春風のエトランゼ 6 [Harukaze no Étranger 6]

春風のエトランゼ / Harukaze no Étranger #6

by Kanna Kii, 紀伊カンナ

東京ぐらしを始めた実央と駿。
長らく小説家業から離れていた駿だが
編集部から「そろそろ執筆を」と迫られてしまう。
そして新しい担当編集者は
さわやかで優秀な若者・福知くん。
やる気がいまひとつ出ない駿だったが、
実央とともに福知くん、
そして競馬大好きお兄さんの草野さんと連れ立って、
なぜか競馬場に足を運ぶことに――？

「どん底だったオレの人生
　あの瞬間から 幸せになっちゃったんだよ」

興奮湧き上がる競馬場!
喧騒の中、駿は幸せについて考えてしまった――。

Genres: Manga, Romance, LGBT, Yaoi

184 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2025

About the author

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

Reviews

[Milenrrama]

Me ha pasado una cosa rara. La primera, que el dibujo parece más... ¿apresurado? Sigue estando muy chulo, eso sí, pero tenía un recuerdo de rasgos más precisos, no tan vagos. Y la segunda es que, aunque el tomo me ha gustado bastante, tengo la sensación de que está totalmente desconectado de los cuatro primeros (y muchísimo más aun del original). Es como si los personajes hubiesen ido hacia atrás, en lugar de mantener el desarrollo ya conseguido en los tomos anteriores. Hay un salto de cinco años, pero están en un punto emocional y psicológico anterior al salto temporal. Y se hace un tanto repetitivo con sus conflictos y va dando bandazos. No sé, a lo mejor es una impresión mía tras todo el tiempo que hacía que no leía los anteriores. Sigue gustándome y sigo entendiendo mucho a Shun y su necesidad de la abolición del trabajo asalariado y Mio sigue siendo mi fav.

[Daniel Immke]

There was a point in this volume where I almost put this manga down for good, right around the horse racing stretch. I've read plenty of series that have a really strong starting point and then get so long in the tooth that they run out of ideas and the plot gets more and more convoluted. March Comes in Like a Lion is a good example if you get deep enough into it.

I think there's an acknowledgement that the really compelling core of this story happens in the first volume, and that's why just that portion got adapted into a well reviewed and popular movie instead of a full series. But everything after it is compelling in its own way. It's just a very different story from the one we all got hooked on at the start.

There's a melancholy that exudes from this series that I can't look away from. The constant nostalgia flashbacks to when they met make it feel like Shun and Mio are both stuck in the versions of themselves they were back then.

Here's my detached view of where they are now: Shun is deeply unhappy (likely mental illness) in a way that never really lifts, and he's never had to face it directly or seek treatment for it, because his career success, his editor, his family, and most of all Mio keep cushioning it. Mio, for his own reasons, has built his whole life around being the one who cushions it.

You watch the same pattern repeat across all these later volumes. Shun defaults to misery no matter how well things go on the outside, and he gets a lot: a wonderful partner, success in a brutal field, more money than he needs, repaired family relationships. Mio is always there cooking, cleaning up, pulling him out of his funks, being supportive, never quite becoming his own person.

Ideally Shun would get real help and Mio would build an identity that isn't just "Shun's boyfriend." But a relationship dynamic doesn't have to be healthy to be worth portraying. Plenty of people spend their whole lives in relationships like this one.

I still care about these characters and I'm curious enough to see how it ends. Do we get to watch Shun and Mio move into their 30s and 40s and, through trial and error, find a way out of the cycles they're stuck in?

[ally_owos]

This one made me sad, which is rare for these volumes to do. I usually turn to this series for some form of comfort, so it surprised me. It’s not even the obvious kind of sorrow…it’s more like, depressive and vacuous, I guess? It’s one I deeply relate to and I’m not sure if the author is aware it’s there or not. Either way, Shun is me and I am him 😭

[Anna ♉]

Siempre será uno de mis mangas favoritos por la cantidad de detalles y vida que hay en ella, el humor, la dinámica de los protagonistas, etc. Me leeré todos los tomos que salgan, porque Mio y Shun son mi vida entera, pero pero hay que ir encaminando esto de una vez. 🥲

La primera parte de este tomo que estan en el hipódromo, se me ha hecho bola; no me ha entusiasmado. Pero lo peor con diferencia (y que me tiene asi😭) es lo que la autora le esta haciendo a Shun. ¿No había cambiado a mejor en el anterior tomo? Ya estaba evolucionado su personaje, saliendo de una etapa depresiva, y de repente aquí, Shun se vuelve completamente goffy. No no no no, esto me ha sentado muy mal.💔💔💔💔

Ojala la autora vaya tomando algún camino, le de forma a la relación de Mio y Shun y en dos tomos mas, le de un cierre, porque quiero mirar esta obra con orgullo y no sentirme que se perdió en el camino.🥹🤞

[MariliaB]

Shun stays iconic as he always was. But where is the romance? These two don't feel like lovers anymore...

