TV series
Wandering Son
Overview
Shuichi Nitori transfers to a new elementary school, and there, meets Yoshino Takatsuki. The two children discover they share a similar secret.
Details
- First air date
- 2011-01-14
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 11 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Drama
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Production
- AIC Classic
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Kousuke Hatakeyama as Shuichi Nitori (voice)
- Asami Seto as Yoshino Takatsuki (voice)
- Yoshino Nanjo as Kanako Sasa (voice)
- Saeko Chiba as Chizuru Sarashina (voice)
- Aki Toyosaki as Momoko Shirai (voice)
- Yui Horie as Anna Suehiro (voice)
- Nana Mizuki as Maho Nitori (voice)
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Riku Seya (voice)
- Yuichi Iguchi as Makoto Ariga (voice)
- Yuuka Nanri as Saori Chiba (voice)
- Kaoru Mizuhara as Fumiya Ninomiya (voice)
- Takako Honda as Yuki (voice)
Creators and crew
- Atsushi Terada - Executive Producer
- Yatsuho Tomikawa - Executive Producer
- Yoshimasa Mori - Executive Producer
- Koji Yamamoto - Executive Producer
- Tooru Miura - Executive Producer
- Hideo Katsumata - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: What are little girls made of? ～Roses are red, violets are blue～
Shuuichi Nitori is a boy who wants to be a girl and Yoshino Takatsuki is a girl who wants to be a boy. They meet in grammar school and learn one another's secrets. They become able to confide in each other as they grow up.
Episode 2: Hate, Hate, Despise
Yoshino and Saori have started their new lives in middle school. Things continue to be awkward as they go through their day to day. They join the various teams at the start of the semester; Yoshino to basketball and Saori to volleyball.
Episode 3: Romeo and Juliet
Per Saori's suggestion, the class decides to do a gender bender play for the upcoming cultural festival.
Episode 4: I Give You My Name
Shuichi starts to grow concerned about Yoshino, who has been spacing out recently.
Episode 5: The End of Summer
As the gang come over to Saori's house to work on the script, Saori reveals to Makoto that she intends to enter the running for the role of Romeo.
Episode 6: Cultural Festival
The cultural festival is underway, with some commotion caused when Anna brings popular model Maiko to the event.
Episode 7: Rosy Cheeks
Both Shuichi and Saori get scouted for the drama club, with Saori still expressing her hatred for Yoshino.
Episode 8: Spring
A new school year starts, with the group split into separate classes.
Episode 9: Cool Girlfriend
Having previously checked with Anna if it was okay to hang around Shuichi, Yoshino decides to wear a male uniform to school, much to the surprise of the other students and teachers.
Episode 10: 10+11
Following the incident, Shuichi feels frustrated to be treated differently from the times Chizuru and Yoshino came to school dressed opposite of their birth gender.
Episode 11: Forever a Wandering Son
Once more, barbs and insults are exchanged when Yoshino and Saori meet. And despite animosity between Shuichi and Doi, Doi is asked to help write the script for the cultural festival play.
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