Talk:9'α/@comment-405547-20180422030256/@comment-4059391-20180422233735

No. They. Shouldn't. Male pilots, regardless of their position in the FRANXX, are stamen. Females are pistils. It says exactly that on the official website (ピスティル／ステイメン: 操縦者の女性をピスティル、男性をステイメンと呼称する. )

Ikuno and Ichigo's pairing is referred to as a pistil-pistil paring in-episode.