#ryo watari

[cannontranscharacteroftheday]

Trans Character of the Day

Ryo Watari from Boys Run the Riot is a trans man who uses he/him pronouns!

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canon trans character icons!

if youre a weirdo i will fucking block you

hibari oozora, kaoru anesagi, mako ariga, nitori shuichi, ryou watari, sweet-p, toyosatomimi no miko, yamato, yuzu

[do-you-know-this-queer-character]

Do you know this queer character?

Ryou is Transgender and uses he/him pronouns!

[fierrochase-falafel]

has the same energy as

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today’s disabled character of the day is Ryo Watari from Boys Run the Riot, who has an unspecified trauma disorder

Requested by Anon

[Image Description: Drawing of a young boy with short spiky black hair and brown eyes. He's wearing a yellow hoodie underneath a teal bomber jacket with yellow stripes and red filling, white undershirt, red cargo pants, and silver necklace and ring.]

[gearbox-doll]

If I can get myself off my ass and read the rest of BRTR soon enough I'm going to be the first person to post fic of it

[yuurei20]

The first Anthology Manga is being released in English by VIZ Media!

The first (of two) anthology manga has a cover by Toboso Yana, with eight color illustrations and 16 slice-of-life stories by the following artists:

萩原 ダイスケ (Hagiwara Daisuke)  赤井 ヒガサ (Akai Higasa)  NAOE 一色 箱 (Ichiiro Hako)  雨壱 絵穹 (Amaichi Esora)  鈴木 次郎 (Suzuki Jirou)  悌太 (Teita)  カズアキ (Kazuaki)  まくらくらま (Makura Kuruma) マジコ！(magico)  夏目 あやの (Natsume Ayano)  汐田 晴人 (Shiota Haruto)  竹田 羽角 (Takeda Hasumi)  藤本 桜 (Fujimoto Sakura)  優月 祥 (Yuzuki Shou)  かなめ もにか (Kaname Monika)  北国 良人 (Kitaguni Rato)  十束 椿 (Totsuka Tsubaki)  野原 もさえ (Nohara Mosae)  寝子 暇子 (Neko Himako)  鴉月 ルイ (Karasuzuki Rui)  銀野 佑 (Ginno Yuu) 宮間 諒 (Miyama Ryo)  渡 ざらめ (Watari Zarame)  いちるの望 (Ichiruno Nozomi)

[aretheyqueer]

List of Canonically Trans/gnc Characters

My own list in this post is anime, manga, games mostly but in the spreadsheet you can add anything.

Following my tierlist of them, I realized I should make a public list so theyre not just kept in my head, since I spent quite a while finding these characters. If you want to watch/play anything with trans or gnc characters, you can use this list.

They range from good rep to bad, characters viewed as "traps" or not taken seriously to ones that the whole fandom understands is trans. I've added trigger warnings to the characters and fandoms I know can be triggering. I've also put certain names in bold to show that they're a main character, but i've only watched a few on this list so some are missing.

I would add trigger warnings for "bury your gays" and similar tropes, but I want to avoid spoilers. Maybe you can look it up first if you're worried. I've tried to exclude characters that are referred to as hermaphrodites.

The "crossdressers" section obviously includes some spoilers.

Enjoy :D

Transfem

Alice Arisuin from Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Prefers feminine name and terms but doesn't care too much).

Arachne from Angel Sanctuary

Arashi Narukami from Ensemble Stars

Astolfo from the Fate/Grand series

Leonardo Da Vinci from the Fate/Grand series (unsure)

Cassandra Igarashi from The Wicked + The Divine

Dahlia Carpenter from Carole & Tuesday

Victoria October from Batman

Elendira the Crimsonnail from Trigun Stampede

Giselle Gewelle from Bleach (The fandom is very transphobic)

Grell from Black Butler (Unnecessarily debated)

Hana from Tokyo Godfathers

Okasan from Tokyo Godfathers (Could be a drag queen)

Hibari Oozora from Stop!! Hibari-kun!

