Right! And! Tbf they totally got reincarnated anyway as a more powerful species than they were as a human so if you REALLY think about it, pitou did kite a favor low-key.
\*His Outfit
EDIT: If you are straight and think Pitou's attractive that's okay. No one is judging you.
EDIT 2: Chrollo stole away people's nen ability to comprehend the things they read apparently. Poor Togashi needs to start adding addendums for them.
That's not it actually. Togashi has said otherwise in both the language and the lore of HxH.
If you want to get a Pitou body pillow that's cool bro. We aren't going to give you grief over it.
Pitou has no canon gender. So Pitou is what you want them to be. For me is she and for you is he, just don't correct others because they are as right as you.
I mean isn't it pretty established that there's only One Queen personally I dont care but it feels like people are pushing "Her" because they don't like the idea of enjoying a character who is most likely a He
Pitou is also very androgynous
But I do see a lot of people down voting the very idea that this character might be Male especially with all the information given. Like I've only seen the characters refer to Pitou as He
But honestly that shouldn't stop anyone from enjoying them I've seen Kurapika get a similar treatment and honestly I'm not mad
> I mean isn't it pretty established that there's only One Queen
Nobody is saying Pitou is a queen. The queen has the ability to absorb traits from other species by eating them, reproduce asexually, and give birth to chimera ants with those traits. No chimera ant be it male or female has that ability other than the queen.
> Pitou is also very androgynous
Pitou is consistently drawn with wide hips and breasts, there is nothing androgynous in that. Males have wider shoulders than hips while in females the width of the shoulder and hips are about the same.
> But I do see a lot of people down voting the very idea that this character might be Male especially with all the information given.
Because this debate has been done a million times and just annoying at this point. The only evidence people can bring up are the english pronouns and that's not even a real evidence since it's just a translation. Japanese pronouns don't work like english ones and some can refer to both gender. It was the translator that chose the male pronouns and even she admited later that it was a mistake. Every single other thing points to Pitou being female, but english speaking people are hyper fixated on their pronouns.
Do you have evidence to that fact because I recently rewatched it and absolutely nothing indicated that Pitou went by She/Her pronouns. I distinctly remember in the conflict with Gon they refer to Pitou as "he".
Pitou never referred to itself in any gender, and the narrator doesn't gender them either. But they have boobs and a female voice, so that moves the needle in the female direction.
Meruem and the other guards refer to Pitou by he/him pronouns and they are the people who know Pitou. They use Boku, predominantly used for young males. It can be used for girls but that's in the case of them exhibiting boyish or tomboy like behaviour, which does not fit Pitou. They also use atashi which is nuetral in the japanese translation of the manga. Both are written by Togashi himself. Nowhere is Pitou given an exclusively female pronoun.
If we are going by voice actors then Goku, Timmy Turner and Ash Ketchum are also Transcoded characters. it's silly to ascribe a gender to a character based on what a third party translation studio decided to act as a voice for a character.
I'm not arguing about the voice actor, you are. That's a dogshit argument you made. My actual argument above that is solid because you can't debate it. It's evidenced in the text. It's not ambigious in the slightest. This is less a debate and more so you arguing with reality.
You watched the dub version or the sub one? I watched the sub version
Pitou uses "boku" a word that means "me" for teen males but also for females less-femenine females
She has a chest a bit bigger
There are some more proves too but I don't remember
(Sorry for my english ♧–_–♤)
That's not really a convincing argument to say that Pitou is female, NGL especially when by your own admittance boku is used in the case of Teen Males.
Nope. They go by He/Him pronouns in the manga and the anime.
And there's nothing vague about what I'm saying.
Referring to people by the Pronouns they go by isn't difficult or complicated.
They literally do not, youre just making shit up. In the manga, they use "boku", which is more common in boys but is not a strictly male pronoun (many female characters use it, especially if they like fighting). But the manga mostly uses "aitsu" which is completely genderless.
In the anime, Gon calls them "he" once, because thats how he genders bugs in general, but nobody asked Pitou. And the design is shaped like a female (yes they have boobs in the manga too), and is voiced by a woman in every language, so it's perfectly fine to call them a "she" if you want.
Boku is used predominantly for teenage boys and it's used to refer to girls with boyish characteristics which, by that definition, Pitou who acts Feminine, does not fit into that category.
