#boku no hero academia light novel

I mentioned a while back that there was an excerpt from the Boku No Hero Academia Vol. 4 Novel where Kendo is participating in the Beauty Contest and made a commentary about gender roles. Here’s the translation of the excerpt from Chapter 4 “Beauty Contest”!

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Society’s label of what a “woman” should be is too much.

I just want to be “me.” I’m sure men also feel the same way though. Those who also don’t consider themselves a “woman” or a “man” feel the same way too. Who the heck even decided to half-assedly categorize these in the first place?

“It’s because you’re a woman.”
“It’s because you’re a man.”

These labels are so annoying.