July 3, 2011

RECOMMENDATION: HOUROU MUSUKO (wandering son)

Just in case any of my followers hadn’t heard of it. Hourou Musuko is an ongoing manga series and recent anime series.

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.

The first volume of the manga is available for purchase here. And the anime can be streamed online here. The second edition of the manga will have an English language release in November. If it’s anything like volume one it will be really beautiful book. I haven’t read past volume one of the manga, because I have a hard time reading manga online (the images are often just a bit too small for me and I get a headache), so don’t spoil me if you’re reading online. And if you’re reading online, do try to support the official release if it’s within your means. I’d like to see more stories like this made and more of them brought to this continent. :D

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