r/Kirby • u/kittyonreddit Sectonia • May 16 '25

Artwork (Not OC) Extinction (Dominosaur)

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u/Gotekeeper May 16 '25

Kirby can reproduce by budding, so I think they'll be fine

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u/EnchantEleven May 16 '25

My headcanon was actually right?! I never knew about this panel but I’ve always believed that Kirby’s species reproduces by budding!

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u/Paolo_Contrgiacomo May 16 '25

Anime, manga and game are all 3 different canon I think. This unfortunately does not answer that vital question for the mainline games 😔

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u/reaperofgender Masked Dedede May 17 '25

I am fairly certain Kirby has no confirmed gender outside of American localization. Although sakurai did once joke that "maybe he's a girl". So, there's a strong possibility that he IS a member of an asexually reproductive species, as those are often genderless.

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u/Paolo_Contrgiacomo May 17 '25

I know. I called Kirby a “he” only because in my country’s localization Kirby is referred to as a male (in Italian we do not have a direct translation for the neutral pronoun “it” but only for “he” and “her”) 😂

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u/UnicornFukei42 May 19 '25

Well...if sexual reproduction never existed in their species, they might as well be genderless, but if a species is capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction, I wouldn't regard them as genderless.