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Wandering Son

Created by: Shimura Takako

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ISBN: 1606994166 ( Amazon )

I was in elementary school in 1980 and in high school in 1990. I predated by a few years the rather briskly paced evolution of alt sexualities from something horrifying to kids to something that kids could dabble in without too much fear of ostracizing. I grew up in a town whose homosexuals-per-capita population was second in the state behind San Francisco. We were all pretty well aware of how common open homosexual lifestyles were in the town. We knew about the Little Shrimp. We knew about Sneaky Pete’s. We knew about the Different Drummer bookshop. And yet, for all that, “homo” and “fag” were still slurs, and when a rumour spread in junior high that this one guy was playing pocket pinball in class, the whole school took it upon themselves to brand him as gay and therefore worthy of a derision that remained probably all the way through high school for the poor guy. We were all little bastards and didn’t really have the cultural wherewithal to learn any differently. There certainly wasn’t an internet out there to help us empathize with different people’s stories about being different. Even when some of us turned out to be different in the ways we previously derided.

I’m not sure that having a book like Wandering Son would have helped when I was a kid, but it wouldn’t have hurt, I don’t think. At worst I would have written it off as gross—but even so, I would have seen another perspective. One I wouldn’t see for nearly a decade more.

Story time. In a gathering of high school kids for some event or other, there was a game in which people would have to perform some stunt of the leader’s choosing. One of them was to speak in a gay lisp. Five-sixths of the guys involved wouldn’t participate—not because it was insensitive and othering—but because it was too gross. A friend of mine took a trip to Africa and this tribe’s chief took his hand, wanting to show him the village. My friend shook off that man’s hand. Fifteen years later he is still proud of that decision. In high school, at a school in the center of the second gayest town in California, there was a boy who tried out for the cheerleading squad. He was immediately deemed gay. I don’t even know if he ever wore a cheer skirt or if he wanted to. Of course that wouldn’t have had anything to do with his sexual preferences—we wouldn’t have known that—but at least within the scope of our warped cultural pericope, that would have been slim justification for our prejudice. As it was, the mere hint of peculiarity in terms of sex or gender presumptions was enough to send us all into a whirlwind of confusion and antipathy.

Again, I’m not sure that having read Wandering Son would have helped, but it very well may have. Anything that humanizes the targets of othering is worthwhile because empathizing with those who are Not You and Not Like You is essential to loving them as you do yourself. And above everything else that it does so well, Wandering Son humanizes its characters—regardless of how much they deviate from the cultural norms their societies dictate. 1 1 Which should be easy, right? Because these characters are human. Really, we shouldn’t even need a book to make the effort, but even my own very narrow personal history demonstrates with force that we do need books to make the effort. When I first approached Wandering Son I was concerned that, like so many works that have lessons to impart, it would come off as didactic and proselytizing. Instead, we have this warm-hearted, gentle story about a collection of kids growing up. Wandering Son doesn’t lay out any argument for the humanity of its characters who diverge from social expectation. It doesn’t need to.

Takako’s book allows you to grow comfortable with these kids as you would members of your own family. You see them happy; you see them hurt. You see their dreams; you see their fears. You see them reaching for lives that make sense to them, struggling even as we all do to find comfort and value in the things that attract our affections—all while trying desperately not to have our spirits crushed along the way.

One thing I appreciated about Wandering Son is how neatly it eviscerates the presumption that transgressing gender distinction also necessarily informs sexual preferences. Growing up, it was the law of my land that transvestitism also meant homosexuality. A man who wore his wife’s clothes in secret also obviously harboured a closeted homosexuality. A woman who dressed in man’s attire 2 2 Granted, “men’s attire” is a rapidly diminishing category of fashion. was giving off strong lesbian cues. Our understanding of the immutability of gender and its ties to sexuality offered us no room for understanding things in any other way. Wandering Son , by beginning its narrative journey in elementary school, removes sexual preference from the initial spectrum of topics—at least for the principal characters, if not for their peripheral antagonists (who engage in all the weak-minded slurs I would have ejaculated when I was their age). Series lead, Shu, a fifth-grade boy who gradually finds himself dressing more and more in girls’ clothing does so wholly apart from any sexual interest. He simply enjoys looking like the archetypical young girl. So too with his opposite number, a girl named Takatsuki, who likes to dress as a male (which is easier for her to get away with, since male clothing is increasingly bi-sexual). In the first volume she begins her period, underscoring her sex despite her objection to normative gender cues, but has so far not had any opportunity to express her sexuality. 3 3 Honestly, when I was their age, I wanted so very badly to “hump” my crush into oblivion, but that was mostly just me going with social expectation. Though I bore affection for a girl, it wasn’t really sexual, I don’t think. For one, I was prepubescent. For another, I really only had the vaguest understanding of what “humping” included. I understood the reproductive aspect and I understood that I should want to do this thing, but I had no real libido and so no visceral understanding of how sexual desire actually worked. I had, instead, a stand-in for that desire that was constructed from expectation more than anything.   4 4 Homosexuality does become topical later in the series.

While pretty clearly a book intending to explore the social issues involved in the gender/sex confluence of spectral anomalies—and one that so far as I can tell does a pretty stellar job at that investigation— Wandering Son is foremost an interesting story. I don’t think it could possibly succeed at drawing out its social questions if it failed to present well-described human characters in largely believable 5 5 Not being Japanese, I don’t really have any sense of how much verisimilitude with which Takako represents the Japanese reaction toward transvestitism and transgenderism and transsexualism. Translator Matt Thorn offers a brief essay on the subject in the backmatter of volume 2, but it’s unsatisfyingly brief. In any case, the protagonists meet much less resistance in Wandering Son 's story than I believe they would in the U.S. narrative circumstances. These characters move and speak in realistic, human ways. They aren’t cartooned caricatures of pedagogical lances meant to joust with our presuppositions. They may actually do some of that jousting, but it’s only because they are realized characters that they have any power to blossom empathy in our hearts.

The art is rather lovely, the lines fine and bold. Takako employs a simple illustration style that provokes the reader to focus on characters, their expressions, and the way they carry themselves. The illustration of the book in every way serves the purpose of the story and its unadorned vitality both keeps the reader from distraction and invests characters with an immediacy that helps sell the illusion of their reality. Fantagraphics’ production on the book gives the art plenty of room in which to luxuriate. The pages are large and the paper thick. For hardbacks, these volumes are surprisingly light. They are beautifully produced and will look handsome on a shelf. The only drawback is that considering their not-insubstantial size and the fact that there are currently fifteen volumes available in Japan, these will easily take up a whole shelf in many bookcases (and of course, for fans with plenty of space to grow, this might not be a bad thing).

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"My sister's dream is to go to a school for idols and to be classmates with Maiko-chan. I think that's stupid. My dream is..."

Wandering Son ( Hourou Musuko in Japanese) is a Slice of Life manga created by Takako Shimura , which was serialized in Comic Beam from 2002 to 2013. It follows two ten-year-old children whose genders are different from the biological sex they were born into . The first is Shuuichi Nitori, a shy and sensitive girl with a love of baking who wishes she could become the kind of girl that truly reflects her heart. The second is Yoshino Takatsuki, who is admired by his classmates but bullied by other boys for things about himself that he cannot control, and who wishes to become a proper man.

