History YMMV / WanderingSon

* FoeYay:
** Takatsuki and Chiba in middle school had a lot of romantic tension, to the point where a large portion of the fandom was confused when nothing came of it.
** Doi originally had FoeYay, but then it became a canon crush on Nitori in middle school. He still bullied her nevertheless.

* EndingAversion:
** The ending to the anime causes this because it's easy to interpret it as "Takatsuki and Nitori will 'outgrow' being trans".
** The manga's ending is this to many readers, especially trans guys, who are turned off by [[spoiler:Takatsuki's GirlinessUpgrade]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The series is actually {{Seinen}}. It however has been referred to as being aimed at kids, and is occasionally mistaken for ''{{Shoujo|Demographic}}''. In America it's actually marketed at young adults and teenagers, which probably adds to the confusion.

** Fan-art made prior to the anime often have Nitori and Mako as blond due to ShadingColourDissonance.

** Fan-art made prior to the anime often have Nitori and Mako as blond due to ShadingColorDissonance.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Takatsuki in the final few chapters. Was Takatsuki [[spoiler:deciding they are fine with being a girl]] something that was {{foreshadow|ing}}ed and made sense character-wise? Or is Takatsuki [[spoiler:in denial/confused about being trans due to a lack of support system (with Takatsuki barely talking with Nitori, Mako, and Yuki within the past few years) and people pressuring them to be cis (with their best friend Saori being unsupportive about Takatsuki transitioning and their job as a FashionModel making them increasingly feminine presenting)]]?

** Shiina's CrotchSexCheckGrab of Takatsuki is assault on a child, though Shiina didn't know mean it in a sexual way. Aside from making Takatsuki want to cry, it's never brought up again and brushed off. Shina is otherwise a [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The series is actually {{Seinen}}. It however has been referred to as being aimed at kids, and is occasionally mistaken for ''{{Shoujo|Demographic}}''. In America it's actually marketed at young adults and teenagers which probably adds to the confusion.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Takatsuki, specifically because of the way Takatsuki is treated after middle school. Many fans were fine with how [[spoiler:they identify themself as a girl]] in the end, but others, especially real-life trans boys, who previously found Takatsuki relatable, were ''not'' very happy about this.

** Takatsuki/Nitori is the most popular pairing in the manga, especially prior to Anna and Nitori dating, due to them being the resident trans boy and trans girl of the series. The fact that Takatsuki identifies as female in the end and Nitori ending up with Anna did little to sink the ship [[FanonDiscontinuity in the fans' eyes.]] The anime only helps with it cutting out the high school arc, focus only on the middle school arc where Takatsuki and Nitori have a lot more moments together and leaves the ending open for the fans to ship anything they want.

* FriendlyFandoms: It shares fans with other trans-centric manga, especially ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' due to ''BNH'' taking inspiration from ''Wandering Son''.

* FriendlyFandom: It shares fans with other trans-centric manga, especially ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' due to ''BNH'' taking inspiration from ''Wandering Son''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The anime is more popular by a bit.

* BrokenBase: The way Takatsuki is treated after middle school is polarizing within the fandom. Many fans are fine with how they identify themself as a girl in the end, but others, especially real-life trans boys, who previously find Takatsuki relatable, are ''not'' very happy about this.

** A fair share of the manga fans refuse to believe the anime existed.

** Takatsuki and Chiba in middle school had a lot of romantic tension to the point where a large portion of the fandom was confused when nothing came of it.
** Doi canonically had a crush on Nitori in middle school but bullied her nevertheless.

** It's hard to discuss the manga without mentioning [[spoiler:Takatsuki not wanting to live as a boy by the end]].

* MainstreamObscurity: It's known as one of the best depictions of transsexuality in fiction, especially manga, but few people have read past elementary, or even more than a dozen chapters.
* MisaimedFandom: Aside from what's mentioned above, a part of the fanbase believes it's a {{Shoujo|Demographic}} romance manga, when it's {{Seinen}} and not romantic.

* TheScrappy: Fumiya and Momoko. Chiba has her fair share of haters but she's more-so a BaseBreakingCharacter than anything.

* ShippingBedDeath: Nothing really happen after [[spoiler:Fumiya and Saori]] finally get together.

* TheWoobie: Both Shuuichi and Yoshino. But Shuu more because she's hit harder by DoubleStandard.

* InternetBackdraft: Going onto /a/ on a Tuesday (or Wednesday), going into a "Taka Tuesday" thread, and even mentioning hentai isn't exactly a good idea. You'll get near ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' levels of backlash and {{Squick}}. On a more general note, it's not best to try and discuss the characters sexual orientations if you don't want a debate to arise.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: It's a realistic story about transsexuality and puberty, that includes other parts of the [=LGBT=]. So many people are used to the slapstick OtokonokoGenre type series that ''Wandering Son'' comes off as this, especially to people clueless and ignorant about transgender issues.

