Would Genderbending K-ON! Work?

I've always been a fan of the whole genderbending concept, since among other things, it makes being gay for certain characters acceptable... K-ON! is the latest Kyoto Animation offering to go through this treatment, though whether or not its popularity will ever reach the feverish heights that Suzumiya Haruhi attained remains to be seen. I'm not particularly hopeful myself, but here is my 2 cents anyway:

Personality Transition

Seitenkan worked so terrifyingly well because you could just copy paste any of the character's personality onto his or her gender reversed counterpart and the transition would still be natural. However, if you were to run through the same basic idea on K-ON!, the results would be less than stellar:

Tainaka Riku

I don't like his female counterpart a whole lot, but I'm all for Male Ritsu, and it works, if only because the former's pretty a much a tomboy as it is, not to mention (the fanart's) his striking resemblance to Haruki. As such, Riku would suit the role of male lead more than his female counterpart could ever hope to achieve. I can't imagine him playing anything other than drums either.

Akiyama Mikio

I hope if that if the Pixiv Elves are going to come up with more K-ON! genderbended art, they would come with something more appealing because goddamnit, Mikio just became my least favorite character. Now, if Mio was simply just a coodere that she was meant to be, the transition would have been somewhat acceptable, but alas, if we were to take into account her random ℳℴℯ❤ moments, Mikio's going to be perceived as more of an effeminate character, but I suppose he can still retain that some of that level-headed stoic nature. That said,  I see Mikio more of an oboe person. Hello Kuroki-kun~

Kotobuki Tsumuji

I like how the artist retained Tsumugi's elegantfabulous,  posh look, but is it me, or does Tsumuji look kinda, I don't know, British? Just like Ritsu herself, Tsumugi's male counterpart should work fine with most of his traits intact, right down to his yaoi goggles that I was told Tsumugi possessed. However, because of the way he's drawn, I cannot unimagine him without an east end cockney accent. He'd do fine with pianos, but giving him the violin wouldn't be all too shabby either, now that I think of it...

Hirasawa Yuu

I'm mostly ambivalent towards Yui because her irksome airhead character, yet I find myself hooked to her Untan Untan videos orz No thanks to Hetalia, I can only imagine Yuu as Italy. Go figure. GUITAAAAAAA~ ヽ(´∀｀ )ﾉ

In short, I would

• Suck Riku's cock and have him stick his into me
• Stick it in Mikio
• Stick it in Tsumuji
• Stick it in Yuu

So far, so likeable!

Screenplay Revision

Usually, this is the part I would post 4komas to sell the idea on how the jokes would still work if the cast had undergone their respective sex change, though unfortunately, the Elevens have yet to produce anything of that sort, so for the time being, I think I'll have a go at some of the scenes instead:

The impetus, if you'd like, that led to the formation of the club. And to be honest, this scene would work a lot better if they were both guys, where Riku reminds Mikio of the (non-existent) promise they both made after attending a live(insert famous rock band here) concert, albeit with a lot more manly tears, with perhaps Riku treating Mikio to a knuckle sandwich. MIKIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Damn you, Sengoku Basara.

The band will still have to suck and play elevator music, so you can also count on Riku being really enthusiastic about showing Yuu what the club can do(or can't), only to have the latter reply in a frank manner on how crappy the music was. Also, this would work better in someone's garage than in a classroom. Then again, this is Japan, they can't afford one. Now, if K-ON! was brought to America instead.... Funny, I suddenly envisioned Miley Cyrus starring in a live action Disney adaptation of K-ON! but let's leave it at that.

Tsumuji McRichboy is still going to get Yuu his Gibson Les Paul at a discount, but for the benefit of fangirls, he's going to accomplish it by turning on the charms on the now female cashier, instead of merely working his heritage as an advantage.

Once again, a freebie for the fangirls. Male watchers other than myself, would probably squirm at this scene, while its intended target audience will be squealing and schlicking away. Imagine, Italy's face going "Mikio-kun, your fingers are so rough, but kind of squishy too" Puni Puni Puni Puni Puni Puni ヽ(´∀｀ )ﾉ Mikio will then put on a Germany face and go ('～`；)

There's not much to revise here, and everyone will act accordingly to their given archetypes. Riku's going to be lying on the bed reading Yuu's manga collection, with Mikio sounding the former off for making such a racket. Yuu will struggle with revision while Tsumuji encourages him with promise of rich people snacks like Darjeeling tea and scones or something.

Can't do much without them 4komas! With the series only three episodes in, it will be interesting to see if it is possible for genderbend to plague it further than what I've attempted so far. That said, it seem all I've done was Hetaliarized the whole show, turning the best character into my least favorite one, while making the show accessible to YFGs. Sigh.

Verdict: K-ON! cannot be genderbent. This leaves them the only option of Disney-fying it:

THIS SUMMER
FOUR GIRLS
WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS
GET TOGETHER
TO FORM A BAND
STARRING
AMANDA BYNES
VANESSA HUDGENS
MILEY CYRUS AND
LINDSAY LOHAN

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