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You mean to say "why not"? Important distinction, especially in the context of a VN reliant on logic and word trickery.

To address the "transvestite" bit:
>Magic is, for all intents and purposes, a coping mechanism. Magic is not "real" nor is it "not real" in the universe of Umineko
>Whenever Yasu is brought up, it is specifically in a gender neutral sense. Ambiguity and multiple interpretations being the theme, r07 never confirms one way or another.
>Yasu was a product of incest. Kinzo forced himself on his own daughter, a spitting image of his beloved Beatrice.
>Yasu was dropped from the cliff and suffered injury to the genital area. As either male or female, this in addition to the incest impacted puberty for Yasu.
>Yasu, due to all of the above, faced a severe identity crisis. A rightful Ushiromiya heir stripped of that privilege, unable to be either male or female proper (sterility), turned to "magic" to cope, hence Gaap Beato, Shannon, and Kanon.
>The servants were not only complicit but supported Yasu the whole time.
>It is constantly remarked how much Yasu resembles Beatrice and Beatrice II.
>Gohda and the other servants conspire to keep Yasu a secret from Kinzo. They know Kinzo's obsession and his DESIRE and they do not want to repeat the tragedy (incest rape). Yasu being born female is supported further by this most of all, because if Yasu strongly resembled Beatrice, he would have to have very feminine features. Not so for Kinzo's male children.
>Kanon is described as having a smaller frame. A male could have a small frame, but why make a stretch around the other facts?
>Zepar and Furfur are noted as "different gender" than each other. Yet, both of their descriptions mark "tame boys" as their prey. Obviously allegory for the two personalities Yasu develops, but clearly there is still an inherent biology that prefers men.
>Yasu falls in love with Battler first, a natural instinct for a woman.

Now the "kills himself when he discovers he's been fucking":
>As stated above, and several other places when describing the cliff accident, Yasu is hardly capable of sex in a conventional sense.
>There was no time during the Rokkenjima Incident for them to engage in intercourse, even if they wanted to.
>They were related.
>Battler has strong feelings of love for Yasu, who jumps off the boat with weights tied to her ankles.
>Battler is the only one who properly loved Yasu, despite her perpetrating the incident in many catbox scenarios.
>Ange's perspective in 1998 is real. What remains of the ending is ambiguous (magic or trick) but that's not important to the fact that Tohya is a real person in 1998.
>Battler is alive, and did not have any suicidal ideations. He failed to save Yasu. She finally could rest, but he nearly drowned and had amnesia as a result.
>The meta games are him attempting to reconcile his trauma while Beatrice (Yasu) goads him to remember everything.

Most of this is spelled out for you in the VN.

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