You can tell her gender problem will make 80% of crew discussion... I really hope she doesnt join.
Thank you ! not only this, but there's a bunch of females in anime /manga refering themselves with "boku" pronoun, Big Mom is one of them
Echidna from Re Zero too, I think Erza from Ft do use boku too ( if im not mistaken), sometimes. even Hoshino (D gray man's author).Yamato
Trivia -Yamato character inspiration and its implication in the storytellingIn Weekly Shonen Jump (WSJ) )#issue 28 in 2019, Oda stated he read Versailles no Bara and Glass no Kamen. Both manga are obvious inspiration for Yamato's character, Oscar François de Jarjailles is the main female lead character in Versailles no Bara, she was raised as a boy to fulfil her family duty to become a guard for Royal family, shes from a noble rank but she will at the end side commoners against nobility and will oppose her own father. She is wearing male attire and she has a man name but she doesnt deny her feminity. The inspiration is obvious, a woman pretending being a man, who struggles against her own family to fight alongside the plebs.As for Maya Kitajima in Glass no Kamen, she is training to become actress, she is very talented, and tends to go to extreme training, like literally put herself into the condition of a blind and deaf person to play Helen Keller role, This is important since Yamato is impersonating Oden, she plays his role. And note that she is referring herself as Yamato to Momonosuke, but as Oden to Kaido and his subordonates. As said in previous reviews, the whole arc is built as a kabuki play and has various elements of drama within it, among them characters that play other characters roles ( Kanjuro, for instance ) disguises, masks etc, the other point, is that in early kabuki form, female performers played both men and women roles.If Yamato plays Oden's role, it is very likely she will confronts her father and she is eager to, as seen earlier, as her role requires her to, as protector of Mononosuke and the one who makes Odens soul lives on, by impersonating, I'm convinced she will be reproducing or trying to replay his performance against Kaido.
Oda's comment WSj #28, 2019
Oscar François de Jarjailles in her male attire (Versailles no Bara)
Maya Training as blind and deaf girl to for playing Helen Keller role (Glass no Kamen)
No, it really wont. People in this world are creating issues because of Yamato's gender. Yamato assumed the moniker Oden due to admiration. Yamato has not said what gender they identify with. People decided to discuss for whatever reason.
I have just told you. Every single strawhat discussion will be at risk becoming talk about Yamato gender. I might be wrong though.
And to further your point, seems it's also because of Kaido's pride as a warrior, as captain of the 100 Beast Pirates, he most likely wanted a son specifically.
You've put up some good points such as Oda not realising Oscar was a woman and Yamato references these characters. No one should feel like they can force people to call a character whatsoever.Thank you ! not only this, but there's a bunch of females in anime /manga refering themselves with "boku" pronoun, Big Mom is one of them
As for Kaido calling Yamato, a "son" without any context nor indication i do consider it as in HxH, all sons and daughters of Nasubi Hui Guo Rou( Kakin's ruler), being called "princes" regardless of their gender. I do think it might be due to succession thing, and it fits too Versailles no Bara reference as Oscar has been raised as a son. That said im not saying other interpretations are wrong, but each their own. Im sticking to this for now, till we know more about Oda's intentions.
"Boku" was used only jokingly by girls when I was growing up. That was in the last 80's through the 90's, though. Like everywhere else, boku is more acceptable to use now across genders, but you won't catch a highly feminine woman using it. It would imply being a tom-boy type.
I have to say being in America, the weirdest people about race are white people. Lol. I've had more caucasian people jump to my defense when I wasn't even slightly offended than I can count. Even a situation where I got a (not even offensive version) of the "what kind of Asian are you?" question at work - they asked "Are you first generation American? Where are your parents from originally?" Someone in that same meeting (no clue who) went to HR at how offensive that was, and the whole thing just felt extremely silly. I guess my point is that in my experience the people who actually run a risk of being mislabeled usually understand their situation and are unbothered, and the people who have a very clear identity (cis-male, cis-female, pure caucasian) are hyper-sensitive and want to avoid offending others at all costs, so they get a little more worked up over it than the "victims" even.
Japanese people are not even educated on Japanese culture. Trust me. If you spent a week in Japan with me ("grew up" in Fukuoka), you'd have a completely different experience than if you spent a week with my cousin (lives in Sapporo). The only cross-regional consistency I feel when I visit is a really heavy need to conform.
I feel like getting offended for an anime character is a new level of woke-ness that I'm just not going to reach. I've seen a few members get upset over misgendering Yamato, and it's sad that we can't even drop a pronoun on this forum without worrying about someone jumping down our throats.
Never saw this. Ok Yamamoto is Kaido’s Son, & a man ok, got it
Imma just leave this here.
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Erza uses watashi. it's just she refers to her enemies as "kisama" instead of "anta", which is rude
This pretty much sums it up... for a fictional character, just too much he/she/it/they........ i think its bad to use transphobia in a forum discussing a fictional character and seeing how this thread has shed light further, it seems worse that term even came up..... I consciously use he most of the time cos the official does so, but they could be wrong, or just fearing a woke reaction.
Japan as a whole could give two F's about wokeness. This is a country where you can legitimately deny service to someone based on their nationality, has whole media outlets centered around making fun of Chinese tourists, and has built sexism, xenophobia, and general racism into their corporate culture. I love Japan, and visiting back home, but Jesus.. I'd never work there (again).
If someone wants to be offended, they will find a way...
its actually a recurring theme in manga isnt it? I remember confusion about Deidara from Naruto being a woman, some characters with Bleach having a confusion and even HxH, who has tons of them. Back then, translations didn't help clarify and of course, these days its much better.... With Yamato of course, its a conscious choice of creating that confusion.
Deidara has always been a male characters, perhaps some fans got confused by the art style, but that's it