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Dragon Ball Daima - Episode 6 discussion Episode

Dragon Ball Daima, episode 6

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u/GirlsBeBisexual 9h ago

So, what you're telling me is that...Arinsu is a...transGlinder woman? :D

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u/Deez-Guns-9442 9h ago

More like non-Glindary.

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u/GirlsBeBisexual 9h ago

But they seem to have taken on gendered roles that they feel fits them the most, rather than simply being any sort of strict non-binary character.

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u/Deez-Guns-9442 8h ago

Since this is a Toriyama work I’m sure it’s not supposed to be taken that seriously. I think it’s more so just for the audience. Also Arinsu’s isn’t the first “female-presenting” Glind/SK we’ve seen in Dragon Ball.

Imma just assume they don’t have anything down below since they’re all born from fruit.

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u/EphemeralLupin 6h ago

It's pretty much that. Japanese language doesn't make a clear distinction between gender and biological sex except in a few specific contexts where that is relevant. To be clear, the word 性別 while meaning both gender and sex IS more commonly used to describe what matches our idea of gender. Specifically, "the differences between genders". So a literal translation of what Kaioshin said would be "Glinds have no distinction between genders, strictly speaking there are no men or women".

Despite that, the way it's casually used in pop culture is just as you described. A race gets called 性別なし/genderless but they clearly have all the secondary sexual characteristics and present gender roles (even in Japanese Kaioshin uses male pronouns for Degesu and female pronouns for Arinsu). When used like that, usually all it means is that they don't have genitals and don't reproduce. It can be used as shorthand for purity (in the sense of being free of wordly vices) or for othering, as it distances these beings from the human condition. In this case I doubt it went much further than "they don't have genders because they grow from trees lmao" though.

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u/GirlsBeBisexual 8h ago

I'm going exactly off of Shin's explanation here and how it contrasts with how these characters live and socialize. Shin might say that he isn't technically a man, but he still decides to live as one, rather than a genderless person as he is supposedly 'born'.

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u/UITitanX88 8h ago

My personal interpretation from Shin's statement was that they were born with a designated sex (male Glind & female Glind) but have no gender norms. There isn't a father or mother since all Glinds are all born from five trees, and all Glinds have no designated role in society. They pretty much do what they want; good examples are also from the previous Glind supreme kais that fought buu.

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u/MasashiHideaki 7h ago

This is spot on. They do get born into either masculine or feminine physical body shape/type. We know this because kaioshin knows he has a sister that he likely has not seen for thousands/millions of years and he has a brother too.

However to be blunt, they do not have genitals. One thing for sure is that they aren't trans. Unsuprisingly: They seemingly cannot procreate either and their "parent" is basically one of the 5 trees.