@EisenKoubu Nice! I’d love to read this soon. 
Random thought: Kokoro confessed to Yatori… in Winter, during Valentines’ Day. It feels appropriate considering Valentines’ Day seems to be an opportunity for girls to express their feelings through chocolates – whether outwardly or covertly. :))
Somehow, it feels like some of the routes in a genderbent Rewrite could be interpreted in a feminist lens. Especially Shizuya’s route. The original had a lot of gender role reversals in its first half, as Kotarou try to be useful in some ways and is discouraged by others and even failed at it, until it culminates in a moment where Kotarou was finally able to truly help Shizuru.
A genderbent version of this would be a Shizuya being badass while Kokoro does all the household chores – gender roles played straight. But at the same time, Kokoro tries to escape this shell and be the badass for once. It fails in the first time (she gets screwed over while looking for Kotori), but towards the end, where she finally convinced Shizuya to save himself from Salvation, she gains hold of their destiny. While Kotarou is this dude trying to be heroic, Kokoro is this girl trying to be a “strong, independent woman.”
The Guardian people discouraging Kokoro from doing the action also takes a new meaning: Though it’s still mostly because she’s inexperienced, her being a young woman gives these discouraging a connotation that she can’t be involved also because, well, she’s a woman.
An exception though, is that Kokoro’s character development clings a bit too much to her feelings towards Shizuya to be truly emancipatory, like a feminist work would be. It can be argued, however, that this is about Kokoro in the end being finally able to make influence in their relationship, for once.
Interestingly, it would also be able to explore a woman’s sexuality, considering the underwear-smelling gag in Shizuru’s route.
Now I wonder if the other routes can also be seen in a feminist lens. XD
and new name as well.
