For years I thought some of these characters were women! (Eng/Esp)
🦉They knew how to trick me🦉
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A lo largo de todos estos años en los que he estado viendo anime, muchos de los personajes que lucían extremadamente bellos y femeninos han logrado engañarme al punto de creer que eran mujeres, pero en realidad eran personajes masculinos cuya sexualidad no estaba puesta en duda como sucede con otros personajes que hasta el día de hoy nunca revelaron su verdadero género (como Hanji Zoe de SNK) y sin embargo, yo como el búho menso y distraído que soy, caí y fui engañada y por muchos años tuve la idea de que ellos eran mujeres, al menos la mayoría de los personajes que les presentare a continuación.
Fueron muchos los que me engañaron, pero solo mencionare a los únicos que lograron dejarme con cara de Poker Face cuando descubrí que en realidad no eran mujeres, sino hombres que tienen más feminidad que yo y sus rasgos son tan bonitos y finos que en verdad parecen mujeres.
Throughout all these years that I have been watching anime, many of the characters who looked extremely beautiful and feminine have managed to fool me into believing that they were women, but in reality they were male characters whose sexuality was not in doubt, as is the case with other characters who to this day have never revealed their true gender (such as Hanji Zoe from SNK). However, as the silly and distracted owl that I am, I fell for it and was deceived, and for many years I had the idea that they were women, at least most of the characters that I will present to you below.
Many characters deceived me, but I will only mention the ones who managed to leave me with a Poker Face when I discovered that they were not actually women, but men who are more feminine than I am and whose features are so beautiful and delicate that they really look like women.
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Empezare con dos personajes de Sailor Moon, Ojo de Pez y Zoisite. La primera vez que vi Sailor Moon yo era muy pequeña, creo que tenía alrededor de 5 o 6 años y yo creía que estos dos personajes eran mujeres por dos razones: Sus rostros femeninos y la voz del doblaje latino, como para no caer en el engaño, a ambos les pusieron voces femeninas y a pesar de que en una ocasión se vio el torso desnudo de Ojo de Pez y se notaba que era el de un hombre, yo no recordaba esa escena y durante varios años me quede con la idea de que era mujer.
En mi adolescencia decidí que quería volver a ver todos los capítulos de Sailor Moon y al primero que comprendí que era hombre fue a Zoisite, el de cabello castaño por si no has visto Sailor Moon. Abrí los ojos grandes y entendí que había sido engañada y no solo yo, la historia original nos dice que él era el novio de Sailor Mercury, pero aquí lo vemos en los brazos de Kunzite, así que Mercury también ha sido engañada, mal por ella.
Luego le siguió Ojo de Pez con quien quede aún más sorprendida porque hubo capítulos en donde él se transformaba en mujer, así que mi sorpresa fue mayor al caer en la idea de que su sexo en realidad era masculino, yo era pequeña para darme cuenta. De todas formas me hacia reír mucho cuando iba tras Mamoru y peleaba con Usagi por su amor, esta clase de personajes tienen mucho carisma y siempre me sacan las mejores risas. ¡Amo a Ojo de Pez, como hombre y como mujer, es bellísimo!
I'll start with two characters from Sailor Moon, Fish Eye and Zoisite. The first time I saw Sailor Moon, I was very young, I think I was around 5 or 6 years old, and I believed that these two characters were women for two reasons: their feminine faces and the Latin American dubbing voices. As if to ensure I didn't fall for the deception, they were both given female voices, and even though Fish Eye's bare chest was shown on one occasion and you could tell it was a man's, I didn't remember that scene and for several years I was convinced he was a woman.
As a teenager, I decided I wanted to rewatch all the episodes of Sailor Moon, and the first character I realized was a man was Zoisite, the one with brown hair, in case you haven't seen Sailor Moon. My eyes widened, and I realized that I had been deceived, and not just me. The original story tells us that he was Sailor Mercury's boyfriend, but here we see him in Kunzite's arms, so Mercury has also been deceived, too bad for her.
