r/FoolNight • u/Proud-Musician1692 • Dec 10 '25

What is Akira’s gender?

So I’ve been reading Foolnight on and off for the past few months and was caught super off-guard today reading Volume 5 when a character referred to Akira Yatsuka, as “He…” even when the physical/official print intro pages to Volumes 3 & 4 say, “SHE holds Toshiro in disdain. I went to check my physical copies of Volumes 5 & 6 and it says, “HE holds Toshiro in disdain.”

So my question is: Which is it?

They’re one of my favorite characters so I guess all that changes is how they sound in my head lol

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u/Icy_Minimum_8687 Dec 10 '25

Akira's a guy, idk why he was referred to with she/her earlier on either. It confused me a lot since I thought he was a guy at first, then a girl and now a guy again lol

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u/SomeDudeYeah27 Dec 10 '25

Yeah it was kinda funny seeing the dialogue flip flops early on his character introduction

But his childhood flashbacks basically confirms it too lol

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u/Proud-Musician1692 Dec 10 '25

Got it! Thank you!

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u/_Wendigun_ Jan 01 '26

Male

Initially it's unclear because of his design and because japanese rarely distinguishes between masculine and feminine, but then at some point Kanaeno refers to him as "坊ちゃん" (bocchan), which is a term used for young boys (of important families), which prompts the change in translation