Jounouchi Hiromi's confession caused Chen Yu's expression to become odd. He glanced at his fiancée, touched his forehead with his fingers, tilted his head as if pondering something, and then picked up the medical record that mentioned Yuiko Tsuina. After a glance at the photo, he looked up at Jounouchi Hiromi and said in a strange tone, "So, this is your... ex-girlfriend?"
"Yes..." Jounouchi Hiromi bit her lip, lowering her head, afraid to look at Chen Yu's expression at the moment, and could only acknowledge with a slight hum through her nose.
Although Japan is not intolerant of same-sex relations, and even has a great acceptance of transgender individuals—with many television celebrities being drag queens or transgender individuals who have undergone sex reassignment surgery—lesbian love between women remains a rather taboo topic.
Or more precisely, Japanese society has a high level of acceptance for men in such situations, but for women... not so much.
