I can accept that it's unreasonable for me to want every Anime featuring her to follow the theory she was a Lesbian that I favor, or others that she was Trans or Non Binary.
But there is no dispute that she did dress like a man, and cut her hair short to fit that. Whether or not that was motivated by anything more then what she said it was we'll probably never know for sure.
Jeanne appears a lot in Anime and Manga. But I haven't seen any reference to her cross dressing, in fact she tends to be the most feminine woman in the show. And it's not like this is alien to Anime, there is a long tradition of female Anime characters who look and dress rather boyish, the Bifauxnen.
It's like Japan simply didn't get the memo on this part of Jeanne's story, they just think female saint equals perfect embodiment of Christian Femininity.
In Fate/Apocrypha it could have created a nice contrast with Astolfo, a guy dressed as a girl, especially since they seem to be being set up as romantic rivals. And both are French.
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