I mean, the Japanese have had a lot of pseudo LGBT people in their anime for decades now. Gurren Lagann is beloved and it has a character that outright says he's gender noncoforming. One Piece has characters like this too and its the biggest anime of all time over there.
Idk, I know what you mean, but I feel like there's a big difference between when its every now and then for some sort of comic relief versus shoehorned in all the time and 100% serious not in any way meant to be comic relief.
the amount of isekai manga with some batshit insane overly muscly man with a perpetual five-o-clock shadow who "identifies as being female" (or similar) and acts "girly" is quite high
I'm fairly certain such characters are the authors poking fun at the trans lot
I mean, the Japanese have had a lot of pseudo LGBT people in their anime for decades now. Gurren Lagann is beloved and it has a character that outright says he's gender noncoforming. One Piece has characters like this too and its the biggest anime of all time over there.
That said, all of these designs are indeed ugly.
Idk, I know what you mean, but I feel like there's a big difference between when its every now and then for some sort of comic relief versus shoehorned in all the time and 100% serious not in any way meant to be comic relief.
the amount of isekai manga with some batshit insane overly muscly man with a perpetual five-o-clock shadow who "identifies as being female" (or similar) and acts "girly" is quite high
I'm fairly certain such characters are the authors poking fun at the trans lot
Yeah I'm aware of this trope. While I'm not really a fan of it, it doesn't grate on me if it isnt meant to be serious.