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I do find the story rather interesting but the family tree is confusing at times. The characters are genuinely interesting and well designed except for the protagonist Richard. I feel a lot more could have been done with his character and I am unsure of how to feel about his constant identity shifts. I am constantly unsure if he is a trans-man struggling in this era due to lack of vocabulary and information or a masculine woman facing prejudice so therefore posing as a man. It seems everything he feels about his gender is contradicted at one point or another and often happens multiple times. I am unsure of whether this is intentional or not. I see this through a trans-man's eyes, so I am quite knowledgeable about what it is like to be ftm as I live it everyday. But considering I have this experience with the inner turmoil and dysphoria and the outward prejudice and it is still confusing I imagine it must be so much more confusing for someone who doesn't know much about the topic. And that would be most people.
Also at times it feels as if Richard is supposed to just be a "girl crush" for female readers or just another feminine yaoi man for fujoshis to gush over. He is put in both a relationship with a woman at one point and at another a man. Richard's whole character comes across as either fan service or a horrible misinterpretation of trans-men. Even though some of his feelings and experiences are accurate to those of many trans-men he is still made to look like just a girl many times throughout the story. Again not sure if this is intentional. I don't want to come across as triggered as I am not but I found him a very odd character with many holes.