[-moonprismpower-]

I absolutely adore this series and these characters but what is even happening?! LOL. It’s so chaotic! No clear direction! And it would be nice if there were some kind of indication of the next scene starting!!!! It just goes into the next and sometimes, I don’t realize it for a minute or two…
Also, could we get a little more romance for these two? It’s been a volume or two…

[Fortune]

(⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

[Issac Saffree]

I enjoyed this book it seems the last 3 have taken a different direction to the first four. It’s still a good read.

Pro’s:
- Very cute art
- introduces an intriguing ‘new’ character (not actually new but they get more attention and things are revealed about them)
- a very chill read if you don’t want something stressful.

Con’s:
- feels very slow
- not a very interesting plot
- I feel like we need to go more in depth with the characters, I also want to see more of a focus on Shin & Mio again! Ever since they got together I feel like they aren’t getting the same deep character they had before!
- Mio and Shuns chemistry feel as if its going away, I no longer feel like Mio & Shun belong together, I would almost be more interested in following Fukuchi or Kusano’s stories, infact i think they have a lot of chemistry and would enjoy if this volume focused a bit more on them insteat.

[J-Lynn]

Just read the whole series again in preparation for finally reading volume 6 and 7….. with the way it is going, I might stop with this series because this arc is just not for me. Life is full of ups and downs, sure, but these characters are acting especially stupid in Tokyo. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It’s making me want to throw these books away I’m so mad at them.

[Rachel Christoffersen]

4.5🌟 rounded up!

MY COMFORT COUPLE RETURNNNSSS.😭❤️ Shun and Mio's domestic life brings me so much friggin joy. I love that Mio traveled back home for a visit. The way they take care of each other being so realistic is a breath of fresh air. CAN VOL 8 COME OUT NOW?

[Zenobia]

3.9

[Juliana♡]

The art is gorgeous, but the story makes no sense

[ℂ ✧]

Una altra sèrie que em plantejo abandonar perquè aquest volum ha estat un mar de contradiccions i una sensació d'anar cap enrere brutal... i tota l'aventura dels cavalls? que s'entén el missatge ehh el Shun està tan deprimit que no és capaç de creure la sort i la felicitat que té, de manera que vol arruïnar-se a l'hipòdrom per "trencar" la bona ratxa i tenir un motiu de pes per a tornar a escriure. Totalment surrealista :/ i a sobre, presenta el Mio com un amic???? després de totes les merdes que han superat encara estem així???

[etoi_th]

💮 Intermedio de lectura 💮

10/10, 5/5, Bello como siempre 😭😭

Volviendo a releer los volúmenes anteriores, estoy fascinada en como evoluciona la relación de estos dos.
Pasamos de un ligero estancamiento de su relación tras 5 años viviendo en casa ajena, pero este cambio a Tokio con nuevos personajes y nueva rutina es un aire fresco para ellos como para los lectores dónde vemos que solo se reafirma lo mucho que se quieren y lo que se ha convertido su día a día

[Ari]

La prima parte mi aveva profondamente irritata perché il gioco d'azzardo non è un argomento da trattare alla leggera in questo modo e il ragazzo e gli altri avrebbero dovuto fermarlo quando ha provato a giocarsi tutti i soldi che aveva. Finire al verde non è diverso il modo per farsi venire la motivazione per lavorare quando si è in una condizione di depressione e mancanza di voglia. Per fortuna ci hanno almeno fatto vedere che poi lo ha sgridato e la seconda parte ha approfondito un po' meglio la sua condizione emotiva. Le scene col gatto nel nostro fatto un paio di risate ma non è sufficiente accoglierti la sensazione di disagio.

[Alejandra Cavero]

VALE, el principio enlaza con el final del 5to tomo bastante bien.
AHORA CÓMO VAS A COGER MIO Y VAS A DECIRLE A TU NOVIO DE YO QUE SE CUANTOS AÑOS, QUE SI ES TU "AMIGO" , genuinamente, estas tarado o que ?

Al final, acaba bien, pero desde que metieron a el ex de Shun me quedé un poco xd.

[Noa Seishu]

El rumbo de la historia esta muy difuso pero la verdad el tomo esta muy divertido, me entretuvo mucho🥹