I always thought turning Shun into a woman was a very small-brained weak cowardly move. I get it, the original show had ladies only as support, sidelined roles, but an actual powerful move that I would respect the hell out of would be to turn Ikki or Seiya into a lady. Removing the only character that wasn’t entirely gender-conforming sucks!
I would 100% remove this criticism if the show actually textually made it clear that she’s Shun but transitioned