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V12 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to males who have taken on a feminine appearance. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also
* [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[femboy]] for boys that are feminine in appearance, but not necessarily personality
* [[futanari]] for those with female and/or male genitals, but female body
* [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner
* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links
* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by Limejuice Sat, Nov 11 '23, 00:45
V11 A Japanese term for [[femboy]].
Updated by The_Gumdrop Fri, Nov 10 '23, 11:09
V10 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to males who have taken on a feminine appearance. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also
* [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[femboy]] for boys that are feminine in appearance, but not necessarily personality
* [[futanari]] for those with female and/or male genitals, but female body
* [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner
* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links
* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by doltscanttag Tue, Oct 24 '23, 07:41
V9 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body").

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also
* [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[femboy]] for boys that are feminine in appearance, but not necessarily personality
* [[futanari]] for those with female and/or male genitals, but female body
* [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner
* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links
* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by boykissfruit Mon, Oct 23 '23, 09:53
V8 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body").

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also
* [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[futanari]] for those with female and/or male genitals, but female body
* [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner
* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links
* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by Rul34r Wed, Jun 28 '23, 16:01
V7 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl). Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased. On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body"). h4. Examples * [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]] * [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]] * [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]] * [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]] * [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]] * [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]] * [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]] * [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]] * [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]] * [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]] * [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]] h4. See also * [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits * [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress * [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance * [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body * [[futanari]] for those with female and/or male genitals, but female body * [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner * "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool h4. External links * Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402 * "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by futaxfemale44 Mon, Mar 13 '23, 02:22
V6 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl). Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased. On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body"). h4. Examples * [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]] * [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]] * [[Bridget (guilty gear)|]] from [[Guilty Gear]] * [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]] * [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]] * [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]] * [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]] * [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]] * [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]] * [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]] * [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]] * [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]] h4. See also * [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits * [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress * [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance * [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body * [[futanari]] for those with female and/or male genitals, but female body * [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner * "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool h4. External links * Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402 * "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by Irrixiatdowne Sun, Mar 12 '23, 16:32
V5 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl). Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this. English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased. On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body"). h4. Examples * [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]] * [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]] * [[Bridget (guilty gear)|]] from [[Guilty Gear]] * [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]] * [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]] * [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]] * [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]] * [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]] * [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]] * [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]] * [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]] * [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]] h4. See also * [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits * [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress * [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance * [[newhalf]] for male genitalia, but otherwise female body * [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body * [[futanari]] for those with both male and female genitals, but female body * [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner * "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool h4. External links * Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402 * "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by Irrixiatdowne Sun, Mar 12 '23, 16:31
V4 Feminine looking male. Does not indicate sexuality as it can be straight, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, or of any other sexuality. Does not indicate gender identification. Does not imply cross-dress.

Needless tag that just expands on redundant tags. Change to femboy instead.

Explanation if what said was not enough:

- Femboy is word you looking for to describe a person that is male and changes appearance/identity of female. Feminine male if you want it official without shortening. In English of course, that is main language of this site.
- Tag that has too small number of posts, and no one even started to tag older posts to correct "mistakes".
- Tag is already has branched to "no" and "ko" being used as one word.
- Tag overuses same meaning (although in different languages).

On this ground recommend to change it in favor of more commonly used term "Femboy" as it carries little to no sexual orientation but visual/mentality. If "trap" is already being bloated with misunderstanding as it is, no reason to extend it to another tags. Especially if same expression already covered by something else.
Updated by Neo2Rus Sun, Mar 12 '23, 13:31
V3 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this.

English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body").

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Bridget (guilty gear)|]] from [[Guilty Gear]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also

* [[bishonen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[newhalf]] for male genitalia, but otherwise female body
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[futanari]] for those with both male and female genitals, but female body
* [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner

* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links

* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by deleted101928 Sat, Feb 25 '23, 00:51
V2 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this.

English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body").

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Bridget (guilty gear)|]] from [[Guilty Gear]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also

* [[bishounen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse_trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly_boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[newhalf]] for male genitalia, but otherwise female body
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[futanari]] for those with both male and female genitals, but female body
* [[josou_seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner

* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links

* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by Tag-orum Sun, Sep 18 '22, 21:43
V1 [b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to persons of natal males (male at birth) who have taken on the appearance and/or identity of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly wear girl's clothing or not. If you can correctly tell the gender with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this.

English-speaking fandom has traditionally used the word "trap" for this concept. Due to the negative implications of the term and its history (which 男の娘 largely does not share) as well as the term's ambiguity in English, its use is inappropriate for tagging purposes and it has been aliased.

On Pixiv the tag 男体化 is sometimes used for genderswap or otoko no ko art, but its meaning- "male's body", has multiple definitions. It can be a crossdresser who has a more masculine body (but isn't obviously a man), a woman who is very muscular, or it is sometimes used in place of otoko no ko (i.e. "he may have hips, but that's a boy's body").

h4. Examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Bridget (guilty gear)|]] from [[Guilty Gear]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also

* [[bishounen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[newhalf]] for male genitalia, but otherwise female body
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[futanari]] for those with both male and female genitals, but female body
* [[josou seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner

* "Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464] pool

h4. External links

* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:54