Isabella Yamamoto from Paradise Kiss

Kanamori from Heaven's Design Team

Kano Ienaga from Golden Kamuy

Kaoru Anesagi from IDOLiSH7

Kaoru Hanase from Tamako Market (Speculated to be a trans woman)

Kenji Hikiishi from My Hero Academia

Kikinojo from One Piece

Mariandale/Marian from Ixion Saga DT

Mizuki Akiyama from Project Sekai (Heavily implied)

Momoko from Shangri-La

Kikyou Motoki from Itazura Na Kiss

Nao from Skip and Loafer

Nathan Seymour from Tiger & Bunny

Perfuma from She-Ra and the Princesses of power

Petrichor from Saga

Ruka Urushibara from Steins;Gate (Transphobic fandom)

Saber from the Fate/Grand series

Stephanie from Majutsushi Orphen

Ushiyama from All Worlds Alliance

Hiroyuki Yoshida from Wandering Son

Shuuichi Nitori from Wandering Son

Yuujirou Shiratori from The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi

Transmasc

Hachiro from Gintama

Kite from Japan Sinks: 2020

Kusuo Saiki from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Turned himself into a boy when he was in the womb, otherwise never mentioned)

Ryo Watari from Boys Run the Riot

Shou Fujita from Stars Align (Very minor character)

Tooru Mutsuki from Tokyo Ghoul:re

Yamato from One Piece

Yawara Chatora from My Hero Academia

Yoshino Takatsuki from Wandering Son

Nonbinary

Anne Faulkner from Paradox Live

Asra from The Arcana

Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate (genderfluid)

Chaos from Hades

Berg Katze from Gatchaman Crowds (androgynous)

O. D. from Gatchaman Crowds

Daishikyou from Gintama

Chevalier D'Eon from Fate/Grand series

Enkidu/Lancer from Fate/Grand series (Inherently no gender/sex)

Double Trouble from She-Ra and the Princesses of power

Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist (can transform into any gender)

Francois from Dr. Stone

Halara Nightmare from Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

Hange from Attack on titan (Fandom mostly refers to them as female)

Ivankov Emporio from One Piece (i'm not sure what they identify as)

Juniper from Xenoblade Chronicles

Kaoruko Someya from Okane ga Nai (Okama)

Kimera from Kimera (nb or transfem)

Kyuubei Yagyuu (Born female, raised male so has an unconventional relationship with gender)

Vanitas of the Blue Moon from The Case Study of Vanitas

Milo Belladonna from Monster Prom

Mogumo from Love Me For Who I Am

Najimi Osana from Komi can't communicate (Unknown gender)

Nakuru Akizuki from Cardcaptor Sakura (Sexless, identifies as female)

Nico from Tokyo Ghoul (Okama)

Opera from Marimashita! Iruma-kun

Orochimaru from Naruto

Ryuuji Ayukawa from Blue Period (Unsure, can be gnc/transfem/nonbinary)

Satan from Devilman

Shion Zaiden from RWBY

Someone (yes thats their name) from Shimanami Tasogare

Xanthe Zhou from Prime Earth

Yuuta Asuka from Stars Align

Intersex

Asuka Ran from Devilman Lady

Luca Esposito from Asra Lost in Space (identifies as male)

Desmond from Carole & Tuesday (Became intersex due to universe stuff but is at peace with this)

Megumi Yoshikawa from Princess Princess (Raised male before she found out she was genetically female, decides to live as a girl)

Richard III from Requiem of the Rose King (Struggles with his intersexuality, feels his body and him are unloveable)

Yoite from Nabari no Ou (Lives as male but they're unsure of their gender)

Crossdressers

Aki from Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Azumi Agonoske from Gintama

Buzam A. Calessa from Vandread

Ferris from Re:Zero (I've heard that the novel version is transfem)

Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran high school host club (Nonbinary coded)

Ranka/Ryouji Fujioka from Ouran high school host club (Drag queen)

Hatsuka Suzushiro from Call of the Night

Hazumu Osaragi from Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

Kurako from Kuragehime

Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4 (The reveal can be triggering)

Chihiro Fujisaki from Danganronpa (The reveal can be very triggering - I recommend looking it up first if you're worried.)

