Warning: Spoilers for Ayakashi Triangle episode #6The recent Crunchyroll anime Ayakashi Triangle uses the classic gender-swapping formula to tell a nuanced story that trans anime fans will relate to, but very few will get that chance or even take the anime seriously as a result of some unfortunate censorship. Ayakashi Triangle is unfortunately clouded by the majority of it being censored for its absurd amount of nudity. Even before its polarizing anime adaptation, most manga readers came to know of the controversial series because Shonen Jump once completely skiped a chapter for its overly explicit content.

On the surface, Akyakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki is like most gender-swapping anime and manga series. A curse transforms the protagonist into a person of the opposite sex who must embark on a great journey to restore themselves. But early on, Ayakashi Triangle placed more of an emphasis on the resulting conflict that the...