Of course it's misused. The two are completely different from each other.
That aside, every single VN (inc this one) treats trans as a fetish. Tell me one VN with an actual trans character that has had bottom surgery? There isn't one to my knowledge...because...no dev is probably capable of actually writing an interseting story about a character like that because, well, they are just the sex they are, so no different to any other character of the same sex.
However, add a cock and tits to the equation...becomes a fetish in a VN. This is actually refreshing for having a female to male character, even if still treated really as the typical VN fetish. I long for the day of a VN with an actual proper legal trans (full transition) character. However, the whole discussion leads to other questions and debates which are definitely better away from this forum.
Kind of hard to escape fetishes when it's a porn game really. That plus every dev probably bases their characters around what they themselves are into or at least not turned off by. And fact is most guys that wanna see pussy are looking for women women or pre-op trans men, not post-op trans women, whereas most guys who want to see cock are looking for pre-op trans women or other men, not post-op trans men.
Also, I think most trans people don't get bottom surgery? So, in that regard, it's pretty representative or w/e.
But I do think it would be interesting to see a fully transitioned character from a writing pov, just don't see many players being into them from a LI perspective. I don't know, maybe I'm off there, just a hunch. And that potentially eats into the dev's income, not to mention sanity from the bitching, so unless they're fully committed to that character, it just isn't going to happen is how I figure it.
Anyways, back on-topic, that was one reason why I was hoping for a trans woman character because most of the games that have them just have bleh writing. I don't really see fetishization as a problem, but it does usually make the writing worse. It would've been nice to see a well-written one for once. But alas, it isn't to be. At least there's Mason, next best thing in that regard, for me anyways. I could see Neon having at least a scene or two where Mason dawns a strap-on or prosthetic or something for some gay play. Not to fuck the MC lol, but just to go with the whole "I'm a man" thing, especially during anal scenes.