Harukaze no étranger: L'étranger du zéphyr, Vol. 4

春風のエトランゼ / Harukaze no Étranger #4

by Kanna Kii, Enrica Sbaffoni (Translator)

Sono passati cinque anni da quando Mio e Shun sono andati a vivere a casa degli Hashimoto. Shun al momento si è preso una pausa dal suo lavoro di scrittore, mentre Mio, pieno di energie, lavora come meccanico. Nonostante piano piano tutti in città accettino che stanno insieme, Mio e Shun iniziano ad avvertire i primi segni di monotonia nella loro vita di coppia. Come se non bastasse, accanto a loro c'è un vulcano pronto a esplodere: il fratello adottivo di Shun, Fumi, è in piena fase ribelle...

Genres: Manga, Romance, LGBT, Queer, Boys Love, Yaoi, Comics

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2020

About the author

Kanna KII 紀伊カンナ is a Japanese manga artist.

Reviews

[tomás. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe 2.5?

I honestly don’t see the point anymore. Some scenes are cute like Shun saying he would like to marry Mio, and how “the moon is lovely” or something means “I love you” but… I don’t see the point in jumping five years into the future or in the story altogether.

Fumi was annoying for the most part, his fixation with Sakurako is just ??? (the woman is like 20 years his senior!! I do not want an Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Taylor-Johnson kind of relationship (the woman is 23 years his senior!!)), and Shun and Mio having a midlife crisis or whatever at 32 and 25 is a bit ?? for me … idk it’s not bad but I didn’t like it as much as I liked the others.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think my favorite thing about this series is how it handles family. Everyone's family is weird to someone else, but what's important is how it works for the people in it, not what others think.

[Nea Poulain · Rating 3 out of 5]

En general ta bien, I liked it. Very average, me gusta mucho el arte, me da gracia el slice of life y todo cool.

[Shu Wei Chin · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

On the one hand, I love the exploration of Mio and Shun's current stage of their relationship. They're both facing really pressing mental health issues and we get to see them working through it individually and as a couple.

On the other hand, while I love Fumi and I can understand all the ridiculousness he is going through right now (he's so young you guys, we were all messed up or silly as teens), I'm not really invested in his incredibly frustrating angst. I'd much rather more time and space be given to Mio and Shun.

I will keep waiting for future volumes, because god there are so many aspects of Mio and Shun that I resonate with.

[aleo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alright wtf was the plot guys

[Terremoto · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tenía mucha ilusión por leer el último tomo de esta bella historia, sobre todo, tras la escena final del tomo anterior. Pero no solo no ha tenido nada que ver con lo que se nos planteo anteriormente, sino que deja a nuestros protagonistas (casi) en un segundo plano. Con una historia plana y sin importancia real, que no aporta nada (y en mi opinión) empeora toda la historia hasta el momento.

Creo que saber parar a tiempo es una virtud, y desde luego, en esta historia Kanna Kii se ha pasado tres pueblos...

[Yani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mis niños 🤧🤧 los adoro

[squirtle · Rating 5 out of 5]

yes ive binged this volumes and the previous two before this the past three days. SUE ME

anyways this series is too cute and i so love that it's turning into slice of life aaaa volume 6 when

[Mason]

2.75

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO MY PRECIOUS FUMI?!!

I don’t know how to feel. I think the story has lost direction. What is the point of the time skip? And why such a huge jump anyway? I think after one year or two years, the point about everything being repetitive, Fumi lashing out, mid-life crisis stuff can all be explained. I also didn’t like the long hair….

Fumi’s innocent crush on Sakurako was silly and cute when he was this cute little thing, but now it’s getting kinda weird. I really hope Sakurako isn’t taking this too seriously and is only not saying no as to not hurt Fumi’s feelings.

Mio and Shun are one of my all time favourite manga couples. That’s why I keep coming back. They have a very cute dynamic. However… some of the primary issues presented in the earlier volumes have still not been addressed (Shun’s relationship with his dad, Mio’s mother situation, THEM GOING BACK TO THE ISLAND PLEASE I WANT TO GO BACK!!)

I won’t lie- Fumi was the only reason I cared for them to stay at Shun’s parents’ house. But now… Fumi is a total asshole. He’s unrecognizable from the wholesome cutie we’ve come to know. I’m really heartbroken about it.

Here’s where I wish the story would go from here:
-Shun and Fumi make up
-Shun and his dad talk things out and come to an understanding
-Mio and Shun decide to go back to the island for their own mental health and well-being
-Mio heals over the loss of his mother with the help of Shun
-They live happily ever after on the island, the family visiting from time to time, Shun’s auntie & the lesbians from vol 1 and Shun’s family all pictured having a meal together.

