>>32157
Speaking of the Four Heavenly Kings, something happened in the 90s anime, where Zoisite was changed a bit. He was made to be more feminine and, in this version, he loved Kunzite. This was impressive to me. People without gender often appear in the story, like Haruka Tenoh, who has both genders, and the Sailor Starlights, who transform from males into female warriors. This doesn't mean they are from any special tribe, it's simply who they are.
There was always very little time to draw the manga because it was very close to the anime's televised run. I got ideas and I simply included them without thinking about it too much. My mother taught me to be liberal and open-minded so that I would never question the gender or preferences of other people. Although the ideas I had were my own, my mother had a lot of to do with them because of her liberal ideals.
At the time, Nakayoshi's target audience were primary schoolgirls. Thanks to this, readers often promoted diversity and raised awareness among their other classmates.