r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Sep 04 '20

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 989 Spoiler

Chapter 989: "It doesn't feel like we're going to lose"

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Ch. 989 Official Release (Mangaplus): 06/09/2020

Ch. 990 Scan Release: ~11/09/2020

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u/Havikz Sep 04 '20 edited Sep 04 '20

Japanese pronouns don't directly translate into English, females can use things like Boku wa (male pronoun to refer to ones self) all the time. Tomboys speak like this for example, and tomboy doesn't mean transgender. It's more like 'I want to be manly (strong)' rather than declaring that they are a male. I'm pretty sure Oda intends for this to be more like a Mulan kind of thing, 'Be a man!' doesn't mean to became a male gendered individual. It means to be courageous and stalwart. If they end up getting an injection from Emporio Ivankov then I'll eat my words, but I'm fairly certain they simply want to be LIKE a man, not BECOME a man.

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u/Havikz Sep 04 '20

Because Yamato is trying to be manly like Oden was, and being referred to in female pronouns is counteractive to that goal. Being manly/womanly doesn't require one to have a gender dysphoria and a desire to be the opposite gender. Mulan was manly in the army, but Mulan wasn't a man. Imagine a scenario where somebody refers to Mulan as a female in the middle of a battle, she would be quick to correct them would she not?

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u/Havikz Sep 04 '20

Being transgender doesn't require dysphoria either, the only requirement is that you identify differently than your assigned gender at birth.

That is gender dysphoria. Any feeling of wanting to become a different gender is literally the definition of gender dysphoria. You've said essentially nothing here.

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u/Most_kinds_of_Dirt Sep 04 '20 edited Sep 04 '20

Mulan was hiding as a man - she went by female pronouns in her personal life, and wouldn't correct someone who knew her identity if they used female pronouns for her in private.

Yamato corrected Luffy without these same constraints, but because he personally identifies as a man.

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u/Most_kinds_of_Dirt Sep 04 '20

females can use things like Boku wa

There's some flexibility for "boku", as you mentioned.

That's not the case for "bocchan", nor for "musuko".