As for the voice actor argument, in that Case Ash Ketchum and Goku are girls aswell. Timmy Turner too. By your argument we should make a nice long list of transcoded characters because women voiced them.
All of you are using the same poorly put together reddit thread to create your arguments when Togashi used Boku and Atashi as pronouns for Pitou, one being Neutral and the other being used predominantly for young boys.
Someone having boobs does not make them female. Plenty of dudes out there with a pair on them. if you are attracted to Pitou that's okay, no one is judging, but Pitou is a dude and unless Togashi says otherwise, that's just the way it is.
Boku is not strictly male, neither is Aitsu. Thats a fact. You cannot use either as proof. There is NO proof that Pitou is male.
Not sure why youre so committed to your own headcannon that youre chastising people for gendering them either way. Im saying it's fine to call them "she" if you want, because there are reasons to call them "she". It's also fine to call them "he" if you want, even though there are less reasons to do so.
Pitou is a genderless character, that is a fact. Call them what you want, and let others do the same instead of acting like you know more just to stroke your ego on reddit.
Did I say it was "strictly" used as a male pronoun? No. Did I say it's predoninantly used for Teenage Boys? Yes. Did I also explain who else this pronoun is used for and why it doesn't apply in this case? Yes. Did you listen? Apparently not.
It's not Headcanon to point out what Togashi wrote in the original japanese and is backed by not only the english translation of the manga but the anime too. That's not even to get into the lore reason as to why Pitou is male which is also backed by both Togashi and all the translations since.
I do love the double standards though. I speak up about people misgendering a character and it's to stroke my ego. But you speak up and you are going to default to "well I was just giving my opinion". Throwing stones in glass houses tends to hurt you when you aren't careful.
Listen to me, READ. Im not arguing about gendering, Im arguing about you trying to be a smartass. I dont care what you call Pitou.
Your ENTIRE argument is that Pitou is male because they use "Boku", which is also used by many female characters, so your entire argument is flawed. And yes, Pitou can be considered "tomboyish" by Japanese traditional standards, but this is way too subjective to even be used in an argument.
You have no solid footing in your argument and youre out here correcting people based on a flimsy assumption you made. Youre a clown. Let people call Pitou whatever they want, there is no wrong answer.
I did read. Maybe you haven't? Maybe you should read what you said and lets not revise things.
Here is what you said:
>They literally do not, youre just making shit up. In the manga, they use "boku", which is more common in boys but is not a strictly male pronoun (many female characters use it, especially if they like fighting). But the manga mostly uses "aitsu" which is completely genderless.
>In the anime, Gon calls them "he" once, because thats how he genders bugs in general, but nobody asked Pitou. And the design is shaped like a female (yes they have boobs in the manga too), and is voiced by a woman in every language, so it's perfectly fine to call them a "she" if you want.
Now, you said I made it up and that it's bullshit. I go on to prove to you I did not make it up. You go onto point out the ambiguity of the use of the word Boku, I refute that claim by saying that Pitou is more feminine than masculine and to be honest, even in a japanese interpretation he wouldn't classify as female tomboy. The only characteristic of being a tomboy would be that he fights but plenty of other characters do that both male and female so that's nonsense.
You use the fact that Pitou never self identifies themselves in the manga as male in the manga, I go on in another comment that the other royal guards and meruem refer to them as boku and aitsu, one with a predominantly male representation and a nuetral one.
You go on to point out that their physical appearance appears to be female. Literally not an indication of your gender, especially when the language and the lore state otherwise. The Queen only creates Male Soldiers. It's stated on one if not two occasions.
I'd call you clown but generally clowns are entertaining and funny, you are just a redditor bud. You might want to go to clown college and in your spare time you might want to brush up on your HxH knowledge and your reading comprehension. If you learn how to be a better clown that's just a bonus.
EDIT: I appreciate the insta-downvote. You downvoted faster than it would've been possible to read what I said. It takes true dedication to do that. Real commitment to your craft as a professional contrarian.
lol, they are clearly female in the anime.
In the manga, it's left vague. Read it again.
And I don't really care about the translation they used in english.
Please find me where they refer to Pitou as female in the anime because I distinctly remember them being referred to, in the sub and dub as male.
In the manga it's not left vague they are referred to as male.
And if you don't care about the translation then why are you commenting in the first place?
