I think it’s nice that Kaido draws the line at transphobia. It’s literally that clickhole headline that says “Heartbreaking: Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point”
seeing sanji and brook simping over yamato in the latest chapter does not give me hope that oda won’t pull a one-eighty with yamato’s gender identity. like, i get it, he’s hot so i don’t blame sanji or brook (all the better if they canonically simp over a guy imo), but f#%k if one piece actually reneges on yamato being a man im going to be so disappointed
I’m so glad there was this scene with two trans characters using the baths that matched their gender identity/expression. In the past, it’s been difficult to tell how seriously Oda takes this kind of thing bc there have been a few questionable portrayals. I think it was made even better by how respectful Yamato and Okiku were about it in the previous panel after Nami asked Yamato if he wanted to bathe with her:
The characters are doing everything with respect and the best intentions which is so different from how Oda portrayed a lot of the okama stuff as nonconsensual.
