If you wanna know how crazy people are on Reddit, this dude spent four months trying to get me banned from /r/Borderlands2 for "impersonating a developer." He found out I WAS a developer, but now "Warns" people about me saying that I "only worked on music and sound and art." lmao
Why do people WANT Naoto to be a man? Seriously, she's a woman struggling to be heard and admired in her field and your reaction to basically say, "That's true, you can't be a woman and be heard, so your only choice is to deny your gender and be a man".
When you watch/read enough anime and manga you gain a sixth sense for the gender of the author. Smoking Behind the Supermarket is undeniably written by a woman
Some women online do this thing where they see a guy posting about how his requirements for a girl is just that she actually likes him and gives a shit, and then they proceed to take that incredibly personally for some strange reason.
This story was written by a woman and is the fantasy of a beautiful woman meeting a gentle man with a strong passion and will.
Sorry to burst your bubble.