#nitori shuuichi

[weedle-testaburger]

i’m realising i have a type with anime blorbos

[mordred-doombitch]

I had the Hall & Oates song "Adult Education" playing in my head the whole damn time I was making these edits, but it was just the lyrics "The boys are busy in the mirrors/Trying to imitate their heroes/You make it with a false surrender/More memories you won't remember" over and over and over and over and over and over again. i couldn't find the source image. fuck.

[handholdings]

I read wandering son a few months ago, and I really can't stress enough how important it was for me... I remember being 15 and still closeted, not knowing I was trans, coming across the manga and reading a few chapters but having to put it down. It shook me deeply, in a way I couldn't understand, and I wonder how I would have reacted if I'd kept reading up to the point where Nitorin reached my age at the time (though it was probably for the best that I postponed it five years).

So much quiet pain is suffered during any trans childhood, and the manga perfectly manages to capture that. There’s an always present longing creeping into any interaction that remotely tackles gender with a sad, strong melancholy. Every trans person can relate to that.

Being transfem though, is a much more specific experience, and though Wandering Son might fall short while developing Tatsuki’s (transmasc) character, it really excels with Nitorin.

I’ve always wanted to write trans fiction, something half as impactful as this if I’m ever good enough. And though I’ve tried several times to write about trans childhoods (be it knowing that you’re trans or navigating the uncertainty of obliviousness), I always end up looking back on my characters and wondering, ‘Do I really want to leave them there? Doesn’t it feel like a story told halfway when it will end on the verge of the freedom that adulthood will bring these kids?’ Because, honestly, a child that gets to transition before puberty is a lucky singularity, and while nothing beats the happiness brought by finally recognising oneself as you do transition, that usually happens after you’ve come of age. 

But when Shuu writes ‘I am a girl’ as both a coming out statement and a farewell to the reader, it is triumphant. It is one final truth that seals the fifteen books of Wandering Son, something that feels so earned after all that we’ve seen her go through. It overcomes all cultural barriers, it brought me to tears.

This story, in its context and when it came out, felt meaningful like almost nothing I’d read before ever had. It is a hard story. It is extremely hard to get through when you’re transfem, and twists and turns your insides like only a good mirror can. It’s melancholic, it’s sad, it’s overcoming. It feels like facing the grief of one of the biggests losses that can come out of being trans (childhood) and have it stare at you for an uncomfortably long time. It’s a painful reminder of all the hardships you’ve ever faced, or of the ones that you’re still confronting. And yet I'm so thankful it exists. It doesn't feel like trauma porn, it does not read as fetishizing, and though it’s not perfect, either, it’s obviously but a product of its time. And considering that, it’s amazing how it came to be so beautiful.

Wandering Son inspired me to keep writing and to keep seeking representation, to show the world more of who we are, but especially (and like Lily says near the end), to help others like me who so desperately need to feel seen. Both the uglier, sadder parts of us and the more beautiful and hopeful ones. 

So, more than anything, I am thankful that this manga exists, and I’m thankful that it inspired me to create more art for us, to make each other feel remembered and cared for in a world that might not allow us to show it often enough.

[serenityplayer]

lily

[roxyrubyg]

Old thing, but i thought i'd share it anyways. Nitorin from Hourou Musuko/Wandering Son! An anime i'll truly never forget. as a transfem, it's such an inspiring piece of work that i encourage all of you to check out sometime! even if you aren't trans it still has a really good story with plenty of twists and turns. be ready though, it's one hell of a rollercoaster of emotions

[historyhermann]

The role of libraries in the anime, "Wandering Son" [Part 1]

Today I'd like to talk about Wondering Son, a 12-episode anime also known as Hourou Musuko. The transgender protagonist, Shuuichi Nitori, is considered one of the cutest girls at the school but is  feeling discomfort related to her gender identity, as she usually takes the appearance of the boy, at least at school. In this episode, "Romeo and Juliet," Nitori begins writing a genderbending play (not like the strange thing Bender did) where girls will play boys, and vice versa, with Saori Chiba. The latter, also known as Saorin or Chiba, tried to encourage Nitori to cross-dress. Anyway, in this scene, they try to first combine their two plays, Nitori's original and Chibas's modern adaption of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, first meeting in the library. Below are some screencaps from this scene (which I think is only 1-2 minutes long at most).

At first, it seems fine.

But then they are made to feel unwelcome.

This makes Nitori admit the library is not a good place to talk…

Then, Chiba suddenly invites Nitori over to her house, to write the play, surprising her, promising it won't get weird.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Library Review and Wayback Machine

[hoshigumayuugi]

thinking about nitori shuuichi again

[fatedfragment-archive]

@diversenet​ Revival event: trans pride

Wandering Son (2011)

“Why is it wrong to wear the clothes you want to wear?”

[ID: ten gifs of trans and gender nonconforming characters from Wandering Son. The gifs are arranged so that the colors reflect the trans flag-- the first and last row are blue, the second and fourth row are pink, and the third middle row is white. 1: Takatsuki, a trans boy, speaks excitedly to Nitori with a smile. He has short black hair and brown eyes, and he’s wearing a blue scarf and jacket. 2: Takatsuki smiles gently, eyes closing. He’s wearing a middle school boy’s uniform. 3: Nitori, a trans girl, looks into the distance solemnly. She reaches up to fix her hairpiece. She has brown hair and eyes and is wearing a middle school girl’s uniform. 4: Nitori laughs softly before turning to her left and speaking to someone happily. Her hair is grown out into a bob, and she’s wearing a pink dress. The table behind her has various makeup products laid out ontop. 5: Chi, a gender nonconforming girl, speaks frankly before taking a small sip from her coffee cup. She has black eyes, and her black hair is tied into a loose ponytail. 6: Chi raises her eyebrows and opens her mouth in surprise, speaking to someone out of frame. 7: Nitori speaks into her phone gently, eyes softening as she finishes her recording. She’s wearing her hairpiece with pink hairpins and a two piece dress. 8: Nitori runs past the girl’s bathroom sign, her hair flying in the wind. 9: Takatsuki speaks to someone to his left, eyes wide. His hair has grown out into a bob. 10: Takatsuki squeezes his eyes shut, wrapping his arms around his chest as he sinks to the bottom of the swimming pool. End ID.]

[betranscrushthechurch]

Today (23rd of July 2021) marks 12 years since Nitori Lily made her first anime appearence! My girl became an anime girl a year and a half before the anime she stars in aired.

[tuherrus]

catching up on day two with nitori shuuichi from hourou musuko!

[emirrart]

03,06,2019

Just wanted to draw one of my favourite girls for pride!

[ayashizojo]

Hourou Musuko Trans Lesbian Love ✨❣️

[xzao]

i just love them so much :)))

[skeletonpendeja]

I hope she’s happy

[canonlgbtcharacters]

The canon LGBT+ character of the day is

Nitori Shuuichi from Wandering Son, who is a WLW trans woman!

[bananafysh-moved]

tiny nitoris; a moodboard