Reviews - Seaside Stranger Vol. 2: Harukaze no Étranger

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Seaside Stranger Vol. 2: Harukaze no Étranger

Kanna Kii

3.97 AVERAGE

asipofcozy's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a cute follow up to volume 1. Just as like in the first volume, I love the art style that the mangaka uses. I find it beautiful and I love the chibi forms of Mio and Shun. I also loved the fact that we are seeing a more realistic situation of a gay child within a very traditional family. While I LOVE acceptance in all queer literature and love when the families are accepting of their queer child, that is not always the case unfortunately.

So I am grateful we are finally seeing another side to coming out to your family and how they react, even if it is negative.

Just as in volume 1, I struggled with following the storyline. It felt like the story was all over the place and half the time I had no idea what was happening. I felt like the relationship between Shun and Mio is quite stunted. Granted their relationship in the first place is strange and almost forced.

Also, I had no idea who was talking due to the speech bubbles either not connecting to a person or because it wasn't really clarified. Which was quite frustrating as I had to go back and reread multiple of the pages just to guess who could actually be talking.

I am hoping that as more volumes come out the story progresses better and we are given somewhat more of a plot and that the issue with who is talking is sorted out.