I am 99.9% CONVINCED Gege Is A Woman... Here Is Why!

[@NoeActually]

For those saying “Gege said he has a wife”… I’m going to hold your metaphorical hand when I say this, dear viewer. Gege never said anything about having a wife. Same thing with the "They put something in their b@lls" thing xD... It’s important to try to find the original source in Japanese before taking anything at face value. I spent hours searching for the exact quote where Gege said they were jealous of Yamashita's skill and where they said they used it as a reference because Japan pretends it doesn’t exist. Even though I found it right away on Tumblr! Stop believing everything you read on reddit or Twitter… xD If you have the interview where they said that, or any reliable source feel free to share it here. :)

[@idkWTCMCN]

Gege has went to an all boys school and uses a male term to describe himself That female drawing of him is when his editor asked him to draw bigger boobs

[@d3vvfx]

what if she's lesbo?

[@Green-FUKUFUKUFUKUFUKUFUKU]

moral of the story: Tumblr is the only site where the truth is ngl

[@engineering9065]

GayGay is a lesbian confirmed

[@izuyume]

Even if gege had a wife she could still be a woman. A lesbian/bi woman.

[@schizophreniagaming1187]

what if gege is actually just a genderless one eyed cat in real life??

[@Geofruit]

Xbox profile, nice :D

[@nightmaretikymeme5564]

That would be fire if it was true that he was

[@Dirteater123]

So he's an it?

[@Zilstegedosthereal]

And what if he is a one eyed cat sent to earth to make people suffer with the power of art?

[@ZenithintheMaking]

That would be crazy

[@ika.Sensei]

If Gege wants their gender to remain a mystery, I respect it

[@NoeActually]

🐈

[@georgyekimov4577]

im going to Yujiro Hanma him no matter what gender he is Edit they are

[@dontwannagetdoxxed.]

@@georgyekimov4577 how do you know gege is a him?

[@georgyekimov4577]

@dontwannagetdoxxed. thanks for the correction

[@fridgefreezer9529]

@dontwannagetdoxxed. It's general things in internet, you dont know that person? Just call it him.

[@natalimoina]

Also women manga authors are more likely to hide identities for safety reasons (harassment, stalking, etc.)

[@NoeActually]

True!

[@Stephanthecuteblondie2567]

With Gege writing it's also doubled down

[@leoki4804]

There is video from long ago as the anime was first getting promoted of Gege, he was answering questions. Wish I had it saved but it could still be out there.

[@KingOrangeX]

Great, another person who thinks men can't or wont be stalked/harassed

[@LEIFISONFIRE]

@KingOrangeX ikr

[@lakthederg]

my personal belief is that gege is a primordial being feeding off the suffering of their readers, and was only sated after gojo got halved.

[@Oyflim_The_Great]

finally, someone who knows the truth.

[@sassyNsarcastic]

Fr😂

[@coolkcroyale]

Just like me fr

[@potatofarmer9488]

its because gege is a curse.

[@Buraqibear]

Nah, it's hunger was only satiated after killing the story, just wait till it returns in a couple of years

[@personanonmaga5178]

"gay gay" case closed

[@LEIFISONFIRE]

oh nah 💀

[@sugurugeto34]

But coz the gay and gay cancel each other out, I think they're straight

[@personanonmaga5178]

@sugurugeto34 ah. the fabled reversed gender technique

[@C_Medici]

If a gay person is gay then they’re straight

[@BecauseIlikekh]

😭

[@Twenty_Hundred]

Gege: "am I a man, or a woman, who knows. I just enjoy suffering"

[@ashketchum6139]

He enjoys our sufferring!*

[@Crypto30302]

Gege is a walmart bag

[@dejavous666.]

same

[@SoulsBorneTrashCan]

@@dejavous666. I'm sorry, what?

[@makima_the_control_devil]

It doesn't matter what gender GeGe is people will hate GeGe

[@urizen62]

I think a lot of guys don't realize how common it is for women do use male pronouns/persona online, especially in toxic environment.

[@fulana_de_tal]

Yeah, since i was pretty young (like 14) i realised that just letting people assume i was a man in online spaces is so much easier and safer from harassment

[@ina-jh3sw]

@@fulana_de_tal it definitely is, most of the time when playing the games I like they just assume im a man, and at this point I dont even mind saying antyhing

[@Dorei02]

male for unknown people, female for irl friends is the way xD

[@BurntSushi.]

100% I have always let people assume I'm a man online unless I was in a predominantly female space, so I wouldn't be surprised if other people have done it

[@mooxci]

So true as a female myself I used to do tat 😭😭

[@yuishikagami]

i dont care if gege is a man or a woman GEGE MUST PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES.

[@heythere1358]

💀

[@Stephanthecuteblondie2567]

Real

[@stoffelthedestroyer3741]

gege: aiyuk! and I'd do it again

[@speedyspeed8178]

What did he do?

[@joenoodle6914]

@@speedyspeed8178 he got caught talking to minors :(

[@Sailable]

Gege stated that they went to an all boys school..but i feel like thats exactly what a woman would say to hide their identify.😮

[@GrambertMoore]

Or maybe a trans woman 🤨

[@spamonme3584]

"I went to an all boy's school." "...one time to visit my brother. But we don't talk about that."

[@buchelaruzit]

or it's also exactly what someone would say if they went to an all boys' school, so basically net zero information

[@youcantbeatk7006]

@@buchelaruzit The rare moment a rainbow warrior makes a good point.

[@GrambertMoore]

@@youcantbeatk7006 tf does that mean

[@Gbl20024]

"Gojo is a sure sign" I thought that at the start of the video so when you said it i felt proud of myself. Great video 10/10

[@Aaayyyeeee214]

0.1% height (for asians), blue eyed, pretty boy that looks slim in clothes but is actually ripped under them and although acts like a playboy isn't an actual fckboi that sleeps around. Honestly, the last part of this description is what makes me lean towards believing they are a woman, cause a playful (and extremely attractive) guy that acts like a manwh*re but isn't actually one is surprisingly common in female orientated literature.

