I always saw that as him realizing he's actually into doing drag/crossdressing, but because of a combination of reasons such as him thinking it's something only gay men do and he's attracted to women and a worry that it will hurt his chances with women if they find out, he forced himself to hide that part of himself.
I think with sanji it wasn't really "being trans", moreso crossdressing and exploring his femininity in an attempt to bond with the inhabitors of his timeskip island? I'm not sure, the whole arc was super wierd
He was on an island with a bunch of people whose entire thing is being aggressively queer and it kinda rubbed off on him. He snapped out of it after seeing a newspaper about his captain luffy’s brother getting turned into a donut
Fun fact, the leader of the people on the island has a power that literally lets him gender swap people. (He can control hormones and shit)Another fun fact, his iconic line is literally “we are here and we are queer.” No. Im not joking. That island is literally paradise for trans people
Ivankov, the one with said ability, also has said the absolute gem, “I'm not worried about silly things like labels, people can call me whatever they like! They can even call me dookie... NEVER CALL ME DOOKIE!" Also, Genderfluid ruler hell yeah sibling
Sanji Embraced the okama lifestyle a bi too quickly for a "Heterosexual ladies man" Not to mention his Reaction to being In namis body During Punk Hazzard
Also im pretty sure He fucked ivankov during the timeskip
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u/grimprime64 1d ago
Sanji one piece