Hourou Musuko 1

[boke's comments in brackets like this]

[Hourou Musuko translates out to "Wandering son/Vagrant son". But I think that "Transient Son" works a lot better.]

Page 001 Right side - Onee-chan [page numbers the tankobon]

Left side - Please buy "Living on the Threshold" too, if I could be so bold [this refers to a previous work by Shimura. I don't know if there is an official English title. "Inhabitant of the Threshold" is litteral, but I really prefer "Living on the Threshold"]

There's 7 volumes if it's not too much

Shi [In box, short for the author's name "Shimura"]

Photo of the Author

003 [right ] Works by Shimura Takako
Living on the Threshold - 7 volumes
Transient Son - 1 volume
Published in Comic Beam on the 12 of every month.

[summary] Nitori Shuuichi is a 5th grade student who likes baking. He's the kind of feminine boy who gets mistaken for his 6th grade sister on the first day they transfer to a new school. Shuuichi gets seated next to Takatsuki Yoshino, a tall, boyish girl who everyone calls "Takatsuki-kun". Both of them have secrets that they can't tell anyone about.... Shimura Takako, who wrote "Living on the Threshold", now brings a sweet story of the delicate psychology of boys and girls on the cusp of puberty.

[2nd from left ] Our Secret
Boys and Girls on the cusp of puberty. Shimura Takako, author of "Living on the Threshold" brings a new story of how their hearts are touched.

Shimura Takako

[In circle] This popular story is published monthly in Comic Beam

[vertical] Shimura Takako

[Right ] Transient Son

006-1 "Living on the Threshold" Promotional Manga

006-2 They look alike to the eye

006-5 Fag

006-6 Sorry

[under panel] I'll behave

007-1 Nitori Shuuichi

5th grader.

A quite, docile boy, but when you look at the fact that all his friends are girls, he might be a real brat

007-2 Nitori-kun's Papa and Mama

Everyone in the family gets along

Nitori Maho

Nitori-kun's big sister. She's on the harsh side.

Chiba Saori
Nitori-kun's classmate.
She gets annoyed by some of the girls, and is rather emotionally unstable.
She's a sudden convert to Christianity

008-1 Takatsuki-san after haircut

Nitori-kun's classmate and friend. A short, energetic girl whose brain "gets itchy" when she tries to use her head. Come to think of it, since she hasn't been named yet, you'll have to wait until Vol. 2 (should there be such a thing). Please do!

Takatsuki-san's Papa, Mama, older brother and older sister.

Fond of his family

008-2 Takatsuki Yoshino [big letters. The small vertical letters are the same, just in kana]

Fifth grade student. Nitori-kun's classmate and the first to become friendly with him. She's a handsome girl.

009-1 Chapter 1 - I am a girl
Chapter 2 - Forever a transient son
Chapter 3 - Oscar and André
Chapter 4 - Transient daughter
Chapter 5 - Nitori-kun's birthday
Chapter 6 - Words of a friend
Chapter 7 - Takatsuki-san's misfortune
Chapter 8 - Everything I want
Afterword

10-1 My sister's dream is to go to a high school for Idols and become classmates with Maiko-chan. [Idols are pre-fab celebrities in Japan. Often young, cute girls.]

I think that's dumb

10-2 My dream is...

11-1 Chapter 1 I am a girl

12-1 What am I gonna do if I get picked on~~~?

You're cheerful, Maho, so you'll do just fine

13-2 "do fine"?
You're always turning up the pressure by saying things like "do fine"

You're cheerful, and get along with everyone, so you'll be fine

13-3 I definitely think Shuu is going to get picked on

Hey now!

13-4 They target gloomy kids

Onee-chan!

13-5 It's about time for me to go

Gya!
I spilt catsup on me!

14-1 Gotta change! Gotta change!

You're just quiet, Shuu, so don't worry about it
Ok?

14-2 Shit. I guess this was payback for teasing Shuu

Could be

14-3 Be careful, ok?

You too, Otoo-san

14-4 I'm grade 6, class 4
You're grade 5, class 3

14-5 I heard a transfer student is coming

Wow

14-6 I'm your homeroom teacher, Ms. Nakazawa
Nice to meet you

1451 Um, let's see
Nitori Maho-san

15-3 I'm Nitori Shuuichi

15-4 A-ah
Oh my god
I thought you were a...
Goodness

I'm sorry

15-5 Nitori Shuuichi-kun!

