The series deals with issues such as being transgender, gender identity, and the beginning of puberty. Shimura used her realization that the boy would go through significant changes as he grew up to deepen the development of the story and characters. Shuichi Nitori and his friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. [77] The music was produced by Satoru Kosaki and Keiichi Okabe, both from Monaca,[78] and the sound director is Jin Aketagawa. Shuichi continues to be picked on by other students at school. [76] The anime adapts the story from the point where the characters enter junior high school. Crunchyroll (Subtitled) Free. Whenever I think manga, I think of things like Inuyasha and Fruits Basket, but among all the shojo and action fantasy romps we also have books like this one. The cultural festival is underway, with some commotion caused when Anna brings popular model Maiko, who Maho works with, to the event. +10 unverified The Summer 2019 Anime Preview Guide - O Maidens In Your Savage Season (Jul 5, 2019) After Shuichi, Yoshino, and their friends enter sixth grade, Shuichi meets Makoto Ariga, another student their age from another class who also secretly wants to be a girl. [61] Wandering Son was selected as a recommended work by the awards jury of the tenth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006. After graduating from high school, Shuichi moves out and goes to the same college as Doi. In junior high school, they meet a tall, eccentric girl who befriends everyone, Chizuru Sarashina, and her prickly friend Momoko Shirai, who does not get along well with the others—especially Saori. Founded in 2001 as the first anime & manga recommendation database. Wandering Son ( Hourou Musuko ) Manga In the manga, even at a young age, Shuuichi wanted to dress as a girl. Chief animator Ryūichi Makino is also the character designer and the screenplay was written by Mari Okada. (いつだって。) by Daisuke and the single was released on March 2, 2011. The opening theme is "Itsu datte." "[86], Rachel Matt Thorn, the English translator of the manga, wrote that fans of Anne of Green Gables or The Rose of Versailles would also enjoy Wandering Son,[87] and Silverman compared Wandering Son to Mizuiro Jidai. Santos criticized the "emotional realism" of the work for having the young characters' "unrealistically mature attitude" towards "issues above their grade level. He happens to sit next to Takatsuki Yoshino, a girl who wishes she was a boy. [68] The series is also licensed by Ever Glory Publishing in Taiwan[69] and by Haksan Culture Company in Korea.[70]. After Saori learns of this, she confesses she likes Shuichi, but Shuichi too cannot return her feelings. Yoshino and Saori have started their new lives in middle school. 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