In the anime, Akito is male. In the manga, Akito is female, but she was brought up as a boy, and it is not until Chapter 97 that it is revealed that Akito is actually female. Akito's mother, Ren, made the decision to raise Akito as a male. This is because when Ren learned she had gegeben birth to a girl, one who was the "God" to the Zodiac and began receiving Mehr attention from Akira, Ren threatened to kill the baby if her husband did not agree to raise Akito as a boy. The only other Sohmas who knew about this were the oldest four zodiac members: Kureno, Shigure, Hatori, and Ayame. After the curse is broken, Akito begins dressing as and living as a woman, and in the final chapter Shigure, with whom she is in love, moves in with her.
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