When Shuuichi transfers to a new school, she is sat next to Takatsuki and the two children become fast friends. Eventually, they are able to figure out their nature, and do their best to realise their personhood despite the adversity and shame imposed upon them by the surrounding society in which they live: for example, they begin to dress as their correct genders using clothes acquired or gifted from other people.

The story follows the lives of Shuuichi, Takatsuki, and those closest to them as they struggle with matters of identity, adolescence, and how they relate to the roles of the society in which they live. The plot is made up of the milestones that come with adolescence, including the day-to-day occurrences and everything in-between, while the dreams and secrets of the young cast create its drama. The dialogue primarily refers to Shuuichi with "he/his" pronouns and Takatsuki with "she/her" pronouns because most of the other characters in the story are unaware of the correct genders of the protagonists, and the main characters cannot use the correct pronouns for fear of social ostracization. However, as readers, we are aware of which gender the characters are, and refer to them within this article with the correct pronouns.

An 11-Episode Anime for the series aired in winter 2011. The manga has been licensed by Fantagraphics Books and has been released in hardcover since June 2011. Crunchyroll obtained the license to stream the series overseas, but the license expired in 2021.

No relation to the early '70s shoujo manga and anime Sasurai no Taiyō , whose title translates to Wandering Sun in English (perhaps to avoid confusion, the official English title of that series is Nozomi in the Sun ).

This series features examples of:

• Eye variation. In the manga, everyone has brown eyes. In the anime, characters have golden eyes, black eyes, blue eyes, or even red eyes and purple in Yuki's and Anna's cases.
• The manga colors the gakuran as pastel, though it could be artistic stylization and they're not really bright blue or green. The anime uses the standard black.
• Adaptation Expansion : The anime. For example, the climax of episode 1 was an adaptation of a scene in volume eight (around four volumes ahead of the point the anime began). In the manga Shuuichi just stares at the clothes, until her sister comes in and yells at her. They've also pieced together scenes, for example the scene where Shuuichi hits Maho is from another part in the manga (when Maho tries to read a letter) .
• Adaptational Gender Identity : Zig-zagged : the anime depicts Nitori and Yuki as trans women like in the manga, while Makoto is a Camp Gay boy instead of a trans girl who has yet to transition.
• All There in the Manual : Some backstory on Yuki was given in He Said "I'm a girl" .
• Momoko hasn't really shown any interest in boys, aside from Chi mentioning she likes Oka, instead just being extremely clingy toward Chizuru and saying that she "loves" her.
• Arguably Maho has shown bisexual tendencies with her fangirlism of Maiko.
• Takatsuki apparently might have liked one of his male teachers. This is vague because not even Takatsuki understood if it was admiration or not. At the end of the manga, she begins crushing on Nitori as well .
• Shuuichi has shown an interest in Anna and they are dating, but she may be bisexual because of her possible feelings for Seya and Takatsuki.
• Chiba's obsession with Shuuichi is a fringe example. While Shuuichi is a she, and Chiba enjoys seeing her dressed as such, it is likely she (Chiba) has a hard time seeing her (Shuuichi) as such, leading to much of her personal angst .
• It is also worth mentioning that the relationship between Shuuichi and Takatsuki ended before it began largely because Takatsuki is uncertain of his own preferences.

