Research Catalog

Title

Wandering son / [Shimura Takako ; translation, Matt Thorn].

Author

• 志村貴子, 1973-
• Shimura, Takako, 1973-

Publication

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; London : Turnaround [distributor], [2011-]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Thorn, Rachel
• Baresh, Paul

Description

volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

"The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. 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 "--Publisher's description from vol. 1.

Uniform Title

• 放浪息子. English
• Hōrō musuko. English

Alternative Title

• 放浪息子.
• Hōrō musuko.

Subjects

• LGBTQ YA
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Young adult fiction
• Bildungsromans
• School children > Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Young adult works
• Fiction
• Transgender people > Comic books, strips, etc
• Gender identity > Comic books, strips, etc

Genre/Form

• Graphic novels.
• Young adult fiction.
• Bildungsromans.
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Fiction.
• Young adult works.

Note

• Item reads manga-style, right to left.
• Lettering by Paul Baresh, and others.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Japanese.

Contents

V. 1. The boy who's a girl. The wandering son wanders on. Oscar and André. Wandering daughter. Nitori-kun's birthday. Friends and their words. Takatsuki-san's calamity. Everything I want -- v. 2. Love & (hair)piece. Dreams and desires and stuff. An unfortunate boy. An undaunted girl. The exchange diary. An odd pair. School trip : day 1. School trip : day 2. -- v. 3. Tagging along. A day of much ado. Half-crazed. A new friend. Sunday date. Takatsuki Yoshino's big decision. Stranger and stranger. A song for everyone -- v. 4. BIg sister's romance. Tragic princess. Romantic escape. Kissing incident. And it's not even Spring. Confessions of love. Cracks reappear. Ahh, Junior High -- v. 5. The curious Sarashina-san. The fresh-faced class number three. We're all friends in this class. Beautiful Monday. The teacher loves a mystery. Practicing being girls. The door to summer. Tensions build (again) -- v. 6. The start of summer vacation. The middle of summer of vacation. The end of summer vacation. Preparing for the festival : [parts 1-3]. Gather around! It's festival time! : [parts 1-2]. Bonus manga -- v. 7. How Makeo feels. A maiden's prayer. Yoshino in bad temper. The secret life of Nitori-kun. Ripples. A thaw? Take me out to the ski slopes (part 1). Take me out to the ski-slopes (part 2). Wandering Takako : observations on Shimura-san / by Ishide Den. My life of late -- v. 8. Spring. The opposite of "like". The measure of a big sister. Wavering. Live to sing. The morning of a new journey. The dam. The dam bursts.

Call Number

JFL 14-20

ISBN

• 9781606994160
• 1606994166
• 9781606994566
• 1606994565
• 9781606995334
• 1606995332
• 9781606996058
• 1606996053
• 9781606996478
• 1606996479
• 9781606997079
• 1606997076
• 9781606997505
• 1606997505
• 9781606998311
• 1606998315

OCLC

740865029

Author

Shimura, Takako, 1973- author, artist.

Alternate Script for Author

志村貴子, 1973- author, artist.

Alternate Script for Uniform Title

放浪息子. English

Title

Wandering son / [Shimura Takako ; translation, Matt Thorn].

Publisher

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; London : Turnaround [distributor], [2011-]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Translated from the Japanese.

Indexed Term

LGBTQ YA.

Added Author

Thorn, Rachel, translator.

Baresh, Paul, letterer.

Research Call Number

JFL 14-20 Library has: Vol. 2-3, 5-8

JFL 13-15 Volume 1 in this classmark

JFE 13-7109 Volume 4 in this classmark