Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-38502514-20190216075013/@comment-3279282-20190219084545

Thing is, they did bring up his sex. For example, the whole fuss about him being Mitsuki's parent, not his dad or mom. Plus, Orochimaru's whole shtick is being a body-swapping, and thereby sex-changing crazy scientist.

The problem is, we don't know what exactly happens when he takes over a new body. Does the new body's sex stay the same? Or does Orochimaru's takeover change it? Because his original sex was male. Since we can't be entirely sure of what happens, and considering that he has had host bodies from both sexes, various is probably the most accurate way to present it.