Nekozaki is ✨gay✨ and also best girl - a compilation of evidence
KOkay, hear me out. This girl has been my new favorite character recently. I love Shikimori-san not necessarily because of the main couple (they’re cute, but ehhh, I don’t really care for romance). Nekozaki instantly caught my eye while reading the manga - I started with the manga before I watched the anime. Anyway, she just gives off gay vibes. Why?
Example 1: Ideal Woman
This girl has an “ideal woman”. Okay, it seems like a lot of people seem to have a different opinion this scene, and I honestly thought the same until I re-read it. (Correct me if I’m wrong of course please). Most people say she’s just admiring Shikimori for being the perfect elegant girly-girl, and that she wants to be like her. This is a really common trope that I’ve seen a million times in manga/anime - a tomboy girl shows excessive admiration towards a more feminine girl, which sometimes comes off as sapphic vibes. However, read the first panel on the bottom row. She is happy the way she is. She is comfortable in her own skin. She doesn’t intend to change herself to act or look like Shikimori at all. Instead, she seems to be attracted to girls who contrast her. Also in general, watching your classmate walk down the hallway and telling your friend you think she is super cute is kinda gay. 🤷🏻♀️
Example 2: Mother
This is less of an example, but I still thought it was relevant. Neko clearly likes Micchon’s mom as much as she likes her daughter. She just keeps gushing about her, with hearts around her head (and in her eyes, when the mom actually comes out to greet them.)
Example 3 - Cool women
Neko clearly seems to have a thing for cool women, despite her profession of loving cute girls. Her reaction to Isana at the coffee shop.
Example 4 - Hachimatsu (Too many moments to even compile)
I am inclined to believe that Hachimatsu and Nekozaki are conjoined at the hip. In the manga, it is extremely rare to see them apart. Although I don’t personally don’t ship them, I think there’s more than enough reason that someone could. More so than with any other male character in the series (though granted, there’s only two of them LOL. NGL, we need more male characters in Shikimori... uhhhh, that sounded better in my my head.).
Example 5 - Kamiya
Despite being a lone wolf, Neko is always reaching out to her, trying to hang out, trying to see the best side of her. Despite Kamiya brushing her off so many times, Neko keeps trying. Most people would give up. And they eventually become friends. I think it’s a really sweet part of the story. Although it might not indicate gayness, Nekozaki is one of the genuinely sweetest characters I’ve seen in a manga in a long time. We need more friends like her.
Evidence 6 - Wake up
Pretty self-explanatory. Hachimitsu knows exactly what can fluster Nekozaki the most. She looks like she just had an eargasm, LOL (which she probably did). As a note, I read that “little kitten” or “koneko” is a terminology used by lesbians in Tokyo towards their (usually younger) admirers. Sort of like a princely or suave phrase. Could just be coincidental considering Nekozaki’s name, but seems a bit intentional.
Yeah, that’s my evidence. It’s not rock solid or anything, and if anyone finds a hole in my logic, then please share. But the way she’s coded makes me think she’s attracted to women. And if it’s played right, she would actually be a refreshing breath of air compared to characters playing a similar role in other slice of life manga/anime (Horimiya’s Sawada, Komi’s Ren, Scum’s Wish’s Sanae). I just hope she gets to be happy later on, instead of being the “gay but always single” friend that every show seems to have. Like I legitimately hope the author lets her get a partner.
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me praying everyday for Nobuhiko to voice the second. He has to add another Katsuki to the list
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