[@PowerninjaPlays]

Men also draw attractive male characters. (Amai Mask in One Punch Man for example)

[@StrayTato]

Gege hates Gojo. They literally off-paneled him and disrespected him.

[@Gbl20024]

@@PowerninjaPlays yeah but they make them more like toji than gojo sasuke is an example

[@Gbl20024]

@@StrayTato i have some thoughts on that but i don wanna get hate so im a coffin :"

[@knoxxx272]

For a long time, I have actually really believed gege was a woman because of some of the points u have mentioned here that i alr knew.. but over time i retracted this thought esp w the evidence of "he's able to write great female characters and have a certain lvl of understanding of womanhood/girlhood that only a woman would know" because of Tatsuki Fujimoto, his contemporary whos a male shounen mangaka, his foil in this aspect bc he writes objectively BETTER female characters than gege, has multiple works that have female main characters, and well hes able to capture rly well the "girlhood" experience even thought hes a man (hell he literally wrote a somewhat autobiographical oneshot where the mcs are both little girls whose yuri ship name literally spells "Fujimoto" (Fujino + Kyomoto) and has expressly stated that he prefers writing women characters more than males.. Bro also reads yaoi (bruh he rec'd yaoi to his fans 😭 and said "it's interesting so i recommend it") and shojosei. So yeah if Fujimoto, a male mangaka can write great female characters, can tackle topics about girlhood that otherwise only women would fully understand, and hell he even has a very profound and deep understanding of trans and gay people (his favorite in Fire Punch is a transman and it still blows my mind how masterfully well he presented what "gender dysphoria" is + he has one actual character that canonically came out as lesbian)... then Gege can also just be a male mangaka whose media library isnt limited to jus male-targetted manga and can consciously seep into his work what he has read from works and genres outside of the usual shonen mold.

[@yoman7873]

Finally someone who understands. These people think that any author competent at writing female characters can't be male or something. Good male authors can write great female characters.

[@markandrew287]

@@yoman7873 Good writers can write for both genders regardless

[@greatwave2480]

Ah, now I get why his art style is so josei-ey (I love it)

[@Cho0segoose]

Fair point but that wasn't the only piece of evidence they presented in the video

[@knoxxx272]

@@Cho0segoose yeah his points I already knew prior to the video though i kind of forgot about the 'politician talking ab female mangakas carrying shonen' part.. wc is why i was rly leaning towards gege being a woman before... id like to preface that i do not 100% believe gege is a male mangaka, jus that they CAN be (bc of my essay above). in fact, i would still much prefer if they actly r a woman cos id love to see shonen dudebros kneejerk reactions when they find out their fave manga that arguably perfected the "battle shonen" aspect of shonen manga was actly penned by a woman 😭 the ridiculous amount of bishonen, female gaze "handsome" male characters they draw is already pretty sus... then again this could also jus be cos hes 'geygey' lmfao

[@user-ep6cy1sl8n]

I became convinced Gege was a woman through the dialogue they wrote between Nobara and Maki. Or her other female characters and how they interact with each other. I was like, yeah someone that has experienced life as a woman wrote this, they understand girlhood

[@oshi4125]

Yeah pretty much my through process. They know how to actually write a woman

[@havali_doritos]

Yuppp

[@xblade149]

Especially with Nobara's childhood friend.

[@Superdude-rd2gs]

you know gege could have just consulted a woman for that

[@buchelaruzit]

i understand the logic on one hand but on the other hand it's a bit effed up to say that. to imply that people with different experiences could fundamentally not understand each other or write about experiences other than theirs respectfully/skillfully... it's really not hard to see women as people and put oneself in others' shoes lol. everybody accepts the fact that women can write men with no problem, we should have higher standards for the other way around, instead of accepting and normalizing the idea that it's impossible for a man to write female characters well... that is just the same logic misogynists use to justify when female characters are sexualized, or badly written, or absent in a piece of fiction.

[@studio-stirko5596]

There’s a reason jjk attracts so many more female fans than any other anime series like it, jjk is full of very attractive male character and really doesn’t focus on attractive female characters like other series do. There’s no panty shots or overly revealing clothing on the female characters (any other male mangaka would have designed mei mei a lot more provocatively) but there’s plenty of very attractive shots of the men Wether Gege is a woman or not, i can assure you that jjk is very appealing to women and at the very least *feels* at times like it was written and drawn by a woman

[@doggerlander]

I dont think jjk has any more female fans than any other shonen manga

[@studio-stirko5596]

@@doggerlander clearly you haven’t seen the gojo figure incident video. Women are obsessed with this series

[@averageguy6675]

Same could be said with FMA Brotherhood, made by a female author with some quality male characters (Also females too 😤).

[@PrashasyaGautam]

Bleach male haracters>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.JJK male characters (no disrespect).

[@ArakishiTokugawa]

Redo of Healer is followed mostly by female despite its themes

[@apackalu2718]

I’m gonna be honest, I don’t really think we should speculate on this stuff. Regardless of whether gege is man, women, non binary pal, or anything like that, if he wants us thinking he is male, just accept it. If he eventually comes out showing himself to be herself, than that is a okay, but let them do it on their own term rather than speculating I think.

[@NoeActually]

The cat drew themselves as a woman. And something happened they felt the need to backtrack that. I don’t know how much the audience actually care about what Gege wants tbh. 😂🌝

[@UltimatePower01]

5:26 just saying “Shonen jump” isn’t exclusively only Weekly Shonen Jump, they have many magazines. Shueisha/Shonen Jump own: -Weekly Shonen Jump -Weekly Young Jump -Ultra Jump -Saikyō Jump -Jump SQ and many others. They even have a Shojo magazine: Bessatsu Margaret and a Seinen magazine: Grand Jump. That line by Akamatsu alone isn’t enough evidence to put into question WSJ mangaka specifically.