• Makoto was this for the longest time. Introduced as a foil to Nitori but never got the same amount of transgender-related focus as Nitori, most fans thought Mako was a Camp Gay Wholesome Crossdresser . In high school it's shown otherwise and she even comes out to her mom . The anime didn't seem to think she was female either as she's dressed as a boy in an Imagine Spot , while the manga parallel has her in a girls uniform.
• Art Evolution :
• It's quite noticeable if you compare the early volumes to the later volumes, as the style became much more detailed. Justified since time passed, and the main cast began puberty.
• Shuuichi is very popular with girls, such as Chiba and an elementary school friend she met again in high school. They think she looks good as a boy.
• Chiba, Chizuru, Seya, and Takatsuki also garner attention when they've crossdressed for whatever reason.
• For a while, if your name is Takatsuki, you will basically be Chiba's living berserk button , due to him being very close to Nitori, whom Chiba has an unrequited crush on.
• For Takatsuki himself, he really doesn't like his periods and his slowly growing breasts. Also, don't even think about bullying Nitori in front of him. He will make sure you experience Hell.
• Bittersweet Ending : The manga. On the plus side Nitori is going to transition soon, she's going to college, and she's still dating Anna . Kanako is dating her grade school crush and Mako's end is rather ambiguous but still not negative. On the opposing side Takatsuki has gradually drifted away somewhat from Nitori, has an unrequited love for her, and is possibly confused about her gender. Though the two of them do share a final tender moment together, and it’s left clear their friendship has meant a lot to both of them.
• The gang goes to "Wcdonalds" in the anime.
• Averted in most other cases though, where the names are correct. Maho even mentions Starbucks once.
• The characters have been seen playing video game consoles, but they have no logos on them. Doi has a Playstation Portable , both Oka and Takatsuki have a PlayStation 2 , and both Maho and Anna have a Nintendo DS .
• Chiba's personality and design were different for the first 3 volumes, before she changed to her more well-known self. Before she was more peppy, on par with the other children (albeit more socially awkward at times), and didn't look nearly as mature. This is probably one of the few instances of this trope being justified , given that this series revolves entirely around the often-dramatic changes children go through at the age the main cast are at.
• Kanako's personality wasn't defined in the first volume. She was originally a random classmate before being retconned into Takatsuki's friend. Thus she lacked several of her normal attributes such as being The Ditz .
• Class Trip : Chapters 16 - 17, to Nikko; also Chapters 56 - 57, to a ski area. The anime didn't adapt the field trip.
• Clingy Jealous Girl :
• Chiba Saori for Nitori, big time . In fact, the reason she becomes so awfully moody and such a Jerkass in middle school is because she feels bitter about Nitori's closeness with Takatsuki, leading to her resenting him out of jealousy. For a long while, aside from Sasa, only Nitori can normally talks to her without her acting like a jerk, but as soon as she mentions Takatsuki, Chiba will get mad, again .
• The covers tend to have Shuuichi in feminine clothing, while in-story she rarely gets to dress like that. Colors also tend to be off such as Maho having blonde hair on the dark cover of volume 1 (despite inside clearly showcasing her with brown, and her family having brown hair), and Anna having brown eyes in one volume when the inside showed her with her ( new ) black eyes.
• Creepy Crossdresser : Fumiya Ninomiya crossdresses just to impress Chiba. While not an outright villain, he is portrayed as a bit of a Slimeball when compared to the actual trans characters in the cast.
• Crotch-Grab Sex Check : Shiina did this to Takatsuki in chapter 12. Though in the scenario he thought Yuki was cheating on him with Takatsuki, so he probably grabbed his groin to see if he had an erection.
• Curtains Match the Window : Later chapters have made most characters fit this. Originally everyone had brown eyes, but now if you have black hair you're probably going to have black eyes. Brunettes have brown eyes.
• D-Cup Distress : Downplayed with Takatsuki as his breasts are not as big as this trope tends to be, but he's not amused when he begins to grow breasts as he won't be able to put on the male uniform anymore, and saves money for a binder to hide them.
• The Ditz : Kanako Sasa. Too much thinking makes her brain itchy.
• Shuuichi gets hit with this hard since it is especially taboo for transgirls to be themselves in public versus the more permissive attitude to transboys in chapter 65 when she gets the idea to go to school dressed in the girl uniform after Chizuru and Takatsuki successfully dressed in the boy uniform note  To explain, Chizuru and Takatsuki have gone to school in boys uniforms, with little consequence other then a small scolding; kids also complimented them on how "cool" and nice they looked. Shuuichi decides to go in a girls uniform one day, she gets sent straight to the Nurse's office for her mom to pick her up, switched into a boys uniform in the office, and becomes the laughing stock of the school .
• A slight, and justified, example happens in chapter 94. It's Valentine's Day, so Makoto decides to give out chocolates to some people; in Japan typically girls give chocolates on Valentine's Day though. She shies out of giving a teacher she likes chocolates, thinking it'll be weird since she's seen as a boy. When she tries to give a friend, Oka, he freaks out of the thought of another boy giving him chocolate.
• Dude Magnet : Chiba. Any straight boy character can't seem to be indifferent toward her.
• The hair colors in the first three volumes were different for several characters. For example Takatsuki was a brunette instead of a raven and Shiina had bleach blond hair instead of black hair.
• Saori and Takatsuki had brown eyes at first but they're later shown with black eyes (which is a stylized brown).
• Early-Installment Weirdness : Many characters had different hair colors in the first two volumes' artwork, the manga was more slow-paced, and the personalities were different ( Justified in the latter case).
• 11-Episode Anime : Started airing in Japan on January 14, 2011. Twelve episodes, with one being Blu-Ray only note  The last two episodes were made into one episode when aired on television, but the Blu-Ray cuts them in half again . It skipped the first several volumes and focused on the middle school portion, though it ended before the characters hit high school.
• Up until she began high school Maho slept in a bunk bed with her younger sibling. In an aversion to No Periods, Period , Chapter 30 showed her waking up in the night with bloody pajamas and sheets.
• A flashback that shows trans woman Yuki had her first Nocturnal Emission at a school field trip as a child. She was embarrassed and confused but her future boyfriend Shiina didn't mention it when he caught her washing her underwear in the bathroom.
• Beginning at high school, Chiba stops wearing pigtails to school. She's worn pigtails ever since she began middle school, though only when she was in school. She began wearing pigtails when she was at her most angry and depressed, starting around the time her characterization changes permanently. She's later works on making herself more appealing and less aggressive in later chapters, and only wears her hair down.
• Sasa stopped wearing her pigtails for the first time in years for high school, which makes her come off as trying to mature.
• Fashion Hurts : In the anime pilot, Shuuichi complains about the collar of her uniform being too tight.
• First-Name Basis : Maho forces her boyfriend Riku into this. Sasa also refers to Chiba as "Saorin", which comes from the fact that a lot of Japanese girls add "-rin" to their friends names as a nickname. Shuuichi is on a First-Name Basis with Makoto, though Shuuichi calls her "Mako-chan", while she is called the feminine form of her last name in return (Nitorin).
• Forced Out of the Closet : Fumiya accidentally outs Nitori as being transgender, or at least someone who crossdresses, around her new middle school friends. He gets called out for this.
• Free-Range Children : Even as elementary schoolers the characters are free to run around town or even go on the train on their own (without cellphones at that).
• Generic Cuteness : Averted. Shu is feminine, but poor Makoto just won't pass as a pretty girl even if she dresses up.
• Gender Vocabulary Slip : Shuuichi and Takatsuki once noticed that Shuuichi refers to herself with the pronoun "boku" which is used by boys, while Takatsuki refers to himself as "watashi" which is gender neutral and more formal. They intentionally decide not to change this though as they agree it suits them.
• Growing Up Sucks : Especially Shuuichi and Takatsuki feel this way, since their physical changes will make it harder to pass as their real gender.
• Since elementary, Nitori has been bullied by Oka and Doi for being feminine. It was predominantly emotional bullying and ostraciziation, though there was an attempt at an Outfit-Rip Sex Check once.
• Saori's relationship with Nitori and especially Takatsuki is heavily based on her forcing her pessimism and views onto them (especially during middle school). For example, she's constantly trying to get Takatsuki to become more feminine and putting him down for wanting to be seen as male.
• In middle school, Yuki was forced into the girl's uniform by bullies. This scared her from going to school for years afterwards.
• Subverted with the one transphobic hate crime. Yuki told Nitori that one of her friends was killed by a boyfriend when he learned she was trans. Yuki actually made this up and the woman is just fine.
• Saori, she just cares for Shuuichi irrespective of gender presentation, although she thinks of her as a boy and would prefer she lived as one.
• Anna is a similar way. She doesn't really mind what Nitori's gender is.
• Nitori when it comes to Takatsuki. She's mostly attracted to girls, but Takatsuki is the only boy she will ever like.
• I Have No Son! : Yuki's parents come pretty close to this. (Well, also, they have no son now, but... you get the idea.) There's a side-story in a collection of one-shots by the manga-ka called He Said "I'm A Girl" that shows a bit about Yuki's past. She was scolded by her father for being on a TV show about being transgender , but not disowned. Only her brother and her brother's wife are okay with Yuki's identity. Her mother chooses not to talk to (and possibly see) her, which in a sense, is worse than the father who is upfront about his disapproval.
• Important Haircut :
• In both cases it's subverted. Shuuichi wanted a certain (feminine) hair style, but it turned out differently from what she planned. Takatsuki grew his hair out because Saori told him it would look cool and other boys had longer hair too, but it wasn't as manly as he wanted.
• Takatsuki started growing his hair out in high school. It's not a bob haircut, but not nearly as short as before. He eventually grew it past his shoulders, the longest we've seen on him, possibly due to being a model or deciding to live as a girl .
• Doi got a haircut in high school due to upper classmen forcing him to. It occurs right when he stops being a bully towards Nitori.
• Informed Flaw : Mako can't pass apparently but she looks just as passable as Nitori does with short hair. Mako does have poor self-esteem and much of the criticism comes from herself though.
• In Medias Res : The anime begins at volume 5 of the manga, when the cast enters junior high.
• Inopportune Voice Cracking : Played for Drama . Trans girl Nitori doesn't recognize her voice is changing at first and thinks it's a cold.
• Intergenerational Friendship : Shiina and Yuki, who are adults, with the teenaged (originally preteen) Takatsuki and Shuuichi.
• Kudzu Plot : Shimura increasingly juggles various parallel plot points, giving each only a few panels of attention before moving to the next, leading you to reread chapters just to keep a handle on what is going on.
• LGBT Awakening : Nitori began wearing feminine clothes and attempting to pass as female after classmates made her put on a headband as a joke. Befriending a kindred spirit, a trans boy named Takatsuki, was also a big component.
• Nitori almost always imagines herself with long hair and wants long hair in a Hime Cut but doesn't feel she can grow it out due to Double Standards involving boys and hair length. Saori, Yuki, and Maiko all have long hair and are feminine. Averted with Chizuru (who isn't terribly feminine), Momoko (who has a medium length cut), Maho (with a bob cut) and Satomi (a pixie style). Maiko eventually averts it when she cuts her hair into a pixie cut. That change gives Nitori the idea to cut her hair into the same style but it ends up looking less feminine on her since she's begun hitting puberty .
• This trope is used to support Takatsuki's masculinity. After infancy, he has always kept his hair short, and around age ten he chose to cut it to the standard length of most other boys his age. At one point he grows it out a bit at Saori's insistence that he can have longer hair and still be masculine, however he cuts it back immediately when he realizes she was manipulating him into being more feminine. In high school when he's left in isolation with Saori he lets his usual mop top cut grow out into a shag hair cut. Him growing out his hair in high school is different from before, as he lets it get longer than ever before as part of him questioning his gender. He wants to answer the question of is he really a man, or if he "just hates being a girl" like Saori accused him of feeling. However the overwhelming positive reception, praise, and admiration he receives for presenting as female and a growing apathy in his own self creates distress and confusion in him, making Takatsuki unable to claim a masculine identity and causing her to decide to live as a girl .
• Long-Runners : Ran from December 2002 to August 2013.
• Love Revelation Epiphany : Saori grows to love Fumiya after he confessed to wanting to ask her out.
• Type 10 occurs temporarily between the Nitori siblings and Seya with him as B, Maho as A and Shuuichi as C.
• Shuuichi, Chiba and Takatsuki form longer-running one, which starts out as type 5 (Shuuichi as B, Takatsuki as C and Saori as A), but growing tension between Takatsuki and Chiba, and the appearance of Suehiro Anna complicates things.
• The triangle between Takatsuki, Chiba, and Shuuichi eventually resolved itself, with Anna taking Chiba's place now.
• One chapter has Hormone-Addled Teenager Nitori masturbating when his girlfriend Anna calls her. It's as awkward as it sounds but Anna doesn't notice.
• In the flashbacks where Yuki describes her past it's implied twice that she was masturbating to thoughts of Shiina.
• Mistaken for Cheating : This happens in chapter 12 when Yuki's boyfriend walks in when she's alone with Takatsuki, touching his face. This is despite the fact that Takatsuki is only around 10 or 11, so it makes her seem like she's a paedophile. Though considering how Yuki's acted toward him in future chapters... This whole situation is rather complicated. Yuki is a trans-woman who is attracted to the body and features of young girls, as they are things she always wanted for herself as a child but couldn't have. Takatsuki is a trans-boy, and is thus biologically female. Yuki did not know this at first but mistook him for simply being a regular boy but was attracted to his skin, which she mentions is smooth like a little girls. At the time the mistake scene occurred, whether she was about to do something or not is arguable. But given her behavior in a later chapter, after knowing Takatsuki's physical gender, not arguments seems a little weak.
• Mistaken for Pedophile : As mentioned, Yuki. In the same chapter her boyfriend was touching Takatsuki's chest when a woman walked by.
• Takatsuki and Saori from are mistaken for being boyfriend and girlfriend by their respective Stalkers with a Crush. This assumption goes away when they learn Takatsuki's sex.
• Nitori and Takatsuki get mistaken for a couple a few times.
• Model Scam : Avoided. In high school Takatsuki gets picked up by a man who says he's a model agent. Takatsuki ends up discussing this with their mother and with Anna, who agree that it seems suspicious Takatsuki instead begins modeling at Anna's legit agency.
• One of the teachers is from a previous manga by Shimura, Inhabitants of the Threshold . If you look closely at the last episode you'll see a green haired guy and a girl standing in one scene - they're the protagonists of said manga. The girl waves at Kaneda and she's noticeably older than she was in her series.
• Inverted in the Sweet Blue Flowers anime, as Nitori appeared in a cameo.
• One of the manga scenes is lifted word from word from a chapter of Boku Wa Onnanoko . Interestingly enough that chapter of the manga is in-series a play written by Nitori.
• The final chapter is called "For You", which was the name of the anime's ending.
• Mukokuseki : Averted. The characters have either brown or black hair, and brown or black eyes. Early colored manga had a variety of hair colors and eye colors, but eventually they settled on the colors around volume 3.
• Shuuichi has had them, though for non-sexual reasons. At the end of the first episode she wakes up from a dream and has to wash her underwear, which she does other times in the manga.
• The first flashback to Yuki's childhood was of the first time this happened, while on a field trip.
• No Indoor Voice : Sarashina has a tendency to be a loud Large Ham .
• No Periods, Period : Averted in the case of Takatsuki and, later, Maho. Momoko, Sasa, and Chiba have also stated they've had their periods; Momoko and Chizuru even were surprised when Sasa said she was on hers.
• No Smoking : Averted. Fumiya and Shiina have been shown to smoke several times, and Yuki has been depicted smoking at least once.
• On the Next : The anime incorporated the previews into the outro animation.
• Outfit-Rip Sex Check : In the manga, Oka and some other boys attempted this during the first field trip. At a hot springs they tease Nitori about being confused about her gender and try to "check". Nitori's high-pitched scream makes them run off laughing instead.
• Platonic Life-Partners : In the end, this is probably the best term to describe Takatsuki and Nitori's relationship. Even if he doesn't return her feelings, Nitori still notes that he's the one who understands her the best because they are similar , which she is very grateful for.
• Precocious Crush : Kaneda is apparently popular with students. Maho mentioned him in an early chapter, before he was revealed, and background girls like him. Makoto and Takatsuki crush on him as well.
• Progressively Prettier : While not ugly, Takatsuki does tend to make unusual and exaggerated facial expressions in the manga. The anime changed them and toned them down.
• One-Steve Limit : Subverted. A omake reveals the Nitori siblings dad is named "Hiroyuki", which is also Yuki's birth name.
• Prone to Tears : Nitori starts out very sensitive, but becomes less so as she ages.
• Sailor Fuku : Shuuichi was the only one in the manga to apparently own one for a long time, though recently she's brought a new uniform that matches her high school one . Sasa's and Chizuru's high school requires Sailor Fuku , so they wear one.
• Series Continuity Error : In the first volume of the manga Takatsuki says "Her brain gets itchy? That's weird." in reference to Sasa's nature , and otherwise acts as if they aren't close. In the second volume it's established that they've been close friends since kindergarten, so Takatsuki should already know of Sasa's habits.
• Setting Update : The anime was made in 2011 while the manga version of those chapters happened in the mid 2000s. Thus some technological upgrades were done to the anime.
• Quite a few characters, including Mako and Yuki, ship Takatsuki and Shuuichi.
• Maho shipped Shuuichi and Anna early on, but later she switched camps and wants them to break up.
• Shout-Out : Shuuichi is quite the fan of Anne of Green Gables .
• Shown Their Work : The manga has a realistic view on different LGBT topics. Simple cross-dressing, being transgender , being trans as a kid, questioning one's gender identity as a kid but growing out of it, being gay, sexuality in relation to being trans, trying to pretend to be one's biological sex to confirm they are actually trans etc. The series is a Lighter and Softer portrayal of much of what a transgender person would go through in Japan, but it does not sugarcoat the matter.

