It's okay if you don't want to reply but you're only neutral person with knowledge in Japanese that gives nice explanations. Is grelles confessional correctly translated? Some fans told me translated version is wrong and biased. And does Grelle from akuma 6 really want to turn into a woman or is that another fan doujinshi? Thank you for being respectful and unbiased.
Dear Anon,
You are giving me too much credit, I am surely not the only one ^^ @akumadeshitsumon for one is a learned academic in the field of Japanese (trans) gender studies.
By Grell’s confessional, do you mean the character guide book?
I don’t know how this book has been translated, so I cannot offer a comparison. But I guess you are more concretely asking whether Grell said anything about her gender in it? There was a part where she was asked whether she always uses **“Tranny Language” (onee kotoba ・オネエ言葉), and Grell replied that she is “a lady, and therefore using feminine speech at all times is only to be expected.”
TLN: “Tranny/Onee” is of course a slur, but as I explained before, (trans)gender studies evolved very different in Japanese society, but 10 years ago there was a lack of accurate terminology, hence this offensive use of term.
As for ‘Akuma 6′, this is the English translation I found.
In the original manga, Grell said the following:
“つまり アタシが2位(そのガキ)のロゼットを手に入れれば、世界中の男がひれ伏すような艶女(アデージョ)になれると思っていいヨネ？”
“Tsumari, atashi ga ni-i (sono gaki) no rosette wo te ni irereba, sekaichuu no otoko ga hirefusu you na enjo (Ade-jo) ni nareru to omotte ii yo ne?”
“In short, if I manage to get the rosette of the second place holder (that brat), then I will be able to become a raving beauty (Ade-jo) before whom all the men in the world will prostrate, right?”
‘Ade-jo’ is a neo-word that is coined by NIKITA magazine, meaning ‘a mature and successful business woman with exceptional beauty’. Specifically, this term is used to distinguish more ‘mature’ women from ‘shoujo’ - glorified innocently young girls. In contrast to the ‘shoujo’, ‘Ade-jo’ are celebrated as women who have the experiences and skills that the younger girls do not have.
As such, it is indeed very ideal to be seen as an ‘Ade-jo’ for Grell, who is a reaper from a society where diligence is held in highest esteem. In this bonus chapter, Grell does not wish to become a lady, because she already is a lady as frequently stated in the canon manga. Instead, she wants to be upgraded into an ‘ade-jo’ specifically.