they follow canon and mention canon elements. to put chihiro as a “they/them” is just incorrect, no matter how much discourse it may create. this is my complaint. i know they took the safe route, but it is explicitly said that chihiro is a boy and identifies as such. i don’t remember if this was the japanese version only, but mondo refers to him using masculine pronouns and nicknames. chihiro is canonically a cisgender male and he always has been.

if you can identify with the trans take, that’s great- but please understand his character and the journey he goes through within the game. he’s not supposed to be trans representation so don’t look at it him like he is.

tl;dr - while i personally dislike the “chihiro is trans” headcanon, i don’t care if you do. my issue is that if you’re going to cover the game’s story and it’s characters, it needs to go off of canonical elements. acknowledging outside debates is fine, but don’t let headcanons bleed into your actual coverage.

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IT(2017)

Bower's gang: henry bowers, vic criss, patrick hockstetter, belch huggings, (all).

NINJAGO

The ninja: kai, nya, cole, jay, zane, lloyd.

Villains: morro, lord garmadon

Other: pixal, skyler. (for now)

DANGANRONPA

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc: makoto naegi, kyoko kirigiri, byakuya togami, toko fukawa/genocide jill, aoi asahina, yasuhiro hagakure, sayaka maizono, leon kuwata, chihiro fujisaki, mondo owada, kiyotaka ishimaru, celestia ludenberg, sakura ogami, junko enoshima, mukuro ikusaba.

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i see my danganronpa post went over well and i'm nothing if not an opportunist

danganronpa headcanon 2: the only males tenko doesn't consider degenerates are makoto, gonta, and chihiro. basically, to get on tenko's 'decent male' list, you gotta be a cinnamon roll