[b]男の娘[/b] (Otoko no ko) is a Japanese slang term used to refer to male characters with the appearance of the female gender. The term is a pun on 男の子 ([i]otoko no ko[/i]), meaning "boy", replacing 子 with the [i]ko[/i] reading of 娘 (commonly [i]musume[/i], girl).

Characters centered around this fetish are called "traps" or "femboy" in English-speaking communities. These terms have been deprecated in some areas (including this site, which aliases both tag names to this one) due to use as anti-LGBT slurs.

Some communities have mistakenly taken to using the term as a word for feminine boys no matter if they convincingly look like girls or not. If you can correctly tell the character is male with complete certainty from the thumbnail alone without looking at the genitalia, it's not this.

While many otoko no ko engage in [[crossdressing]], it is not a requirement. Sufficiently feminine characters can pass as girls even when near-nude or dressed in typically masculine clothing.

h4. Notable examples
* [[Arikawa Hime]] from [[Himegoto]]
* [[Astolfo (fate)|]] from [[Fate/Apocrypha]]
* [[Bill (black souls)|]] and [[Serpent God (black souls)|]] from [[Black Souls]]
* [[Bridget (guilty gear)|]] from [[Guilty Gear]]
* [[Felix Argyle]] from [[Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu|Re:Zero]]
* [[Fujisaki Chihiro]] from [[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]
* [[Haku (naruto)|]] from [[Naruto]]
* [[Kanzaki Hideri]] from [[Blend S]]
* [[Kinoshita Hideyoshi]] from [[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]
* [[Shidou Mariya]] from [[Maria Holic]]
* [[Urushibara Ruka]] from [[Steins;Gate]]
* [[Watarase Jun]] from [[Happiness!]]
* [[Yuuki Kei]] from [[Moyashimon]]

h4. See also 

* [[bishounen]] for boys with both masculine and feminine beauty traits
* [[reverse trap]] for ladies in masculine dress
* [[girly boy]] for boys that are feminine in personality, but not necessarily appearance
* [[newhalf]] for male genitalia, but otherwise female body
* [[cuntboy]] for female genitalia, but otherwise male body
* [[futanari]] for those with both male and female genitals, but female body
* [[josou seme]], Otoko no ko being the more dominant sexual partner
* "Pool: Manly Femboys":[/pools/18464]

h4. External links

* Pixivision: "A man can't be this cute! Traps":https://www.pixivision.net/en/a/2402
* "Wikipedia: Otokonoko":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokonoko
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