This character was drawn from my idea back in 2021, when i was on my late year uni. Well, it’s not really come from me, it was from an artist named @wengwengchim who drew really beautiful portraits of Mahito (definitely check their twitter/x out!). I was always captivated by their works. Really really beautiful piece.
To give you a note, i haven’t read or watched JJK yet at that time, but i already sold at admiring (simping) Female Mahito, until i make my own version of her. This was my last time i really adored a character before i devoted my life to do commission projects after that.
Funny story when i finally considered to watch JJK, my only motif is to find “this Mahito” scene. I found him but not her. I watched all of the series and didn’t find my goal. Out of frustration i searched the “Female Mahito scene JJK” on google, and all i found was this single damn image.
Somehow i was not mad, rather i was happy lol. Like finally i found her. But then i realized now that until that time, i drew, one might say, a genderbend of a character. This was the first journey of my genderbend era.
I don’t know about this, but i feel like this genre is somewhat really interesting not in a sexual way. It’s borderline “gay”, but no. It’s not about the stigma (idc if it’s gay or not), but just the idea of a guy suddenly trapped in a girl body is fascinating to me. Like imagine one of your guy suddenly turn into a girl. He was just your mate, but just... female. It’s weird, it’s not normal, it’s conflicting, so on and so forth. One artist that’s really well explored this genre is @usa18_ (I MISSED YOU SO MUCH PLS COME BACK SENSEI!!) with their work revolving around Golden Kamuy.
I don’t really read doujins as much, y’know, just scan on them on my regular days. But this time, i read it all. It was beautiful. The inner the drama, the conflict between them, the plot thickens but in the end they make love anyway, passionately even. No matter how the world makes them apart, they’ll find a way to love each other. I know this could have a different interpreation if we added more on the gay part. It’s quite a challenge, but let’s forget about that identity for now and just enjoy the work raw and pure, shall we?
One thing to note that i want to make a doujin with a genderbend, don’t know when but i wanna challenge myself on my writing skill. Maybe just sfw or even nsfw, maybe just a fanfic who knows. I wanna portray that reaction of a guy who’s knowing that his mate suddenly turn into a girl . What would he feel? What would he do? What the world would see them like?
One question i should ask you, regardles of gender, would you romantically love your mate if they suddenly change their sex? I’d say i don’t know. But emotion are uncontrollable and there's a huge chance that i can love my mate that way. If yes then, what would i do after that? With the same world that has a bad stigma around gay relationship, what would you do? Well, one question if may i add, is it gay though? That’s why i wanna know by making a story about that and i think you should do it too. Lemme know if you have this kind of "strange" thoughts on the back of your head.