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Well, technically the versions of the myth that describe the figure as a woman would count as Gender Bending if the other version(s) that say they're a man are more popular/widely accepted as the "standard" version. That's the case with Jack the Ripper, for example. Basing your take on the myth on such versions, while of course qualifying said take for Shown Their Work, would pass on the Gender Bending status to it as a result.
Edited by MarqFJA on Dec 17th 2018 at 9:36:58 PM
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Fate/Requiem sounds fun. Too bad we're unlikely to get an official translation though. Not sure I'd trust a fan translation of it.
IIRC in the legend of her duel with Watanabe no Tsuna at Rashomon, which is the most famous story about her, Ibaraki initially appears disguised as a beautiful woman.
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I also assumed Bradamante was another Gender Flip, only to be pleasantly surprised when that wasn't the case.
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tbh I feel like Requiem is just something they had made just so they could get something to fill in the shelves as Narita recovers and Case Files wraps up next year
not to say it'll be bad and it is definitely something where the outcome finally feels uncertain so eh
Edited by Nouct on Dec 17th 2018 at 11:39:50 AM
I don't really like Meteo's writing so whatever.
I suspect Theseus never.
Irrelevant trivia: today the Yugioh card game announced a new series of cards named after the archangel who governs the Moon and the Main Deck monsters of this new theme seem to be all called Dead Apostles.
"Narita recovers"? Did he had some health issues this year?
Edit: Speaking of Gender Bending, I really feel they've been fading away from the franchise lately. Not that I'm complaining, mind, made for a good story once, but at the very least the time of FGO's release (though I would argue it already qualified since the first Extra game), it pretty much had turned into an unnecessary gimmick. While I obviously can't speak for some of the other work I haven't read (which is most of the sub-series at this point), I don't think any new gender bent Servant was released since at least Shimosa (and depending on how generous you feel about the whole Alternate Universe thing, even that doesn't count).
Edited by HailMuffins on Dec 17th 2018 at 7:44:33 AM
I believe we have one potential genderbend still left. Merlin from Arthur's timeline is a female. If that universe comes back, we may see one final genderbend. Not unlikely since she's kinda anticipated last I heard and DW likes money.
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No Danzo definitely counts because they've made a point of connecting her to Kotaro and expanding their relationship in later stories
EDIT: Narita ran into some health issues because he was juggling too many series and it took a toll on his health
it's just that it got to the point that he had to be hospitalized either last or this year
Edited by Nouct on Dec 17th 2018 at 8:19:49 AM
Pff, we'll be getting more genderbends any day now I'm sure.
New ln? Sounds... interesting? Who's the author?
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Do people still like cute girls? If yes, then yeah, genderbends will continue.
Meteo Hoshizora is the author.
Ah, the World Conquest Zvezda Plot guy.
Didn't that have a weird aesop about not smoking as an episode of the week. I think it had a Zombie Apocalypse because of smoking?
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I enjoyed that show
World's Cutest Direwolf
There's still all the actually female people of history and legend to choose from, especially given how low the bar for Servanthood turned out to be.
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Will TM actually do that or take the low-hanging fruit instead becomes the question...
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More Fate/Requiem characters
, Karin and Kijyo Koyo.
I thought Momiji was too minor to be a Servant, but I guess /Requiem's world is more anything goes, considering everyone gets a Servant.
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Kiara needs her makeup.
Continue the bloodline, Fujimaru!
Needs Momiji's legend for research.
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Karin possibly being compatible with her as a Servant suggests something lurking under the surface
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Yeah, but there are versions where Ibaraki is a woman and Shuten's wife.
If it's in the myths, it doesn't count as Gender Bending. In fact, in those cases it can even count as Shown Their Work, as you generally would have to dig a bit to pick such obscure details.