Then came Fish Eye, who surprised me even more because there were episodes where he transformed into a woman, so my surprise was even greater when I realized that his sex was actually male. I was too young to realize it. Anyway, he made me laugh a lot when he went after Mamoru and fought with Usagi for his love. These kinds of characters have a lot of charisma and always make me laugh the most. I love Fish Eye, as a man and as a woman, he's beautiful!
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Estos dos personajes pertenecen a Inuyasha y este anime también lo vi por primera vez cuando era muy pequeña, no recuerdo bien cuantos años tenía, pero sé que tenía menos de 10 años, así que en esa edad era más fácil que fuese engañada por estos bellos personajes, aunque con uno de ellos no duro mucho el engaño, pero con el otro sí.
Aquí varios me van a junar, pero al principio creí que Sesshomaru era mujer. La primera vez que lo vi fue en el Opening, fue solo un pantallazo y como ya había sido engañada por varios personajes de este anime, cuando lo vi a él estaba convencida de que sí era mujer, incluso pensé “esta sí es mujer”, y no, no lo era, apenas hizo su aparición en la serie, se presentó como el hermano de Inuyasha y nuevamente me sentí engañada, pero al menos no por fue mucho tiempo.
Con Jakotsu me paso todo lo contrario, aquí me paso lo mismo que con los personajes de Sailor Moon. Su doblaje latino también era de una voz femenina, así que la primera vez que lo vi me convencí de que era mujer y nuevamente, al volver a ver toda la serie en mi adolescencia, la verdad fue revelada y otra vez quede con cara de Poker Face porque en él se notaba aún mas que no era una mujer, pero igual caí y lo creí durante muchos años. Aun así, también amo a Jakotsu, no solo porque era un villano y yo soy team villano, sino porque tenía mucha simpatía y su carisma era cautivador, menos para Inuyasha porque lo estuvo persiguiendo de forma amorosa durante todo el tiempo que duro en pantalla.
These two characters belong to Inuyasha, and I also saw this anime for the first time when I was very young. I don't remember exactly how old I was, but I know I was under 10, so at that age it was easier to be fooled by these beautiful characters, although with one of them the deception didn't last long, but with the other it did.
Several of you are going to disagree with me here, but at first I thought Sesshomaru was a woman. The first time I saw him was in the opening, it was just a glimpse, and since I had already been fooled by several characters in this anime, when I saw him I was convinced that he was a woman. I even thought, “This one is a woman”, but no, he wasn't. As soon as he appeared in the series, he was introduced as Inuyasha's brother, and again I felt deceived, but at least it didn't last long.
With Jakotsu, the opposite happened to me. Here, I had the same experience as with the characters in Sailor Moon. His Latin American voice actor was also a woman, so the first time I saw him, I was convinced he was a woman. Then, when I rewatched the entire series as a teenager, the truth was revealed, and once again, I was left with a Poker Face because it was even more obvious that he wasn't a woman, but I still fell for it and believed it for many years. Even so, I also love Jakotsu, not only because he was a villain and I'm team villain, but because he was very likable and his charisma was captivating, except for Inuyasha because he was pursuing him romantically for the entire time he was on screen.
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El anime Fushigi Yugi ya de por si se caracteriza por tener unos personajes sumamente bellos estéticamente y la mayoría tiene bonitos rasgos femeninos, pero el único que de verdad logro engañarme, aunque no por mucho tiempo, fue Nuriko. Este anime lo vi por primera vez en mi adolescencia con mi hermana, ella ya había visto un par de capítulos antes de decidirse a verlo conmigo, por eso ella ya sabía que Nuriko no era mujer, pero no me dijo nada, dejo que siguiera engañada hasta el momento de la revelación y burlarse de mi por haber sido engañada por la belleza de este personaje. Puedes ver el momento de la revelación aquí y mi reacción literal fue como la de Miaka, la joven que esta con él y por ende la que descubre su secreto, me sentí identificada con ella.
