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Wandering Son

Effeminate fifth grader Shuuichi Nitori is considered by most to be one of the prettiest girls in school, but much to her dismay, she is actually biologically male. Fortunately, Shuuichi has a childhood friend who has similar feelings of discomfort related to gender identity: the lanky tomboy Yoshino Takatsuki, who, though biologically female, does not identify as a girl. These two friends share a similar secret and find solace in one another; however, their lives become even more complicated when they must tread the unfamiliar waters of a new school, attempt to make new friends, and struggle to maintain old ones. Faced with nearly insurmountable odds, they must learn to deal with the harsh realities of growing up, transexuality, relationships, and acceptance. Lauded as a decidedly serious take on gender identity and LGBT struggles, Takako Shimura's Hourou Musuko is about Shuuichi and Yoshino's attempts to discover their true selves as they enter puberty, make friends, fall in love, and face some very real and difficult choices. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Wandering Son (2011)

Original title: 放浪息子.

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S1 e13 - "confession ~each season~", s1 e12 - they only laughed at me ~black sheep~, s1 e11 - forever a wandering son ~wandering son's progress~.

Shuichi Nitori transfers to a new elementary school, and there, meets Yoshino Takatsuki. The two children discover they share a similar secret.

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• Chapter 123.5: 近況諸々 Read
• Chapter 123: For You Read
• Chapter 122: ぼくのバラ色の人生 Read
• Chapter 121: 恋心 Read
• Chapter 120: はじめての声 Read
• Chapter 119: 夢見る女の子 Read
• Chapter 118: スノードロップ Read
• Chapter 117: 未来日記 Read
• Chapter 116: 心もよう Read
• Chapter 115.3: 近況諸々 Read
• Chapter 115.2: 放息怪談　知っていたこと　オガツカヅオ Read
• 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
• Chapter 113: しっかりマコ Read
• Chapter 112: マコの冒険 Read
• Chapter 111: まばえ Read
• Chapter 110: アンバランス Read
• Chapter 109: グローイング・アップ Read
• Chapter 108: フラフラガール Read
• Chapter 107.4: 近況諸々 Read
• 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
• Chapter 107: ポジティブダンス Read
• Chapter 106: ささめきこと Read
• Chapter 105: マインドゲーム Read
• Chapter 104: みいたんのおとうさん（２） Read
• Chapter 103: みいたんのおとうさん（１） Read
• Chapter 102: 一知半解 Read
• Chapter 101: 嵐の前の静けさ Read
• Chapter 100: らせんの素描 Read
• Chapter 99.4: 近況諸々 Read
• 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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• Vol.12 Chapter 97 : A New World 11.8K Aug 25,19
• Vol.12 Chapter 96 : Tyltyl And Mytyl 11.7K Aug 25,19
• Vol.12 Chapter 95 : Isn T Spring Here Yet? 11.8K Aug 25,19
• Vol.12 Chapter 94 : The Cherry Blossom Season 11.6K Aug 25,19
• Vol.12 Chapter 93 : On A Holy Night 11.5K Aug 25,19
• Vol.12 Chapter 92 : Kindred Spirits 11.7K Aug 25,19
• Vol.11 Chapter 91 : An Exciting Idea 11.6K Aug 25,19
• Vol.11 Chapter 90 : Stylish Connections 12K Aug 25,19
• Vol.11 Chapter 89 : Each To Their Own 11.7K Aug 25,19
• Vol.11 Chapter 88 : A School Excursion For Everyone 03 11.9K Aug 25,19
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• Vol.11 Chapter 86 : A School Excursion For Everyone 01 11.9K Aug 25,19
• Vol.11 Chapter 85 : Passing By 11.8K Aug 25,19
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• Vol.10 Chapter 82 : Love Me, Please Love Me 12.4K Aug 25,19
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• Vol.10 Chapter 77 : Sensation 11.7K Aug 25,19
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Wandering Son is a poignant and thought-provoking anime series that explores the complex and often painful journey of two young friends as they navigate their way through the nuances of gender identity and sexuality. The show premiered in Japan in 2011 and was produced by Aniplex, featuring an incredibly talented cast of voice actors including Asami Seto, Yui Horie, Nana Mizuki, Saeko Chiba, Kaoru Mizuhara, Keiji Fujiwara, Yuuka Nanri, Aki Toyosaki, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Takako Honda, Kazuya Nakai, Sayaka Ohara, Shunzo Miyasaka, Yuka Keicho, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Yuko Gibu, and Ai Takabe.

The story centers around two middle school students, Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki, who are struggling to come to terms with their gender identity. Shuichi is a sensitive and artistic boy who longs to express his femininity openly but is afraid of how society will respond. Yoshino, on the other hand, was born a girl but feels more comfortable dressing and behaving like a boy. Together, the two friends navigate the complex and often overwhelming world of adolescence as they explore their true selves and search for acceptance and understanding.

The series is based on a manga of the same name by author and illustrator Takako Shimura, who is known for her sensitive and nuanced exploration of gender identity and sexuality in her works. The anime adaptation follows the original story closely, capturing the emotional depth and complexity of the characters' experiences in a way that is both genuine and compassionate.

From the very first episode, it is clear that Wandering Son is a deeply introspective and beautifully crafted series that is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects head-on. The show explores a wide range of issues related to gender identity and sexuality, including the social stigma and discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ individuals, the difficulty of coming out to loved ones, and the challenge of finding a community where one can feel truly accepted for who they are.

