Hourou Musuko 9

[boke's comments in brackets like this]

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Chiba-san

000_c-1 The coffee and tea that other people make are so delicious

Of course any food they might make as well...

Author Photograph (?)

02-000_g Shimura Takako

Shimura Takako

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

[2nd from left] Our Dream
Boys and Girls on the cusp of puberty. A story of how their hearts are touched. The eagerly awaited Vol. 2!!

Shimura Takako

02_000_h 003 Works by Shimura Takako
Living on the Threshold - 7 volumes total
Transient Son - Vol. 1, 2
I'm a girl - 1 volume total

Published in Comic Beam on the 12th of every month.

Nitori Shuuichi - A boy who wants to be a girl. Takatsuki Yoshino - A girl who wants to be a boy. The two of them, aware of each other's secret, have come to wear the opposite sex's uniform while they go on strange "dates." But Chiba Saori, their classmate has begun to express interest in Shuuichi.... Boys and Girls on the cusp of puberty. A story of how their hearts are touched. The eagerly awaited Vol. 2!!

2-1 Chiba Saori

A friend of Nitori-kun and Takatsuki-san who knows their secret. She's the kind of girl to get affected by outside events. Still a sudden Christian convert.

Sasa Kanako

Call me Sasa-chan [handwritten]

A really energetic, tiny girl. Thanks to all of you, I got around to naming her. Nitori-kun's friend.

Nitori Maho

A strong willed junior high first year. Nitori-kun's older sister. A huge fan of the Idol Maiko.

Nitori-kun's Papa and Mama. A loving family.

Nakazawa-sensei

A pretty teacher, who Nitori-kun is enamored of.

Nitori Shuuichi

A 6th grade boy with the heart of a girl. With his conviction that he wants to be a girl growing, he has started to wear girl's clothes. He goes out into the city together with Takatsuki-san who wears boy's clothes. He's started an exchange diary with Takatsuki-kun

Yuki-san

She tried to picked up Takatsuki-san when Yoshino was in drag. Takatsuki-san will become friends with this woman. ...woman?

Shi-chan

He seems to be Yuki-san's boyfriend. He's pretty mysterious guy.

Seya-kun

Maho's classmate. He fell in love at first site with Nitori-kun in drag.

Hm?

Chiba-san's Mama

She's laid back and easy going. A pretty strange mom.

Sa-chan

Takatsuki Yoshino

She's a handsome grade school girl who wishes she was a boy. She brings out Nitori-kun's desire to become a girl and repeatedly takes both of them out on inverted "dates". Her secondary issue is the monthly visitation of her period and cramps. A childhood friend of Sasa-chan.

4-1

Chapter 9 - Love and a Hairpiece
Chapter 10 - Hopes and Dreams
Chapter 11 - You Poor Child
Chapter 12 - Girl Under Stress
Chapter 13 - Grade School Student Diary
Chapter 14 - A Strange Pair
Chapter 15 - School Trip - The Day Before
Chapter 16 - School Trip - Day 1
Chapter 17 - School Trip - Day 2
Afterword

5-1 Chapter 9
Love and a Hairpiece

6-1 Here, One for Maho-chan

One for Shuu-chan

6-2 Ohhhh, how much did you put in there!?

Not all that much
Just consider it out of season Otoshidama [Otoshidama is New Year's money given to children]

6-3 So buy whatever you want with that

Yeah!

Thank you

6-4 I love you gramdma!

Thank you

You'll spoil them like this!

7-1 It's fine
This is how I show my love

What I am I going to do with you?

7-3 Wow, there's a lot in here!

7-4 Grandma's so cool, huh?

7-5 Ahhh

What am I gonna buy?

I can't decide. Totally can't decide...

8-1 I guess I'll buy some clothes
Maiko-chan was super cute in this month's issue

8-2 Shuu, how much did you get?

8-4 Ah, man? I only got 1000 yen more? [About $10 more]

Don't steal any

8-5 All you want is money
But listen
I don't want yours

9-4 Gyaaa

9-5 Why! Why didn't you wake me up.

I'm waking you now

Starting today I've gotta be up earlier!

9-6 Shuu-chan, it's about time for you to get up too

You suck, mom!

Mm

10-2 Morning

Ah, morning

10-3 Will we be in the same class?

Yeah,
I'm really nervous about it

11-2 Chiba-san...

We ended up in Grade 6, Class 2

Separate from Chiba-san in Class 1...

11-3 Grade 6, Class 1

11-4 My name's Yamazaki. I'll be your teacher starting today.

Nice to meet you all

Hi

Hi

11-5 You guys are too quiet!
Let's try that again in a bigger voice

12-1 Really? Shuu got Nakazawa-sensei?

12-2 Yeah, that's right

Oh, cool!

12-3 She's a really good teacher

Hey, how's this?

12-4 Ah

You got that with Grandma's money

They didn't have the one Maiko-chan wore, so I got one like it

12-5 I can't believe how far you'll go over that

Shuu, did you get anything? Don't you want anything?

13-1 I'm going to save it

Good boy!

Wow

What?

13-2 Boooring

Shuu-chan is doing the right thing

13-4 I'm taking a bath

'kay

13-5 Whump

14-3 Wig

14-1 You went for it again, huh?

The sales lady laughed at me

14-2 Let's take a picture

Eh

16-1 You look like lovers that way

16-2 For this one, make like you're on a date
Ok, pose

16-3 Nitori-kun and Takatsuki-san
You both look great

16-4 Hot
Huh...

17-1 Chiba-san is a strange person

Yeah

17-2 Not that I should be calling her that

Hahaha...

18-1 It's Shuu-kun

18-2 Wha

Ah...

Right?
Shuu-kun, right?

18-3 Ah

Girlfriend?

18-4 If you have such a cute girlfriend, give me a call!

Whump

Ah

18-5 Hello, nice to meet you

Hello...

19-3 Sorry

19-4 About your name

19-5 Don't worry about it

19-6 This is Takakatsu Yoshino

Hmm, what a pretty name

Th-thanks

20-4 Hmm

You two sure are cute!

20-5 That's how

We met Yuki the transsexual

21-1 Sensei

When I grow up, I'm going to be a pretty lady