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| - Shy, quiet Shuuichi Nitori is not your average eleven year old girl. Nor is her classmate, Yoshino Takatsuki, your average eleven year old boy. Even though Shuuichi enjoys baking snacks as a hobby, she is different from the other girls. Takatsuki-kun is admired by his classmates, but endures bullying from other boys for things about himself he can't control. When Shuuichi transfers to her new school, she is sat next to Takatsuki and they become fast friends.
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| - Shy, quiet Shuuichi Nitori is not your average eleven year old girl. Nor is her classmate, Yoshino Takatsuki, your average eleven year old boy. Even though Shuuichi enjoys baking snacks as a hobby, she is different from the other girls. Takatsuki-kun is admired by his classmates, but endures bullying from other boys for things about himself he can't control. When Shuuichi transfers to her new school, she is sat next to Takatsuki and they become fast friends. Though they do not immediately know it, the two learn they have a shared secret, despite their natures, biologically they are the wrong gender. Shuuichi dreams she could be a girl in society as she is in her heart, while Takatsuki wants to become a proper man. Eventually, both realize their true nature as much as they are able despite the adversity and shame they face. Shuuichi wears clothing belonging to her sister and given to her either by girls or Takatsuki. Takastuki gets hold of his older brother's middle school uniform and goes in to town as a boy. The Slice of Life tale of Takako Shimura's Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko in Japanese) follows the lives of Shuuichi, Takatsuki, and those closest to them as they wrestle with their difficult struggle for self-actualization. The milestones that come with adolescence, the day-to-day occurrences, and everything in between make up the plot while the dreams and secrets of the young cast create its drama. An Eleven Episode Anime for the series started in January 2011, and has since ended. Also, the Manga has been licensed by Fantagraphics Books and is slated to be released in hardcover in June 2011. Please see the discussion page to further discuss whether characters should be referred to by the pronouns that are appropriate for their real genders, or their biological sex. Since this is a heavily LGBT themed manga and the people it represents in real life would never accept being called the incorrect gender, it is the consensus (via a discussion on Ask the Tropers, which has since been moved to the actual discussion page) that the same courtesy be extended to the main characters in order to show the general public and people outside the LGBT community the proper treatment of transpeople and not confuse them. One very important thing to remember about this series is that it is about transsexuality. The main characters are not simply crossdressing when they put on the clothes that make them feel comfortable (male for Takatsuki and female for Shuuichi). Due to a supporting character having an extended period of questioning and ambiguous genderidentification, Mako will be referred to a "ze" and "zir".
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