"Shimura balances a full plate in this story, all the while offering it with the kind of easy grace that makes the balance appear to be almost magical.
"In the series' debut-in-English, Shimura treats both protagonists' journeys of self-discovery with gentle honesty her characters are wide-eyed and adorable, uncertain and searching." - Terry Hong - BookDragon (Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program) Wandering Son: Volume One is part of the Wandering Son series. Wandering Son is a sophisticated work of literary manga translated with rare skill and sensitivity by veteran translator and comics scholar Rachel Thorn.
And it is Saori who suggests that the fifth graders put on a production of The Rose of Versailles for the farewell ceremony for the sixth graders - with boys playing the roles of women, and girls playing the roles of men. Shuichi's secret is discovered by Saori, a perceptive and eccentric classmate. Yoshino is rudely reminded of her sex by immature boys whose budding interest in girls takes clumsily cruel forms. Book One introduces our two protagonists and the friends and family whose lives intersect with their own. Written and drawn by one of today's most critically acclaimed creators of manga, Shimura portrays Shuishi and Yoshino's very private journey with affection, sensitivity, gentle humor, and unmistakable flair and grace. 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. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. A sensitive masterprice from Japan's most prominent creator of LGBT manga.
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