While Ranma 1/2 is officially the story of a cis boy dealing with a body-morphing curse, the series also accidentally provides a resonant allegory for transmasculine identity. The post Ranma 1/2 and the Anything-Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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