Hourou Musuko (放浪息子) is a manga by Shimura Takako. Original run: 2002–2013. There is also a 2011 TV anime adaptation.
The English-language version of the manga is running under the title Wandering Son since 2011. Some western sources have used the unofficial title Transient Son.
Themes include various transgender-related topics from youth perspective, facing puberty, human relations of late childhood and adolescence, school life, and the Japanese teen idols/modeling culture.