Despite the heaviness of the subject matter, Wandering Son is also a deeply emotional and touching series that is not without moments of levity and joy. The friendship between Shuichi and Yoshino is both heartwarming and authentic, and their shared journey of self-discovery is a source of hope and inspiration for viewers.

One of the standout features of Wandering Son is the stunning animation and art direction. The series is animated with a delicate and nuanced touch, capturing the subtle nuances of the characters' emotions and experiences in a way that feels both intimate and powerful. The use of color and light is particularly noteworthy, and the show's art style gives the impression of a watercolor painting come to life.

The voice acting is also exceptional, with each member of the talented cast bringing depth and nuance to their characters. Asami Seto delivers a standout performance as Shuichi, capturing both his vulnerability and his determination to live as his true self. Yui Horie shines as Yoshino, infusing the character with a sense of understated strength and resilience.

Overall, Wandering Son is a must-watch series for anyone interested in exploring the complex and often difficult journey of gender identity and sexuality. The show is a sensitive and compassionate portrayal of a subject that is often misunderstood and underrepresented in mainstream media, and it handles its subject matter with the care and sensitivity it deserves. The series is a testament to the power of empathy and understanding, and it is sure to leave a lasting impression on anyone who watches it.

• Genres Anime
• Cast Asami Seto Yui Horie Nana Mizuki Saeko Chiba Kaoru Mizuhara
• Channel Aniplex
• Premiere Date January 14, 2011
• IMDB Rating 7.6   (349)

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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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I raised my son in Germany until he was 6. Now, we're back in the US, and my family is going through reverse culture shock.

• Liz Humphreys moved to Europe with her husband and raised her son in Berlin until he was 6.
• When she moved back to New York, she was surprised by all of the rules surrounding kids.
• She's found advantages to raising children in both cities.

My three-year-old son was busy flattening his piece of clay into a pancake when another ball of clay came flying through the air. It hit him squarely on the back of the head, and he started to cry. My husband and I were sitting nearby at his weekly art class, held in a high-ceilinged, 20th-century building in Prenzlauer Berg, a trendy neighborhood in Berlin .

We turned to see a toddler continuing to throw clay balls. The child's mom was sitting next to her son, not saying anything and simply letting him continue his aggressive antics. I tried to catch her eye, but she refused to make contact. We quietly approached the instructor to ask whether she might step in — as perhaps she wouldn't want clay thrown at other kids in her classroom, after all — but she said resignedly, "That's not my place."

Since my family of three had arrived in Berlin , I had experienced many of these refusals by German parents and other adults to get involved or to correct bad behavior in their children — in playgrounds, on playdates, and on museum visits.

I found that the Berlin attitude around children was, by and large, to let them resolve things among themselves — even for toddlers.

My family has been back in New York City for a year and a half, and we're still struck by all the "rules" surrounding kids here. Not that all these rules are bad. As my now 8-year-old son's second-grade teacher says, "How will kids learn what not to do if we don't teach them?"

Berlin was affordable for raising a family and had great childcare

In 2012, my husband and I moved to Europe from New York City for work. We started in Amsterdam, moved to London — where my son was born — and relocated to Berlin when he was just over a year old. We didn't speak German and had never considered living in Germany.

Right from the get-go, we were amazed by how much further our money went in Berlin. Though rental inventory was tough to come by, we paid $2,900 a month for a three-bed, two-bath duplex with a private roof deck and elevator — a wonderful amount of space to raise a child. That's half the price we're now paying for our much smaller two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan .

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We were also impressed by the affordability of Berlin's childcare. Starting from the age of 1, all kids are entitled to a free day care/preschool combo — called Kita or kindergarten — for a minimum of five to seven hours a day. Working parents, those looking for work or studying, or single parents are eligible for even more: seven to nine hours of daily care. The care is available year-round.

My son was supervised by three teachers and with the same 10 kids every year, which allowed him to make close friends. His school was also bilingual, German and English, so he became fluent in German within a few years, even though we didn't speak it at home.

Also, unlike in most of the US, in Germany, school up until the equivalent of first grade is play-based and very child-driven, with lots of time spent outside.

The public school in New York has been a huge change

When we arrived back in New York, my son started first grade in public school. He was quickly overwhelmed by the more anonymous classroom of about 30 students with one teacher. He also had difficulty adjusting to all of the structure around the school day. He was used to spending more time outdoors and wandering around the classroom as he pleased.

My husband and I were also shocked to learn that school ended at 2:35 p.m. Now in order to work a full day, we have to pay for after-school classes and find options for summer camp.

We also didn't worry much about safety in Berlin. For such a large city, Berlin is exceedingly safe. In the 2024 Safety Index by Global Residence Index , Berlin ranked 46, while New York City was 107. Over there, it's not uncommon to see kids walking on their own to school starting in first or second grade. Back in the US, we would never even think about letting our son take the short walk to school without adult supervision.

There have been positives of being back in New York

Though the reverse culture shock is real, we do still love being back in New York. We appreciate the diversity compared with Germany, both ethnic and socio-economic.

We take advantage of the numerous cultural opportunities for both kids and adults, such as museums and theater. And even though there aren't quite as many playgrounds as in Berlin, we enjoy the welcoming vibe, where it's easy for kids to make friends.

I've also noticed more parents taking ownership of unruly children.

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