[DeepL Translation - needs review] This is the third volume of Keiko Takemiya's masterpiece collection of short stories published in the early 1970s! Etoile and Angel, two beautiful siblings, move in with their families to a house with a sunroom where Serge, a gypsy boy, used to sneak into. However, Etoile soon begins to ostracize Angel, as if she wants Serge all to herself. ......? In addition to the title story "In the Sunroom," the collection includes six other stories, including "To the ...
Highly recommended collection of 1970 manga shorts
This is a tough one to rate and review. This short story collection consists of 6 of 武宮恵子's early works:
I enjoyed all of these; these were all originally published in 1970 or 1971, and both the art style and content of the stories heavily reflects that. サンルームにて and 雪の日に... were perhaps my favorites; サンルームにて in particular I would recommend reading for its historical value. In every story the character art is humongously expressive and detailed, with some lovely backgrounds as well. Honestly, a learner might get some joy out of just looking at the pictures, even if they're not 100% following the story. Those who do follow the stories will find a diverse array of themes and and setups; they were never boring, and if you don't care for one, you can rest assured the next will be entirely different.
The difficulty for these is a bit tough to judge; the language used is older, but not so old as to be pre-WWII, so while some grammar and vocabulary may be dated, you're not looking at any ゐ's or anything like that. If you can get past older styles of speech, then you'll find a pretty typical, everyday selection of vocabulary.