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I was playing rn9 for the second time recently and I started noticing a lot more things then i was able to during my first playthrough. Something that immediately stuck out to me is their interaction after Daichi has to give him a blowjob in the third task. Seiji is described as going immediately back to his normal self like he's used to this, even though this is supposed to be only the second time he's gone through this.

When i first played rn9 I thought this was just him slowly getting used to the torture but I think it's too early on for this to be the case, considering he didn't act much differently the first time this happened. We know that Daichi's torture in the game is getting physically tortured and his ability to shrug it off so easily is because he was violently abused as a child. The game makes it pretty obvious that his torture method is supposed to be very personal to him. So why is Seiji sexually tortured then? I think it's way more then "reserved rich boy gets humiliated." That explanation doesn't make sense for how many breadcrumbs they give us that would be hinting at absolutely nothing otherwise. Seijis backstory is very mysterious to the player due to the fact we play from Daichi's perspective, and he keeps himself very secretive to Daichi. There seems to be a lot of shame from Seiji considering how he isn't open about many of his issues or emotions. He is implied to at least have SOME family issues Daichi doesn't know about.

the reason i find genderbending to be such a fun and interesting challenge is because, if you actually want to be good at it and put thought into it, you have to really consider the character’s canon gender expression and think about what it means to them and how it reflects in their outward appearance and presentation.

is this male character buff because he likes to work out / be strong, or does he aspire to achieve conventional heteronormative male beauty?

is this female character a tomboy because she likes to express herself in a more masculine way, or is she doing it to fight gender norms?

the answers to those questions should produce very different designs!

this website loves to say that gender is a spectrum, but sometimes i genuinely wonder if people actually understand what that means.