• The Smurfette Principle : Inverted with Takatsuki. Comparing to all the trans girls this series have (Nitori, Makoto, Yuki), he is the only trans boy out of them. And in the end, she decides to detransition and live as a girl.
• Transgender Cool Big Sis Yuki's birth name is "Hiroyuki".
• Makoto requests for Nitori to refer to her as "Mako-chan" not soon after they begin being friends.
• Nitori herself may avert this. Her given name is "Shuuichi" and in middle school she wanted to swap names with Takatsuki, who is "Yoshino", but that never happened. When she begins working at a gay bar the owner gives her the name "Lilly" but we don't know if this is her chosen name or not. Mako refers to Nitori by the feminine nickname "Nitorin".
• Spell My Name With An S : Maiko's name is typically written as "Maiko" by fans, but one magazine in the manga romanizes it as "Mai c o".
• Stacy's Mom : Essentially all the mothers, though Chiba's mom has been referred to as "beautiful" by a boy in-series.
• Tragic Dream : The protagonists are unable to transition so they must deal with puberty and growing up as a gender they don't wish to.
• Nitori and Anna begin dating in middle school. Anna knew about Nitori wearing girl's clothes and was fine with it, but the full situation didn't dawn on her until Nitori tried to go to school dressed in the female uniform . The confusion led Anna to break up with Nitori, though they end up together again later. Everything ends up resolved when, before Nitori goes off to college, Anna tells Nitori that she likes her as a girl and she's fine being labeled lesbian if they're together .
• Makoto is a closeted trans girl who has a habit of falling in love with guys. However, she can't be open about her feelings because everyone sees her as a boy and she'd likely get rejected as a result. Her main crush throughout middle and high school is a bully named Oka. Oka doesn't notice Mako's feelings and gets weirded out when Mako tries to give him "friendship chocolates" on Valentine's Day.
• Trans Equals Gay : Several bullies mock Shuuichi about her 'crossdressing', saying that she's gay.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance : Shuuichi and Maho, especially when the former grew their hair into a bob like her sister. Oka's little brother looks exactly like him, right down to the haircut. Funnily enough, while they don't resemble any of their parents too much, they look almost exactly like their aunt looked about their years. And said aunt, then Miss Kimishima, just happened to be the first crush of a boy... who became Shuuichi's homeroom teacher in the middle school and therefore couldn't really keep his calm in the girl's presence. Ouch .
• Unresolved Sexual Tension : Nitori and Anna for quite a number of chapters. During the time they were broken up there were several tense moments between them. Nitori made it clear that she loves Anna, and Anna felt the same way, but they had difficulties making the jump to romance. A lot of blushing occured though. Eventually that tension ended when they got back together again however it was replaced with an even worse tension. They both become sexually frustrated in their high school years but never do anything about it.
• Unwanted Harem : Almost criminal to list this one here due to the intense realism used when portraying it. A subversion of the common associated tropes, but falls cleanly into a Harem ; it's arguably a deconstruction of harems.
• Wanted a Son Instead : Nitori's grandparents had a bet on the sex of their grandkids. The grandma lost both times because she thought Shuuichi was female and Maho was male. Nitori's father ponders whether she was really wrong about Shuu after all.
• Webcomic Time : Six years in-series was nine years in real life. The series was written throughout The Noughties so you can tell when a chapter is written by the technology. Originally not that many kids had cellphones but later on almost everyone has them; the type of cellphone has also changed from flippable to touch screen in a few cases.
• Wise Beyond Their Years : Less apparent than other examples, and more realistic, but still there. A common complaint about the manga is that the kids act "too" mature for ten to thirteen year olds. Although it's less about too mature and more about too aware. Children who aren't trans tend not to overanalyze and philosophize about gender until they're older, while trans kids feel the pressure sooner.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are : In Chapter 78 Nitori gives this to Mako. After confining into Nitori about how she doesn't see herself as cute, Nitori told her that she was. This incident made Mako consider whether she may have feelings for Nitori.

