Quote from: Little Dragon on May 04, 2010, 04:43:30 PM
OMG lets hope that it STAYS undubbed 
I'd like to watch it with glorious japanese audio <3 But who is going to fansub it? I'd like to watch this anime, is the story about romance? or is it an action/adventure? jounin? seinin?
What did you think Emperio Ivankov?
Well, I don't know who will fansub it, I think that yuurisan subs did Aoi Hana which was also by Takako Shimura.
The story in Hourou Musuko is more of a slice-of-life story than anything. It takes place in modern times, no one has powers, or anything like that, they are all just normal people living their lives. There is a bit of romance from time to time, but that isn't really the focus of the plot.
The plot is mostly about Shuu a boy who wants to be a girl, the supporting characters are also very important, and you get to see how everyone's parents and teachers are. It is very comprehensive in it's coverage of Shuu's life.
To the people who are worried about the perception of transgender people in Japanese media, no one in this story is more promiscuous than people are in real life, neither transgender, transsexual, nor homosexual people are used or depicted as sex objects.
This is the only manga that I have read where trans characters are not just a plot device to be used for cheap laughs. In fact there is very little funny or sexy happening in it, making it a radical departure from most other works involving gender in japan.
Kotonoha scanlated the first 34 chapters, and houroumusume did 35-84 (it is still ongoing, I can't wait for chapter 85!). Since it will come out here soon, the scanlation groups may remove the downloads sometime soon.
To answer the last question, I thought it was an interesting scene, even though I have never really been a fan of One Piece, I might check it out again.
