#hourou musuko

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i’m realising i have a type with anime blorbos

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Anime of the day: Pride Watch List

Last Pride I did character spotlight; this Pride, I’m kicking it off with a list. Here is a list of some of anime in the LGBT+ category. Is this all of them? No. Is this a large list? Yes, yes it is. 

Yuri on Ice

Junjou Romantica

Sweet Blue Flowers

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Hourou Musuko

 Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 

Sakura Trick

 Love Stage

 Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu

Kase-san and Morning Glories

Given

Citrus

Doukyuusei

Yuru Yuri

Hitorijime My Hero

Kämpfer

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru

Strawberry Panic

Ling Qi

Urasekai Picnic

Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather

Sasameki Koto

Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu

Maria-sama ga Miteru

Kono Danshi, Uchuujin to Tatakaemasu.

Hyperventilation

Dounika Naru Hibi

No. 6

Kono Danshi, Ningyo Hiroimashita

Adachi to Shimamura

Sasaki to Miyano

Akuma no Riddle

Umibe no Étranger

Manaria Friends

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[strangemonochromes]

Wandering Son (放浪息子) // Takako Shimura

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Yoshino Takatsuki from Wandering Son is aromantic asexual!

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I finally got to the end of my reread of Wandering Son today and. Lemme tell ya when Nitroin finally says to Anna that she wants to be a girl and Anna just says to her "Well would that make me a lesbian" just hits me in the heart. Like, she loved Nitorin so much that she didnt even hesitate to accept this new identity, she just knew she wanted to be with her.

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Wandering Son

[deusexlachina]

["This" being Nitori dressed as a girl]

It's a sad part, because it's showing her experiencing employment discrimination, but this panel made me laugh. (There's a lot of this kind of rollercoaster in WS).

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My order for the second and third volumes of Wandering Son came in today, with those, I now have all 8 volumes of the series that were published into English by Fantagraphics before it went out of print.

Those two volumes are some of the hardest to find, I ordered them from a used book site and paid like $80 total for them. The rest of my volumes were all new when I bought them.

They're ex-library books from New Jersey, with the stickers and markings on them. I can remove the stickers easily, but I wish they didn't have the ink stamps, slight tears, stains, creased pages, etc.

I lost faith that Fantagraphics would ever reprint the missing volumes of Wandering Son or continue it a while back.

It all stemmed from this email I sent to them back in 2018, where they effectively confirmed it was unlikely.

Currently, on their website, only the fifth to seventh volumes are still in stock, whether that's reprints or surplus I'm not sure.

According to the words of the translator, Wandering Son didn't sell that well for a number of reasons as stated in the article.

To add on to those points, I'll note that the series was published in English from 2011 to 2015, a bit before the big LGBTQ+ manga "boom" that has become very visible nowadays. While it may have been hard to justify the production costs in the early 2010s, I am for certain that if Wandering Son was given a second chance today, it would outperform.

Ironically, despite being out of print for several years now, Wandering Son was added to a list of banned books by the state of Texas two years ago. You could definitely advertise it with that distinction in hand.

I find it convenient that the last time Fantagaphics tweeted about "Banned Books" in 2019, especially with how things have been going on in the past few years. Because if they tweeted about them today, they'd have to talk about Wandering Son, a series they've left out to die basically.

That Shimura Takako's other works published into English, Sweet Blue Flowers and Even Though We're Adults, reference Wandering Son on the back of their covers, shows how the series has staying power despite its print status.

The fact that both are yuri titles that have thrived or are thriving, just shows how works about trans people are seen as "less marketable" compared to other LGBTQ+ stories, yet they'll still be exploited for profit to uphold those "more marketable" ones.

You can see this with the number of trans manga currently in the English market compared to yuri or especially BL titles.

I understand that Fantagraphics went through some hard times in the 2010s, but at this point, if they're not going to do anything with Wandering Son, I'd rather they give up the license to someone who actually will.

That's a lot of salt, but to tie it back, I'm really glad to own the 8 volumes of this series in hardcover.

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Warning: Potential spoilers

Title: Clair de Lune

Editor: takara

Song: Clair de Lune

Audio Source: Hourou Musuko (anime)

Anime: Akage no Anne

Category: Drama

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2022 Anime Watch List

June:

This post is part of my ongoing record for the new (to me) anime I watch in 2022. I'm excited to see what new shows and films I discover as this list grows through the year.

This month I decided to once again focus on anime with LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes. There are some new shows listed but I also rewatched some of my favorites.

* indicates shows that are rewatchs

Sasaki and Miyano (2022) episodes: 12 started: 6-1-22 finished: 6-2-22 rating: 9.5/10

Given (2019)* episodes: 11 started: 6-3-22 finished: 6-5-22 rating: 9/10

Given Movie (2020) and Given: Uragawa no Sonzai (2021) films watch: 6-6-22 rating: 9/10

Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018) film watched: 6-7-22 rating: 7/10

Love Stage (2014)* episodes: 10 + 1 ova started: 6-10-22 finished: 6-11-22 rating: 7/10

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (2018)* episodes: 12 started: 6-14-22 finished: 6-15-22 rating: 9.5/10

Hourou Musuko Wandering Son (2011)* episodes: 11 started: 6-16-22 finished: 6-17-22 rating: 9/10

Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace (2015)* episodes: 11 started: 6-20-22 finished: 6-21-22 rating: 7/10

Yuri On Ice* (2016) episodes: 12 started: 6-23-22 finished: 6-24-22 rating: 10/10 note: this is my all time favorite anime so I'll take any excuse for a rewatch!

Blue Period (2021)* episodes: 12 started: 6-27-22 finished: 6-28-22 rating: 9.5/10

Liz and the Blue Bird (2018) film watched: 6-29-22 rating: 7.5/10

Previous Months:

January Watch List

February Watch List

March Watch List

April Watch List

May Watch List

My 2021 Pride Anime Watch List

[catherinekal]

I forgot just how Raw Hourou Musuko can be. This scene is just so perfect to the trans experience, even if though that's unfortunate still. The fear, frustration, sadness, but then hope and the joy of acceptance to. God it's such a good scene I still need to read the manga one day. If you're trans and you like anime and have somehow not seen this, then you should.

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Anime of the day Pride Month: Wandering Son

Alt title: Hourou Musuko released: 2011

In this anime Shuichi Nitori is a transgender girl whereas Yoshino Takatsuki is a transgender boy. This anime follows them from middle through high school and to graduation. This anime provides a realistic story about the challenges of just trying to be yourself. Despite these challenges Nitori and Takatsuki make friends and teach us not only the values of having support but also the strength to be our unique selves.

[minty-muse]

Hourou musuko should be considered a yuri

[yeets-you-out-the]

My favourite transgener character of all time

Nitorin from Hourou Musuko

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^_^ And they lived happily ever after!