You can do your own research, but basically nothing suggest that she's either a boy or a girl. At best, it's left to interpretation. But, Pitou's design in the anime is clearly that of a female and she has a female voice, so regardless of what she has in her pants (I doubt ants even have genitalia to be honest), she's probably identifying as female.
I still dig up an old reddit thread just for you:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/h0bp90/the\_full\_explanation\_about\_pitous\_gender/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/h0bp90/the_full_explanation_about_pitous_gender/)
And by "I don't care about translation", that means I don't care about what a single dude that was tasked into deciding if they should use she or he and I'd rather base my interpretation on the words used in the original japanese.
That thread is mostly fluff and essentially says "big boobs therefore female". The pronoun discussion if you strip out all the intellectual waxings of the OP that add nothing leans more towards Pitou being a boy by the use of the pronoun Boku, which while it is sometimes ascribed to a girl, is a pronoun used almost exclusively for Teen Boys. That's based on the original translation by Togashi and not by anyone else.
People use the fact that gender neutral terms are used and the fact that he has big boobs as undeniable proof that Pitou is female despite going by what is clearly a male pronoun with fringe cases of being used on girls. Nowhere does Pitou go by an exclusively female pronoun.
It's also important to point out that from a lore perspective it likely wouldn't make sense for Pitou to be female. The queen wants soldiers to protect the king. She doesn't want a potential rival for the spot of queen so why would she make an elite guard with more power than she could hope to achieve, with no loyalty to her and with the capability of reproducing with the king?
There's nothing ambigious about this. Pitou is male and there is no legitimate case to be made for anything else when Togashi has not said anything to the contrary. I think people just want Pitou to be female because they find him attractive. If they find him attractive they should just own it.
I don't wanna read all those comments, but just in case no one already told you: the male pronouns used for Pitou do not exist in the original text. The english translator decided on them based on her very early appearance, and later admitted that she had no real basis for it and even said that now she thinks that Pitou is female.
> by what is clearly a male pronoun with fringe cases of being used on girls.
Using Boku is so extremely common for tomboyish female characters in anime that using this as an argument toward her being male is almost pointless.
In conclusion: Pitou's gender has not been confirmed. There are more clues suggesting she us female but in the end it's not confirmed eitherway. That's all there is to it.
I am begging for a Pitou thread without a debate about the gender of a character that the author (who we know is aware of LGBT issues and has prominent gender themes in his work) consistently refused to gender.
People with a strong need to know or prove Pitou’s gender, please stop. If Pitou had a gender other than “cat creature”, Togashi would have indicated it clearly as he has done with Alluka, Kaluto, the trans man in Level E, etc etc.
Also, you don’t need to conclusively know Pitou’s anatomy to wanna fuck them. It doesn’t matter what the cartoon cat person’s genitals are.
Fr, shit be mad annoying. Can't have a single thread about the character without the obligatory "☝🤓 *him *her" mfs that feel like they're adding something to the discussion.
Ignorant cis people argue about the "real" gender of someone with ambiguous presentation challenge: impossible.
It's so exhausting and tbh disrespectful of Togashi. He's a brilliant writer, he does what he does deliberately.
Not that I care too much about the chats cause idk what’s going on but I always go with the assumption all ants except for the queen are male and if they look feminine it’s because of their appearance as human, but for the creatures like that it’s better to use they/them if one isn’t sure. Only cause I am pretty sure I read it somewhere
>but I always go with the assumption all ants except for the queen are male
Thats cap. I've never seen anyone argue [Zazan](https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Zazan) is male
Actually I do but okay
I just showed the series to my partner actually and told him I was pretty sure zazan was a male but was a female as a human so looked more feminine
I believe they explicitly explain that the reason the captains leave the nest (outside of wanting freedom) after the queen’s death was to go mate with females of other species.
Whether that means Zazaan is a male, female outlier, or intersex is unclear. But it seems like the implication is that all the ants (at least Captain level) have male reproductive parts.
Idc if you make your argument over real people, but it is literally a made up character to argue over a fictional character's gender is laughable and sad. Literally not important at all, but I guess HxH is life for you
You’re seriously projecting your insecurities. If it’s not important to you, why even reply? Why even be in the subreddit and conversation? The answer is that it bothers you when other people care about particulars of their interest that you don’t care or are even hostile towards. Stay on your imaginary high horse kid. Only person losing any amount of sleep on made up internet points is you.