[@NoeActually]

Well yeah. But if you’re talking about Demon slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen, I thought it was pretty clear which magazine they were talking about. I jumped to conclusions, my bad. 😅

[@UltimatePower01]

@@NoeActuallyyeah, I know. That’s why I said time stamped that line specifically. Shonen jump by itself is Shueisha. It’s just wild to deduce that half of the mangaka of wsj are women, from that line, imo.

[@ThesunmanYT]

yall are overthinking it

[@mariasafron7789]

nah theyre just pointing out somtheing valid, a lot of magakas are female, but u do you bro, just move along with your day if the idea bothers you

[@ThesunmanYT]

@mariasafron7789 its just that it don't really matter if they are a female or a male, they made a good manga thats all that matters, women tend to be interested in yaoi and yuri, but still gay men are too so with all that it still could be just a gay man

[@Iliketape]

@@mariasafron7789 just cause alot are doesn't mean they are

[@yawbyss981]

⁠@@Iliketapeyou just listened to ten minutes straight of evidence that supports that they are

[@Lamp-cy3hf]

@@yawbyss981but he talks about having a wife and going to a all boys school and what not. But to each there own and if they didn’t want to reveal their gender I don’t think we should look into too much

[@godofdrip4889]

Idk why people are so obsessed with this

[@fridgefreezer9529]

Yeah like, this ain't that important, just gender things, and there's reason why this shouldn't bring up, if Gege wants to hide his gender, so be it, no need to make it a big talk.

[@monkesociety1698]

my thoughts exactly

[@Asherrr-q4p]

I agree people are Fr pushing boundaries. It’s weird af.

[@livelaughloveplates]

Fr bro, why do people even care about geges gender? Female or male, it doesn't even matter.

[@tommyk7061]

GeGe is a one-eyed weird Cat.

[@lilau13]

idk why but i have a feeling the whole "gege when i catch you gege" meme would have had a more horrid approach by some people if people knew gege was a woman

[@ilyxdexter]

uh uh, you KNOW why.

[@areeba7045]

honestly i'd hide my identity as a woman if i were in gege's place too. if people were portraying me as a cute blushy anime girl like on the thumbnail id hide that shit too lol

[@NoeActually]

Why it’s so kuwaii!!! (and they literally drew it themselves in a shonen jump magazine). 👉👈

[@Leafiske]

so basically no matter what Gege will say about themselves, you'll go "yeah, totally lying, only a woman could say she went to all boy school🤨🤨" Men can like yaoi/bl seriously. In the manga he was talking about going to boy school, going thru brave/pain test by putting some painful shit on his balls (again, why would woman lie like that? no sense), drawing something for his brother's fiancee and stating that he had no idea women can be that thin and small as he drew her figure incorrectly. Why would anyone go that far in 'lies'? besides, gege being woman or man doesn't change that much.

[@shinisnotonfire]

THIS. it really doesn't matter if gege's a man or a woman and i'm not leaning either way, but it just makes me so angry when people hear someone say something about themselves and just... assume they're lying? for some reason? "oh by the way, i went to an all boys school-" "no you didn't". like, what? why? what? honestly, if someone shares something about their life, especially something so insignificant, just take it at face value. even if they're lying, it shouldn't be any of your business. this is why i find the whole debate super weird, even if i'm curious about it myself. well, to each their own ig

[@cranburrey]

Honestly, the way Gege writes women is just hard to believe that they are one themselves

[@raec5426]

I agree. I believe there was a TV interview with Gege (with Mando Kobayashi) where he wasn't shown, but his voice was clearly male.

[@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660]

You're so right. Unless Gege confirms he is actually a woman, I will consider him a man. And the yaoi argument doesn't mean anything as Fujimoto also recommended bl manga because "it was interesting", many of his best written characters are female and he is a man

[@Lyliizz]

​@@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660 Ok but you just ignored everything said in the video.

[@Soupgirlpeasant]

THE AGENDA MUST BE MAINTAINED AT ALL COSTS

[@caindain2179]

Gege being a woman would be badass 😂😂😂

[@skayerclan6305]

huh?

[@王族]

when an author is a woman... whoa dude... that's so badass

[@cranburrey]

Mangaka, male: 😴 Mangaka, woman: Wowww badass😱😱😍😍

[@raec5426]

Honestly seems worse for Nobara and Yuki treatment. lol

[@PowerninjaPlays]

No, it wouldn't, lol. Being a woman doesn't make you a cooler author.

[@dzin_mugen_A.D.T]

What no ending of JJK does to mf:

[@NoeActually]

I actually enjoyed the ending… I was actually reading 😬.

[@motivated2473]

​@@NoeActually Ah yes, the classic

[@theyoungknight.3119]

I genuinely had no idea others also thought this.

[@CHAINSAWMANGOVRRRRRRRR]

I'm just as lost as you are.

[@theyoungknight.3119]

@ I meant “others” as in “people other than myself”.

[@The_Kyanite]

@@theyoungknight.3119 In this instance you should say "others also thought this" to signify you agree with what is being said.

[@theyoungknight.3119]

@@The_Kyanite Thank you.

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

Gege pulling a Mulan in Shonen Jump😭

[@NoeActually]

“When will my reflection show who I am inside” -Gege every morning

[@carnivorze1052]

I'm a guy but Land of the lustrous is by far my favorite manga.

[@failedatmakingasandwich423]

Haven't read it yet myself, but everyone I've seen talking about it was a dude

[@faith4657]

​@@failedatmakingasandwich423 yea same whats the hype about?

[@czajnis1970]

its my fav manga too. its really gets depressing at times but worth your time. A lot of Buddhism references and interesting visual approach of storytelling. One bad thing about it is identifying characters sometimes bc of black and white manga

[@lacerationally]

why is this a discussion? Gege is a Cursed Spirit, duh.

