[One Piece] The Man Who Wants to Become Oden

[I want to become Kozuki Oden and live with my head held high.]

[I want to sail the seas freely and see Ace again out there.]

With thoughts like these, Yamato somehow managed to "escape" Onigashima before the fighting in Wano Country began. But almost everything was different from what she had imagined:

A lone young woman who doesn't know who she is (in appearance), believes she's a proper man, has forgotten everything about her past and how strong she is, but still clings stubbornly to her dreams: to become Kozuki Oden and set sail to reunite with Ace!

"One more thing! I want to flirt with the captain and see her in women's clothes!"

"Shut up, deckhand. And that's two things, idiot!" The beautiful captain gritted her teeth. She held back from using ROOM + TACT to toss him into the sea to fish, just because she remembered he was a "landlubber."

...Anyway, on these free seas, as long as you dare to dream, you can... glug glug glug (the narrator has been tossed into the sea with TACT)...

(The narrator has been replaced:) Right, everything is a low-budget version except the will, which is still the original. What will the future hold?

=

A new story conceived in a burst of passion. May heaven help me not regret it too soon. This is the author's first shonen manga OP, so consider it a wish fulfilled.

-

I really liked Yamato's character in the Wano Country arc, so I decided to make Yamato the protagonist, though this is a true [major rewrite] (bows).

[Important] This is a fanfic that includes "niche" themes. (The platform called me niche, and I wasn't convinced. Now I am.)

Halfway through writing, I realized that getting everyone on the same page is actually quite a challenge, so I need to clarify some assumptions before the story begins. In this story, the protagonist, "Yamato," is [physically female, but psychologically identifies as male].

This is not the "man transmigrates into a woman" or "woman transmigrates into a man" trope often used in web novels, nor is it a woman disguising herself as a man or a man dressing as a woman. It is not a girl transferring into a male identity, nor is it a tomboyish girl with a boyish personality.

In a sense, it could be understood as "gender identity inversion," though I dislike that term.

To put it more plainly, biologically, Yamato has the organs necessary to become pregnant, but in this story, I have decided that he cannot become pregnant because that would not fit with his psychological understanding of himself as male.

The author believes that gender is fluid, and that, in terms of social attributes, "man" and "woman" are categories and outcomes imposed by society after birth. This is only the author's opinion.

I completely understand if you cannot accept this view, but readers who hold different views may find some aspects of the story difficult or uncomfortable, so please [read with caution]. This is for your reference!

-

Strictly speaking, I'm willing to call this boy's love because the original character identifies as male. I respect the character, so the protagonist's gender is male. But I don't know Yamato's sexual orientation in the original work. Shonen manga doesn't care about that, and in the world of One Piece, I think love isn't based on gender, but on the person.

The story might discuss gender issues a little more in the second half. Discussion is welcome, but please be careful with your words and don't hurt anyone.

-

In conclusion: Setting aside whether they give off couple vibes, honestly, these two are really compatible. It's just that when the Road Emperor shows up, their couple vibes instantly turn into the appeal of a random passerby.

That's it. It's all for love.

Theme: Circumstances can be difficult, but one's will should still be strong