User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 927: Wano's Next Top Geisha/@comment-24850639-20181207173202/@comment-24850639-20181207225154

If that's not his intended meaning, then why specify the difference between them and the geisha? I feel like he would have used a different word entirely if that's not what he was going for. You're right, Shonen manga in general try to avoid being explicit about it, but this one's a little too on the nose for me.