How Trans Character Yamato Fractured the One Piece Fandom

It seems like several times a week now, Twitter likes to show me that “Yamato” is trending, and I’ve finally learned not to click on the link, because all I’ll see are the same arguments rehashed, over and over, never to be resolved. Every so often a particular character or event in a series will become a lightning rod of controversy among fans, but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a situation as unusually contentious as that surrounding Yamato, a fairly new character in the pirate-themed action/adventure manga

The One Piece fandom and trans characters

Who is the strongest character Yamato can defeat? : r/OnePiecePowerScaling

One Piece fandom at war over Yamato's gender

One Piece Fans Back Yamato After Anime Questions Their Gender Identity

How Trans Character Yamato Fractured the One Piece Fandom

One Piece / Memes - TV Tropes

Yamato, One Piece Wiki

The absolute hypocrisy of One Piece fans : r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

How Trans Character Yamato Fractured the One Piece Fandom

Thank you Oda ❤️😭 : r/OnePiece

Toei Animation Throws Support Behind Incorrect Belief That 'One Piece' Heroine Yamato Is A Transgender Man - Bounding Into Comics

How Trans Character Yamato Fractured the One Piece Fandom

Oden artwork I commissioned by @carlo_montie (Chapter 984 spoilers) : r/ OnePiece

Anime r Rev Says Desu Receives False Copyright Strike From 'One Piece Podcast' Co-Host Steve Yurko's After Criticizing His Attempt To Push Debunked Transgender Yamato Theory - Bounding Into Comics

Western Activists Lose Their Minds After New 'One Piece' Color Spread Appears To Definitively Debunk Transgender Yamato Theory - Bounding Into Comics