Yamato One Piece - Blog Posts

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Some men have big titties and long hair 🙄 This isn’t a new thing

yamato will look directly into the camera and say "i am a man" and one piece fans will be like "b-b-b-but titties and long hair"

like i dont even watch the show but this shit is insane. these mfs drowning in the nile

my boyfriend

Another random ship to add to the list, Yamato/Nami. Currently stuck in my brain so I had to draw it

Yamato, Transness, and "Passing"

Now that we're nearly a full arc removed from Wano and Yamato's introduction, I want to talk about the reaction that a subset of the one piece fandom had to his reveal as a trans man/transmasc person, the transphobia behind that reaction, and how the concept of passing plays into that reaction. I'm not going to be arguing that Yamato is a trans man, as I think it is very obvious that he is given how he is referred to in the canon text. This is instead going to be more of a fandom dissection of why (in my personal opinion) so many people refuse to acknowledge Yamato as a man.

When we are first introduced to Yamato, he is dressed in a way that gives him the appearance of a flat chest, and is wearing a mask to hide his face. He looks like a man in a cis-heteronormative way

When Yamato was depicted like this, he was (from what I can tell) mostly referred to with he/him pronouns by the fanbase. This is based on comments underneath his chapter debut and episode debut. There are comments under his episode debut that do use she/her pronouns and refer to him as a woman, but because these episodes have been out for a while, it would make sense that these kinds of comments would be left on his debut after his second design was revealed.

Then, when he removes his mask and outer layer of his outfit, he is depicted like this

After this reveal, more people began to refer to Yamato with she/her pronouns, and refer to him as Kaido's daughter, despite him referring to himself as Kaido's son, as well as the people around him using he/him pronouns exclusively for him. What changed? Well, Yamato went from having a design that looked traditionally masculine to having a more traditionally feminine one. As such people who associate only women with having breasts and more "feminine" features began to insist that Yamato was a tomboy, or a delusional woman, anything but accept that fact that he is a man.

There is a phenomena with trans "acceptance", where a character is accepted as trans only if they look like their gender according to the cis-heteronormative ideal, and questioned and denied if they don't. Kiku, a trans woman who "passes" as a woman did not receive nearly the same level of speculation and denial of her trans identity. (This is not to say that Kiku received no hate or transphobic comments, but that because she looks like a woman to the average cis-het viewer, she was treated as a "real" trans person, whereas Yamato was not).

Yamato has been repeatedly referred to as mentally ill for being a "non-passing" trans man. He has been called bad representation (despite large numbers trans men/transmasc people, myself included, saying that his IS good representation). People have made claims with no canon backing in an attempt to hand wave away his transness because he "looks like a woman", a popular one being that Kaido some how forced Yamato into being a man, despite his backstory telling us the exact opposite.

And the reasoning for all of this speculation is that trans people are held to such high standards in terms of appearance and presentation, even in fictional media. A trans man must have a flat chest, deep voice, facial hair etc. or he isn't actually trans. A trans woman must have breasts, a high voice, a lack of facial hair, etc. or she isn't actually trans. Non-binary people are dismissed entirely. This denies the many different and diverse ways that a person can be trans. Sure, some trans people wish to medically transition, get the "surgery" and go through life as if they were cis. But not all trans people want that. Gender is messy and complicated, its not nearly as black and white a we have been taught to believe. There are many trans people (both binary and non-binary) who will never medically transition. That does not make them less trans, it does not make them delusional. Yet because we have this black and white thinking ingrained in us from childhood, any deviation from the strict boxes of "man" and "woman" are immediately questioned, and that includes gender non-conforming people - both trans and cis.

This type of transphobia is not talked about enough, as the people doing it will so often hide behind the idea that they are protecting "real" trans people, and just want to make sure that they are respected and taken seriously. But, respect for a persons gender identity CANNOT be conditional. It does not matter if they "don't pass". It doesn't matter if they are a good person, a bad person. The second you start dictating who gets to have their gender respected is the second you stop being an ally. And that includes fictional characters like Yamato.

class doodle dump

you're a ten, baby girl, and I'm the one

Trying something different on digital💕

Without "filter" + sketch

Yamato

There’s a lot of discussion on Yamato’s gender. And the one take I see particularly often when it’s brought up, is about how Kaido ‘forced’ Yamato to be a man.

So, I wanted to explore this train of thought. And explain why this just isn’t true.

First, let’s explore every time Yamato has been referred to by feminine pronouns/gender.

Within the canon of the text, these are the only times Yamato has been called female, daughter, or princess.

(Chapter 984, pg. 17)

The first time is right after Yamato is properly introduced to the audience, and is following a panel where Luffy questions his gender.

(Chapter 984, pg. 17)

Here, Yamato explicitly says that he chose to be a man, like Oden was.

So it appears that the introduction Oda box was more to indicate Yamato’s birth sex, to confirm to the audience that yes, he was born a woman. But Yamato himself is confirming that while he was born female, he is choosing to identify himself as a man, due to how Oden inspired him.

After this moment, Luffy affirms Yamato’s gender by calling him by the nickname “Yama-o”, which is what he calls Law and Kid by as well.

(the rest under the cut. this is an EXTREMELY long post)

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Onis!!

💝just perfect👌

Doodles over the past month or two!!

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Second poster done. Yamato is easily one my favorite characters.

yamato smile

yammy!!! still kinda figuring out how i wanna mess with his design :]c

Yama-guy !!!

One piece wiki finally using he/him pronouns for Yamato :0

just thinking about how well Yamato would fit into the Strawhats…

Talking with Robin about books, working out and being a muscle headed himbo with Zoro, being over all goofy and playful with Luffy, listening to Usopp’s stories and lies, playing with and doting on Chopper, Fanboying and being overall hyped about any new Franky inventions, joking with Nami and telling her any cool navigation things from Oden’s journal, laughing (way too loudly) at Brook’s jokes and singing along with him, joking with and bugging Sanji with Luffy and bonding over their shitty dad’s locking them in exploding cuffs and being an annoying yet endearing little brother-like figure to Jinbe and asking to hear his stories..

he’s perfect

if Yamato has a million fans, im one of them. if he has one fan, it’s me. if he has no fans, im dead

This week’s chapter has gotta be for pride month cuz I think Oda created my ultimate trans heaven

On that note, I do not want to hear a single person say Yamato is not a man again. If I hear anyone say anything along those lines, I will shove Yamato’s kanabo up so far up their ass, they’ll be able to taste the transness

if Yamato ends up joining the crew (still so fucking excited about that lmao i legit almost cried while reading) and Sanji and Brook keep fawning over him then i’m gonna start telling people they’re both confirmed bisexual because of it. you can say what you like about it and idrc but i just think it’ll make dudebro’s super upset and honestly i’ll say and do almost anything to see them get overly pissy

FIRST POST ON A NEW BLOG my old one was @jellitaro but i moved here and am already starting off with one piece. have yamato as yamato takeru from the super kabuki production

bonus closeup, peace and love

Yamato my beloved 🥹⭐️

Also Happy Trans Visibility Day! 💖🫶