Shuuichi Nitori

Shūichi, otherwise known by her nicknames Shū and Nitorin, one of the two protagonists, is a young trans girl, who at the beginning of Hōrō Musuko, is in the fifth grade of elementary school. She is a MtF. Shūichi is described as cute by many of the other characters, and is able to pass as a girl due to her feminine-looking face and physical build. Shūichi enjoys wearing clothes which make her look cute, her friends, Yoshino Takatsuki and Saori Chiba, encourage her to dress and act femininely. As Shūichi grows up, she becomes increasingly concerned about the changes her body is undergoing due to puberty such as the growing of body hair, her voice becoming deeper, and the onset of pimples. Shūichi exhibits signs of gender identity disorder and she displays an outward attraction to two girls in the series—Yoshino and Anna Suehiro, whom she dates for a time in junior high. Shūichi does not show any outward interest in other activities akin to a child her age, such as playing any sports, aPokaż więcej