[sameera]

highlights:

1) mio looks like shun with the new hair. lol then the story made the same comparison lol.

2) ugh why did they both grow out their hair? i’m not loving it.

3) oh me gosh the parents being cuteee.

4) omg shun forgot he said he liked his hair long. at least mio got a haircut.

5) this is more slice of life then cute romance now which i suppose i’m fine with.

6) “i hate shun” -sakurako with a smiling face.

last thoughts:

don’t understand all the hate towards fumi. yea he’s immature but he’s legit a kid. and the focus on him just builds the relationships mio and shun have. which just makes the story more colourful. can we let the kid live please?

i think that i’ve read ch.20 of vol.5 but the page said it was ch.19. well whatevs i’ve read till the bracelet chapter.

next steps: wait and wait and wait.

[Emi · Rating 5 out of 5]

El giro que da este tomo me parece genial. Aparca un poco la relación de Mio y Shun que ahora están instalados en una cómoda cotidianidad y le da protagonismo al hermano adolescente de Shun, que está en plena edad del pavo.

[liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

the story has a lot of gaps and underutilised themes/ideas and problems but i genuinely love these guys (and multiple cats and dogs in the background) ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

(пожалуйста, спрячьте от меня все деньги, иначе я куплю все 5 печатных версий у того самого альберта с авито)

[Ibu-Chan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esta continuación sigue sin terminar de convencerme. Aunque este tomo se centra más en el hermano y eso si me ha gustado.

[Rebecca Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Kinga · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fumi w tym tomie to coś wspaniałego

[Chase Coe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tbh I related the most to how tired and emotional everyone was in this volume

[alke ✪ · Rating 3 out of 5]

fumi is so real for being an emo full of hate disgusted with everything

[Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Volver a leer sobre Mio y Shun me ha traído mucha felicidad y ternura, es una historia entrañable en la que han pasado ya 5 años. Este tomo se puede catalogar en la narrativa costumbrista. Sin embargo, la trama hay sido algo floja en comparación a los previos tomos. Esta vez se ha centrado en el conflicto de sentimientos de Fumi porque le gusta Sakurako y entra en una fase de celos hacia Shun por su pasado con ella.

Tengo que confesar que este tomo tenía potencial para tratar sobre algunos temas con más profundidad como la visible depresión que sufre Shun cuando decide tomarse un descanso de su profesión de escritor y ve que sus días están vacíos, y literalmente, no hace nada en casa cuando Mio tiene que trabajar y encargarse de la casa solo. Shun es totalmente un nini. Y la charla que tienen Mio y Shun sobre el tema de las tareas de casa me ha parecido superficial y con una resolución demasiado rápida. En mi opinión, si era tan sencillo no sé por qué no estuvo ayudando antes.

Otro tema que encuentro que se ha quedado en el tintero y que tenía bastante juego era el hecho que Shun y Mio han estado en una relación de más de 5 años y eso podría conllevar a caer en rutinas y perderse en la monotonía de la relación (que es lo que pasa un poco) . Considero que se podría haber explorado más su relación donde no tienen tiempo para dedicarse como pareja, y como estos intentan arreglar su distanciamiento después de su 'luna de miel'.

[Savleye · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've loved the series up to this point but I have so many mixed feelings about this volume in particular. On one hand I like the storyline of Shun being so burnt out he finds it hard to function contrasted with Mio completely overworking himself. Which then leads the two of them to realize that they need to make time for themselves and time to work on their relationship in order for their relationship to still be exciting and not feel dull.

On the other hand, the subplot of Fumi having a crush on Sakurako is so out of left field and makes absolutely no sense. Although yes it is a one sided crush with Sakurako seemingly not reciprocating the feelings Fumi has for her, but just playing along because Fumi is 13 and she doesn't want to upset him. The fact that Fumi boldly expresses his feelings for an adult woman who is nearly 20 years older than him multiple times and none of the characters seem to have a problem with it is a bit weird. I will say, I am going to be extremely upset if this series starts veering into pedo territory with Sakurako reciprocating Fumi's feelings as I feel it will put me off the entire series and make me stop reading. Also that ending was just...what the heck was that.

[andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aunque la trama no haya avanzado mucho en este y en algunas ocasiones haya sido un poco chorra, me ha gustado muchísimo por lo real que se siente la relación entre Mio y Shun. Se nota que han crecido, y me ha encantado ver como su relación va cambiando con el paso de los años. Para lo bueno y para lo malo. Eso sí, se siguen comportando como críos, a veces me desesperan un poco, pero son muy monos. Y me río mucho con ellos. Igual este salto así en el tiempo me ha parecido un poco brusco, pero por lo menos ahora sí que parecen más adultos, que antes tenían 20 y largos y por el dibujo pasaban por adolescentes. Sakurako me parece un personajazo, los papás de Shun son muy monos y Fumi me ha hecho mucha gracia. Lo que espero que se calme y deje de hacer el tonto, que de pequeño era muy mono y quería un montón a Mio y Shun.

[Pauline (Kiriiti's Blog) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bref, « L’étranger du Zéphyr » ne fût pas le coup de cœur auquel je m’attendais. Il y a de très belles réflexions autour de la famille, de l’homosexualité ou des normes imposées par la société. Je trouve aussi que les héros ont une évolution intéressante et j’ai été touchée par le passé de Shun et le chemin qu’il a parcouru jusqu’ici. Néanmoins, je ressors mitigée de ma lecture malgré tous ces bons points à cause de petits passages qui m’ont dérangé et qui parsèment la série (un consentement limite, des personnages trop bruyants ou au contraire trop nonchalants et avec une liberté qui ne sied pas forcément à leur âge ou leur situation). Ce n’est jamais de gros défauts rédhibitoires mais ils m’ont tout de même empêché de m’évader comme je l’aurais voulu.

[Isa González · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me ha dejado un poco fría el tomo, no sé si va a seguir en esa dirección, pero meh. No me molesta Fumi, pero su relación me parece horrible y me interesa mucho más la relación de Mio y de Shun, que casi está super inexistente en este tomo.

[Claudia Valcan · Rating 3 out of 5]

al principio de los volúmenes era una historia interesante.... luego no se que paso

[Zirael _ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nuda, gorsze niż poprzednie

[La Colección de las Letras · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pesar de la larga espera, me ha emocionado volver a leer a Shun y a Mio, quienes mantienen un ritmo de vida calmado y, a veces, tormentoso en Hokkaidô.

¿Qué es lo que me sigue impulsando a leer esta historia? Los personajes, por supuesto. Todos ellos, desde los padres de Shun hasta el compañero de trabajo de Mio, han sido desarrollados para tener algo de protagonismo e importancia en la vida de Mio y Shun. No son simples personajes que aparecen espontáneamente y luego desaparecen como si nunca hubiesen existido.

Lo que sí he notado a lo largo de estos dos últimos tomos es que, el cauce de la historia se está volviendo más costumbrista; más cotidiano. Al principio estábamos pendientes de como surgiría el amor entre ellos, y una vez que eso ha quedado claro, toca seguir los pasos de una pareja que cada día afronta un nuevo desafío.

En este caso, es Fumi quien se rebela contra el mundo.

Tenía muchas ganas -gracias al capítulo final del tercer tomo-, de saber que ocurría con Fumi. Parece ser que la pubertad le ha otorgado mal genio y ahora la toma con todo lo que le molesta. Y como no, Shun es una de esas cosas que le molesta.

No voy a adelantar nada, así que solo comentaré que me ha gustado cómo la autora ha desarrollado a Fumi y todo el caos que tiene en esa pequeña cabecita suya. Sigue siendo un personaje al que le tengo mucho cariño y al cual me encantaría seguir conociendo más adelante. Si es que tiene rasgos de carácter muy parecidos a su hermano mayor.

En líneas generales, el tomo me ha gustado muchísimo porque ha mantenido la naturalidad y la belleza de los anteriores tomos. He vuelto a conectar con dos personajes a los que les tengo mucho cariño por tener un carácter muy marcado y un desarrollo profundo, diferenciándolos del resto de personajes.

Además, Fumi tiene mucho protagonismo en este tomo con sus ganas de replicar a todo lo que le dicen. Aun que eso dista mucho de su verdadera manera de ser.

En cuanto a sí es buena idea continuar la serie, para todos aquellos lectores que empezaron y siguieron, lo único que deben saber es que el estilo calmado, risueño y alegre de la trama continúa presente, y eso ya invita a leerlo por sí solo.

[Mike Fern · Rating 2 out of 5]

Up to this volume, I’ve had relatively positive feelings towards the series. Mio and Shun have a good, believeable dynamic; the side-plots felt related to the central plot of the boys’ relationship; and things seemed to be moving in a positive direction in terms of the characters’ growth. My rating would probably be a 3.5 or 4 for the series.

