Hourou Musuko

Description

Effeminate fifth grader Shuuichi Nitori is considered by most to be one of the prettiest girls in school, but much to her dismay, she is actually biologically male. Fortunately, Shuuichi has a childhood friend who has similar feelings of discomfort related to gender identity: the lanky tomboy Yoshino Takatsuki, who, though biologically female, does not identify as a girl. These two friends share a similar secret and find solace in one another; however, their lives become even more complicated when they must tread the unfamiliar waters of a new school, attempt to make new friends, and struggle to maintain old ones. Faced with nearly insurmountable odds, they must learn to deal with the harsh realities of growing up, transexuality, relationships, and acceptance. Lauded as a decidedly serious take on gender identity and LGBT struggles, Takako Shimura's Hourou Musuko is about Shuuichi and Yoshino's attempts to discover their true selves as they enter puberty, make friends, fall in love, and face some very real and difficult choices.

Genres:
Drama
Romance
School
Seinen
Slice of Life
LDA Genres:
LDA Genre LDA Weight
School 0.4656936228275299
Mystery 0.2614342272281647
Slice of Life 0.147927388548851
Adventure 0.11696255207061768
Sports 0.003999339882284403
Sci-Fi 0.003982873167842627
Similar Shows:
Title LDA Distance
Hidamari Sketch 0.06015733485710645
Shiba Inuko-san 0.09583196895266473
Osomatsu-kun (1988) 0.10170132957899317
Centaur no Nayami 0.10250982080161247
Marmalade Boy 0.10662881433339318