I’m fairly certain nobody asked for this, but here we are: Luffy from One Piece gets turned into a lady for upcoming merch.
As pointed out on 2ch, MegaHouse, which is part of Bandai Namco, recently showed an unpainted prototype of a female Luffy D. Monkey:
[Image via 2ch]
The enormous curves shouldn’t be a surprise in light of other One Piece characters like Nami, Robin, or Boa Hancock, but yeah, MegaHouse’s move appears to be putting enormous breasts on the male characters and then trying to pass them off as women. This is also evident in the Trafalgar Law “turned into a girl” figure.
[Image via 2ch]
The above article clearly states that this version is “Not Officially Recognized,” which is probably MegaHouse’s way of avoiding additions to One Piece canon. Of course, at the bottom, there are an array of copyrights for Eiichiro Oda, Fuji TV, and more, so this is “official,” but just not “official.”
Top image: Fuji | Eiichiro Oda
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