otoko no ko
男の娘 女装少年 femboy こんな可愛い子が女の子のはずがない わぁい 女装子 男の娘×女の子 おとこのこ だが男だ 伪娘 伪伪郎 萝太 お姉さん×男の娘 男の娘×男の娘 男娘 秀吉 女装大佬 偽娘
A male character who looks female.
The Japanese term 男の娘 (otoko no ko) is a pun on 男の子 (otoko no ko), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the ko reading of 娘 (commonly musume, girl).
Across English-speaking communities, these characters are referred to in a number of different ways with no single standard term. The most common are "trap" and "femboy", and less frequently "tomgirl" or "otokonoko" are used.
Some people use "femboy" to describe anyone who appears or acts feminine, even if they don't convincingly pass as female. If you can correctly tell the character is male with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this.
While many otoko no ko engage in crossdressing, it is not a requirement. Sufficiently feminine characters can pass as girls even when near-nude or dressed in typically masculine clothing.
Examples
Notable characters
- Ansel and Mizuki from Arknights
- Arikawa Hime from Himegoto
- Astolfo from Fate/Apocrypha
- Bill and Serpent God from Black Souls
- Bridget from Guilty Gear
- Felix Argyle from Re:Zero
- Forrest and Rosado from Fire Emblem
- Fujisaki Chihiro from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Haku from Naruto
- Kanzaki Hideri from Blend S
- Kinoshita Hideyoshi from Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
- Midare Toushirou from Touken Ranbu
- Shidou Mariya from Maria Holic
- Urushibara Ruka from Steins;Gate
- Watarase Jun from Happiness!
- Yuuki Kei from Moyashimon
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
- futa without pussy 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
- Pool: Manly Femboys