[@NoeActually]

Ahem… a proclamation. 🌝

[@411hippieCO]

They are obviously a One eyed cat.

[@ossianmalmborg743]

7:55 Since you asked, I as a guy have read Land of the lustrous. Really good read. Great video btw, reminds me of the time I had to give reasons for why I thought the author of Frankenstein was Mary Shelley (it was a discussion task).

[@faith4657]

What's the manga about?

[@ossianmalmborg743]

@faith4657 I don't think telling you the beginning story will do much. The story changes a lot, just like the protagonist. The most useful thing I can tell you is that it draws heavily on Buddhist themes. The protagonist is also very unique as a concept, basically being Archimedes axe (or boat) as a character. The story has a lot of symbolism and depth, also some pretty good characters. The story revolves around (at least to start with) a bunch of humanoid gems and their battle against the "gods" that try to turn them into jewellery. When a gem loses a part of themselves they also lose part of their memories and identity with it. The protagonist revolves around this concept since they are a weak gem. Phos became one of my favourite characters due to the massive change they went through in the manga while still ultimately being themselves.

[@faith4657]

@ossianmalmborg743 is very interesting. Is it completed or still going.

[@ossianmalmborg743]

@faith4657 it is completed, so you can read the complete story without having to wait. The art is also gorgeous I might add. Some panels are truly striking.

[@faith4657]

@ossianmalmborg743 Didn't they make this into an anime?

[@SouperblySoup]

I'd be even more disappointed if they were a girl because their female characters need so much work.

[@cranburrey]

This^^ I can't believe people are forgetting how ass his female characters are compared to every male characters in his cast. It's really that bad to the point Tite Kubo himself had to tell him that all his female characters fit in the same mold

[@StrayTato]

Idk guys I thought Maki was pretty cool

[@SouperblySoup]

@@StrayTato Maki is awesome, but thats just her, and kinda Yuki. I'm not saying they're 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, but they could have absolutely been better.

[@cranburrey]

@@SouperblySoup Yeah, I kinda got pissed when Gege mentions Yuki being a former star vessel and never really got into her backstory

[@Morebluethanblueeverycouldbe]

​@@cranburreyim still questioninh why tengan could't pull some bullshit to save yuki as the best barrier master

[@raec5426]

Gege sidelined Nobara as a main female character for more than half the manga and Yuki got the short end of stick as only female special grade. The female cast was a bit too lackluster in general compared to the potential they had and in comparison to male cast (ex: more underutilized or killed off before they even did much). A rare standout like Maki, and a few female empowerment moments here and there doesn't really cover that up. Can't see him being a woman for something like that ngl. 😅

[@jakob9323]

so you don't think gege could be a woman because gege fleshed out the male characters more??? The women in jjk are extremely interesting if they were fleshed out but I just don't think gege knew what to do with them. Just like every other character gege killed off it could be as simple as gege not seeing a future with them in the story which is the exact reason they gave as to getting rid of nanami.

[@raec5426]

@jakob9323 I mean there's more besides JUST that of why I think Gege's still male, but also that. lol

[@M1miuotakv]

editors may also play a big part to it, we never know. what if gege just wrote alot of good female characters then get rejected or got it changed by their editors

[@raec5426]

@@M1miuotakv Well the creation of Nobara may have been influenced by an editor in the first place. lol The original draft of JJK had Megumi prototype as the MC, and Yuji prototype as support character (can look it up as Jujutsu Sousen as prototype name) There wasn't a Nobara prototype originally by Gege. Then Gege added 3 person main team like Naruto for manga serialization. Ozawa was also created from editor suggestion for a slice of life chapter.

[@mattb.7079]

We all know Gege is just Togashi's second identity

[@ashketchum6139]

Bro, Gege made an appearence in person at some comic-con, ofcourse we don't know how he looks, becasue he covered his entire head with a Mechamaru Mask/Helmet kinda shit, completely full head, But the attendees could see his body in there, and he was a pretty tall and well-built man! The Mechamaru Mask like the one you have shown in your vides is different, it was made from some kind of synthetic wool-like soft material.

[@tumescent]

That was a puppet that gaygay sent to do his/her dirty work

[@faith4657]

You were there?

[@sunnyseeksmari]

You were there?

[@FelleMemes]

You were there?

[@blackheart3381]

You were there?

[@Druguzu]

Idk, Kubo was also inspired by Shoujo, and even respects his female chatacters more than Gege. If anything, in their interview with Kubo, Gege said the only reason jjk women are badass, is cuz they cant draw cute girls, and didnt want overly sexy girls, cuz their family would be reading. Which doesnt sound like something a girl would think.

[@Druguzu]

But you make a really good points, so idk now

[@lisaart9179]

honestly being a dude and not being able to draw cute girls is way more suspicious

[@angelisdeadinside]

​@@lisaart9179idk man, im a girl and can only draw cute anime girls, too hard to draw men imo, gege could be like that too

[@bobi200samatar6]

I'm a woman, I like drawing cute men and women, but I explicitly don't draw sexy art of women because I don't enjoy it and also because I want to show my parents my work. And it took me a long time to figure out how to draw the male body well, and I'm still learning.

[@ddr-qg8jg]

No sexy girls huh but meimei nude in bed with the little boi is okay

[@Trix_ooo]

Bro made a Phd about Gege's gender, and I like it!

[@ABoredGod]

pdf

[@SpookyPancakes]

*You’re telling me a woman cooked this food?*

[@LEIFISONFIRE]

fucking wild

[@sunnyseeksmari]

yes

[@cranburrey]

"BTCH THIS CHICKEN IS COLD!"

