Umibe no Etranger
this was cute! the movie was BEAUTIFUL and super aesthetic i loved that part of it but the plot was a little hard to follow ig? it was just kinda rushed but tbh the manga is like that too, even tho they did change some things in the movie. i think the manga does a better job of establishing the tone between their relationship somehow. they took some scenes from the sequel and put them in the movie and some are really cute and add a lot like mio's childhood memories w his mom, but some are kinda unnecessary. i kinda wish i had read this before watching so i could enjoy the visuals better. either ways, the plot is sweet. didnt meet my unreasonably high expectations but its not bad by any means. definitely thought shun would top tho that was wildly surprising. their age gap is so really surprising given how young they both look lol. theres also like a really peculiar feeling that this manga manages to capture that i think is really nice and warm. kinda like the feeling of getting together with family and friends on summer nights. theres more instances in the sequel but i really like it. as for the sequel itself, the timeskip was really interesting. fumis a lil asshole LOL but i was too at 13 jsdkfjs. there were no real conflicts which is always lovely, bc i fucking adore slice of life. overall i think i enjoyed the sequel more than the first part, maybe just bc its longer idk. oH the whole moving into shuns family home was really really sweet. that was another thing that made me feel warm, just getting accepted into someones family like that is so cute. watching mio and shun's relationship become more domestic and comfortable was also sweet. i really wanna see what the sequel would look like animated bc it would def be so lively. i think i just like the ~vibes~, the ambiance of this manga more than anything else. the first part gets like 7/10 and the sequel 8/10.
Harukaze no Etranger