Dororo

Dororo follows Hyakkimaru, a boy whose father gave away his body parts to demons in return for a stronger land. A doctor gives him replacement limbs, and Hyakkimaru travels through war-torn Japan to take his body back. He meets Dororo, a hungry young thief, and the two fight demons, soldiers, and people who use fear to survive. The story is dark, violent, and sad, but their friendship brings warmth to the journey.

The show's main audience-visible identity element is Hyakkimaru's missing body and his fight to decide what his life is worth, even when a lord says many people will suffer if he becomes whole. Dororo also lives as a boy and is later shown to be a girl, but the story treats this as part of the character's past rather than a modern gender message. The series repeatedly shows war, hunger, refugees, abused children, sex work, and poor families caught between rulers. These ideas support themes of personal choice, mercy, family, and the damage caused by power, not a modern DEI campaign.