NAME: Yamato
ALIAS: Oni Princess
AGE: 28
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female; He/Him, They/Them, She/Her (Gender Fluid)
HEIGHT: 8'8"
BIRTHDAY: October 5th
SPECIES: Oni
ORIENTATION: Demisexual
LIVE ACTION FACE CLAIM: tba
SKILLS: Master Warrior (fights with a kanabo) ABILITIES: Immense Physical Strength Resembling Kaido's, Extreme Speed, Tremendous Durability and Endurance
DEVIL FRUIT: Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Okuchi no Makami
HAKI: Conquerors, Extremely skilled with Armament and Observation
PARENTS: Kaido
SIBLINGS: Black Maria
HOME ISLAND: Onigashima, Wano
OCCUPATION/PIRATE CREW: Heir to the Beast Pirates
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I came to the decision to have Yamato be gender fluid after a lot of consideration. While I know this is a sensitive topic in the fandom, I am also here to write my interpretations of these characters. If you do not agree with my choice please do not follow or interact with my blog. That being said, below are my reasons for this choice.
Oda has not announced in any official documentation that Yamato is Trans. We have only recieved confirmation that Yamato was born female. As for how they identify that has been left unanswered.
Yamato wears clothing very similar to a Miko's traditional outfit, they also show no apparent shame or discomfort for their body. If anything it seems more apparent that they see no real difference between physical genders.
It was very clear that Kaido was never pleased with Yamato's obsession with Oden. Due to this, I don't see how he would begin calling Yamato his Son after Oden's death. I believe that Kaido instead had already been raising Yamato as his heir and referred to them as his Son before the pivotal event of Yamato witnessing Oden's death.
It was only after that event took place and Yamato began referring to themselves as Kouzuki Oden that the rest of the crew stopped calling them the Oni Princess and instead referred to them as Kaido's son.
The final and main reason for this choice is the effects that trauma has on a young child. Yamato was clearly raised in a cruel, abusive environment. They even spend an unknown amount of time imprisoned, then are chained with explosives for years while being forced to survive like a shadow in their own home. Often times shown as starving. This kind of treatment is going to have negative impacts on a young child, so witnessing Oden's death and then finding his journal and reading it with his Daimyo's became a form of escape for Yamato. I see their obsession with Oden as more of an escape method for coping with growing up in such a harsh, unloving environment. I also believe that it was this strong identification with Oden, whom they saw as a hero, that prevented Yamato from becoming just as cruel as their father.
This verse will follow the timeline and events of the Wano Arc and flow into Yamato's time living in Wano after the war while defending its boarders.
This is an AU verse where Yamato leaves the island with Luffy, officially becoming the newest member of the Straw Hat Pirates!
Yamato was able to break free of their chains when Ace came to Wano. Due to the absence of their father from the country at the time they joined Ace's crew becoming a Spade Pirate and then later a member of the White Beard Pirates. Yamato is the only female White Beard allowed to fight due to their overwhelming strength and the fact that they where able to prove themselves to him in a duel to test their strength.
This is an AU verse where Black Maria takes Yamato under her wing at a young age. Filling a mother like position for her while raising her to be a courtisan and the future heir to her father's territory. in this verse, while Yamato idolizes Kouzuki Oden, the obsession and need to become him to deal with her trauma is lessoned. Thus she goes by She/Her in this verse.
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