Romio no Aoi Sora (Sekai Meisaku Gekijo Junior Novel Series)

[Machine Translation] Late 19th century, a small village in Switzerland near the Italian border. A young boy, Romeo, lives a poor but happy life with his family. One day, however, a man-buyer named Luini, known as the "Grim Reaper," appears in the peaceful village. The family loses their farm due to Luini's plot. Romeo sells himself to the man-buyer for the sake of his family and becomes a chimney sweep in Milan. His life is harder than he imagined, with hard chimney sweep work, harsh treatment by his master's family, and conflicts with a group of delinquents called "The Wolf Pack". However, he is encouraged by his best friend Alfredo, who is also a chimney sweep, and his friends, as well as by the beautiful blue sky of Milan from the roof, and overcomes the difficulties of life. The two men form the "Black Brothers" and pledge their friendship to each other. This is a story of passionate friendship and courage of boys who never lose hope even in the harshest of circumstances.

19世紀後半・イタリアの国境に近いスイスの小さな村。少年ロミオは家族とともに、貧しくも幸せに暮らしていた。しかしある日、平和な村に「死神」と呼ばれる人買いルイニが現れる。ルイニの陰謀で、畑を失ってしまう一家。ロミオは、家族のために自らを人買いに売り、ミラノで煙突掃除夫となる。きつい煙突掃除の仕事や、親方一家の厳しい仕打ち、不良グループ「狼団」との争いなど、想像以上につらい生活。しかし同じ煙突掃除夫の親友・アルフレドや仲間たちと助け合い、屋根の上から見えるミラノの美しい青空にも励まされ、日々をのりこえていく。いつしか強い絆で結ばれたロミオたちは、「黒い兄弟」を結成し、友情を誓い合うのだった―。過酷な状況でも希望を失うまいとする少年たちの、熱い友情と勇気の物語。