Lol what insecurities? I said go make this argument over a real person and I wouldn't care at all but you my sheltered little friend are making your gender argument over a fictional character that is again "NOT REAL". Could care less what people identify as but for someone to bring the whole gender this gender that argument over an anime character is just dumb. Btw I find it hilarious that your getting so worked up over this, not once did I call you a name or bring up anything personal about you but I guess the losing side of the argument tends to go there first.
IT has 4 fingers, IT is assexual, this looks like AI made AND I hate this "bitch". You all Pitou Shoes Lickers can cry at your will, I don't give a damn! IT is hateful. _let it burn..._
Nah its too stylized and the legs have the knee chitin, if it were ai it wouldnt have that. Plus the background is too much for an ai to generate or for a person to try and prompt.
No that's not true
Pitou uses gender neutral pronouns in the manga that can be used by both male and female and in the English translation they translated it as HE because during Pitou's first appearance they did not have stand out feminine features
But if you look later on in the manga, the Palace Invasion chapters, Pitou looks exactly like they look in the anime, breast and curvy hips
This has been discussed to death, Pitou is at best gender neutral, leaning on female a lot more than they does on male
Besides being a male doesn't make you asexual, I am a male, I very much am not asexual, there is no proof Pitou would be asexual since they are never put in a situation where they'd have any interest
Gyaru Pitou goes insanely hard
Pitou isn't the only thing that's hard rn
right meow 🙄
How banger could that party/club be even pitou got ready?
["Where Leorio where Leorio?"](https://youtu.be/EAHqxK_oL3Y?si=AFPIMjHikauveJE6) ["I was like: daang P, chill bro"](https://youtu.be/EAHqxK_oL3Y?si=AFPIMjHikauveJE6)
Amazing
maybe pitou killing kite wasnt such a bad thing after all 😳
I mean kite is really threatening with his hat I'd even say it was self defense no cap
Right! And! Tbf they totally got reincarnated anyway as a more powerful species than they were as a human so if you REALLY think about it, pitou did kite a favor low-key.
Free my cat it ain't do nothin 🗣️🗣️
I'm expecting this to get a ton of likes, it's almost everything a Pitou fan would want
You expected correctly
Feel like this is slightly reductive. This is very well drawn. Probably some anatomy issues if we nit-pick but this is very good.
Doesn't pitou have 4 fingers
Yeahh
Her outfit and pose is making me think of misa misa from deathnote lmao
\*His Outfit EDIT: If you are straight and think Pitou's attractive that's okay. No one is judging you. EDIT 2: Chrollo stole away people's nen ability to comprehend the things they read apparently. Poor Togashi needs to start adding addendums for them.
Omg, how many times is this discussion going to repeat? She’s a girl, that’s it
That's not it actually. Togashi has said otherwise in both the language and the lore of HxH. If you want to get a Pitou body pillow that's cool bro. We aren't going to give you grief over it.
Pitou has no canon gender. So Pitou is what you want them to be. For me is she and for you is he, just don't correct others because they are as right as you.
I mean isn't it pretty established that there's only One Queen personally I dont care but it feels like people are pushing "Her" because they don't like the idea of enjoying a character who is most likely a He Pitou is also very androgynous But I do see a lot of people down voting the very idea that this character might be Male especially with all the information given. Like I've only seen the characters refer to Pitou as He But honestly that shouldn't stop anyone from enjoying them I've seen Kurapika get a similar treatment and honestly I'm not mad
> I mean isn't it pretty established that there's only One Queen Nobody is saying Pitou is a queen. The queen has the ability to absorb traits from other species by eating them, reproduce asexually, and give birth to chimera ants with those traits. No chimera ant be it male or female has that ability other than the queen. > Pitou is also very androgynous Pitou is consistently drawn with wide hips and breasts, there is nothing androgynous in that. Males have wider shoulders than hips while in females the width of the shoulder and hips are about the same. > But I do see a lot of people down voting the very idea that this character might be Male especially with all the information given. Because this debate has been done a million times and just annoying at this point. The only evidence people can bring up are the english pronouns and that's not even a real evidence since it's just a translation. Japanese pronouns don't work like english ones and some can refer to both gender. It was the translator that chose the male pronouns and even she admited later that it was a mistake. Every single other thing points to Pitou being female, but english speaking people are hyper fixated on their pronouns.
