Seaside Stranger
海辺のエトランゼ (Umibe no Étranger)
Kii Kanna
On a small island near Okinawa, a novelist cut off by his family and a grieving teenager begin something that takes three years to finish.
- Format
- manga
- Volumes
- 7 in English
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Track record Placed fifth in a 2014 survey of Japanese bookstore staff recommending BL titles. An anime film followed in 2020. Source: Wikipedia
Our take
A young novelist and a quiet boy who watches the sea, on a small Okinawan island. Short, sunlit and honest about how hard it is to be out in a small place.
Synopsis
Shun has lived with his aunt on the island since his parents disowned him for being gay. He notices Mio, a high school student who has lost his parents and spends his evenings staring at the sea. They start to open up, and then Mio leaves. Three years later he comes back as an adult, sure of what he wants. Shun is not sure he is ready.
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- Also adapted: Anime film.
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English publisher: Seven Seas.
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