Yes

16-1 I'm your sister's homeroom teacher
I'm sorry
So you're fifth grade, but what class?

Class three

16-2 Class three, hm?

Miura-sensei hasn't arrived yet

16-3 Is your sister sick today?

16-4 Um

Nakazawa-sensei

16-5 Phone
It's Miura-sensei

16-6 This is Nakazawa

17-2 Nervous?

...a little

17-3 Yeah, anyone would be nervous.
No surprise there

17-4 It's great that nothing serious happened to your sister

17-6 My name is Nitori Shuuichi

Ok, a round of applause

sfx: clap clap clap

18-1 Let's see, your seat will be...

18-2 Takatsuki-san, raise you hand

Ok, thanks. Next to her, ok?

18-4 Ah, right
Let's have everyone give a self introduction

18-5 What a pain

Hey!

19-2 Er, what happened to Miura-sensei?

19-3 Uh~~~~m, well,
Miura-sensei will be a little late

19-4 She'll be here, just late. I'll tell her you weren't studying if you don't behave

19-5 What about the self introductions?

Ah, right

19-6 Ok then, from Aoki-kun

H-hey

19-7 Hey

sfx: clunk

20-1 Ok

Next, Takatsuki-san

20-2 Ok

20-3 I'm Takatsuki Yoshino

20-4 Ok, next is...

sfx: slide

20-5 Ah, she's here

20-6 It's ok! It's ok.

Hang in there, Nitori-kun

21-1 sfx: tump

Did you oversleep?

Mmmm... well, something like that

21-2 Is your sister ok?

21-3 Her leg

21-4 She wasn't paying to attention to the side, so she got plowed into

That's dangerous

22-1 It's a bad omen, somehow

22-2 The teacher was really pissed

She said that she was never going to ride a bike again

22-3 Does your leg hurt?

Touch it and I'll kill you

23-1 The next day, Miura-sensei came to school by bicycle again

23-2 Takatsuki-san and I got to where we talk a lot

23-3 Sensei rides her bike everyday

23-4 Onee-san's leg healed

23-5 I'm home

24-1 E-excuse me

24-2 Welcome!

24-3 Your big sister?

Yeah. I've got a big brother too

24-4 Huh? No worksheet
Not here
Not here

24-5 [handwritten] Group homework

I can't finish if I don't have it

I don't have snacks
Just juice. That ok?

Ah, I have snacks

24-6 Strange

24-7 S'like they're homemade

Yeah, they are.
I like doing that kind of thing

25-1 Hmmmm

25-2 That's kind of cool

Er

25-3 It's cool

Ah

25-4 Um....

I'm sorry, I guess I left it in the classroom

Ok, let's do it early tomorrow

26-1 Looks good on you too...

26-3 You looked like you wanted to try it on just now

N-no way...

26-4 I don't need this stuff

"This stuff?"

26-5 They know I don't like it, but it's all they buy me. Think they're trying to make me mad?

Eh...? Dunno...

26-1 Takatsuki-san, you don't get along with your mom?

That's not it

What about you, Nitori-kun?

27-2 Everyone gets along at home
My big sister makes me mad sometimes
But she's not that bad

27-3 Really?

Yeah

27-4 Do you think your sis would wear this?

Eh?

27-5 Don't know if it's her style

I think she'd really like that...

29-1 What's this?
Why?

What's going on?

Shuu's friend, well...

29-3 Right?

Yeah

No way!
That's cool!

29-4 Not even been worn once, so that's why

Eh?
What a waste!

29-5 Why don't you try it?

Oh yeah! I'll wear this! No prob!

30-1 Oh my

Oh
Looks good

30-2 Tomorrow, I'll wear it and say thanks

30-3 Takatsuki-san,right?

Yeah

30-4 Yay! More clothes!

Ah, that helps me too

30-2 I want my own room

What's this? Why all the sudden?

30-3 That's what I want to know!
You brat!

30-4 I'll be in junior high next year!
Sharing a room with Shuu is a major pain!

Even so, another room won't magically appear

31-2 Shuu, hurry up and go to sleep. We get up early tomorrow

Yeah

31-3 click

31-6 My dream is...