Nuriko from Fushigi Yuugi (Unsure)

Rui Ninomiya from Gatchaman (May be transfem)

Cis characters that are gnc

Haruka Tenou from Sailor Moon

Kaoru Orihara from Oniisama e... (not sure what gender)

Kashima Yuu from Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun

Complicated

Angela from Black Butler (Changes form)

Berg Katse from Gatchaman (Changes form)

Fushi from To Your Eternity (Can change into female but presents masc)

Ginshu from Amatsuki (Raised male, turned genderless, dressed feminine. Idk their gender identity)

Inazuma from One Piece (Can present as both male and female, okama)

Izana Shinatose from Knights of Sidonia (Genderless to female due to universe rules)

Kou Seiya from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars (Has a male and female form, I think)

Mahiro Oyama from Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (Was turned into a girl against his will)

Mermaid Sisters from Carole & Tuesday (I don't know, man...)

Natsuru Senou from Kämpfer (Transformed into a woman)

Shi Qingxuan from Heaven Officials Blessing (Can transform)

Ranma Saotome from Ranma (Changes between them)

Hinata Tachibana from Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout (Gets transformed into a girl, goes on a quest to get their original body back)

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If you see anyone missing, feel free to let me know if I should add them. Input on who is a main character, triggering themes and offensive characters can be commented or sent to me.

[rydersmediareviews]

“ ...When I wear my favorite clothes, I feel at ease. It's the only time I don't see a version of myself I hate. ”

Boys Run the Riot is a manga series written by Keito Gaku. It intrigued me because I learned of its protagonist, who is a young transgender man. The representation seemed good and I knew it wouldn't take too long to read, so I decided to give it a shot.

The protagonist of Boys Run the Riot is Ryo Watari, a 16-year-old high schooler who is a transgender man. He becomes friends with Jin Sato, who is a transfer student and an outcast.

Jin is the first person who Ryo comes out to. After this, Jin tells Ryo about his wish to create a brand that sells unique clothing. While Ryo is initially hesitant about this idea, the two decide to go for it. This is with the help of a classmate, who is the sole member of the school's photography club. After some pondering, Ryo comes up with the name for their clothing brand: Boys Run the Riot.

The main characters in Boys Run the Riot are somewhat relatable, and they're very lovable. As a transgender person, I especially found myself relating to Ryo.

There are a lot of relationships throughout this series, both good ones and bad ones, with peers and with superiors. I found myself loving the advice that the main characters got from their superiors throughout this series. Not because it was always wise and thoughtful, but because it was messy and they often contradicted themselves. The adults are struggling with how to live correctly, just as the teenagers are. It's hard to be queer, and it isn't much easier to try running a business as a high schooler. Even as the boys received advice from their elders, they formed their own opinions and did things their own way.

The youth in Boys Run the Riot are fairly realistic. I've never been to Japan, but the way Ryo and Jin are treated is reminiscent of what I'd seen in an American school. In addition to this, the main characters are generally realistic when dealing with conflict. They all react differently, and they almost always act in a way that is immature.

As a transgender person, I long for a relationship like that which is between Ryo and Jin. While the focus of this story is on Ryo, the two are equally supportive of each other. Jin isn't just there as a character to support Ryo.

Ryo struggles with coming out to people—a relatable struggle for all transgender people. In regards to this, he acts in a way that I would consider realistic. There were times when Ryo's dysphoria and anxiety struck very close to home for me. I don't consider myself a very empathetic person, but I found myself feeling emotional for Ryo.

I loved Boys Run the Riot very much. However, this doesn't mean that it's free from my criticism.

As an American, I don't know much about Japanese tropes and stereotypes. However, I have consumed a lot of Japanese media regarding transgender people. With this being said, I have noticed that most of the transgender people in Japanese media are sexually assaulted. Why this is, I do not know.

While the series is altogether easy to understand and follow, I got completely lost at the bonus story. I still don't know whether that was Ryo or a new character.

Overall, I enjoyed reading Boys Run the Riot very much. It kept my attention and it kept me engaged. It was mostly easy to understand and follow. The characters were likable and mostly realistic.

