High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The manga series Wandering Son is written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. The first chapter was published in the December 2002 issue of Comic Beam, and the succeeding chapters are serialized monthly. The first tankobon volume was released by Enterbrain under their Beam Comix imprint on July 25, 2003 in Japan; as of May 25, 2012, 13 volumes have been released.Fantagraphics Books licensed the manga in English and began releasing the series in North America in hardcover format starting with the first volume on July 5, 2011. The series is also licensed by Ever Glory Publishing in Taiwan and by Haksan Culture Company in Korea. The story focuses on Shuichi Nitori, an effeminate fifth grade boy who wants to become a girl, and his close friend Yoshino Takatsuki, a masculine girl in his class who wants to become a boy. As the two of them grow up, they worry about the bodily changes they will be going through, and try to find their own way of life....