Onimai Causes Trans Representation Complaints
Recently premiered the anime Onimai, the anime tells the story of Mahiro Oyama, an otaku boy who lives reclusively in his room without leaving home for 2 long years.
One day he wakes up with his body transformed into a high school girl, this is the result of an experiment his younger scientist sister did on him, turning him into a little girl.
From then on he starts to live like a girl, doing things he wasn’t used to doing. And well, apparently there were people who thought this would be an anime that would represent trans people.
Check out some comments:
this is not what we meant when we asked for trans representation in anime! https://t.co/CWM4d9kggO
— uxie (@uxiedust) December 30, 2022
it’s a joke, this shouldn’t even exist
— uxie (@uxiedust) December 30, 2022
In the post above you see him saying that it’s just a joke, but there are always those who take things seriously, check out other comments:
i bet this is one of their top 10s for sure
— uxie (@uxiedust) December 30, 2022
You guys get that not every gender bender show or situation is "trans" right?
what am I saying of course you don't
— Firstname McNumberson (@usernam29462984) December 30, 2022
Oh boy this looks real cu- OUUGHH ITS MINORS BEING SEXUALIZED OUUGGGHHH pic.twitter.com/QPqZA2zdOc
— Mariah | Helozan 🏳️⚧️ (@RandomWebGirl) December 30, 2022
Because this isn't and was never that??
— Sonic (@TheSonicShroom) December 30, 2022
honestly, to me it looks like an fun anime
but on the other hand, I don't care about representation. I want my entertainment to entertain me. everything else is optional/unimportant to me
— Ava (@AvalonaCran) December 31, 2022
Wait, did anyone *actually* think this was going be trans representation? It's a genderbender series about a guy getting turned into a little girl by his younger sister, how do you not catch the incredibly fetishy undertones?
— wuда 🐀 (@wudabed) December 30, 2022
I love how the trans community got together to diss on this
— Shenpai _ Tweets 🏳️⚧️ | NSFW DNI (@dogshenpai) December 30, 2022
Gender Bender =/= trans https://t.co/fA9l80M5Os
— Eliza | Playing Persona 5 Royal! (@ElizaNonArtz) December 31, 2022
It's almost as if everything doesn't have to pander to you and only you https://t.co/DLkvnEn72F
— 🔞 Lord J.C. (Creature)❤️#StanLee jjba OnePiece🔞 (@TheCreatureHero) December 30, 2022
When you think genderbend is a new thing pic.twitter.com/nG0KMch4Cp
— lewdwarlord2 (@Lewdwarlord24) December 30, 2022
Anyway, according to the author, he made the publication as a joke. I watched the first episode and thought it was fun, it seems more like a story of his sister trying to get her brother back into society than her actually experimenting with him.