{"product_id":"wandering-son-volume-five-9781606996478","title":"Wandering Son: Volume Five","description":"In the latest volume of the acclaimed series about transgendered kids exploring their unfolding identities, we've reached a big event; the junior high school entrance ceremony. The boys wear black uniforms with stand-up collars based on mid-19th century European military uniforms and the girls wear navy blazers, tan skirts, and red ribbon neckties. Enter our heroes; Nitori-kun is forced to wear a boy's uniform while Takatsuki-san has to wear a girl's! Yet one girl--Sarashia Chizuru-- draws stares, whispers, and pointed fingers, because this long-haired beauty is wearing a boy's uniform. Both Nitori-kun and Takatsuki-san are awed by the girl's courage, but Takatsuki-san is particularly vexed by their own faintheartedness. They envy more than a few other students who experience such liberty in wearing either uniform and ponder what it ultimately means about themselves. Envy and jealousy are prominent themes in \u003cem\u003eVolume 5\u003c\/em\u003e: Chiba-san is jealous of Takatsuki-san, for whom Nitori-kun still carries a tortch. Maho envies Anna-chan's professionalism as a model. And Chii-chan's loyal sidekick, Shiri Momoko, is intensely jealous of anyone in whom Chii-chan shows the slightest interest. And so our protagonists set off on the journey to adolescence....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTakako, Shimura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eShimura Takako\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Tokyo, Japan.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThorn, Rachel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e is from in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. She is a cultural anthropologist, writer, and an associate professor in the manga department at Kyoto Seika University. Her translations include the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best-Seller \u003cem\u003eNijigahara Holograph\u003c\/em\u003e by Inio Asano and Hayao Miyazaki's \u003cem\u003eNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492988752146,"sku":"9781606996478","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_34e4e003-584b-4d6a-9769-c3bde34316f7.jpg?v=1730620121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wandering-son-volume-five-9781606996478","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}