When confronted about it, she responds with this as she doesn't want to out Cheryl to them. It's for a Book: Delilah, worried about Cheryl's situation with trying to come out, asks her friends a hypothetical question about how they'd react if she said she wanted to be a boy.However, when Zack questions her about what the difference between the two supposedly is, she doesn't have an answer. Insistent Terminology: Cheryl definitely just wants to be a 'cute anime girl', not a regular one.Also possibly the case with Zack, who acts quite awkwardly towards Cheryl when meeting her (Chelsie certainly seems encouraging of the idea). When talking about this to her sisters, Cheryl initially dismisses it, saying she doesn't think she's into boys, but after a bit of questioning prompted by Chelsie, the question is pushed into the future, as she doesn't want to be questioning her identity and her sexuality at the same time. One of Cheryl's classmates reveals to 'Charon' that he's planning on asking her out. Incompatible Orientation: A possible case.Obviously in this case, it's just a veneer so that they feel more comfortable hashing things out. I Have This Friend: When Cheryl first 'appears', so to speak, her dad sits down for a talk, and she briefly pretends to be a stranger in order to ask about, well, Charon.Freudian Slip: While Cheryl has her below mentioned Insistent Terminology, she catches herself in her thoughts about to say she wants to be a 'g-', quickly correcting herself to 'anime girl'.

Cannot Keep a Secret: Zack outs his sister as sapphic to Cheryl while the two are discussing identity, and then when apologizing to his sister over the phone for doing so, he outs Cheryl to her.Even her best friend Zack calls her 'cute' before realizing it's her, and seems quite flustered when meeting her girl mode in person. When Delilah sees a picture of Cheryl, she calls her 'really pretty'. Attractive Bent-Gender: During her first public appearance, Cheryl waves at a boy in her class who subsequently begins crushing on her (much to 'Charon''s dismay).Lampshaded when Cheryl calls her parents out for using the naming convention when last names are better for distinguishing relatives. Alliterative Family: All three siblings' names start with CH, the C coming from their mother's first initial and the H from their father.Now she has to navigate coming out to those around her and forming new relationships, all while figuring out what her new identity means for her. Initially a boy named Charon, Cheryl's older sister dressed 'him' up as a girl, starting a process of self discovery for Cheryl. I Want to be a Cute Anime Girl is a webcomic by Azul Crescent, following the life of a 15 year old transgender girl named Cheryl as she discovers her identity.

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