Wandering son
Author
Author
Series
Wandering son volume 1
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Shuichi, a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino, a girl who wants to be a boy, become friends in junior high school, where they tackle problems such as gender identity, love, social acceptance, and puberty.
Author
Series
Wandering son volume 2
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"In the second volume of Shimura Takako's ... coming-of-age story, our transgendered protagonists, Shuichi and Yoshino, have entered the sixth grade. Shuichi spends a precious gift of cash from his grandmother on a special present for himself, a purchase that triggers a chain of events in which his sister Maho learns his secret, and Shuichi inadvertently steals the heart of a boy Maho's interested in"--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Wandering son volume 3
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As shown in the first two volumes of the series, Shuichi and his friend Yoshino have a secret: Shuichi's a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino's a girl who wants to be a boy. One day, abruptly, their secret is exposed, and the two find themselves the target of sixth-grade cruelty. Their friendship is strained, as Yoshino makes a half-hearted effort at being a "normal girl," and their mentor, Yuki, reveals the harder reality of being transgendered....
Author
Series
Wandering son volume 4
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"With the success of their performance in the play The rose of Versailles, the class decides to do a riff on Romeo and Juliet. Nitori-kun and Chiba-san write the script together, but Chiba-san has an agenda: she wants to play Romeo, with Nitori-kun in the role of Juliet. But Nitori-kun wants the male-identified Takatsuki-san to play Romeo"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Wandering son volume 8
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nitori-kun, a boy who wants to be a girl, explores kissing with girlfriend Anna-chan; and Yoshino-san, a girl who wants to be a boy, finds the courage to go to school wearing a boy's uniform. Meanwhile, one of their male classmates, Doi-kun, who has caused our protagonists misery in the past, becomes intrigued with their grown-up friend Yuki-san, a transwoman. But Nitori-kun finds himself strangely drawn to Doi-kun"--Amazon.com