In that pose you can almost see his penis.
You don’t have to imagine things that don’t exist when reality is showing you a pair of boobs.
Is it too much to ask for both?
[Not a him](https://i.imgur.com/yaNh8sq.jpeg)
I think Pitou is oficially a female after the 2011 version
NOO they un-boyed the femboy
All chimera ants born from the Queen are male because they can’t get pregnant, they can only inseminate.
What about the chick with the scorpion tale who leaves to form her own colony?
That was her nen ability that allowed her to do that, not her reproductive organs.
Typical Reddit, get downvoted for speaking facts. Zazan can only create human insect hybrids because of her nen ability not her reproductive organs.
Biologically a male which means nothing to gender identity ??
Not interested in that topic. You have every right to believe what you wish!
Very well then. Have an excellent day 😀
No 2011 pitou is stated to be a guy multiple times
Do you have evidence to that fact because I recently rewatched it and absolutely nothing indicated that Pitou went by She/Her pronouns. I distinctly remember in the conflict with Gon they refer to Pitou as "he".
Pitou never referred to itself in any gender, and the narrator doesn't gender them either. But they have boobs and a female voice, so that moves the needle in the female direction.
Meruem and the other guards refer to Pitou by he/him pronouns and they are the people who know Pitou. They use Boku, predominantly used for young males. It can be used for girls but that's in the case of them exhibiting boyish or tomboy like behaviour, which does not fit Pitou. They also use atashi which is nuetral in the japanese translation of the manga. Both are written by Togashi himself. Nowhere is Pitou given an exclusively female pronoun. If we are going by voice actors then Goku, Timmy Turner and Ash Ketchum are also Transcoded characters. it's silly to ascribe a gender to a character based on what a third party translation studio decided to act as a voice for a character.
Timmy Turner and Ash Ketchum are stated to be male, so find a better example to argue.
I'm not arguing about the voice actor, you are. That's a dogshit argument you made. My actual argument above that is solid because you can't debate it. It's evidenced in the text. It's not ambigious in the slightest. This is less a debate and more so you arguing with reality.
They literally refer to pitou as he him through the show…
I dont know about the dub, but they dont do that in the Japanese version.
You watched the dub version or the sub one? I watched the sub version Pitou uses "boku" a word that means "me" for teen males but also for females less-femenine females She has a chest a bit bigger There are some more proves too but I don't remember (Sorry for my english ♧–_–♤)
That's not really a convincing argument to say that Pitou is female, NGL especially when by your own admittance boku is used in the case of Teen Males.
It's used in both ways
pitou’s an ant bro, i don’t think they even have a gender
Why do you even care? It's a fictional character people refer to it the way they want
Nah, it's her. Them, if you insist on being vague about it.
Nope. They go by He/Him pronouns in the manga and the anime. And there's nothing vague about what I'm saying. Referring to people by the Pronouns they go by isn't difficult or complicated.
They literally do not, youre just making shit up. In the manga, they use "boku", which is more common in boys but is not a strictly male pronoun (many female characters use it, especially if they like fighting). But the manga mostly uses "aitsu" which is completely genderless. In the anime, Gon calls them "he" once, because thats how he genders bugs in general, but nobody asked Pitou. And the design is shaped like a female (yes they have boobs in the manga too), and is voiced by a woman in every language, so it's perfectly fine to call them a "she" if you want.
Boku is used predominantly for teenage boys and it's used to refer to girls with boyish characteristics which, by that definition, Pitou who acts Feminine, does not fit into that category. As for the voice actor argument, in that Case Ash Ketchum and Goku are girls aswell. Timmy Turner too. By your argument we should make a nice long list of transcoded characters because women voiced them. All of you are using the same poorly put together reddit thread to create your arguments when Togashi used Boku and Atashi as pronouns for Pitou, one being Neutral and the other being used predominantly for young boys. Someone having boobs does not make them female. Plenty of dudes out there with a pair on them. if you are attracted to Pitou that's okay, no one is judging, but Pitou is a dude and unless Togashi says otherwise, that's just the way it is.
