Talk:Luka Urushibara/@comment-26498010-20150922194842/@comment-7888499-20150922203730

Maybe we should consider changing the word "gender" to "sex" in the character infobox. However, Reading Steiner recently wrote a long and deep reply on his ask.fm to this debate among international fans of whether Luka is transgender or homosexual. If anyone has not read it yet, they might find it interesting.

The Japanese language specifies gender less often than English when discussing a person, so things can be more complicated in English, and I do find myself avoiding using pronouns when writing about Luka if it won't make the sentence awkward. But elsewise I follow Mayuri-chan's example as a clue from the series' creators on how to call him/her. She loves Luka as a dear friend regardless of being male or female -She's not a perfect friend, perhaps, but loving nonetheless.- and when Luka has a male body she calls him "Luka-kun" (A friendly/respectful suffix that is most often used for boys) and when Luka has a female body Mayuri calls her Luka-chan (a suffix that is most often used for girls).

Perhaps, we cannot know for sure without a sliver of doubt unless someone goes and ask the series' creators, but I do think that Reading Steiner's opinion on the matter was well explained.