Wandering Son: Season 1 - 11 Episode s
1x1 - What are little girls made of? ~Roses are red, violets are blue~
January 14, 2011
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.
1x2 - Hate, Hate, Despise
January 21, 2011
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.
1x3 - Romeo and Juliet ~Juliet and Romeo~
January 28, 2011
Yoshino is shocked when she is told to start wearing a bra. Per Saori's suggestion, the class decides to do a gender bender play, in which boys play as girls and vice versa, for the upcoming cultural festival, with Yoshino suggesting that Shuichi write the scenario. The next day, Shuichi stays up late thinking up ideas for the play and ends up in the nurse's office along with Yoshino, whose distaste for wearing a bra helps Shuichi come up with the idea for his script. Later, as Shuichi and Makoto become concerned about when their voices might change due to puberty, they decide to do recordings of them as girls, which annoys Maho, who has a cold, and puts her in an awkward situation when her boyfriend, Riku Seya, drops by for a visit. Meanwhile, the class teacher decides to combine Shuichi's original story with Saori's idea for a modern Romeo and Juliet, so Saori invites Shuichi over to her house to work on the combined script. The next day, Shuichi notices Yoshino wearing a bra.
1x4 - My Name is Given ~The Sound of Your Name~
February 4, 2011
Shuichi starts to grow concerned about Yoshino, who has been spacing out recently. While writing his screenplay, Maho's colleague, Anna Suehiro, teases him to the point of making him cry. Meanwhile, Yoshino meets up with her transsexual adult friend Yuki. While at Shuichi's house, Saori comments to him about how his screenplay represents him wanting to be a girl loving a male Yoshino. The next day, Yoshino and Shuichi go out shopping for clothes, where he asks her to play Romeo in the play so she can see him as a girl. She accepts the role, but did not interpret it as Shuichi conveying his feelings for her. Meanwhile, Anna decides to buy Shuichi a phone strap, although he is not sure what she means by it. The next day at school, the teacher suggests that volunteers help Shuichi and Saori with their script, which aggravates Saori. When Saori invites Shuichi over afterwards, he states that despite being turned down by Yoshino, he still wants to become a girl for his own sake. Saori, who still has feelings for Shuichi, asks that he does not mention Yoshino in front of her again.
1x5 - At the End of Summer ~Long, Long Shadow~
February 18, 2011
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. Saori's friend from church, Fumiya Ninomiya, arrives and inadvertently reveals Shuichi's affinity for cross-dressing to the others, which annoys Yoshino. Shuichi accepts that Yoshino acts angry in his place. They eventually finish the script and celebrate with fireworks. Upon returning to school, the roles for the play are decided by a random draw, with Saori drawing Romeo and Makoto drawing Juliet. Annoyed with the outcome, Saori wants to make edits to the script so everyone gets killed off, though is eventually convinced otherwise. While delivering tickets to Yuki and Shiina, Shuichi and Yoshino run into Anna, who has the same phone strap she bought Shuichi. Meanwhile, Saori decides to do her best in her role as Romeo, encouraging Makoto to carry out his role as Juliet.
1x6 - Cultural Festival ~Dream of butterfly~
February 25, 2011
The cultural festival is underway, with some commotion caused when Anna brings popular model Maico, who Maho works with, to the event. Shuichi, Makoto and the others have fun in the haunted house before running into Maico, who Chizuru is a fan of. Yuki and Shiina pay Shuichi and Yoshino a visit while running through their lines. As the play starts, Makoto gets stage fright, but Saori and the others manage to give him encouragement and the play manages to become a success. After the play, Saori decides to give the flowers she got from Fumiya to Makoto, acknowledging that he made a good Juliet.
1x7 - The Rose-Colored Cheek ~Growing Pains~
March 4, 2011
Shuichi gets his first pimple on his nose, so he asks Anna for some skincare advice. Meanwhile, both Shuichi and Saori get scouted for the drama club, with Saori still expressing her hatred for Yoshino. Shuichi soon realizes he has feelings for Anna and the two soon start dating. Makoto learns about this when he overhears Maho joking about it at a study session. Shuichi soon reveals his relationship when visiting Yuki and Shiina with Yoshino, who starts distancing herself from Shuichi. Yoshino later tells this to Saori, who starts skipping school as a result, threatening to quit. Yoshino later goes to her house in order to make up with her.
1x8 - Spring ~Brand New Me~
March 11, 2011
A new school year starts, with the group split into separate classes. Anna notices Shuichi's affinity towards girls clothing and asks him to dress as a girl for their next date. Meanwhile, Shuichi's classmate, Shinpei Doi, notices him hanging out with Yuki and asks Shuichi to be friends with him. Yoshino and Saori end up running into Shuichi and Anna on their cross-dressing date and end up joining them to karaoke. Anna points out Saori's attitude problem, which leads Yoshino to unintentionally reveal their relations to Shuichi. Despite the awkwardness, Yoshino appreciates the fact that she, Shuichi and Saori got to hang out together like they used to do.
1x9 - Cool Girlfriend ~Green Eye~
March 18, 2011
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. Wanting to meet the woman he had seen Shuichi with, Doi accompanies him and Yoshino to visit Yuki, only to be shocked to learn she is a transsexual. Doi later asks to see Shuichi while cross-dressing, telling him he should go to school dressed like a girl. Although Chizuru and Yoshino warn him that it is a bad idea, he decides to go to school in a girl's school uniform, causing an uproar when he appears before his teachers.
1x10 - 10+11 ~Better half~
March 25, 2011
Following the incident, Shuichi feels frustrated that he was treated differently from the times Chizuru and Yoshino cross-dressed. Shuichi continues to be picked on by other students as he goes to school. Meanwhile, Anna becomes conflicted on how to approach Shuichi following the incident, and eventually decides to break up with him. Shuichi's class once again opts to do a gender bender play for the next school festival, with Saori suggesting he use the script he wrote the previous year. Later, Shuichi tells Doi that he hates him and will not dress as a girl at school anymore.
1x11 - Forever A Wandering Son ~Wandering Son's Progress~
April 1, 2011
As each of the classes work on their projects for the upcoming festival, Shuichi reluctantly asks Doi to help him revise his script. Saori later invites Shuichi and Yoshino to try on some dresses, reminding them of the fun they had when they were younger. The festival soon arrives, with various attractions taking place. Shuichi runs into Anna, who apologizes for the mean things she said during their break up. As the play begins, Shuichi notices his voice has dropped, but he stays strong and steps onto the stage.
Wandering Son: 2 Season s
Actors in Wandering Son
Kousuke Hatakeyama
Shuichi Nitori (voice)
Asami Seto
Yoshino Takatsuki (voice)
Yoshino Nanjo
Kanako Sasa (voice)
Saeko Chiba
Chizuru Sarashina (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Momoko Shirai (voice)
Yui Horie
Anna Suehiro (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Maho Nitori (voice)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Riku Seya (voice)
Yuichi Iguchi
Makoto Ariga (voice)
Yuuka Nanri
Saori Chiba (voice)
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