Ranma 1/2 never stood a chance
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Its a manga that has a literal gender transition as its main premise and gag, with its main heroine being an angry raging proto-girlboss who beats any man that tries to woo her and has an army of simps chasing her. That's actual premise before any localization gets involved.
It never stood a chance from the moment people were reminded it existed.
That sounds like the insane and out of touch dream every tranny has. Jesus
In practice the "gender" thing isn't very egregious. Its a gag story about Chinese curses around transformation. The gender one is just a service to allow the MC to compete in every single form of martial art around, including ones that only girls do like Rhythmic Gymnastics.
In fact, it spends a lot of time pointing out the gender differences (like lack of muscle) and with him abusing the fuck out of female privilege to get away with shit like the piece of shit he is. In a way, its very anti-tranny.
But like any good "modern fanbase" all the little details get scrubbed away to turn him into an uncertain guy who wants to actually stay a girl because uwu flowers.