I wanna read it but I’m very lazy…
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aaaah I kind of want to do this. Funny, I just received Boruto volume 1 from Japan as I wanted to read it in Japanese to practice.
I’m still very early beginner so reading manga is still slow for me… reading entire volumes of Naruto seems hard. Although after years of watching naruto anime at least I already know all the naruto-specific vocabulary 
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Thank you!! Hopefully it’ll start right around New Years.
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It definitely helps to know the story already! But if you are planning to read closely instead of skim the text, I will warn you that on a few of the pages with explanations (like when they explain the nine-tailed fox or naruto’s backstory) there can be some tricky grammar.
There’s a free preview of the first chapter at the top of the thread - check it out and see if it’s a good reading level for you. And if it turns out to be too difficult, I hope you come back to read it with me in a few months! (＾▽＾)
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yeah I was looking at the first chapter, and the first intro page looked unreadable to me, while most of the dialogue on the next few pages was basically fine.
I find it hard to decide how much to try to at least look up each word I don’t know vs trying to guess the meaning, as I don’t know if I can really learn new words when reading if I don’t at least look them up
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I’m hoping the shared vocabulary sheet in the discussion thread can help at least a little 
I definitely have moments where I’m more interested in skimming the text than translating everything, so please feel free to add words to the vocab list if you find any tough ones.
I was chatting about this with @soggyboy in the Arc 1 thread - as long as you’re enjoying, there’s no test at the end or someone watching you read everything, so have fun! There’s no pressure to hang onto every line of text, it’s all about your personal reading comfort.
And the author really likes to add filler dialogue from background characters to show realism, like, “it’s not only the named characters who speak!” so there are several panels that truly can be skipped haha
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every so often this super bold font is used and I’m really struggling to figure out wtf it’s saying 
does anyone know what this font is called so I can look at the character list whenever it’s used in the future? lol some of the characters in this font are totally incomprehensible to me
edit: I FOUND IT!!
AND… wait… what are these 
wa [?] n [?] wo
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wow that is unreadable yeah, where did you find the source?
I did some digging - this website explains every popular manga font and, interestingly, the alphabet fonts for translators who want to match the vibes of the original text Manga Fonts : Hyperwyrm
I have literally never seen these before in my life AHAHA I even checked a standard katakana chart to make sure I wasn’t forgetting something basic, this is blowing my mind
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I’ve never seen them either HAHA but this was a tofugu katakana chart so I was like, well, I guess that must be right?
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well i’m definitely about to do a deep-dive for fun
if anyone collects fonts like me, there is a similar font for free here: Mochiy Pop One - Free Japanese Font - Free Japanese Font
edit: there actually wasn’t a ton to learn, they both started going out of use after the Kamakura period when the shoguns came into power and were fully removed from the “alphabet” as part of the 1946 writing system reform. but I did find out this fun fact:
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There are seen in some names or some persons, or maybe historical manga 
, but I never really take time to remember those. (I remember those just now, though, because they do come up sometimes.)
Typing is a little troublesome, but they are wyi and wye on Romaji input. On 12-key, I don’t know, but it is in the suggestions of い and え.
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that’s so fascinating! 
it’s amazing how much I’ve learned today just from being unable to read a font haha
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The only one of those rare hiragana I’ve seen in the wild is in the name of the mangaka of Nichijou, あらゐけいいち (his last name is romanized as Arawi). I definitely did a double-take when I first saw it 
Also, I assume you’ve already deciphered these based on the font chart, but just in case not, they say:
“サスケのヤロー”
and
“フン”
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Yes, I did get it eventually, but thank you! the ロ with the leg really got me, though. Had me second-guessing it for a while and I think I stared for so long that I was like “THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER 12”
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I think it’s supposed to look sorta like if it was handwritten, and the 2nd and 3rd strokes of the ロ are left connected, but yeah it does look pretty different!
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Same I was like "what do you mean “we” "
This page is actually super interesting
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It’s almost time for the next arc to be posted! (I’m still halfway through the first arc )
Arc 2 is the Chuunin Exams plotline! This was the part of the story where I encountered this series for the first time and was instantly hooked. I waited every Thursday for a new episode to be uploaded to Youtube in 25 three-minute parts by anonymous samaritans, though usually having one of the 25 parts missing or randomly switching to 140p with Spanish subtitles instead of English ahaha. But I was soooo invested in this absolutely insane arc that I wasn’t going to give up!
Hope to see you join in on the fun!! 
“Hm… I don’t understand even one of these questions” 
mood
edit: this club now has a mascot durtle to help guide our reading
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It’s here!
The Chūnin Exams arc is the longest in the series at 8.5 volumes, and not for lack of action! Most people say it was the Land of Waves arc that got them hooked on NARUTO, but - for me - it was the sheer number of jaw-drops and big gasps and moments where I had to pause and step away from the screen to control my emotions during this arc that made me a life-long fan.
Please give the discussion thread a once-over and let me know if I misspelled anything or if a link doesn’t work 
ってばよ！
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