Thread:BLUEBIRD/@comment-27095165-20170903081835/@comment-917693-20170919175906

Hellos, and thanks for the message!

I'm terribly sorry about the late reply m(_ _)m

About trap and ryouseirui, we use those words distinctly form each other. Trap means someone whose voice sounds of that of a different gender, and ryouseirui means the person can do both voices.

So if a boy with a very cute and high voice who is incapable of sounding manly in anyway were to be categorized it's a "trap", not "ryouseirui" as he only has a feminine voice, not both.

This is the reasoning behind the distinction, and why we haven't gotten rid of one or the other.

I don't know about any ongoing drama and controversy about the term nowadays, but I'd say that in the anime community at least, the word trap is not that controversial given the numerous (and by many beloved) trap characters featured in some anime.

But it may be useful to elaborate the definition on Nico Nico Dictionary, though I'm not sure what exactly to write to elaborate. If you have any ideas on how to clarify the definition, be sure to tell me :)

And your message was very polite by the way! :)