Need to clarify something

Nov 8, 2023 5:52 AM

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So In subtitle it said Pitou is a Guy but most of the ppl on FB and YouTube saying Pitou is a girl, so which is it? Or Pitou is genderless like Rimuru? 🗿

Nov 8, 2023 6:03 AM

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Maybe it's a hermaphrodite. Or maybe not. I don't know how bug biology works.

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Nov 8, 2023 6:04 AM

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pitou is a girl proof ⬇️

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Nov 8, 2023 6:10 AM

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She is a female cat😺

Nov 8, 2023 6:15 AM

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Yes. This NEEDED to be clarified.

Togashi made that clear years ago, btw.
MaL also stated Pitou's Gender is Unknown

Nov 8, 2023 6:16 AM

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Uhhhh girl I think.

Nov 8, 2023 6:20 AM

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no it's not ever confirmed in the anime if that's the question. Different pronouns get used on occasion, and the narrator never specifies a gender. A lot of people decided to use she/her cuz Pitou's feminine, some people aggressively use he/him though, and some just keep it neutral

Nov 8, 2023 6:25 AM

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All of the Royal Guards are genderless, because unlike all the other ants they can’t mate

Nov 8, 2023 6:30 AM

Zashchita

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I assumed that all of the ants besides the queen are male.

Nov 8, 2023 6:47 AM

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Idk, I always assumed Pitou was male cause they use he/him in the manga from what I remember.

Nov 8, 2023 7:07 AM

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The English manga uses he/him but that's somewhat a mistranslation because the japanese version doesn't specify. Meanwhile the anime draws them in a more feminine way.

Just use whatever you want. It's not like gender identity is strictly binary anyways. And in terms of biological gender, they're probably just a Ken doll.

Nov 8, 2023 7:41 AM

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Ehh she looks female enough

Nov 8, 2023 7:50 AM

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@RjRaj
neferpitou uses "Boku" to refer to itself which is a pronoun used by boys and young men to be humble.
while it's true that the battle collection refers to pitou as "she" that's a non Canon card game so I wouldn't take it to heart.
The only official reference to pitous gender is in a databook and "he" is used.

the royal guards are all completely genderless but pitou is clearly designed with a female frame.

Nov 8, 2023 7:54 AM

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AustinJamB said:
All of the Royal Guards are genderless, because unlike all the other ants they can’t mate

yeah that's what I was thinking also

Nov 8, 2023 7:56 AM

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Kidzuna said:
Ehh she looks female enough

don't go by the looks in 2023 you will regret it ☠️

Nov 8, 2023 7:59 AM

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Achmetha0626 said:
@RjRaj
neferpitou uses "Boku" to refer to itself which is a pronoun used by boys and young men to be humble.
while it's true that the battle collection refers to pitou as "she" that's a non Canon card game so I wouldn't take it to heart.
The only official reference to pitous gender is in a databook and "he" is used.

the royal guards are all completely genderless but pitou is clearly designed with a female frame.

exactly my thoughts but i needed to clarify because you can never be too sure

Nov 8, 2023 8:00 AM

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Yeshaiah2015yesh said:
pitou is a girl proof ⬇️

Don't believe everything you see in Google

Nov 8, 2023 8:36 AM

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Similarly to Hange from AOT, author never disclosed this, but common consensus among the community seems to be that it's female.

@Achmetha0626

Pronouns in Japanese language do not imply nor determine gender identity. It is not uncommon for women to use "boku" pronoun. We call those characters "bokukko".

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Nov 8, 2023 9:00 AM

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neat, I thought the usage would be stricter.
To clarify, I wasn't entirely wrong just didn't include all the information right?

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Achmetha0626 said:
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neat, I thought the usage would be stricter.
To clarify, I wasn't entirely wrong just didn't include all the information right?

You're wrong in thinking Pitou using boku is proof of her being male. Unless Togashi has explicitly said what Pitou's gender is, we can't know for sure.

Nov 8, 2023 10:09 AM

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I was using it as proof if inconsistency, not that they are a male. As I mentioned, the guard are completely genderless.

Nov 8, 2023 2:06 PM

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no human gender can be assigned to q chimera ant

Nov 8, 2023 2:39 PM

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RjRaj said:
So In subtitle it said Pitou is a Guy but most of the ppl on FB and YouTube saying Pitou is a girl, so which is it? Or Pitou is genderless like Rimuru? 🗿

Their gender is interpretative to the viewer. If you think it's a girl, it's a girl, if you think it's a boy, it's a boy.