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HOUROU MUSUKO WIKI / THE WONDERING PRODIGAL WIKI

The Hourou Musuko Wiki is a transgender themed wiki , featuring the life experiences of several transgender teenagers, as well as an adult trans woman. The story depicts a young student named Shuichi Nitori, described by the mangaka as a boy who wants to be a girl, and Shuichi's best friend, Yoshino Takatsuki, described as a girl who wants to be a boy. The story deals with prickly concepts such as transgender teenagers, transitioning to one's correct Gender Identity, and the hazards of the beginning of puberty.

The Media Wiki page can be found here .

Welcome to the Hourou Musuko Wiki

This is an English language wiki for the manga and anime Hourou Musuko. Because of the manga and anime exploration of the subject of transgender teens, portions of this wiki may not be suitable for pre-teens or younger children. READER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED !!! That being said, it is expected, and insisted, that everyone coming to this Transgender Themed Wiki must comply with the LGBTQIA+ Guidelines instituted by FAMDOM management, so as to be respectful of transgender characters, as well as transgender concepts presented in the manga and anime stories.

For a quick and fun review of the Hourou Musuko anime, go to the Video Section and watch the anime music videos of Hourou Musuko. Also check out the anime review of Wandering Son done by an experienced anime critic.

Because the Hourou Musuko anime and manga have several transgender characters, this wiki will observe the following gender identification markers and pronoun usage. Cis-female characters will be identified by female markers and pronouns. Cis-male characters will be identified by male markers and pronouns. Transgender characters, the times when they are presenting as their correct gender, will be identified by that gender's markers and pronouns. Transgender characters, when presenting as their perceived birth gender, will be identified by gender neutral pronouns.

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Shuichi's Perceived Gender

Shuichi's correct gender, yoshino's correct gender, anna suehiro-shuichi's girlfriend.

Overview 

The story depicts a young student named Shuichi Nitori, described by the author, Takako Shimura, as a boy who wants to be a girl, and Shuichi's friend Yoshino Takatsuki, described as a girl who wants to be a boy. The series deals with issues such as transgender teens, gender identity, and the beginning of puberty. Created by Takako Shimura , Shimura was originally going to write the story about a girl in high school who wants to be a boy, but she realized that a boy who wants to become a girl before entering into puberty would have a lot of worries related to growing up, and changed the story to fit this model. Two other characters that attend school with Shuichi are also shown to have transgender issues to work through, plus one student is depicted as a gender non-conforming teen. All of the transgender characters are thrust into social and emotional situations when they attend school, as well as being out in public and with family, with many and varied reactions from the other students, teachers, family members, and people in general to the ones finally presenting themselves as their correct gender in their lives. Hourou Musuko  was selected as a recommended work by the awards jury of the tenth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006.

At the start of Hourou Musuko , Shuichi Nitori is a young, feminine child assigned male at birth (AMAB) in the fifth grade who transfers into a new school. Shuichi quickly becomes friends with another student; tall, boyish Yoshino Takatsuki. Yoshino soon learns of Shuichi's desire to be a girl. In a show of friendship, Yoshino confesses a similar desire to be a boy. Shuichi also becomes friends with Saori Chiba and Kanako Sasa, two other girls in the class. Saori instantly takes a liking to Shuichi and continuously encourages Shuichi to wear feminine clothes. After Shuichi, Yoshino, and their friends enter the sixth grade, Shuichi meets Makoto Ariga, another AMAB student close to their age from another class, who also secretly wants to be a girl. Shuichi and Yoshino become friends with an adult transgender woman named Yuki, who is living with a man named Shiina. Shuichi's older sister Maho becomes a model and eventually becomes friends with Maiko, a teen model whom she idolizes, and two other teen models: Tamaki Satō and Anna Suehiro. Maho gets a boyfriend, Riku Seya, and Shuichi confesses a crush on Yoshino, but Yoshino cannot at this time reciprocate Shuichi's feelings. After Saori learns of this, she confesses she likes Shuichi too, but Shuichi unfortunately cannot return her feelings. This results in a falling-out between Shuichi's friends as they prepare to enter junior high school.

