Talk:Luka Urushibara/@comment-30302124-20200117144526/@comment-29853679-20200117171412

This is objectively wrong, though. Heck, Luka even goes as far as to correct people when they assume he's female. Luka uses 僕 ("boku") as his personal pronoun. This is a male-leaning pronoun. Typically used by young males (Occasionally it will be used by females in songs, typically when they're written by guys. Good example of this is Itou Kanako singing 僕はまたカオスになる終わりのない痛みを抱えて. "And thus I meld into Chaos, bearing the unending pain!" in Find the blue).

Not only does Luka use boku. He continues to use it even after his gender changed.

Lastly, I would like to include a simple out-of-universe explanation:

Japan isn't progressive in their transgender agenda. Like it or not, Japan legally requires you to have gone through sex reassignment surgery to be considered trans. This is in 2020. The focus over there isn't huge like it is in the west. Especially not in 2009 when Steins;Gate was written. And even then, I'd say it's quite clear that Chiyomaru Shikura made the continued view on Luka's gender clear with the Steins;Gate 0 Anime, which added in a "but he's a guy" joke that wasn't there in the visual novel.

If you have any more questions, refer to this Ask.FM answer: https://ask.fm/SciADV/answers/134817454903

Stop spreading misinformation.