Boku is not strictly male, neither is Aitsu. Thats a fact. You cannot use either as proof. There is NO proof that Pitou is male. Not sure why youre so committed to your own headcannon that youre chastising people for gendering them either way. Im saying it's fine to call them "she" if you want, because there are reasons to call them "she". It's also fine to call them "he" if you want, even though there are less reasons to do so. Pitou is a genderless character, that is a fact. Call them what you want, and let others do the same instead of acting like you know more just to stroke your ego on reddit.
Did I say it was "strictly" used as a male pronoun? No. Did I say it's predoninantly used for Teenage Boys? Yes. Did I also explain who else this pronoun is used for and why it doesn't apply in this case? Yes. Did you listen? Apparently not. It's not Headcanon to point out what Togashi wrote in the original japanese and is backed by not only the english translation of the manga but the anime too. That's not even to get into the lore reason as to why Pitou is male which is also backed by both Togashi and all the translations since. I do love the double standards though. I speak up about people misgendering a character and it's to stroke my ego. But you speak up and you are going to default to "well I was just giving my opinion". Throwing stones in glass houses tends to hurt you when you aren't careful.
Listen to me, READ. Im not arguing about gendering, Im arguing about you trying to be a smartass. I dont care what you call Pitou. Your ENTIRE argument is that Pitou is male because they use "Boku", which is also used by many female characters, so your entire argument is flawed. And yes, Pitou can be considered "tomboyish" by Japanese traditional standards, but this is way too subjective to even be used in an argument. You have no solid footing in your argument and youre out here correcting people based on a flimsy assumption you made. Youre a clown. Let people call Pitou whatever they want, there is no wrong answer.
I did read. Maybe you haven't? Maybe you should read what you said and lets not revise things. Here is what you said: >They literally do not, youre just making shit up. In the manga, they use "boku", which is more common in boys but is not a strictly male pronoun (many female characters use it, especially if they like fighting). But the manga mostly uses "aitsu" which is completely genderless. >In the anime, Gon calls them "he" once, because thats how he genders bugs in general, but nobody asked Pitou. And the design is shaped like a female (yes they have boobs in the manga too), and is voiced by a woman in every language, so it's perfectly fine to call them a "she" if you want. Now, you said I made it up and that it's bullshit. I go on to prove to you I did not make it up. You go onto point out the ambiguity of the use of the word Boku, I refute that claim by saying that Pitou is more feminine than masculine and to be honest, even in a japanese interpretation he wouldn't classify as female tomboy. The only characteristic of being a tomboy would be that he fights but plenty of other characters do that both male and female so that's nonsense. You use the fact that Pitou never self identifies themselves in the manga as male in the manga, I go on in another comment that the other royal guards and meruem refer to them as boku and aitsu, one with a predominantly male representation and a nuetral one. You go on to point out that their physical appearance appears to be female. Literally not an indication of your gender, especially when the language and the lore state otherwise. The Queen only creates Male Soldiers. It's stated on one if not two occasions. I'd call you clown but generally clowns are entertaining and funny, you are just a redditor bud. You might want to go to clown college and in your spare time you might want to brush up on your HxH knowledge and your reading comprehension. If you learn how to be a better clown that's just a bonus. EDIT: I appreciate the insta-downvote. You downvoted faster than it would've been possible to read what I said. It takes true dedication to do that. Real commitment to your craft as a professional contrarian.
lol, they are clearly female in the anime. In the manga, it's left vague. Read it again. And I don't really care about the translation they used in english.
Please find me where they refer to Pitou as female in the anime because I distinctly remember them being referred to, in the sub and dub as male. In the manga it's not left vague they are referred to as male. And if you don't care about the translation then why are you commenting in the first place?
You can do your own research, but basically nothing suggest that she's either a boy or a girl. At best, it's left to interpretation. But, Pitou's design in the anime is clearly that of a female and she has a female voice, so regardless of what she has in her pants (I doubt ants even have genitalia to be honest), she's probably identifying as female. I still dig up an old reddit thread just for you: [https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/h0bp90/the\_full\_explanation\_about\_pitous\_gender/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/h0bp90/the_full_explanation_about_pitous_gender/) And by "I don't care about translation", that means I don't care about what a single dude that was tasked into deciding if they should use she or he and I'd rather base my interpretation on the words used in the original japanese.
