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Adding to this:
The transformation flips everything. Suddenly Mahiro isn’t expected to be instantly competent and financially independent. As a JC, society gives him permission to be vulnerable, make mistakes, learn gradually, and actually GROW as a person. Basically he gets to experience life on tutorial mode like women, especially young, do.

Mihari forced the transformation partly because she saw her brother dying inside from all the male expectations. She gave him the cheat code that female social dynamics provide. It’s not saying being a girl is objectively better, it’s showing how fucked up it is that men get thrown into the deep end while women get floaties and swimming lessons. Trannies instinctively know this, which is why they want to become women so badly
This is why the series resonates beyond the obvious demographic. The transformation is metaphorical as much as literal.