u/Bitcrush-exe

i've seen a lot of comments lately saying the author is only now starting to make mei's gender ambiguous, but wasn't she always meant to be a woman?

like, the author was planning to have her end up with gero as a woman from the start. the story kinda had to establish mei as a guy or femboy first, otherwise the whole marriage journey plot wouldn't even get off the ground. so the plan was probably to reveal in the final arc that she was actually a woman all along, then have her end up with gero.

and from a business standpoint, making her a femboy at first would also pull in the femboy fanbase, so it's basically a win-win. makes sense if you think about it.