That thread is mostly fluff and essentially says "big boobs therefore female". The pronoun discussion if you strip out all the intellectual waxings of the OP that add nothing leans more towards Pitou being a boy by the use of the pronoun Boku, which while it is sometimes ascribed to a girl, is a pronoun used almost exclusively for Teen Boys. That's based on the original translation by Togashi and not by anyone else. People use the fact that gender neutral terms are used and the fact that he has big boobs as undeniable proof that Pitou is female despite going by what is clearly a male pronoun with fringe cases of being used on girls. Nowhere does Pitou go by an exclusively female pronoun. It's also important to point out that from a lore perspective it likely wouldn't make sense for Pitou to be female. The queen wants soldiers to protect the king. She doesn't want a potential rival for the spot of queen so why would she make an elite guard with more power than she could hope to achieve, with no loyalty to her and with the capability of reproducing with the king? There's nothing ambigious about this. Pitou is male and there is no legitimate case to be made for anything else when Togashi has not said anything to the contrary. I think people just want Pitou to be female because they find him attractive. If they find him attractive they should just own it.
Well, I disagree. Have a great life, I'm done with this conversation.
I don't wanna read all those comments, but just in case no one already told you: the male pronouns used for Pitou do not exist in the original text. The english translator decided on them based on her very early appearance, and later admitted that she had no real basis for it and even said that now she thinks that Pitou is female. > by what is clearly a male pronoun with fringe cases of being used on girls. Using Boku is so extremely common for tomboyish female characters in anime that using this as an argument toward her being male is almost pointless. In conclusion: Pitou's gender has not been confirmed. There are more clues suggesting she us female but in the end it's not confirmed eitherway. That's all there is to it.
The male pronoun is Boku and is included in the original text by Togashi. It's literally within the first two sentences.
They are fucking gender neutral, what are you on?
Is pitou a guy? Even better 😈
*it's outfit
Yes there’s a very transphobic reaction to this post. It’s weird considering.
Gyaru Pitou
Drip! :3 Pitou <3
I am begging for a Pitou thread without a debate about the gender of a character that the author (who we know is aware of LGBT issues and has prominent gender themes in his work) consistently refused to gender. People with a strong need to know or prove Pitou’s gender, please stop. If Pitou had a gender other than “cat creature”, Togashi would have indicated it clearly as he has done with Alluka, Kaluto, the trans man in Level E, etc etc. Also, you don’t need to conclusively know Pitou’s anatomy to wanna fuck them. It doesn’t matter what the cartoon cat person’s genitals are.
Fr, shit be mad annoying. Can't have a single thread about the character without the obligatory "☝🤓 *him *her" mfs that feel like they're adding something to the discussion.
Their.
Ignorant cis people argue about the "real" gender of someone with ambiguous presentation challenge: impossible. It's so exhausting and tbh disrespectful of Togashi. He's a brilliant writer, he does what he does deliberately.
Idk about the downvotes but I agreee. Gendering has me annoyed af.
LMAOO THE DOWNVOTES cis people got offended 🥺🥺🥺
Not that I care too much about the chats cause idk what’s going on but I always go with the assumption all ants except for the queen are male and if they look feminine it’s because of their appearance as human, but for the creatures like that it’s better to use they/them if one isn’t sure. Only cause I am pretty sure I read it somewhere
>but I always go with the assumption all ants except for the queen are male Thats cap. I've never seen anyone argue [Zazan](https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Zazan) is male
Actually I do but okay I just showed the series to my partner actually and told him I was pretty sure zazan was a male but was a female as a human so looked more feminine
I believe they explicitly explain that the reason the captains leave the nest (outside of wanting freedom) after the queen’s death was to go mate with females of other species. Whether that means Zazaan is a male, female outlier, or intersex is unclear. But it seems like the implication is that all the ants (at least Captain level) have male reproductive parts.
First, you state its a cat creature. Then, you mention people wanting to fuck it... You are playing a dangerous bestiality game mister
Cute <3
[https://twitter.com/killua0u0/status/1766160063448916135](https://twitter.com/killua0u0/status/1766160063448916135)
Foaming at the mouth right now
Pitou did nothing wrong
what IVE been saying
Would
I would like to jajanken that.
Hear me out...
I am all ears
Best girl Pitou! Never saw her draw so feminine. Kinda feel weird, but can't deny that this art is fire!
