[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1: [Amazon.co.jp exclusive bonus included].
Onobori town is located on an island and is protected by a noren (a traditional Japanese curtain). Aka is a naive girl living alone with her grandfather who runs a coffee shop in a quaint windmill hut. An encounter with a giant black cat opens the curtain on a story of creating the colors of the future by weaving together the colorful splendor that is scattered throughout daily life. The title of the work i...
Cute but a language rollercoaster
At first glance, the breezy nature of the manga with a child protagonist might put this on par with Yotsuba difficulty. But throw in an equal number of colloquialisms, puns, and mispronounced words (that other characters won't point out) - all contrasted with older characters dumping world building exposition that easily pushes past late N3 levels - it might be too much of a stop-and-go. We're talking 6 pages in a blip, 1 half-page conversation in a crawl.
Unfortunately the characters and stor