Hourou Musuko: “I am a Girl”

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @peggyseditorial​ Hey, it’s Transgender Awareness Week!  Hourou Musuko, also called Wandering Son, is about the transgender and transexual experience. The work follows Shuuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki as they attempt to discover their true selves. Both feel as though they were born into the wrong body, Shuuichi stuck as a male and Yoshino stuck as a female. The two face the struggle … Continue reading Hourou Musuko: “I am a Girl”

Resources for Manga Studies

(Image Source)  An essential part of collegiate studies is the idea of presentation and publication – offshoots, primarily, of paper submission. As such, it may be hard to find appropriate resources for one’s paper on manga in the US or find the right place to submit once your professor has had a look (if you’ve even written one on the subject). In other cases, some … Continue reading Resources for Manga Studies