** Takatsuki/Nitori is the most popular pairing in the manga, especially prior to Anna and Nitori dating, due to them being the resident trans boy and trans girl of the series. The fact that Takatsuki identifies as female in the end and Nitori ending up with Anna did little to sink the ship [[FanonDiscontinuity in the fans' eyes.]]

* BrokenBase: The way Takatsuki is treated after middle school is polarizing within the fandom. Many fans are fine with how they identify themself as a girl in the end, but others, especially real-life trans boy, who previously find Takatsuki relatable, are ''not'' very happy about this.

** Takatsuki/Nitori is the most popular pairing in the manga, especially prior to Anna and Nitori dating, due to being the resident trans boy and trans girl of the series. The fact that Takatsuki identifies as female in the end and Nitori ending up with Anna did little to sink the ship [[FanonDiscontinuity in the fans' eyes.]]

* BrokenBase: The way Takatsuki is treated after middle school is polarizing within the fandom.

** Takatsuki/Nitori is the most popular pairing in the manga, especially prior to Anna and Nitori dating.

* FauxSymbolism: Almost all colored artworks show the boy uniforms as being pastel colors when they're traditionally black. The anime, and the shading used in the manga, imply that they are black. It could be symbolically referring to their personalities but it seems like it's just for artistic value (the artworks often are watercolored too, so it's a theme). Though considering how Shimura is with shading, they really ''could' be pastel.

** Takatsuki/Chiba is quite popular and works as a ShipMate to Nitori/Anna.

* BadassDecay: You'll often hear complaints how in elementary Takatsuki was a confident badass who beat up boys and stood up for her friends but by the end of the story she's far less secure in herself. In-series it makes sense but that doesn't make fans less sour.

* DieForOurShip: Poor, poor Fumiya got a lot of damage for [[spoiler:dating Chiba]]. To a lesser extent Anna gets criticism just for liking Nitori.
* FanPreferredCouple: Takatsuki/Nitori is the most popular pairing in the manga, though Takatsuki/Chiba is quite popular too. Doi/Nitori gained popular after the anime, though [[MisaimedFandom particularly with yaoi fans]].

** Many fans are calling DeathOfTheAuthor [[spoiler:about Takatsuki not considering themselves a boy by the end of the manga.]] Also to a lesser extent [[spoiler:because [[FanPreferredCouple Takatsuki/Nitori]] never occurred]].

* LGBTFanbase: If you're in the trans sphere some of the series (and the main/character pages attempts to describe whats going on with the gender stuff) will make you cringe in sympathy.
* MainstreamObscurity: It's known as one of the best depictions of transsexuality in fiction, especially manga, but few people have read past elementary or even more than a dozen chapters.

** Takatsuki's storyline [[spoiler:could've delved into the topic of trans-people who personally don't want to transition, don't identify exactly as one gender, or have doubts about their gender. But nope, she was a cis girl all along.]] Some feel the story might've benefited from more trans boy characters in general.
*** [[spoiler:YMMV of course, as Takatsuki's AmbiguousGenderIdentity and bittersweet reactions to their feminine presentation and Nitori means that they could still identify as trans and are choosing not to come out, or that they are confused about their gender and unable to voice their feelings to anyone. It's still a wasted plot and DownerEnding at best though.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The series is actually {{Seinen}}. It however has been referred to as being aimed at kids, and is occasionally mistaken for ''{{Shoujo}}''. In America it's actually marketed at young adults and teenagers which probably adds to the confusion.

*** [[spoiler:YMMV of course, as Takatsuki's AmbiguousGenderIdentity and ambivalent and at times pained reactions to their feminine presentation and Nitori at the end of the manga also allows for the reading that they are still trans and choosing not to come out or confused about their gender and unable to voice their worries to anyone. It's still a wasted plot and DownerEnding at best though.]]

* TheScrappy: Fumiya and Momoko. Chiba has her fair share of haters but she's more-so a BaseBreaker than anything.

** Takatsuki's storyline [[spoiler:could've delved into the topic of trans-people who personally don't want to transition, don't identify exactly as one gender, or have doubts about their gender. But nope, she was a cis girl all along.]]
*** Some feel the story might've benefited from more transmen characters in general.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The series is actually {{Seinen}}. It however has been referred to as being aimed at kids, and is occasionally mistaken for ''{{Shoujo}}''.
** In America it's actually marketed at young adults and teenagers which probably adds to the confusion.
* [[{{Woobie/Anime}} The Woobie]] - Both Shuuichi and Yoshino. But Shuu more because she's hit harder by DoubleStandard.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: It's a realistic story about transsexuality and puberty, that includes other parts of the [=LGBT=]. So many people are used to the slapstick OtokonokoGenre type series that ''WanderingSon'' comes off as this, especially to people clueless and ignorant about transgender issues.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The ending theme to the anime, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjeYsEIho6Q For You]]" by RieFu.

** Takatsuki's storyline [[spoiler:could've delved into the topic of trans-people who personally don't want to transition or have doubts about their gender.]]