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I'm a long time fan of this series and when this was announced I was pretty surprised, because the end of the limit series was a very good ending with two fluffy extra chapter,and I was pretty satisfied with that, so I was a little worried about how the story could go on.

When finally I got to read this I was very pleased, Yuki Fumino took this opportunity to really work on character development in her slow burn attitude. Time has passed since the first volume of the first series and Taichi and Kohei have now new challenges in their relationship ( without unnecessary drama ... or angst) and in their personal life.

I didn't really like the story about Ena, I found it a little bit forced and not very inserted in the main story and generally it doesn't go super well with the vibe of the series in myy opinio.

The art is really improved, it's so different from the maybe a little rough stile of the first series.

If you're a fan of the series, I really recommend a reading, because it's definitely a good continuation

This work was for me really disappointing, I've read a lot of BL and yaoi, and this always was on my radar but I always had a bad felling about it.

The first volume was a surprise, I found the two main characters endearing and in all honesty I was ready for a nice slow burn romance with some fluff.

From the second volume it all went downhill, the characters became so cliché and the pairing lost the chemistry it had in the first volume.
Shirotani became the classic submissive uke and the OCD which was somewhat well represented in the first volume, became just ... a gimmick, on the other hand Kurase became really manipulative.
Now my problem is not the manipulative manners of Kurase, but the fact that in the narration this was not treated as toxic or problematic,*spoiler* even when they became a couple there is not one conversation about boundaries and every sex scene is borderline not consensual.*end of spoiler*

Some good point, the art is really pretty, the secondary characters are really nice and some sex scene are good, but keep in mind really explicit (I don't really mind them, but I did not really enjoyed them either, and I usually enjoy smut)

A family centered slice of life BL

When the prequel umibe no etranger was published in my country I picked it up and I really didn't vibe with that, I only wanted a nice slice of life about two persons of the same sex falling in love, and I was confronted with themes like loneliness, isolation and a difficult coming out story, which was so much like the situation I was living in my personal life.

Now fast forward 5 year this is one of my favourite BL.The relationship between Mio and Shun is really equilibrated in my opinion, they are radically different to each other but ... in a way so similar, which is really charming because it deviates from the classic cliché extrovert ray of sunshine with no worries at all/ serious introvert who is really gloomy.

In the title I described harukaze no etranger as a family centered BL, because the focus is not only the relationship between Mio and Shun, but also the family relationships and the way they can be difficult when you add homosexuality, but not necessarily abusive and traumatic.

This manga will always have a place in my heart because it's a rare representation of the complexity of family relationships and homosexuality

Ps, also the sex scenes in my opinion are pretty good and I really enjoyed them

Pps, the art is stunning and every chapter is better than the previous one

(I'm sorry if the review is convoluted but English is not my first language)