[@l00p]

lmao

[@digihu2k2]

gege and akutami are two different humans beings

[@CoolGuyMcgeez]

7:52 the person who got me into land of the lustrious is a large man who spends most of his time on csgo

[@justanotherweirdo11]

I've just been using gender neutral pronouns. Idk if they're a man, woman, nonbinary, trans, etc. but they're definitely exuding queer energy to me. At the end of the day though I know nothing about their personal life and I'm not going to make any assumptions about it either. Like assuming Gege lied about going to all boys school or assuming Gege drew themselves as a woman for shits and giggles. Those are both possibilities but I just don't know. I also don't really care unless Gege wants to speak on it.

[@couththememer]

They say a magician never reveals his secrets

[@NoeActually]

🧙🧙‍♀️

[@NoeActually]

🧙🧙‍♀️

[@simplyhaniya]

why does it matter ☠☠☠☠

[@livelaughloveplates]

FR BRO

[@bakkusdco27]

I feel like a sleeper agent that just activated when he mentioned land of the lustrous

[@raec5426]

There was a TV interview for Gege with Mando Kobayashi where he wasn't shown but voice is clearly more male sounding.

[@blitzkrieg2928]

Female Gege ruining most of her female characters? even worse

[@raec5426]

Exactly. I don't think Gege is female just because of a few "I am woman" female empowerment moments, yet the female cast ended up being too lackluster, underutilized or killed off before they did much. lol

[@j.j.juggernaut9709]

Which female character was ruined and which male character was NOT? Go ahead, tell me who got the best treatment, because imo none of the characters did

[@raec5426]

@@j.j.juggernaut9709 Geto, Gojo, and Yuta were all special grade characters that we got their background on, yet didn't get that with the only female special grade that was older and more experienced than all of them that is Yuki and (manga spoilers) she is killed off in her first combat moment. It's not that he can't have issues with male characters, more like female cast is more underutilized in general compared to males.

[@j.j.juggernaut9709]

@ just because they are special grade does not mean the characters are deep or well written, but yeah the whole thing with Yuki was a bit disappointing. IMO all characters had good potential but were very underutilised regardless of their gender

[@raec5426]

@@j.j.juggernaut9709 I didn't say that though... the point is that all the other special grade characters had the chance to be more fleshed out as individuals and not the only female one to be more of a standout difference.

[@fleckx1426]

didn t he said he went to an all boy school? i know that some people will say that he simply lied but first of all why? then it just feels a little forced to interpret it the way you want but whatever

[@amazingmrpig6369]

Commenting before watching the video 💀

[@NoeActually]

😂 Every time. 💀

[@fleckx1426]

@@amazingmrpig6369 I watched it. And still it seems like a sur interpretation. Humans will see what they wanna see. But again whatever. Not like what is in their pants really matter.

[@atalyadeleon8636]

My hunch said Gege is a woman because the way she wrote about Yuji and the crush relationship was from a woman's point of view! I remember that Gege got feedback from the editor to insert Yuji's romance background, and the way Gege chose to make him appreciate the chubby character was telling about women's perspective a lot!

[@yoman7873]

Just because an author writes something from a female perspective doesn't make them female. There are multiple authors who make the protagonist of the opposite gender to their own. It's not something new in storytelling.

[@cranburrey]

Wow it's almost like he has female friends irl and is able to ask them for advise

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

Yeah but that was also only like, one chapter + 4pages extra out of the whole thing

[@PowerninjaPlays]

Kubo did the same thing with Orihime. I guess he must be a woman too 🤷‍♂️

[@kamybale8910]

I've read land of the lustrous as a dude and honestly I've gotta say that people who don't read it because they feel that it's for women are missing out.

[@moe14lord]

I was thinking Gege (the cat) might be a vessel for another soul who occasionally comes out to help with writing, hence the very well written girls.

[@NoeActually]

You’re so right.

[@jimb0654]

Gojo and Geto’s whole dynamic and Maki’s plight with the Zenin clan really do add to the evidence that they could be female. Also, as a guy, Land of the Lustrous is my favorite piece of Manga out rn and I highly recommend it to those curious.

[@faith4657]

What's the manga about?

[@raec5426]

I don't think so because there are fudanshi (guys who like BL)

[@jimb0654]

@@faith4657 Gem people fighting off lunarians which are spirits from the moon that break them and turn them into decorations and weapons. Bare bones explanation but it delves into some pretty heavy themes like existentialism and Buddhist teachings. Super heavy but great read

[@jimb0654]

@@raec5426 that’s also true. We’ll never know until Gege announces it

[@faith4657]

@jimb0654 Wow, interesting. I checked, and it has an anime.

[@soulpastajimjam]

0:39 wow so I guess dudes like me don't exist then lol edit: don't take that seriously, it did sorta annoy me that you said only a fujoshi heart can muster the strength to disregard the thoughtless opinions of other people, I realise that me taking this personally kind of proves your point, but I just wanna put it out there that guys like that definitely exist.. They may very well be on the spectrum but they exist none the less.....

[@Gmantheiv]

ngl, not even a gay man could come up with Satoru Gojo.

[@nanpart1780]

how so? I don't see Gojo as all that special in the grand scheme of anime and stuff(not that his character is bad). Hes powerful, has white hair, and is handsome, but there are many characters like that. JJK is quite mainstream so of course its characters would be as well. The anime is also carrying the majority of his appeal(not saying its bad, its just not thirst trap material ).

[@Gmantheiv]

@nanpart1780 It was literally to the checklist though -Smart -Pretty -Muscular -Strong -Rich -Funny -Fashionista -Confident -Romantic

[@tyrewillis9841]

​@@nanpart1780 hes very shojo coated😂 he would fit in quit nicely as the romantic interest in a lot of shojo. he doesn't have a Shonen vibe to him. especially with how flirty they make his interactions with everyone. thats wy jujutsu kaisen has a huge female audience compared to other Shonen

[@Gurd-f2z]

@@tyrewillis9841so knowing nothing of shoujo, could you tell me if sukuna fits that bill too?.

