I should clarify that I don't think it's because it's because Japan is amazingly progressive about gender. (After all, this is the game where he gets groped by :biden-troll: who exclaims "You're... a man?!)
It's just that Japanese character designers can go "I think the dudes can and should be pretty too"
I will have you know that Raiden's never sexually assaulted anyone :disgost:
CW that comrade
Altered the wording in a way that should achieve the same result
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