@Habanga Astolfo from Fate, Felix from re:zero, Ruka from Steins:gate, Tsugumi from Nisekoi, and Saika from Oregairu are all posterchilds of "traps" in that they were mistaken as women from the get-go. do you have any examples of traps *without* mistaken gender? with close to #22000 | Heisei Oku-sama Daiundoukai - The Heise… | 423 galleries, i'd say "tomgirl" has stuck reasonably well. pretty sure @akashako is entirely correct

@Akashako There are countless Traps which are known as boys since the start. Tomgirl and Trap describe the same concept. @lord411 What problems? And I agree, that Tomgirl didn't stick, and thus shouldn't be the used name anymore.

"Tomgirl" was introduced by translators to replace "trap" because there were certain problems with the term "trap". It just didn't properly stick

Trap is a specific subset of tomgirl. With a tomgirl, he can be known as a boy. With a trap, his gender is hidden until after someone has already made assumptions.

Trap makes it sound nefarious and can also be confused with dungeon traps and trapped treasure chests.