[@tyrewillis9841]

@@Gurd-f2z oh no not really. he's bad ass though 😂

[@worldlinezero4783]

It's entirely possible that Gege could just be like NB or something as well. It's less likely considering that they are Japanese, since that sort of concept isn't as widely recognized as something people can be compared to in the West, but it's a possibility nonetheless.

[@blackheart3381]

Thats explains strong Toji and Sukuna gaze from Gege...

[@PowerninjaPlays]

There is no Toji gaze. I can understand the Gojo gaze because of how all the woman loved him in the flashback arc

[@NP-rm3fc]

when an author wants to hide their gender, i dont think its right to post a conspiracy video discuss it. its just invite rumor and harassment from weirdos on the internet. i respect your passion, but i dont think i like this video very much😢

[@user-ly2nx7ss2x]

Same

[@erykando]

theres always going to be speculations about everything, its pretty much normal

[@Immentallyillbutanimated]

PREACH

[@areeba7045]

also considering the issue of stalking for women in japan, this is not the type of video anyone should be posting let alone a topic that anyone should be theorising about

[@TheAngryMarshmallow]

"that only a fujoshi heart can muster" line immediately got a laugh and made a subscriber out of me 😂😂😂❤ that line is pure gold!!!

[@TheNikola2018]

3:56 in other words whatever pays the bills

[@NoeActually]

👏🏻

[@senbiche]

Noaya was a self insert fr fr They killed off my goat yuki

[@Kaisukiii]

Naoya Inoue? P4P Prince of Boxing?

[@Zemiaza]

Ok but then being a woman makes so much sense, that’s why the women aren’t over sexualized or devoid of personality!

[@Lazargamingtherealone]

my brother with christ, geges voice and hands were revealed a long time ago in some japan new's thingy, his hands were skinny but not fem, his voice was also really deep.

[@NoeActually]

That was not Gege talking (I showed in my video who was) bruh. But I think it’s kind of cool you think all women have fem hands. 😂

[@Lazargamingtherealone]

@@NoeActually yes because every women was designed to have feminine hands, its simple anatomy, they teach you that stuff in second grade

[@Pomoriee]

I use male/neutral pronouns when I speak Japanese and English, but I’m not a man. It’s just easier in online spaces and I prefer it. I think whatever Gege wants is fine, I don’t mind if they are a female, male, intersex, cross dresser, trans, it doesn’t matter. Their work is really wonderful and I wish them well.

[@esti_zesti]

Idk if this is true, but I did see somewhere that Gege said he is not confident in writing women, which wouldn't make sense

[@raec5426]

You can look up Gege's interview with Kubo (Bleach mangaka) where they talk about something like that.

[@user-lt3lx1cl1k]

Truly an underrated channel . Keep up the great work .

[@Stuffed_Trigger]

9:22 Adding onto this, the inclusion of multiple LGBTQ characters in JJK (especially Uraume and Kirara), gives more precedent to Gege possibly being transgender. Both of them not acting like stereotypes like how a lot of other manga would treat them also adds onto this.

[@beyondalpha9139]

gege is most likely a male imo, he made an appearance at comic-con (albeit with a mechamaru helmet), and he has the figure of a man. many, other male mangaka also include lgbtq/lgbtq-passing characters that don't act like stereotypes and pull them off just fine. i think its unlikely that he's trans. also: On Mando Kobayashi, Akutami said he used to use the masculine pronoun 僕 boku, but switched to 私 watashi between volumes because it’s more grown-up. He first thought this is what started the confusion about him being a woman when he met some other mangaka at a work party pre-coronavirus and they were surprised to see he was a guy. It's the norm for men in Japan to stop using 僕 and other less casual 1st person pronouns and use 私 in work and other formal situations when they grow up because these pronouns are less polite and professional than 私. 私 is gender neutral, although most cisgender men will continue to use 僕 and/or 俺 ore, another masculine pronoun that’s even less polite, in non-professional situations while many women will still use 私 in casual settings. I don’t know how it was translated in other languages, but it’s the same as Gojo switching from 俺 to 僕 after Geto told him to use 私 or at least 僕 around elders. Some people have been saying that Akutami goes by 私 because it’s gender neutral, but this interview confirms that’s not true. He was just trying to sound more mature. Akutami did call himself a younger brother in Vol 2, but in the 2nd light novel, he also said he won the evil kinkan game when he was 7 where you put kinkan, an anti-itch liquid, on your balls. (He has to have a very high tolerance for pain because kinkan on your balls would sting like hell. Maybe that’s why he has no qualms killing off characters. He feels nothing.) So anyway, Akutami has never been that coy or misleading about his gender. That time he drew himself as a woman was him trolling Yamanaka for telling him to make his girls bustier and cuter, and it was obvious what was going on if you read the full page the profile was on, but what’s usually been shared by fans is a cropped image of the profile, hence the confusion. Mangaka also are usually self-deprecating and don’t depict themselves as that cute. In the interview, Akutami also said the first manga he submitted was a gag manga so he’s a playful guy. I hoped that cleared up confusion about Akutami. It was never his intention for people to believe he was a woman.

[@ExpertContrarian]

That does not give any precedent to your agenda

[@buchelaruzit]

@@ExpertContrarian what do you think an agenda is???

[@faith4657]

I don't know

[@ExpertContrarian]

@@buchelaruzit only people with an agenda would ask this.

[@turboyabo864]

but there is one thing ,where gege changed how they draw woman after meeting their brother wife. tho people dont just reference them selves

[@Fantomstranger]

2:50 I never though about that

[@PowerninjaPlays]

People want GeGe to be a woman so bad it is kind of weird

[@NoeActually]

People want gege to be a man so bad… it’s kind of weird.

