This might be my favorite page to date. I'm sure I'll get some "um actuallys" regarding the statistical unlikelihood of this situation. But I like highlighting that not only did trans people exist in the 80s - "even in a country like Japan" whatever that's suppose to mean - but transition itself existed too. It's not some new idea. It's not some new medical procedure. It's something that's been happening around us for decades, because people we know have been trans for a very very long time. It's more understood and more accepted now - and thank god, even if we still have a long way to go - but to say no one knew anything back then would be an disingenuous fallacy.

I will add that the suddenness of Kazuko's change is because to my understanding - at least back then - that in Japan, trans people were expected to have their surgery before being allowed to start hormone treatments. I don't know if this has changed in more recent times.

I also like this page because we learn quite a bit about Chiaki's mom. There's some interesting things to glean here. Her personality, her name, her relationship with her tiny daughter. ;)

And also, 4-year old Chiaki is cheek-pinchingly adorable. Teeny tiny less than a year old Naoki is also present (though I never wanna draw a baby stroller again). XD

Finally, I'll add that Walson is a play on Japanese convenience store Lawson. And her nametag should - if I didn't blow it - read her deadname in the first few panels, and Kazuko in the latter few.

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