I cringed hard when okama were introduced, which gradually turned to confusion as a bunch of stuff was perfectly respectful towards their gender identity despite their horrendously caricatured appearances. Still not sure how much of it is Oda’s political understanding expanding and how much of it was a point about the fear of trans people.
Yeah same. I think the only transphobic person and/or arc in the whole thing is when Saniji goes to okama Island or whatever but even then he ends up friends and with a clear deep respect for all of them.
I think One Piece isn’t perfect but it’s significantly more inclusive than most anime. It’s probably top 5% or better
did you read a different manga? he leaves the island talking about how he was in hell after they tried to forcefem him for 2 years and is so traumatized by it that he has serious life threatening nosebleeds whenever he sees a “real woman” for a while. incredibly transphobic stuff.
honestly i think oda doesn’t see any connection between okama and trans people. he supports trans people because he saw them in the news but also he thinks it’s very funny when a man wears fishnets and traumatizes people by being so ugly
Honestly I must have just memory holed how bad that specific arc was. Sanji is overall the worst character / crew member so I don’t really keep a lot of room in my brain for his story arc. Probably why I didn’t remember how bad that was!
I cringed hard when okama were introduced, which gradually turned to confusion as a bunch of stuff was perfectly respectful towards their gender identity despite their horrendously caricatured appearances. Still not sure how much of it is Oda’s political understanding expanding and how much of it was a point about the fear of trans people.
i don’t want to give him too much credit with that stuff, the sanji timeskip stuff is fucking heinous
Yeah same. I think the only transphobic person and/or arc in the whole thing is when Saniji goes to okama Island or whatever but even then he ends up friends and with a clear deep respect for all of them.
I think One Piece isn’t perfect but it’s significantly more inclusive than most anime. It’s probably top 5% or better
did you read a different manga? he leaves the island talking about how he was in hell after they tried to forcefem him for 2 years and is so traumatized by it that he has serious life threatening nosebleeds whenever he sees a “real woman” for a while. incredibly transphobic stuff.
honestly i think oda doesn’t see any connection between okama and trans people. he supports trans people because he saw them in the news but also he thinks it’s very funny when a man wears fishnets and traumatizes people by being so ugly
Honestly I must have just memory holed how bad that specific arc was. Sanji is overall the worst character / crew member so I don’t really keep a lot of room in my brain for his story arc. Probably why I didn’t remember how bad that was!
i don’t blame you, i wish i could memory hole it. sadly, as a trans woman, all that shit sticks with me forever