¡De todas formas, Nuriko era mi personaje favorito y llore a mares por él, no daré spoilers, pero si has visto el anime seguramente sepas a lo que me refiero!
El ultimo que me engaño fue Asuramaru del anime Owari No Seraph, aunque sospechaba de que no era una mujer en realidad, la primera impresión que tuve de él fue esa y es que solo mírenlo, ese cabello largo y precioso, ese rostro fino y su atuendo, fácilmente uno puede creer que es una mujer y estoy segura de que habrá muchos más personajes que van a seguir engañándome porque esa es una de las principales características que tienen los animes, la belleza de algunos personajes te hace dudar de si son hombres o mujeres, ¿o solo me pasa a mí?
¡Cuéntame si hay algún personaje que te haya engañado al igual que a mí, los estaré leyendo!
The anime Fushigi Yugi is already known for having extremely beautiful characters, most of whom have pretty feminine features, but the only one who really fooled me, albeit not for long, was Nuriko. I first saw this anime in my teens with my sister. She had already seen a couple of episodes before deciding to watch it with me, so she already knew that Nuriko wasn't a woman, but she didn't tell me anything. She let me continue to be fooled until the moment of revelation and then teased me for having been deceived by the beauty of this character. You can see the moment of revelation here, and my reaction was literally like that of Miaka, the young woman who is with him and therefore the one who discovers his secret. I identified with her.
Anyway, Nuriko was my favorite character, and I cried my eyes out for him. I won't give any spoilers, but if you've seen the anime, you probably know what I mean!
The last one who fooled me was Asuramaru from the anime Owari No Seraph. Although I suspected that he wasn't actually a woman, that was my first impression of him. Just look at him: with that long, beautiful hair, that delicate face, and his outfit, it's easy to believe he's a woman. I'm sure there will be many more characters who will continue to fool me because that's one of the main characteristics of anime: the beauty of some characters makes you wonder if they're men or women. Or is it just me?
Tell me if there's a character that has fooled you like it did me. I'll be reading your comments!
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hasta yo leyendo este post senti que todos eran femeninas jajaja no masculinas, sabes los animes algunos son bien raros, casi no me gustan me da miedito, solo dragon ball z veia jajaja de resto esos animes son bien raritos, pokemon tambien era lindo,pero claro eres un buho que nada te da miedo entonces te gustan esos animes femeninos masculinos jajajajajja
Uff si supieras la cantidad de animes bien raritos que he visto me dejarias de hablar jajajajaja estos que puse aqui no son nada comparado a esos 😂😂 ahora entiendo por que nos dicen raritos a los que vemos animes de todo tipo jajajaja igual a mi me gustan los personajes mas raros habidos y por haber, por eso Buhito es raro tambien jajajajaja 😂
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Hello over there... francamente el género no es algo que me importe... jajaja... pero mira I’m actually a bit out of touch with anime. I don’t usually follow it. Sometimes I find myself watching it on TV, but I don’t worry about understanding the plot; I just do it because I enjoy the aesthetics. But I can say that I think this whole thing—haha—where characters surprise you with those unexpected twists might have to do with certain factors, like the way anime tackles topics that are often censored or stigmatised. From what I’ve read and from my limited knowledge, this genre explores those themes quite a lot.
Also, I suppose that theatrical aesthetic inherited from Kabuki, where male actors played female roles, still lingers in some way. And I agree with you, that element of surprise is definitely another factor. They really know how to play with unexpected twists and turns. I’m no expert; I just base this on things I read. I read a bit of everything, and some of it sticks in my mind.
In fact, the first two anime series I mentioned were released at a time when homosexuality was censored, which is why those characters were given female voices in the Latin American dubbing, to avoid confusing younger viewers (which they succeeded in doing, because I continued to believe they were women until I saw them again as an adult haha 😂)
Japan has always been more liberal with some topics that are considered taboo, as it has demonstrated over decades by making anime that confuse you with their characters haha I don't care about gender, I just laugh because I was surprised to discover that they weren't actually beautiful ladies many years later and the signs were very clear haha 😂