#and honestly i find it interesting how on both boy and girl fujisaki sixes

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The Chihiro analysis maybe? That sounds excellent.

So this analysis will be going into two things. Why the male Fujisaki interpretation also has a good moral for trans/genderqueer folk and why Fujisaki's story ultimately is not about gender so equating it to gender discourse is a massive disservice to the chapter.

As I'll be talking about a male interpretation, I will be using he/him pronouns for Fujisaki. If this is something upsetting to you, then this is your warning to not read it. But I do reccomend it, as this is a moral I have not really seen the fandom ever talk about.

Let's start with a quick recap of the story from a male Fujisaki perspective.

Fujisaki was a boy who was bullied and harassed from a very young age for his appearance. Fujisaki is small, meek, and feminine. This led to a lot of bullying because of how he doesn't look like a real boy, and how he's just a weak pansy. As a result, Fujisaki thought it would be easier to present as a girl, since people thought he was one anyway and couldn't respect him as a boy. This way life became a lot easier if he just fit into how society deemed him. Not only did he lose the bullying but he got the added benefits of people being especially kind to him for being a cute girl.

Then cut to the KG. Around chapter 2 when faced with having his secret exposed, Fujisaki feels inspired to take matters into his own hands and be himself again. He wants to be strong and to feel strong, so that he can face the others and tell them who he really is.

Fujisaki however gets a bit misguided about his idealism of what being strong is here. He was told his entire life that he is not a real boy because he is WEAK. So Fujisaki interpreted this as PHYSICAL. It especially grew when he met Owada, the manliest guy in the cast who is absolutely physically strong.

Idolizing Owada, he meets with him to ask for training in order to feel like enough of a man that he can confidently tell the truth. This in turn triggers Owada, who kills him.

You may be wondering how this story could still be good for trans folk and genderqueer folks if Fujisaki is a cis male that was crossdressing. Simply put it. Its because of Fujisakis strength to go against what society has told him to present as. This is the whole reason that Owada gets angry enough to suddenly kill him, because mentally he is far weaker than Fujisaki.

Fujisaki decided to do something HARD. He decided he would present AS HE WANTS. It doesn't MATTER if Fujisaki is feminine. It doesn't matter if the world says he's too weak to be a real guy. What matters is that Fujisaki wants to respected as a guy, and he is willing to fight to get there.

That ABSOLUTELY is a good moral for trans folk, genderqueer folk, and even cis folk for the idealism of not conforming to gender roles if it doesn't make you happy.

Amd this is also why I think that watering down Fujisaki's story to gender discouse is a massive disservice. It isn't about if hes a boy or if shes a girl. Its about how he was willing to BE HIMSELF even if the world told him not to be. Its about how Fujisaki is MENTALLY STRONG and how he never even NEEDED to be physically strong. He just needed to be himself!

Thats why Owada is such an important part of this story. Because we are meant to perceive Fujisaki at first glace as weak, and Owada at first glance as strong (danganronpa at the end of the day is character tropes that go beyond their trope).

You DO NOT know what lies behind people. You don't. The ones you believe are weak may be strong and the ones you believe are strong may be weak.

THAT is what ch 2 is about. Its about two people and their mental strengths clashing with their outward appearance.

Of course, all interpretations of Fujisaki are valid. I am not saying you can't see her as a trans girl! But I see no point in attacking others when both are perfectly fine interpretations on a moral stand point. This goes for both sides.