Let's put it this way...
The instant she saw him, she instinctively overlooked the fact that he was dressed as a man and directly took him for a girl. Th-this...
Fortunately, Sogo Doma did not know what she was thinking, and he had also been forbidden from contacting her. Otherwise, he would have had to tell her that when he first saw Ryunosuke Akasaka, he had questioned his entire life too—
If not, he would never have taken the socially anxious, even gynophobic Ryunosuke Akasaka out to have fun everywhere, even bringing him to bathhouses and beaches, all to verify whether he was a boy or a girl!
Unfortunately, the result disappointed him. Ryunosuke Akasaka was a boy. Though he was afraid of women, he was still a boy...
Did you know why Sogo Doma suspected Yukinoshita and Eriri?
If he had only encountered one Ryunosuke Akasaka, he could barely deceive himself into thinking that there were always a few bizarre exceptions in this world. But after encountering Saika Totsuka too...
Uh...
The key was that Eriri and Yukinoshita were both just as flat!
Sogo Doma: "..."
Sure enough, he still had to inspect them himself!
Even he was like this, let alone Rumi Tsurumi. If she had not been regularly exposed to Katsura Kotaro's cross-dressing, she might have wanted to take him away to verify his identity. But precisely because Katsura Kotaro had set such a precedent, her first reaction after getting over her embarrassment was:
"Um, have you ever considered getting a part-time job?"
She could hardly be blamed. After all, Katsura Kotaro often said, "Those three newcomers made me another five thousand today. We can have Sukiyaki..."
Incidentally, Rumi Tsurumi had initially not wanted to become Katsura Kotaro's disciple. It could not be helped—his image as a