#like OF COURSE ranma would come across as kind of misogynistic and take outrage to being seen as a girl

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I may have spoken too soon about the Ranma 1/2 reboot because I heard the English dub has ALREADY gotten heat for changing "who are you calling a girl?" to "who says liking clothes is girly."

I normally wouldn't care about a change like this, but the 2024 version of Ranma 1/2 is specifically a PERIOD DRAMA. As in, it is explicitly set in the 80s. Which was a smart choice on the writers' part because they knew there was no way you could get away with setting this show in 2024.

The fact that Ranma and Akane are betrothed at age 16, while common in the 80s in Japan (and most Asian countries) would be absolutely unthinkable today. Akane's misandry was comedic when the show came out, but today that level of violent man-hatred would be considered abusive. Genma's parenting was considered merely strict in the 80s, but today, his ass would have been in jail faster than you can say "Jusenkyo." And don't even get me started on how the presence of the internet, smartphones, and social media would affect the series' main conflict.

It's almost like the dubbers are treating the 80s like a buffet. They're picking and choosing the problematic aspects from that decade that are "okay", while ignoring the ones they feel "aren't." The entire purpose of making the reboot a period drama was specifically so you didn't HAVE to fundamentally change the premise.

I have seen it in Turning Red with the 2000s, and now I am seeing it here. What is it with modern western writers and their obsession with sanitizing very recent history?