I rate Boys Run the Riot a perfect 5 stars.

“ ...My neck's so slender. My face looks so young. I'm so short. My arms and legs are so small. ”

[miss-misamisa-amane]

Update on the fandub!

We have

L

Misa

Light

Soichiro

Matsuda

Takada

Wedy

Ryuk

Sayu

Watari

Rem

We have people interested in

Naomi

Sachiko

Near

Mello

We still need

Gelus

King of Death

Kyosuke Higuchi

Raye Penber

Shuichi Aizawa

Lind L. Tailor

Yuri

Calikarcha

Gook

Deridovely

Zellogi

Wedy

Aiber

Hirokazu Ukita

Hideki Ryuga

Reiji Namikawa

Hideki Ide

Hitoshi Demegawa

Arayoshi Hatori

Kiichiro Osoreda

Yumi Aizawa

Takuo Shibuimaru

Shingo Mido

Kurou Otoharada

Emi

Eiichi Takahashi

Eriko Aizawa

Koreyoshi Kitamura

Yamamoto

Yoshio Anderson

Masahiko Kida

Masaaki Shirami

Takeshi Ooi

Suguru Shimura

Ryo

Shiho

Ginzo Kaneboshi

Kyoko

Ito Shiroba

Sudou

Nori

Tasayoshi Yoda

Yasunaga

Sasaki

Yonegoro Nusumi

Yoshi

Matsushiro Nakaokaji

Imai

Ken Yadanaka

Roger Ruvie

Mayu

[obscurecharactershowdown]

Idk if anyone submitted him, but I wish my boy Ryo got in, he's the best </3

(if you want a manga with Good Trans Rep and also fashion, read Boys Run The Riot! Ryo Watari is the main character and I love him.)

I don't think anyone submitted him :(

[translationandbetrayals]

To create teen transmasculine experience for the young audience.

In the last post I talked about a transgender family’s story, and briefly how this family is constructed by values like love and compassion, even within a society that doesn’t work on accepting their realities.

Of course, the manga has its antiquity since it has been published in 1996 (almost 30 years ago). Stories about transgender narratives were not so widespread as it is in our days, where we could easily see the presence of trans characters on media, especially on the western side of the world on young-adult tv series and movies. This preference may be evident if we take that our generation (the zoomer™) is more acceptable than their older ones on this kind of topics, but it’s not exclusive of teens to see trans stories when mostly of the time it is viewed as “mature” to narrate about them, let’s say with mainstream examples like The Danish Girl and Euphoria.

So now I’m asking myself: what about anime and manga nowadays?

As I said before, there’s a predominant number of transfeminine characters into anime, since they face great visibility, mostly from a transphobic view that fetishizes and harms their integrities. Not falling into being pessimistic, there are still great opportunities to see characters playing with their gender and exploring themselves, mostly in feminine-presenting characters assigned “male” by the creator. So as we see, where are the transmasculine ones? Where are we?

Even with the today’s lack of transmasculine characters into general media, we can see how this is being pushed down by new stories that talks about them, but it is still a conflict of how we can talk about our experience.

So today I’m glad to talk about one. Not a lost jewel such as Family Compo, but a great depiction of how we can create the transgender experience of a young boy.

Boys Run the Riot is a 2020 manga starring by Ryo Watari, a transgender boy currently at high school that struggles with his gender identity, initially being hidden by everyone he knows. This struggle, although internal, it’s also faced by how Ryo is reprehended by his school authorities for using male school uniform. Mostly of the time he uses masculine clothes when he leaves school, passing like a boy by stranger’s eyes and hoping nobody could notice. Without an ear to be listen, Ryo express his emotions in graffiti, leaving his frustration behind, with a message he hopes someone could see.

This shell trembles by the arrival of a new student called Jin Sato, an extroverted teenager that for things of destiny they met at a clothing store, where Ryo was checking around. Obviously, this provokes a scare to our protagonist, but as they walk outside, they met each other better and for the first time Ryo confronts to someone his “real self” and his impossibility to express himself to the world.