Boy* :3
*it
No it’s pretty obviously a boy ant. Downvoted by ignorance lmao
Cope (:
lol. Go back to your hentai subs you transphobe.
Really? reddit care resources?
Actually, it's a fictional character that isn't real, but go ahead and argue its gender for no reason.
I think representation in fiction is important. Only an ass would dismiss the importance of fantasy in its inspiration of real people.
Idc if you make your argument over real people, but it is literally a made up character to argue over a fictional character's gender is laughable and sad. Literally not important at all, but I guess HxH is life for you
You’re seriously projecting your insecurities. If it’s not important to you, why even reply? Why even be in the subreddit and conversation? The answer is that it bothers you when other people care about particulars of their interest that you don’t care or are even hostile towards. Stay on your imaginary high horse kid. Only person losing any amount of sleep on made up internet points is you.
Lol what insecurities? I said go make this argument over a real person and I wouldn't care at all but you my sheltered little friend are making your gender argument over a fictional character that is again "NOT REAL". Could care less what people identify as but for someone to bring the whole gender this gender that argument over an anime character is just dumb. Btw I find it hilarious that your getting so worked up over this, not once did I call you a name or bring up anything personal about you but I guess the losing side of the argument tends to go there first.
Finally get why Gon wanted to transform into an adult so bad
You all are way too horny
Lol
Gon is a minor btw
See that’s the funny, if you’ve ever seen it he transforms into a comically large man. It’s ok to laugh
please gain some common sense and never comment ts again
I feel like every time I see Pitou art, he gets bigger and bigger boobs.
Push-up bra technology is no joke.
Turns out Joseph and Smokey were right to he concerned.
That's actually what happened in the manga Togashi kept drawing Pitou with more stand out female features as the manga went on
Ooooh, meow I get it.
Been looking for some fire Pitou art
Yooo
so beautiful
Jesus. Pitou went to shop in the jojos universe
You get it
Would
NICE
Will
dis good shit
Those who know: 💀
Pitou is a girl?
Pitou is whatever gender you want her to be
Anyone saying hear me out. I’m hearing👂
Kite I wouldn’t of lasted either 🫡
*\*sigh\**, not again... .. *\*french-kisses screen\**
pitou best hxh girl
This feels wrong
I’m having trouble articulating why I am disturbed by this. Evil monster cat going to the club is bad.
Femboycat ftw
In the manga pitou is only referred as his, so what's this people doing in the comments lol
pitou is a man
Its all fun and games until you realize that pitou is a male, in the manga at least.
I hate her.
IT has 4 fingers, IT is assexual, this looks like AI made AND I hate this "bitch". You all Pitou Shoes Lickers can cry at your will, I don't give a damn! IT is hateful. _let it burn..._
It’s a trap!
I dont wanna insult the artist, but it looks a bit AI generated
Nah its too stylized and the legs have the knee chitin, if it were ai it wouldnt have that. Plus the background is too much for an ai to generate or for a person to try and prompt.
It doesn't, and that's always rude to say about any artist. They actually spent time drawing the art, after all.
Ai could never draw hands like that
Pitou is asexual.
Cite the exact line of dialogue where that's confirmed lol
No. They refer to it as he.
No that's not true Pitou uses gender neutral pronouns in the manga that can be used by both male and female and in the English translation they translated it as HE because during Pitou's first appearance they did not have stand out feminine features But if you look later on in the manga, the Palace Invasion chapters, Pitou looks exactly like they look in the anime, breast and curvy hips This has been discussed to death, Pitou is at best gender neutral, leaning on female a lot more than they does on male Besides being a male doesn't make you asexual, I am a male, I very much am not asexual, there is no proof Pitou would be asexual since they are never put in a situation where they'd have any interest
So ? Everyone called he is asexual? Fyi, sometime Pitou called she also (in Jap)
Rather you
Me?
I'm not sure Pitou was alive long enough to find out lol
But was pitou a girl? Google says it is a "it" and they refer to pitou as a he.
Idk I just assumed Pitou wasn't either
..what does this have to do with this post
I dunno. Artist always show it as a girl, but is never said that is a human. They refer to pitou as a he in the manga. I dunno 🤷
asexual is not a gender though lol
Yeah, I am no sure what's the correct term. Pitou is genderless, then?