In junior high school, they meet a tall, eccentric, gender non-conforming girl who befriends everyone named Chizuru Sarashina, and her prickly friend Momoko Shirai, who does not get along well with the others—especially Saori. Eventually, Saori and Yoshino rejoin Shuichi's group of friends, though Saori says she still hates Yoshino and Momoko. Shuichi and Anna start dating, much to the surprise of their friends and Shuichi's sister. Yoshino and Saori manage to halfway repair their friendship, though Saori is still standoffish to others. Shuichi's friends are split up into several classes upon entering their second year in junior high school. Shuichi becomes friends with Shinpei Doi, who previously teased Shuichi about wanting to be a girl. Yoshino attends school in a boy's uniform for a short time; Shuichi tries to go to school dressed as a girl one day, but is laughed at, and becomes discouraged. Shuichi's friends worry as Shuichi begins skipping school. Although Shuichi eventually starts attending school regularly again, Anna breaks off their relationship. By the time Shuichi, Yoshino, and their friends enter their third year in junior high school, Shuichi's voice is changing. The group of friends start thinking about their future high school plans, and Shuichi and Anna start dating again.

It was reported in June 2013 that approximately 1.05 million copies of the manga are in print in Japan. Hourou Musuko was selected as a recommended work by the awards jury of the tenth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006. The Young Adult Library Services Association nominated Hourou Musuko for its 2012 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. The anime was awarded the honorable mention prize for technical achievement in broadcast animation at the 65th Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan Awards in 2012.

In a review of the first volume by Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network (ANN), she praised the slow pace of the storytelling, which "gives it a more realistic feel". Silverman praises Takako Shimura for making Shuichi into a "human protagonist", but notes that "most of the children act much older than they are". The second volume was featured in ANN's 'Right Turn Only' column in March 2007 as the Import of the Month, where Carlo Santos lauded the series for using acceptance of authentic gender identity as the "actual heart of the story" in contrast to "every other series" involving cross-dressing, which typically use "gender reversal as a goofy plot device". The art was praised as "simple [with] few lines, but incredibly expressive" which Santos claimed is a "style that's the most difficult and beautiful of all." However, Santos criticized the "emotional realism" of the work for having the young characters' "unrealistically mature attitude" towards "issues above their grade level."

Matt Thorn, the English translator of the manga, wrote that fans of Anne of Green Gables or The Rose of Versailles would also enjoy Hourou Musuko, and Silverman compared Wandering Son to Mizuiro Jidai. Thorn described the art as "clean and lovely" and went on to cite Wandering Son as "sweet, thought-provoking, funny, and moving, and I think it will resonate with readers regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation". The first manga volume as translated by Fantagraphics Books had an early debut at the May 2011 Toronto Comic Arts Festival and sold out within the first two hours of the event

Media Distribution

Hourou Musuko / Wandering Son (放浪息子 Hōrō Musuko?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. It was originally serialized in Comic Beam from the December 2002 to August 2013 issue, and published in 15 tankōbon volumes by Enterbrain from July 2003 to August 2013. The series is licensed in English by Fantagraphics Books, which released the first volume in North America in July 2011. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by AIC Classic and directed by Ei Aoki aired in Japan between January and March 2011. Eleven episodes aired on television, with episodes 10 and 11 edited into a single episode, and were released individually on their respective BD/DVD volumes

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Otaku Anime Fan's Comments on Wandering Son

happytaco - a year ago

This was such a beautiful anime. It was quite mature, especially for the age range of the characters, but nonetheless amazing. I still thought this was very realistic (not from experience, but from what I've learned), and accurately displays the lives of self-discovering pubescents. My score: 9/10, Would 100% recommend watching or reading.

pinky 10236 - a year ago

Um, the whole point of the show is that the main characters are transgender teens. It's a really good anime, you should definitely watch it.

Lilliana-sama - 2 years ago

This story gave an interesting point of view and if anyone has been a transgender person and through what they have been, then you will find it awesome. I personally wish they would have showed what happened to them afterwards :)

Kirin Chan - 2 years ago

Such a beautiful anime, left me in tears wanting more. In my opinion, it does not matter what/how we choose to gender identify are ourselves; as we all deserve to be respected and loved.

Alians - 2 years ago

The show starts with a mature theme. Later, I realized the show has multiple focuses; such as decision making and courage with great relationship building. This anime is realistic with the character growth and personalities. I give the anime 8/10.

birdy - 2 years ago

This was a really sweet story. I really love this anime and the Ending and Opening songs are really good, and they fit really well with the theme of this anime. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes Slice of Life anime with a personal and deep story. This anime made me feel happy and sometimes sad, and overall its a wonderful story.

Jodie Rye - 2 years ago

I cried through most of this series. I so identify with the experiences of Shuichi Nitori. It brought back some powerful memories. There are few stories told in film that accurately portray the conflict transgender youth experience in life.

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The Management Positions for Wandering Son / Hourou Musuko Wiki are all taken , and the editing manpower of this wiki is currently adequate . Because this wiki is a transgender themed wiki, it is best for transgender people to edit it, as transgender people can identify with the transgender characters and tell their story with personal conviction, compassion, and a positive take on transgender issues. Nevertheless, the front page, anime episodes section, and the character profiles of this wiki have all been edited, double checked, have been proofread, and have come to reasonable completion. Further editing on these sections is not needed or necessary. However, if you still think that you have to supposedly edit on this wiki, you MUST observe these Editing Guidelines, found here .

Add'l info about Hourou Musuko and the Author

http://www.houroumusuko.jp/ (Official Site)

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=7330 (Manga)

http://takakoshimura.jugem.jp/ (Author Official Site)

http://a0ikit0iki.tumblr.com/ (Author Tumblr)

Another Transgender Themed Wiki That You May Enjoy

There is a Library Wiki on FANDOM that has many short stories all with the same theme---A Main or Side Character who is a male to female transgender teenager or young adult. If that is your interest, then click on the title of the Wiki to instantly teleport to this very special and encouraging Wiki. Also, say hello to the cute, pretty librarian, Noel Norwood, shown on the front (home) page. Yea, she used to be a guy!

The Male to Female Transformation Stories Library Wiki

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Episode 1: What Are Girls Made Of ?

Episode 2: Hate & Despise

Episode 3: Romeo and Juliet

Episode 4: I Give You My Name

Episode 5: The End of Summer

Episode 6: Cultural Festival

Episode 7: Rosy Cheeks

Episode 8: Spring

Episode 9 : Cool Girlfriend

Episode 10: They Only Laughed at Me

Episode 11: Confession

Episode 12: Forever a Wondering Son

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Why Should You Binge “Wandering Son”?

By jodi odgers | june 14th, 2020 posted in reviews | % comments.

Going on a binge can be an incredibly rewarding but time-consuming endeavor. Here at Multiversity, we’re binging everything from acclaimed comics like “Manhattan Projects” and “Star Wars: Doctor Aphra” to landmarks of television like the first season of Legend of Korra , or  Westworld. So why should you stick with me as I experience the manga “Wandering Son” for the first time? Let me explain why I chose this series, give you a taste of the first volume, and explain how my binge will be structured. Hopefully you’ll then be as excited to follow Shuichi Nitori’s journey as I am.

I am a novice when it comes to manga. The only series I’ve dug into past the first volume is “The Drops of God”, a seinen (manga aimed at men from their late teens to early thirties) all about wine and the art of the sommelier. I needed to rectify this. I turned to a friend of mine who I consider to be knowledgeable about manga, and asked him this: “If I can only read one manga series right now, what should I read?”. A simple question, to which he gave a simple answer: “Wandering Son”. He praised its art style. He gushed about the writing, and the tale of transgender youths finding themselves. He also warned me that it will absolutely take my emotions, slam them into a metaphorical washing machine, and toss them around like mismatched socks.

