Talk:Katsura Hoshino

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[edit] Gender

Katsura Hoshino is male. There's proof. In discussion rooms in the manga the characters refer to Katsura as "he" "him" "that guy" etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.109.162.2 (talk)

Translations of Japanese text aren't a valid proof since Japanese does not have grammatical genders and the translators default to what gender they think the person has. The claim female mangaka are scarce in shounen publications is unbased as well. Tadashi Ooshima (talk) 01:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Volume 15 has a Hoshino picture that very clearly reveals she's female. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.44.175 (talk) 01:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)