In this new season of Winter-2023 (January-March) a very special series will debut, titled Oniichan wa Oshimai! ( Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! ). It is the adaptation of the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Nekotoufu , and although it is adapted by Studio Bind (which was only supposed to make Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation ), it does not seem to be the data that is making it popular on social networks. .
The story centers on Mahiro Oyama, a lover of erotic video games, who one day wakes up as a woman because his sister, a mad scientist, used him as an experimental subject. That's the basic premise of the series, and while it's an obvious comedy story, some expected to see " transgender representation ." That was what Twitter user “ @uxiedust ” wrote when he shared the series' leaked opening sequence, accompanied by text: “ This is not what we meant when we asked for trans representation in anime! ».
Of course, his publication attracted a variety of comments due to the excessive need to " seek three feet from the cat ", that is, to seek transsexual or transgender representation in a series that is not intended for this. Clearly, when he saw the tide of negative comments he just started to say that "it was bait " , but among those comments stood out:
- " I hope you're kidding. This series is not to represent those people ».
- « When people get angry about the existence of a series, it means that it is worth watching ».
- « I want trans representation, not trans “fetishization” ».
- « It will be one of those animes full of suggestive scenes, right? ».
- " He's cute, unlike you ."
- « Wow, who would have thought, “fetishization” of minors ».
- " The problem is that they make these series impossible to recommend to anyone else ."
- « It does not try to make trans representation. Except for his sister, they keep it a secret from everyone, and he never had a problem with his gender. The problem with him is that he is not sociable and he stays all day playing degenerate games. This is giving her another chance in life, but as a girl ».
- Wait , did anyone really think this was going to be trans representation? It's a gender-bender series about a guy who's turned into a girl by his little sister, how can you not see the incredibly fetish undertones? ».
- « Good, because it never was. It was never designed to be more than a Doga Kobo-style fetish show. Transsexuals need to stop assuming that the mainstream of any media cares about transgender struggles. Build yourself a similar medium, make a trans story that everyone can relate to ».
- « I thought that was what they did based on the repetition of masculine and feminine symbols. I didn't want to assume because I don't know the language well. What's wrong with this series? Is it made for lolicons or something? ».
- « Like it or not, she is a trans girl. She deals with things like re-experiencing puberty and having to take her hormones to continue the changes. If you think this is a fetish, that's your problem ».
Sinopsis de Oniichan wa Oshimai!
Mahiro Oyama was a normal guy who loved erotic games... until one morning he woke up as a woman! It turns out that his little sister, the mad scientist Mihari, tried one of her new experiments on him...with a disastrous result, as far as Mahiro was concerned! But Mihari is just as determined to study it as he is to return to his life as a closeted gamer, and one thing is for sure… life is going to get a lot weirder from now on!
Source: @uxiedust on Twitter
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