This is a translation of a Japanese blog post originally published by popular blogger Honeshabri on Feb. 12, 2023. Anime Feminist requested and received permission to translate and reproduce the post. Translation was provided by Chiaki Hirai.
Editor’s note: Given the debatable state of Mahiro’s gender at any given time after they are physically turned into a girl, this article uses they/them pronouns for them.
One day a man awakens as a beautiful girl.
However, legally, they remain a male.
Is it possible to have their gender marker amended?
One who transitions
A guy who lived his entire life as a man one day finds himself turned into a girl by way of some strange circumstances. Happens to all of us. And Oyama Mahiro from this season’s Onimai!: I’m Your Sister Now is one such person. Although he was once an adult male, he wakes up one morning as a girl. Mahiro finds himself in this predicament because of his little sister Mihari. A genius capable of skipping several grades and is now a graduate student, she drugs an unwitting Mahiro with a concoction she developed.
Normally, if an adult male gets turned into a little girl, they would have a lot to deal with. You’d have to ask questions like, what do you do about work? However, Mahiro luckily doesn’t have to worry about those concerns. That is because he is a hopeless hikikomori NEET who loves porn games and hasn’t stepped outside in two years.
If anything, Mahiro’s transformation into a girl was nothing if not a positive for them. That is because the transformation provided freedom from pressure. Mihari was not only smart, but also athletically gifted enough to break records in track and field. As the elder brother of such a gifted sister, Mahiro must consider his place, as well as his appearances to those around him. He felt oppressed with expectations. Those burdens caused him to become a recluse in the first place.
