Wandering Son Series by Takako Shimura, Rachel Balzora Thorn, Shimura Takako

4.06 · 78 ratings
  • Wandering Son, Vol. 1 (Wandering Son #1)
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    Wandering Son, Vol. 1 (Wandering Son #1)

    Takako Shimura, Rachel Balzora Thorn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2003

    The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy... more

  • Wandering Son, Vol. 2 (Wandering Son #2)
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    Wandering Son, Vol. 2 (Wandering Son #2)

    Shimura Takako

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2004

    In the second volume of Shimura Takako's superb coming-of-age story, our transgender 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 in interested in... more

  • Wandering Son, Vol. 3 (Wandering Son #3)
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    Wandering Son, Vol. 3 (Wandering Son #3)

    Shimura Takako

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2004

    As shown in the first two volumes of this acclaimed series, Shuichi and his friend Yoshino have a secret: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy.But 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... more

  • Wandering Son, Vol. 4 (Wandering Son #4)
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    Wandering Son, Vol. 4 (Wandering Son #4)

    Shimura Takako

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2005

    Wandering Son has garnered extensive praise (from the GLBT community, from manga fans, and from comics fans in general) for its uniquely funny, warm, and sensitive treatment of the travails of two Japanese tweens who find themselves coping with the knotty issue of gender identification, as they slowly realize that maybe they aren't who they were meant to be. In this latest volume, love is in the air. It's in the trees and on the streets... more

  • Wandering Son, Vol. 5 (Wandering Son #5)
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    Wandering Son, Vol. 5 (Wandering Son #5)

    Shimura Takako

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2006

    In the latest volume of the acclaimed series about transgendered kids exploring their unfolding identities, we’ve reached a big event; the junior high school entrance ceremony. The boys wear black uniforms with stand-up collars based on mid-19th century European military uniforms and the girls wear navy blazers, tan skirts, and red ribbon neckties... more

  • 放浪息子 6 (Wandering Son #6)
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    放浪息子 6 (Wandering Son #6)

    Takako Shimura

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2007

    Shimura Takako's sensitive and charming manga series about two middle-schoolers wrestling with their gender identities continues. Faced    with unwanted changes to their growing bodies, male-identified Takatsuki-san discovers the wonders of "breast binders," and female-identified Nitori-kun explores the limits of his ability to "pass... more

  • 放浪息子 7 (Wandering Son #7)
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    放浪息子 7 (Wandering Son #7)

    Takako Shimura

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2007

    In this sensitive manga series about transgendered preteens, the boy who wants to be a girl deals with acne, and is scouted for the school’s theater club along with Chiba-san. Shimura Takako’s groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and beloved Wandering Son continues to explore gender identity among its cast of middle school students in our 7th volume. Nitori-kun gets his first signs of acne. This may well be the end of the world... more

  • 放浪息子 8 (Wandering Son #8)
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    放浪息子 8 (Wandering Son #8)

    Takako Shimura

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    In the latest volume of this realistic manga about transgender students, our protagonists experiment sartorially. Curiosity and transphobia collide in the latest volume of Fantagraphics’ critically acclaimed manga about a boy who wants to be a girl, and a girl who wants to be a boy. In Volume 8, 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... more

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