This difficulty that distances him from the others is finally beaten up by, simply as it seems, understanding. Of course, Jin didn’t know anything about Ryo so he could have an “image” of him like his few friends and classmates. The lack of a previous image may be an indicative of his attitude, but as we met him in the first chapter, he is open to accept this difference between them. Not as in separating them because of their experiences, but to trust enough to be understood.

This is where the shell starts to break. The beginning of his discovery, not only focused on his identity but also connected to a new taste they’ll both share.

So Jin puts the idea of starting a fashion brand.

Fashion unites them in a way it may feel unnatural at first, but as they start to develop their first design with Ryo as their designer, it feels wonderful to see how they cultivate thanks to their creative spirit, young and full of life.

The fashion brand they built together grows slowly as the ideas generate. Like any new project, it takes a while to establish themselves into the business, considering the fact that they were just two in the team. When a photographer of their age joins them, the triad begins to look out for new contacts in order to cooperate and increase together. For sure, they face disappointment when they met a big fashion brand’s boss, telling them the three should prioritize their studies instead of playing around, pretending they’re adults. After this failure and the next ones, Jin serves as a catalyst to impulse his group ahead, inspiring them to follow their ideals and to keep moving forward to their objective: to create a brand that can impact the world.

Although being short, the manga establishes existing social challenges that Ryo must face as he opens to his world, situations that it doesn’t feel dramatized or softened but it feels heartbreakingly real. Ryo feels cornered whether he faces new spaces such as finding a new temporary work, or building new ties with new people, where he feels the need to explain himself about his identity so he couldn’t suffer from the misery of being identified as a girl.

This breaks from the previous state, where Ryo put his identity into a shadow because of protection, of how this world would never understand him.

This aspect collides with the experience of another queer person called Tsubasa, a make-up youtuber that had the strength to proudly be open about their identity in social media. As they both met suddenly, we realize how important is this distinction by the importance of recognizing both experiences as unique, not merely individual but to be shared and empathized by others.

We’re not equally strong as the other: Ryo is different from Tsubasa because they have their own lives, they had their own ways to express themselves so they could survive. But that doesn’t mean we can’t lead ourselves to create fortitude.

After a few situations, Ryo builds up his self-awareness to confront his classmates. I didn’t say before, but he doesn’t refer about his family as a major impediment but his school. It’s important to acknowledge this since high school is a significant phase in teenagers, where they keep developing their personalities, interests and recognizing their weaknesses. Ryo’s weakness to speak up towards his classmates is finally beaten by his own sense of self-respect and openness, not for craving attention, but to be understood by his class rather than hid himself. Just as he did before with Jin.

But as I said before, this development of identity is not isolated. Ryo is tied to the fashion genre not only because of a shared interest, but also because he first thought that using his preferred clothes was his way to hide from everyone. However, after gaining self-confidence, this evolves to a sense of expressing himself, an approach to discover new things about his own identity, to strengthen and to reinvent his worldview, without hesitating to share it through his art designs.

The brand finally conveys a message of rebellion against social barriers using graffiti as their motif, being a mobile of general freedom sent by the three of them to the world.

It’s quite a refreshing breath to read the journey of a transmasc teen protagonist that starts to express freely, like his frustration as graffiti on the street walls and his raising adventure to create a fashion brand with his new friends.

It’s great to see a story addressed to the young adult reader, about teenager internal conflicts, meaning that we can talk about these topics without taking explicit themes, i.e. sexualization (genital hyperfixation) and unneeded brutality.

It’s also important to consider that the mangaka is a trans man himself, so the expansion of transgender narratives written by trans authors is essential to visualize our experiences by different stories, approaches, and points of view.

And the best part is to finish the story with a tender ending that invites you to run with him.

There’s nothing to lose after all, as long as you’re true to yourself.

- Kafi Díaz Durán.

