Lion's gender is a plot point. A rather crucial one to the overall mystery, thanks to a chapter added by the manga in EP8. The narrative in the VN itself treats Lion as respectfully as possible - the whole thing is framed as "the game master is deliberately obscuring [the gender] to make the mystery harder to solve, tee hee" and everyone avoids using gendered words or phrases to refer to Lion if at all possible. Their own sister is even (temporarily) rewritten to refer to Lion as "Successor-sama" instead of brother/sister. Lion doesn't seem to particularly have a preference, though, only growing irritated when people presume one way or the other due to gender inequality and stereotypes.
Naturally, there are parts of the fandom where this is a heated, messy debate for various reasons.
In the interests of keeping things fair and canon-accurate, I'll be following the visual novel's lead in using neutral they/them pronouns (3rd person prose making "no pronouns" a bit impossible, unfortunately) and keeping in line with the Intentionally Vague Language wherever possible. If this changes in future, I will amend this post.
(Of course, your character is still welcome - and encouraged! - to be ICly confused by this and pry into their business for answers, but Lion's answer will always be a mix of confusion, annoyance, and indifference. Asking is impolite!!)
Thank you for understanding, and I hope y'all have a wonderful day. ❤
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Lion's gender is a plot point. A rather crucial one to the overall mystery, thanks to a chapter added by the manga in EP8. The narrative in the VN itself treats Lion as respectfully as possible - the whole thing is framed as "the game master is deliberately obscuring [the gender] to make the mystery harder to solve, tee hee" and everyone avoids using gendered words or phrases to refer to Lion if at all possible. Their own sister is even (temporarily) rewritten to refer to Lion as "Successor-sama" instead of brother/sister. Lion doesn't seem to particularly have a preference, though, only growing irritated when people presume one way or the other due to gender inequality and stereotypes.
Naturally, there are parts of the fandom where this is a heated, messy debate for various reasons.
In the interests of keeping things fair and canon-accurate, I'll be following the visual novel's lead in using neutral they/them pronouns (3rd person prose making "no pronouns" a bit impossible, unfortunately) and keeping in line with the Intentionally Vague Language wherever possible. If this changes in future, I will amend this post.
(Of course, your character is still welcome - and encouraged! - to be ICly confused by this and pry into their business for answers, but Lion's answer will always be a mix of confusion, annoyance, and indifference. Asking is impolite!!)
Thank you for understanding, and I hope y'all have a wonderful day. ❤
[Edited to clarify some points, in hindsight]