Takako Shimura’s work on the first volume (covering issues 1 to 8) of “Wandering Son” is incredible. Her linework is simple and clear, making the characters expressive and dynamic without unnecessary lines to clutter the emotional core of the comic. Every character is distinct and has their own personality from the first time you meet them, from the central characters of Shuichi and Yoshino to the minor ones, like Shuichi’s brash older sister. The character designs fit the everday, slice-of-life story that Shimura is setting up, with the ambiguity of both Shuichi and Yoshino highlighted without needing to be telegraphed.

This subtlety is evident throughout the story of the first volume as well. Shimura doesn’t hold her readers’ hands by explaining and repeating every minor detail. This more obvious and direct writing style works elsewhere, but would crush a story as delicate as that of “Wandering Son”. Shimura relies on the reader’s abilities to pick up subtle cues and make connections in order to preserve the beauty of Shuichi and Yoshino’s journey. Even in these first few issues, there are a number of points where time passes after a page turn because, as with actual human lives, sometimes nothing of note happened in the lives of the characters. This was slightly disorienting for me on the first couple of occasions, but I quickly became accustomed to Shimura’s style and grew to appreciate her confidence in her readership.

The first volume is largely an introduction to the world and players of “Wandering Son”. The volume’s pacing is relaxed, and while it does introduce a number of characters quickly in the first issue, the cast does not expand after this. It is clear that “Wandering Son” will be more concerned with the feelings and desires of the characters and how they react to each other than any grand scheme to save the world. I expect that the “Wandering Son” will break my heart at some point. I also hope that it will fill me with joy and hope for humanity.

Each week, I will be discussing at least one volume of “Wandering Son”. Every third week, I will tackle two volumes, for even more bingey goodness. I will give you a taste of what happens and how I felt about it, with light spoilers for the current issues and a heavier one for previous volumes as I discuss how the new volumes expands the story of the previous ones. Next week, I will discuss the second volume, covering issues 9 – 17. If you want to see how Shuichi, Yoshino, and their friends and family are handling the changes in their lives together, feel free to read along. Fantagraphics has collected eight volumes of “Wandering Son”, but sadly the story has not yet been completed in these collections. An English version of “Wandering Son” may be tricky to track down, but it is well worth the effort.

Shuichi and Yoshino’s journeys lay before them, and fourteen more volumes lay in wait for us. I look forward to seeing how the characters grow and change as they explore their budding identities, and I hope to share the experience with many of you. See you next week!