[boymagicalgirl]

me 🤝 Ryo Watari

FTMs who express themselves through fashion

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Accepted Characters 2/16/2023

Echo from Immortal Weakling

Melissa from C14 Dating

Gwendolyn from The Water Seeker

Gil from The Water Seeker

Louise from  Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Jakko from The Trouble With May Amelia

Icelyn Lee from Swimming Lessons

Logan from The Candymakers

Baek Mari's father from Orange Marmalade

Sarah Sharpe from The Sea Beast 

Banji Geum from Time and Reason

Bran Davies (The Grey King) from The Dark is Rising

Doppo Kunikida from Bungou Stray Dogs

Amelia from Realta

Lily from Doctor Who 

Mugman from Cuphead

Rosemary Balliol from Midsomer Murders

Jack from Shanghai Youma Kikai

Mother from Doctor Who 

Mia from Beyond the Clouds

Bloody Mary from The Ensemble Stars

Tsuku Shinguji from Super Robot Taisen

Angela O’Neil from Let's Play

Elsie Peters from Father Brown 

Dark from The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Ryo Watari from Boys Run the Riot

Geddoe from Suikoden

Sunita Alahan from Coronation Street

 Oscar Phillips from Doctor Who  

Sora from Yuzu the Pet Vet

Tae-Ung Han from She's Hopeless

Yuzu from Yuzu the Pet Vet 

Deirdre from the Fire Emblem series

Tien Shinhan from the Dragon Ball series

Koni from Iku

Arbor from Aza

Yuhko from Black Belt Challenge

Wilbur the Inventor from Kingdom Rush

Sarah from Children of a Lesser God

NM- 1153 from Phantasy Star

Veruk the Orc Gladiator from Kingdom Rush

737 Requests Remain

[gearbox-doll]

Submit Ryo Watari from Boys Run The Riot @best-transgender-character for transmasc swag

[yuurei20]

hi hi

I hope it’s not trouble to ask but, the anthology mangas are not canon right?

Hello hello! Thank you for this question! 📕

The anthology manga were created by a total of 42 different illustrators (including bonus illustrations), none of whom were the game's creator Toboso Yana, though she did draw the covers!

We do not know how much oversight was involved in the content and there are parts in the stories that conflict with the content of the game, so it might be best to consider Twst's alternative media (the anthology manga / serialized manga / novels) as canon to themselves individually but probably not to the game, or to each other ^^

They are maybe similar to Square-Enix-branded fanart, like the art gallery books!

And here is a list of all artists, for the curious ^^

Volume 1:

萩原 ダイスケ (Hagiwara Daisuke)  赤井 ヒガサ (Akai Higasa)  NAOE 一色 箱 (Ichiiro Hako)  雨壱 絵穹 (Amaichi Esora)  鈴木 次郎 (Suzuki Jirou)  悌太 (Teita)  カズアキ (Kazuaki)  まくらくらま (Makura Kuruma) マジコ！(magico)  夏目 あやの (Natsume Ayano)  汐田 晴人 (Shiota Haruto)  竹田 羽角 (Takeda Hasumi)  藤本 桜 (Fujimoto Sakura)  優月 祥 (Yuzuki Shou)  かなめ もにか (Kaname Monika)  北国 良人 (Kitaguni Rato)  十束 椿 (Totsuka Tsubaki)  野原 もさえ (Nohara Mosae)  寝子 暇子 (Neko Himako)  鴉月 ルイ (Karasuzuki Rui)  銀野 佑 (Ginno Yuu) 宮間 諒 (Miyama Ryo)  渡 ざらめ (Watari Zarame)  いちるの望 (Ichiruno Nozomi)

Volume 2:

椿いづみ (Tsubaki Izumi) キナコ (Kinako) 清原 紘 (Kiyohara Hiro) 花ヶ田 (Hanagata) 双葉 はづき (Futaba Hazuki) さらちよみ (Sarachi Yomi) 尾崎ドミノ (Ozaki Domino) もち (mochi) 平井 るな (Hirai Runa) 雨壱 絵穹 (Amaichi Esora) 藤本 桜 (Fujimoto Sakura) 寝子 暇子 (Neko Himako) かなめ もにか (Kaname Monika) 山田 リューセイ (Yamada Ryuusei) 霄之 ツキ (Sorano Tsuki) 和佳宮 テトラ (Tetora) 古町 ゆき (Furumachi Yuki) 栗栖 ゆん (Kurisu Yun)