This volume turned my feelings around in a big way. Mio and Shun have fallen out of love for reasons that aren’t entirely fleshed out; there is no resolution to Shun’s father’s thoughts on homosexuality and his relationship with Mio (even though they have been living together for five years); Fumi has become a rebellious brat for reasons that we really don’t understand; the homophobia that Shun and Mio faced and combated has all but dissapeared (which is really odd considering that homosexuality is still rather taboo in Asian countries (or so I’ve heard)); and the whole story feels very unfocused and as if we aren’t spending enough time on any one scene.

I could list a multitude of other reasons why this volume frustrated me, but I don’t want to completely trash a series I’ve otherwise enjoyed based on a single misfire. The next volume is releasing in March of this year, and I will read it in hopes that the author brings things back around to what made the previous entires so good and charming.

[Sebastian · Rating 4 out of 5]

i generally enjoyed this volume. i see a lot of people complaining about Fumi but i actually find his parts hilarious, like he IS just an annoying teen and it's entertaining. where the story loses me, though, is towards the end where his crush on Sakurako is explored. Like... i just don't enjoy how it's being handled so far. Is it normal for him to have a crush on her? yeah. stuff like this happens all the time, teen are exploring romance and sexuality for the first time, they're clumsy and awkward, and they don't fully grasp why dating an adult is a Bad Idea at their age. But tell me WHY everyone around him is endorsing it? i'd understand them being like oh haha well he'll grow out of it, but even Sakurako is enabling him by telling him she likes him. like??? don't do that, that's too ambiguous! and what was that confession at the end, like why was the crowd cheering?? why does no one see a problem with this?? he's THIRTEEN!!! I swear to god, if this goes into actual shotacon territory i am getting rid of this manga. and the worst part is i wouldn't put it past this author because of how Mio and Shun started out when Mio was 17. I looked past it then because of the almost immediate three year time skip, but this is more than i can take if it goes further into that direction.

[Kokeshi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voto: 3 stelle e mezzo
Gran parte di questo volume si concentra sull’infatuazione che il fratello di Shun ha per Sakurako, l’amica d’infanzia che Shun avrebbe dovuto sposare ma che aveva abbandonato all’altare. Spero che questa parte della trama passi presto, perché non è che trovi interessante qualsiasi tipo di relazione tra un bambino è una donna adulta, in che ci sia nulla del genere, ma è una parte noiosa lo stesso. Neanche il fatto che lei non si scomponga mai e rimanga con il sorriso stampato in faccia mi ha favorevolmente colpita. Perché mai non reagisce alle imbarazzanti dichiarazioni d’amore di Fumi? Perché non lo fa ragionare? Questo volume passa velocemente tra le frustrazioni adolescenziali di Fumi e le difficoltà che i nostri due protagonisti devono affrontare nella vita di tutti i giorni, alle prese con i troppi impegni di Mio e il burn out da troppo lavoro di Shun, che lo ha costretto a prendersi una pausa per ricaricarsi. Un volume leggero, con qualche momento sciocco e qualche momento serio, ma comunque sempre delicato.

[mingorae · Rating 2 out of 5]

i decided to read this after i found a cute panel on Pinterest of mio with a guitar and thought i was in for a wholesome ride……i was vibing with the whole story until it got so confusing to read cuz they kept jumping back from present to past and i was like ? and the fact that they have quite an age gap that i didnt realize until later into the story 😭😭 . BRO LIKE HIM SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS A HS GRADUATE….? Um…. also the fact that it’s just. stuff without consent, very obvious excuse just to have them bone randomly, and very…plotless.

also mio was so so sos os pushy and persistent about everything like omfg chill out. with sex, a relationship, and having zero boundaries in a majority of the story.

near the end of the story where they are living together and older was alright, and it actually touched on realistic problems and such with homophobia which i thought was cool to include some things that he and mio worked through as a couple.

other than that….i wouldnt waste your time 🤣🤣🤣

[Марина Козарева · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5

Mio and Shun are one of my all time favourite manga couples. That's why I keep coming back. They have a very cute dynamic. However... some of the primary issues presented in the earlier volumes have still not been addressed.

Fumi's innocent crush on Sakurako was silly and cute when he was this cute little thing, but now it's getting kinda weird. Although yes it is a one sided crush with Sakurako seemingly not reciprocating the feelings Fumi has for her, but just playing along because Fumi is 13 and she doesn't want to upset him. The fact that Fumi boldly expresses his feelings for an adult woman who is nearly 20 years older than him multiple times and none of the characters seem to have a problem with it is a bit weird. Also what the heck was that ending.

The story has a lot of gaps and underutilised themes/ideas and problems, but I genuinely love these guys (and multiple cats and dogs in the background).