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In the second volume of Shimura Takako’s superb coming-of-age story, ourtransgendered protagonists, Shuichi and Yoshino, have entered the sixth grade.Shuichi spends a precious gift of cash from his grandmother on a special presentfor himself, a purchase that triggers a chain of events in which his sisterMaho learns his secret, and Shuichi inadvertently steals the heart of a boyMaho in interested in.The woman who showed so much interest in Yoshino (when she was wearinga boy s school uniform) in volume one reappears with her boyfriend, and becomes a mentor and friend to the twochildren. And the kids go on a class trip that is a rite of passage Shuichi would rather pass up. Shuichi is called a faggot by another boy, and the dramatic nature in which Saori comes to Shuichi s defense leads the two to discover a sharedfondness for Anne of Green Gables. But despite his propensity to cry (a propensity noted repeatedly by his more outgoingsister), Shuichi finds strength and courage he didn t know he had.A sophisticated work translated with sophistication by veteran translator and comics scholar Matt Thorn.