Nov 8, 2023 3:16 PM

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RjRaj said:
So In subtitle it said Pitou is a Guy but most of the ppl on FB and YouTube saying Pitou is a girl, so which is it? Or Pitou is genderless like Rimuru? 🗿

Pitou is genderless, a lot of the time subtitles will default non-binary characters’ pronouns to “he”

Nov 8, 2023 3:42 PM

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As it's implied they are biologically sexless and never explicitly identify with a specific gender, the gender-neutral "they" would be an appropriate pronoun for us to use. If you wish to express that you don't view them as a person, by all means use "it."

If we want to take the "ant" thing as literally as possible, almost all of the chimera ants we see would actually be biologically female, but barren. The majority of ants in a colony (workers) are female, but only a queen can lay eggs. Males (drones) live extremely brief lives of singular purpose: basically, they mate with the queen and then die. Togashi probably wasn't being that literal about it.

The implications and varied use of the first-person pronoun "boku" Pitou uses to refer to themselves have already been mentioned, but Japanese usually doesn't use gendered third-person pronouns, will opt to omit any pronoun whatsoever, or will opt to explicitly use their name. Where we might say, "He ran down the street," Japanese would read more like "Ran down the street" or "Jack ran down the street," avoiding the third-person "he" altogether. Also, the various words for the second-person pronoun "you" are just as gender-neutral as "you" is in English. Basically, the language itself sort of avoids assuming anyone else's gender.

It's also already been pointed out that they are depicted androgynously in the manga; the appearance of having breasts is unique to the anime adaptation.

So yeah, kind of like Rimuru, they're probably sexless, but Rimuru was male in their past life, so people are generally comfortable using "he" or "they" instead of exclusively "they."

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RjRaj said:

Kidzuna said:
Ehh she looks female enough

don't go by the looks in 2023 you will regret it ☠️

If there's a hole there's a Goal

Nov 8, 2023 6:26 PM

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RjRaj said:

Yeshaiah2015yesh said:
pitou is a girl proof ⬇️

Don't believe everything you see in Google

will it officially hasten been announced but depending on pitou look and his character and voice it's stated that pitou is a girl. maybe pitou is a boy, seeing how Kurapika turned out to be a boy. we just hope at least
pitou is a girl

Nov 8, 2023 9:26 PM

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Kidzuna said:

RjRaj said:

don't go by the looks in 2023 you will regret it ☠️

If there's a hole there's a Goal

wanted to use this for days so here we go 🗿

Nov 8, 2023 9:38 PM

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RjRaj said:

Kidzuna said:

If there's a hole there's a Goal

wanted to use this for days so here we go 🗿

If being Gay means getting a taste of Pitou then I shall Gladly accept

Nov 8, 2023 9:40 PM

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Kidzuna said:

RjRaj said:

wanted to use this for days so here we go 🗿

If being Gay means getting a taste of Pitou then I shall Gladly accept

ayo wtf ☠️ nahh don't let him cook

Nov 8, 2023 10:26 PM

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RjRaj said:

Kidzuna said:

If being Gay means getting a taste of Pitou then I shall Gladly accept

ayo wtf ☠️ nahh don't let him cook

nah. let him cook.

Nov 8, 2023 10:30 PM

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my interpretation has always been that since the queen is the only ant meant to reproduce, none of the others actually have a sex.

like sure, they may resemble males or females but ultimately it doesn’t really matter at all to them.

Nov 9, 2023 1:27 AM

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RjRaj said:

Kidzuna said:

If being Gay means getting a taste of Pitou then I shall Gladly accept

ayo wtf ☠️ nahh don't let him cook

I mean you can't blame me...

Nov 9, 2023 5:21 AM

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I think it's 'them'. maybe a gender fluid or whatever they use in America.

Nov 9, 2023 9:23 AM

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while I know this might not prove anything to some, doesn't neferpitou have a chest? it's possible that maybe they refer to the chimera ants with either pronoun because they aren't technically people, more like creatures? I don't think it's wrong to assume that pitou is female because she is feminine presenting, but honestly there are a few hxh characters that don't necessarily follow the rules so who knows. some of the theories about the chimera ant genders posted in this thread are super plausible.

Nov 9, 2023 1:33 PM

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It isn’t confirmed. Anything you hear otherwise is somebody’s assumption or something they heard out of context. There’s no answer as of now

Nov 9, 2023 6:47 PM

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Pitous non binary

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