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• Chapter 115.1: 放浪貴子ふたたび　イシデ電 Read
• Chapter 115: スキトキメキトキス Read
• Chapter 114: デリケートに好きして Read
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• Chapter 107.3: 放息怪談　誰も知らない小さな再会　オガツカヅオ Read
• Chapter 107.2: 志村貴子専用スペタクル　みりんの乗りもの　イシデ電 Read
• Chapter 107.1: ささめかない　いけだたかし Read
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• Chapter 106: ささめきこと Read
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• Chapter 101: 嵐の前の静けさ Read
• Chapter 100: らせんの素描 Read
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• Chapter 99.3: みりんの工場見学　アシデ電 Read
• Chapter 99.2: 四ヶ丘中学校のかいだんの踊り場　オガツカヅオ Read
• Chapter 99.1: たぶん保健室の座敷童 Read
• Chapter 99: 五里霧中 Read
• Chapter 98: デビュー Read
• Chapter 97: 新世界 Read
• Chapter 96: チルチルミチル Read
• Chapter 95: 春はまだか Read
• Chapter 94: 桜の季節 Read
• Chapter 93: 聖なる夜に Read
• Chapter 92: 心の友 Read
• Chapter 91.2: 近況諸々 Read
• Chapter 91: 高嗚るアイデア Read
• Chapter 90: あしゃれカンケイ Read
• Chapter 89: それぞれの Read
• Chapter 88: みんなの進路希望 Read
• Chapter 87: みんなの修学旅行（２） Read
• Chapter 86: みんなの修学旅行（1） Read
• Chapter 85: すれちがい Read
• Chapter 84: 萌芽 Read
• Chapter 83: 春一番 Read
• Chapter 82.2: 近況諸々 Read
• Chapter 82.1: 性懲りもなく☆放浪貴子　イシデ電 Read
• Chapter 82: Love Me, Please Love Me Read
• Chapter 81: ガラスのジェネレーション Read
• Chapter 80: プラス　マイナス Read
• Chapter 79: 土居くん Read
• Chapter 78: マコの恋 Read
• Chapter 77: 波紋 Read
• Chapter 76: 軋み Read
• Chapter 75: なつやすみ Read
• Chapter 74: はじめの一歩 Read
• Chapter 73.2: 近況諸々 Read
• Chapter 73.1: 帰ってきちゃった♥放浪貴子　イシデ電 Read
• Chapter 73: 放浪少年少女 Read
• Chapter 72: 千客万来 Read
• Chapter 71: どうどうめぐり Read
• Chapter 70: 手のなるほうへ Read
• Chapter 69: 思春期 Read
• Chapter 68: やさしさライセンス Read
• Chapter 67: あとのまつり Read
• Chapter 66: 長い一日 Read
• Chapter 65.5: あとがき Read
• Chapter 65: 決壊 Read
• Chapter 64: 堰 Read
• Chapter 63: 旅立ちの朝 Read
• Chapter 62: うた魂 Read
• Chapter 61: ゆれる Read
• Chapter 60: おねえちゃん検定 Read
• Chapter 59: スキの反対 Read
• Chapter 58: 春でもないのに Read
• Chapter 57.2: 近況諸々 Read
• Chapter 57.1: 放浪貴子　✿しむらさん観察日記✿　イシデ電 Read
• Chapter 57: 私をスキーに連れてって（後編） Read
• Chapter 56: 私をスキーに連れてって（前編） Read
• Chapter 55: 雪解け？ Read
• Chapter 54: 波紋 Read
• Chapter 53: ひみつのにとりくん Read
• Chapter 52: よしのはご機嫌ななめ Read
• Chapter 51: 乙女の祈り Read
• Chapter 50: マコのきもち Read
• Chapter 49.5: 巻末オマケまんが Read
• Chapter 49: お祭りだよ！全員集合!!（後編） Read
• Chapter 48: お祭りだよ！全員集合!!（前編） Read
• Chapter 47: 宴の支度(3) Read
• Chapter 46: 宴の支度(2) Read
• Chapter 45: 宴の支度(1) Read
• Chapter 44: 夏休みのおわり Read
• Chapter 43: 夏休みのなかごろ Read
• Chapter 42: 夏休みのはじまり Read
• Chapter 41.1: 特別寄稿「タ日の岡」イシデ電 Read
• Chapter 41: 再燃 Read
• Chapter 40: 夏への扉 Read
• Chapter 39: 女の子　予行演習 Read
• Chapter 38: 先生はミステリーがお好き Read
• Chapter 37: ビューティフルマンデー Read
• Chapter 36: なかよし学級 Read
• Chapter 35: さわやか３組 Read
• Chapter 34: 不思議な更科さん Read
• Chapter 33.5: あとがき Read
• Chapter 33: ああ、中学生 Read
• Chapter 32: 亀裂ふたたび Read
• Chapter 31: 告白 Read
• Chapter 30: 春でもないのに Read
• Chapter 29: キス騒動 Read
• Chapter 28: ロマンティック逃避行 Read
• Chapter 27: 嘆きの姫君 Read
• Chapter 26: おねえちゃんの恋 Read
• Chapter 25.5: あとがき Read
• Chapter 25: みんなのうた Read
• Chapter 24: どんどん愛に・・・・ Read
• Chapter 23: タカツキヨシノサンノ　ケツイ Read
• Chapter 22: 日曜日はデート Read
• Chapter 21: 新しいお友達 Read
• Chapter 20: 半狂乱 Read
• Chapter 19: 目まぐるしい日 Read
• Chapter 18: お姉ちゃんといっしょ Read
• Chapter 17.5: あとがき Read
• Chapter 17: 修学旅行・２日目 Read
• Chapter 16: 修学旅行・１日目 Read
• Chapter 15: 修学旅行・全日 Read
• Chapter 14: おかしなふたり Read
• Chapter 13: 小学生日記 Read
• Chapter 12: こらえる少女 Read
• Chapter 11: かわいそうな子 Read
• Chapter 10: 夢とか希望とか Read
• Chapter 9: ラブ＆ヘアピース Read
• Chapter 8.5: あとがき Read
• Chapter 8: ほしいものぜんぶ Read
• Chapter 7: 高槻さんの災難 Read
• Chapter 6: お友達のお言葉 Read
• Chapter 5: ニトリくんの誕生日 Read
• Chapter 4: 放浪娘 Read
• Chapter 3: オスカルとアンドレ Read
• Chapter 2: 放浪息子はどこまでも Read
• Chapter 1: ぼくは、おんなのこ Read
• Chapter 122: My Rose-Colored Life Read
• Chapter 121: Love Read
• Chapter 120: First Voice Read
• Chapter 119: Dreaming Girl Read
• Chapter 118: Snow Drop Read
• Chapter 117: Future Diary Read
• Chapter 116: State of Mind Read
• Chapter 115: Suki Tokimeki to Kisu Read
• Chapter 114: Love Me Delicately Read
• Chapter 113: Level Headed Mako Read
• Chapter 112: Mako's Adventure Read
• Chapter 111: Sprout Read
• Chapter 110: Unbalanced Read
• Chapter 109: Growing Up Read
• Chapter 108: Dizzy Girl Read
• Chapter 107: Positive Dance Read
• Chapter 106: Whispered Words Read
• Chapter 105: Mind Game Read
• Chapter 104: Mii-tan's Father (2) Read
• Chapter 103: Mii-tan's Father (1) Read
• Chapter 102: Half Knowledge Read
• Chapter 101: The Quiet Before the Storm Read
• Chapter 100: Spiral Outline Read
• Chapter 99: Totally at a Loss Read
• Chapter 98: Debut Read
• Chapter 97: A New World Read
• Chapter 96: Tyltyl and Mytyl Read
• Chapter 95: Isn't Spring Here Yet? Read
• Chapter 94: The Cherry Blossom Season Read
• Chapter 93: On A Holy Night Read
• Chapter 92: A Kindred Spirit Read
• Chapter 91: An Exciting Idea Read
• Chapter 90: Stylish Connections Read
• Chapter 89: Each to Their Own Read
• Chapter 88: A School Excursion for Everyone (3) Read
• Chapter 87: A School Excursion for Everyone (2) Read
• Chapter 86: A School Excursion for Everyone (1) Read
• Chapter 85: Passing By Read
• Chapter 84: Sprout Read
• Chapter 83: The First Storm of Spring Read
• Chapter 81: Glass Generation Read
• Chapter 80: Plus Minus Read
• Chapter 79: Doi-kun Read
• Chapter 78: Mako's Love Read
• Chapter 77: Sensation Read
• Chapter 76: Grate Read
• Chapter 75: Summer Vacation Read
• Chapter 74: The First Step Read
• Chapter 73: Transient Boy Transient Girl Read
• Chapter 72: Roaring Business Read
• Chapter 71: Going Around in Circles Read
• Chapter 70: Catch Me If You Can Read
• Chapter 69: Puberty Read
• Chapter 68: A Licence For Kindness Read
• Chapter 67: Too Late Read
• Chapter 66: The Long Day Read
• Chapter 65.5: Extra Read
• Chapter 65: Break Down Read
• Chapter 64: Dam Read
• Chapter 63: The Morning They Set Off Read
• Chapter 62: The Song's Soul Read
• Chapter 61: Shaking Read
• Chapter 60: Sister's Approval Read
• Chapter 59: The Opposite of "Like" Read
• Chapter 58: Go Skiing With Me (2) Read
• Chapter 57.5: Extra Read
• Chapter 57: Go Skiing With Me (2) Read
• Chapter 56: Clear Up the Snow? Read
• Chapter 55: Clear Up the Snow? Read
• Chapter 54: Ripple Read
• Chapter 53: Secretive Nitori-kun Read
• Chapter 52: Yoshino's Pleasant Prayer Read
• Chapter 51: A Maiden's Wish Read
• Chapter 50: Mako's Feelings Read
• Chapter 49: It's the Festival! Everyone Assemble!! (2) Read
• Chapter 48: It's the Festival! Everyone Assemble!! (1) Read
• Chapter 47: Preparations for the Banquet (3) Read
• Chapter 46: Preparations for the Banquet (2) Read
• Chapter 45: Preparations for the Banquet (1) Read
• Chapter 44: The End of Summer Vacation Read
• Chapter 43: Around the Middle of Summer Vacation Read
• Chapter 42: The Beginning of Summer Vacation Read
• Chapter 41: Revival Read
• Chapter 40: The Door to Summer Read
• Chapter 39: Girl Rehearsal Practice Read
• Chapter 38: Sensei Loves Mystery Read
• Chapter 37: Beautiful Monday Read
• Chapter 36: Class Getting Along Read
• Chapter 35: Refreshing Class 3 Read
• Chapter 34: The Mysterious Sarashina-san Read
• Chapter 33: Ah... Junior High Students Read
• Chapter 32: Riven Again Read
• Chapter 31: Confession Read
• Chapter 30: Not Even Spring, But... Read
• Chapter 29: Kiss Riot Read
• Chapter 28: Romantic Elopement Read
• Chapter 27: Grieving Young Mister Princess Read
• Chapter 26: Onee-chan's Love Read
• Chapter 25: Everyone's Song Read
• Chapter 24: It Keeps Getting Weird Read
• Chapter 23: Takatsuki Yoshino's Determination Read
• Chapter 22: A Date on Sunday Read
• Chapter 21: A New Friend Read
• Chapter 20: Half in Frenzy Read
• Chapter 19: A Hectic Day Read
• Chapter 18: Together with Onee-chan Read
• Chapter 17: School Trip - Day 2 Read
• Chapter 16: School Trip - Day 1 Read
• Chapter 15: School Trip - The Day Before Read
• Chapter 14: A Strange Pair Read
• Chapter 13: Grade School Student Diary Read
• Chapter 12: Girl Under Stress Read
• Chapter 11: You Poor Child Read
• Chapter 10: Hopes and Dreams Read
• Chapter 9: Love and a Hairpiece Read
• Chapter 8: Everything I Want Read
• Chapter 7: Takatsuki-san's Misfortune Read
• Chapter 6: Words of a Friend Read
• Chapter 5: Nitori-kun's Birthday Read
• Chapter 4: Transient Daughter Read
• Chapter 3: Oscar and André Read
• Chapter 2: Forever a Transient Son Read
• Chapter 1: I Am a Girl Read

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