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Also known as Hourou Musuko, The Transient Son. Picked from what people who loved Wandering Son went on to love and from what they share with it, like Gender Bending, Bullying, Family Life. Show
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Girl Meets Girl
Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
Recommended by 9 Wandering Son fans on AniList. Both have Gender Bending, LGBTQ+ Themes.
Hazumu was a shy boy who enjoyed gardening, collecting herbs, and long walks in the mountains. One day he finally worked up the courage to confess his love to Yasuna, but she rejected him. Depressed, he wandered up Mt. Kashimayama, the place where they first met, to reconsider…
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About Wandering Son
Lauded as a decidedly serious take on gender identity and LGBT struggles, Takako Shimura's Hourou Musuko is about Shuuichi and Yoshino's journey to discover their true selves as they enter puberty, make friends, fall in love, and face real and difficult choices.
Note: The full version of Hourou Musuko was originally intended to be 12 episodes, but the programming block it aired on only had space for 11 episodes. Therefore, episodes 10 and 11 were edited together and aired on TV as episode 10. Episode 12 was aired on TV as episode 11. The full versions of episodes 10 and 11 were included on the BD & DVD releases and are included in the Hourou Musuko Specials entry.