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Hourou Musuko is a story about people struggling with their gender, sexuality and body, and about the people who are close to them.

I really liked the story, since I've never before watched any show dealing with these topics so well, I did however feel like the story wasn't going anywhere during some parts.
I also felt like the story could have been delivered better if there'd been some more episodes, since it felt like parts from the original manga were left out from this anime adaption, but I am not sure.

I loved this anime's art, its soft pastel colours made everything look very ... cute and lightened the mood a lot. The motion is fluent and there're a lot of subtle details,like cherry blossoms falling down, in the background.

The OST didn't include that many tracks but the tracks that were there really helped to support the mood of the story and the OP and ED were also very well sung. None of the voice actors were bad, but there were also none that really stood out to me, and I guess they were just alright.

The strongest point of this anime surely must have been the characters, as I watched the show, I could relate a lot to nearly every character, even the ones who seemed to be rude without any reasons to do so. All of the characters felt very real, with their quirks, flaws and little twists to them.

I really enjoyed this anime, as its art and characters really captivated me and would like to stress that this story is one that can be enjoyed by people who have no affinity with anything that's to do with gender or sexuality, and also by people who do.

EDIT: I wrote the above review over eight years ago in August 2015. In the years since then, I discovered I am transgender myself, rewatched this anime two or three times and changed my opinion on it here and there. I still think it is a pleansant watch and largely continue to agree with the above review, but I do want to add the slight sidenote that this series, although it holds a special place in my heart, has some odd ways of portraying trans people here and there.