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Wandering son. Volume 6 / [Shimura Takako ; translation, Matt Thorn ; lettering, Paul Baresh, Ian Burns & Priscilla Miller].

by Shimura, Takako, 1973-

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Fantagraphics Books, 2014.

741.5 S556w v.6

Middle school students -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Transgender children -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Gender identity -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc.

9781606997079 (pbk.)

215 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Translated from the Japanese.

Paging is from back to front to preserve the original Japanese format.

"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." Also: the success of their performance of The Rose of Versailles in the fifth grade - in which the boys played the women and the girls played the men - inspires our protagonists to put on another gender-bending play for the junior-high school festival. They riff on Romeo and Juliet. Nitori-kun and his friend Chiba-san write the script together, but Chiba-san has an agenda: She wants to play Romeo, with Nitori-kun in the role of Juliet. But Nitori-kun wants Takatsuki-san to play Romeo... Chiba-san forces Nitori-kun to confront a question he's been avoiding. Are his feelings for Takatsuki-san those of a boy for a girl, a girl for a girl, or a girl for a boy? Meanwhile, Maho plans a trip to the beach with her boyfriend, and Nitori-kun must chaperone."--From publisher.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

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