hontou ni Stripey Insists Sisters Cry Oniichan Now

Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force 00

From just a brief glance through the raw manga scan, it seems that *shokku* the main chara of Lyrical Nanoha 4th series' is a boy. Even the artist, Higa Yukari-sensei, was initially doubtful about this. Leaving aside how sidelining Yuuno in A's contributed to that sequel's enjoyment (and yuri!) factor, having three new main charas just exacerbates the problem of chara bloat that weighed down StrikerS. Why can't they just concentrate on the existing cast?