Does 「兄/姉をやめたい」 sound natural?


Related to a manga which is named お兄ちゃんはおしまい!

Imagine a transgender girl who has a young brother says 兄をやめたい (I don’t want
be your brother anymore), is this wired to be heard by a native speaker?




It depends on what you mean by _weird_ and _natural_. 兄をやめたい by itself is a
perfectly correct and natural sentence as far as grammar is concerned, but
it's definitely a surprising sentence that never occurs naturally in everyday
conversation. If you think "I don't want be your brother anymore" is
"natural", then 兄をやめたい should be equally natural.

This of course sounds like a serious breakup notice if interpreted in
isolation. If the speaker wants to remain the listener's sibling, it has to be
accompanied by a sentence like これからはお姉ちゃんになりたい (I wanna be your sister from
now).




It depends on what you mean by _weird_ and _natural_. 兄をやめたい by itself is a
perfectly correct and natural sentence as far as grammar is concerned, but
it's definitely a surprising sentence that never occurs naturally in everyday
conversation. If you think "I don't want be your brother anymore" is
"natural", then 兄をやめたい should be equally natural.

This of course sounds like a serious breakup notice if interpreted in
isolation. If the speaker wants to remain the listener's sibling, it has to be
accompanied by a sentence like これからはお姉ちゃんになりたい (I wanna be your sister from
now).