[@SandysBoxx]

@@NoeActually idk man one explains it in 5 seconds and the other made a 10 min video on it theres not much room to be snarky

[@NoeActually]

@ Gege made a drawing of themselves as a woman when they were a nobody, and you guys were like “you joking right?!… RIGHT?! ” when no one said as much. Also drew themselves once again and you guys were like that’s Maki surely. 💀😝

[@SandysBoxx]

@@NoeActually lowkey proving my point

[@yassirbeniaz6645]

@@NoeActuallyhow about when he literally saw a video of his build when he was holding a prize lmfao 😂 and we also heard his voice, or when HE FUCKING SAID HE WENT TO AN ALL BOY SCHOOL 😂

[@thegoat_1568]

I didnt even watch the video and know this is nonsense. First of all Gege said he has a wife which is very rare for authors. Second Gege was interviewed and has a deep voice unlike most females. And third Gege is a guys name in Japan. Case closed.

[@NoeActually]

Source: Twitter. 💀

[@NoeActually]

Also completely unrelated because Gege never said anything about a wife (but the brothers wife)… but you know… that a lot of Japanese and Korean lgbt couples travel to other countries and get married right? There is a Korean lesbian couple that’s really popular on KZbin. One of them was an ex K-pop artist? They go to Taiwan and get married. But you know… I am sure there is not such a thing as lesbians in Japan and Korea. They’re a myth. 😂

[@yassirbeniaz6645]

@@NoeActuallythe whole video is trash, how do you even manage to make a video about an author being a girl when he literally talked about his balls before, we literally saw his hands and build in a fuckign video (spoiler he’s a guy 😂) he went to a all boy school, talked about how he struggled with drawing girls and didn’t know women could be that thin (refered to the drawing he did to his brother wife)

[@izuyume]

gege isnt even their real name. its a pen name.

[@thegoat_1568]

@@NoeActually At least I actually read the manga unlike you 💀

[@sevencraft7]

i've watched land of the lustrous idk if that counts the anime's beautiful but the character development of the mc is something unique and i really want to see where it leads

[@deadwcat6681]

seems like season 2 won't ever happen unfortunately, but manga is already finished and its PEAK!

[@سلمانقتل]

20 billion years i’m still waiting for jjk religious video seeing the universe Collabs before watching this video is truly sad and take your time enjoy yourself I can wait more take all the time my friend and take care of your health

[@iokuproductions7131]

Kubo is the reason why i think that gege is (most probably) a guy. Why? Well, those 2 had and interview and this is the part that i want to talk about. "Kubo: I hate to say this in front of the man himself, but none of the female characters in Jujutsu Kaisen are my type. They’re all formidable, aren’t they? When characters of the opposite sex get preferential treatment, they usually reflect the creator’s tastes, so that must be Akutami-sensei’s type. Akutami: No, that’s just me dodging the issue… I’m aware I suck at drawing women. Therefore, I’ve put the brakes on creating so-called “ladylike” characters. Kubo: While your male characters come in all types, I feel like your women largely fit the same mold. Could it be you have an aversion to creating female characters who conform to gender roles? Akutami: That’s not quite the case… Kubo: For real? And you don’t have a preference for the “strong female” archetype? Akutami: Well, it’s not as if I prefer any archetypes in particular. If you were to ask me about my favorite female characters, I’d freeze up. Besides, I don’t know if the readers even want to see any ladylike or seductive female characters from me." Do you see all the thing to consider? The opposite sex, not gender (it could be a traslation error) So, our only chances are, gege is just a dude inspired by character like the ones that kubo made or a trans and kubo is chill as f*ck.

[@cranburrey]

Honestly Kubo wasn't wrong about all the female characters in JJK being fit into the same mold like even as a girl myself I do not see Gege being a woman with the way he writes them 😭😭

[@anonisnoone6125]

He's literally said he went to an all boys' highschool. That alone is proof enough so I don't know y tf people r still arguing over this.

[@kamelo2219]

She also said she's a woman. What makes one baseless claim more valid than the other?

[@thiagotoloza2028]

​@kamelo2219Nunca dijo eso.

[@Fw_Vergil]

@kamelo2219 he never said hes a woman he even said he uses Japanese male formals

[@kamelo2219]

@@Fw_Vergil literally drew themselves as a woman on multiple occasions saying this is what i look like

[@NoeActually]

Right

[@PowerninjaPlays]

From where I stand, saying a drawing is more evidence than saying you went to a boy's school is a lobotomite take

[@NoeActually]

… and Ken akamatsu (an award winning mangaka in shonen jump (who probably goes to the shonen jump parties, who is head of the cartoonist association) said Gege was a woman. + all the women’s work they took reference & from including bl. And they drew themselves as a woman. I think thinking it is a man is a lobotomy take tbh. Especially when you have the full context of the question that was only asking why they have been using gender neutral pronouns the entire interview. 💀🌝 this is a lobotomy take if you watched the video and THIS was your comment. 👆😂

[@PowerninjaPlays]

@NoeActually Politicians lie all the time to help their campaigns. You implied that you believe a politician more than GeGe about their own gender! The context of the interview does not change the fact that GeGe said they went to an all boy's school.

[@johnbandadesigns4605]

also drawing bishounen men could be seen as a strategy to attacrt female readers, there are more women than men so why not get that target audience? I know plenty of women who enjoy JJK but are very loosely goosy about power scaling debates

[@Mr.KAnime_047]

70-80% mangaka are women so, it's literally 70-80% confirmed Gege is woman (Contrary to popular belief, most ecchi/harem/isekai manga are by women because most manga in general are by women, But they specially target harem more) @noeactually

[@yowdraws5341]

My schizo headcanon is Gege is actually in relationship with horikoshi and the reason why they ended their series at the same time is because they're getting engaged together. pls don't take this seriously lmao.

[@Ok-ck6pz]

cook, expand on this theroy please...

[@yowdraws5341]

@@Ok-ck6pz just saying Horikoshi and Gege watches movies together, has dinners together (sometimes with other mangakas but im maintaining the agenda here.) These stuff has been stated years ago but there might be more action behind the scenes.... nooooticing.... (this is not realistic at all but it will be so entertaining if true lol)

[@raec5426]

The ship name is HoriGege 🤣 People make jokes on Twitter with it.

[@NoeActually]

Ryoiki Tenkai 👉👈

[@NoeActually]

😂 EXPECT MY FAN FIC DROPPING SOON ON GEGExHirokoshi

[@bedwarsbacon8798]

What if gege was the friends we made along the way?

[@NoeActually]

Sorcery fight frfr 😂

[@gachalolomg4909]

Now I think about it, you're maybe be right 0:32

[@Lachelnd]

Yeah i'm a guy and i'd just like to say that Land of the lustrous is my favourite manga AND anime i absolutely loved watching the anime and then reading the manga and not finishing it right away because i didnt want it to end is something that really shows how much i loved it.

[@soulpastajimjam]

This is a really interesting video.. my only question is, why would Gege being a woman be a problem?? It's not, obviously, but what I mean is why would someone be less inclined to read a comic book drawn by a woman? I don't get it...

[@ShirleyMcNirley]

✨Sexism✨. There are a lot of weird incels who believe that women are naturally less talented at these kinds of things than men.

[@IchigoCD]

>Open description >people mentioned in this video >picture of "gege akutami" shows up woah there

[@NoeActually]

Gege’s real identity was Mando all along.

[@mathematical9529]

Or hes a man whos mascot is a female in a cat costume since mangaka like joking around

[@-.-._---_--_._-]

I swear gege said in like an interview that they used to use boku as a personal pronoun (very rarely used by girls) but changed to watashi to sound like their more put together

[@NoeActually]

That’s part of it!

[@millshadowyfigs]

Bookmarked even though we’re adults… for research purposes.

[@enderbotv1766]

land of the lustrous is absolute peak

[@aether1284]

Maybe Gege is trans honestly, would explain alot

[@jupiter926]

"Come on, you guys really think a guy could write such hot dudes?" -me 2024

[@NoeActually]

True… I think the closest shonen has gotten to that has been Yami from black clover and Benimaru from fire force and I think that was accidental.

[@jupiter926]

@NoeActually FR lol

[@Jace.588]

Omg bruh Gege said he IS a man

[@erykando]

yea and i own a private island + a yacht

[@raec5426]

​@@erykando Well guess you do. lol

[@user-odjdjkaka]

Everyone is so obsessed with geges gender is actually creepy.

[@NoeActually]

What’s so creepy about it? If it’s normal for everyone but you, maybe you are the creepy one? 🌝

[@r1cceguy]

maybe Gege isn’t comfortable with gender and we shouldn’t be so obsessed with it we shouldn’t be obsessed with discovering someone’s gender when they purposely chose to hide it

[@NoeActually]

There is a difference between theorizing and obsessing over. All I used was public information provided by either Gege themselves or trusted sources. Not like I went to the publishing house and waited there (unless, like I mentioned with Akamatsu, since then, you are quite literally an authority figure in the manga industry… where you would be in contact with fellow mangakas). Personally, I see no harm in it. Since at the end, we are just speculating. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@dzin_mugen_A.D.T]

​@@NoeActually Your comments show that you do obsess

[@waltergaming9802]

gege if jjk was peak:

[@reinartes7079]

Gege is confirmed to go to all boys school though.

[@lollalofi3933]

Well, he can lie tho

[@Sailable]

That's exactly what a girl in disguise would claim😂😂idk

[@reinartes7079]

@lollalofi3933 From what I remember, it was confirmed by other mangaka. Unless you are insinuating that all of them are lying.

[@Sailable]

@@reinartes7079 I feel like that's something a woman would say to hide her identity🤣🤣idk

[@Sailable]

@@reinartes7079 I mean yeah that's possible too. They could have been asked to not disclose their gender.

[@سلمانقتل]

And I just remembered once I watch a video about jjk Reddit some people think our cat is a woman and reading the people saying are truly down bad 😭

[@Geofruit]

until you realize Gege removed gojo because his wife was falling for Gojo 💀

[@ClintStone-t9m]

instant divorce

[@ChromaticFlare]

Man who has read Land of the Lustrous here. Fucking love that manga. It crushed me tho.

[@NoeActually]

Nice nice!

[@Karimoon1]

Well thought out analysis I guess. I was a bit apprehensive when I clicked on it it was in my recommended panel. I appreciate the respectful tone hate videos on YT are out of control imho. Thanks for that seriously. Question though didn't Gege say they were also influenced by Bleach, Naruto etc.? Just thought I read that can't remember online or in the guide book. I'm not Japanese so i'm not going to pretend I have a right to make judgements on how women there have to move in their culture to exist as Mangaka it's simply not my place. End of the day it doesn't matter one miniscule speck of dust what gender Gege is, chooses to express or whether they wish to disclose that. They don't owe anyone, especially strangers, that disclosure. If you that bent out of shape not knowing, need to argue over this, insist Gege is one gender or the other to the point you insult/attack others over it....... um you need serious help go talk to a therapist (not you video author the ones you reference that are arguing that badly).

[@Seika9]

gege situation is crazy

[@gabbycal]

Also, Gege adds a lot of male fan service while adding little female fan service.

[@cranburrey]

Going by that logic, the mangakas of Blue Lock and Haikyuu are also women since they do fan service on the male characters and barely any on the female characters

[@jakob9323]

@@cranburrey well.. at least for haikyuu im ngl at least 60% of the fans are girls

[@griffincrump5077]

1:27 yea ngl that was me a few years before figuring myself out…

[@NoeActually]

Lmao. Explain. 😂

[@griffincrump5077]

@ last year I figured out I was a woman, this account is using my “deadname” tho I don’t really mind the name all that much, before then I just kinda went along with being a man because it’s how people perceived me and it was easier to go along with that perception than to deal with how people would treat me otherwise.