かがみの孤城 (Kagami no Kojou) Book Club

@wiersm Right now the “read aloud” schedule here in the home thread and in the weekly threads are not in sync. Specifically, they are based on different time zones and daylight savings time for those time zones differs by two weeks. I’ll talk to everyone participating in the read aloud tomorrow and let you know what time zone we want to base it on so you can update it accordingly. Also just as a heads up, we will likely shift it slightly for the second part of the book.

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We decided to ignore the US daylight savings time, so the read aloud will only change for me. I’ll update the OP here to use the same timezone as the threads.

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I’ve put up the volume 2 schedule in the OP!

We will start volume 2 on March 19th (so there’s a one week break between volumes 1 and 2) and the last week will be the week of June 4th.

I’ve included page numbers for the physical bunko in the table and end phrases for those who are reading digitally. If any of you are reading the physical Tankobon version and would like your page numbers to be included in the table, you can put them in a comment and I’ll add them (or add them yourself if you prefer).

Note that some weeks end on a blank line in the text because I couldn’t find a fleur-de-lis at an appropriate spot, so for each end page I’ve indicated whether we end on a chapter transition (月), fleur-de-lis (:fleur_de_lis:) or blank line (*).

I’ve tried to double-check it all, but if there are any typos, let me know :wink:.

(I’ve also rearranged the OP a bit.)

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Hey might we open discussion for a new read-aloud time? I’m interested but unavailable at the current time.

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Probably not? We’ve been at the current time the entire book, and no other time would work for both me (East coast U.S.) and Kyasurin (Western Australia). Or do you mean a second group/time? There may not be enough additional people interested for that to work, but you’re welcome to ask.

What time range would work for you?

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Time for the last week of the first bunko volume! Congratulations everyone on getting this far! :clap: :tada: :partying_face:

We will be reading up to the end of the 十二月 chapter. Then we’ll have a break for a week and we start the second volume on March 19th!

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Welcome to the 下巻 volume! It promises to be an exciting volume. This week we are starting the 一月 chapter, so all I can say is: Happy New Year!

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You all ready for a laugh? This is the description of the manga adaption of かがみの孤城 from AniList. I suspect it was completely machine translated. :joy:

Summary

At the age of thirteen Kokoro spends the days in his room, entrusting to the buzz of television with the task of appeasing the thoughts and the noises of life outside. From when things at school are made too difficult,so he decided to respond to the discomfort and pain. Disappearing.
Until the day a sudden light in the mirror kidnaps her to drag it elsewhere: in a castle inhabited by a strange little Girl and six guys who, like you, have lost something.
The innocence of dreams. The instructions for live. The courage that is needed to accept themselves. Only in accepting the challenge that the Girl from the face of the wolf offers them, Kokoro and the others will be able to find out what has brought them this far. And find each in its own way, the way of the world.

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Having read the first few chapters of the manga adaptation, the part where the mirror kidnapped him/her was great.

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I totally missed these in the book :mag_right: :open_book:

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I have added the end pages from the 単行本 edition to the main post.
At this point, I don’t think it matters to anyone anymore, but maybe future readers will find it useful…

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Here’s the next thread! This week is a bit of a longer read: we will be finishing the 一月 chapter in one go. Enjoy!

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Time for February! Here’s the thread for the first half of the 二月 chapter:

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This is my third comment in a row. Maybe someone else can add a comment before I have to post next week’s thread?

This week we’re reading the second half of the 二月 chapter. Let’s see if we can get some clear answers from オオカミさま

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Glad to be of service :upside_down_face:

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This week we’re reading the first half of the 三月 chapter… nah, just kidding: this chapter takes up almost half of this bunko, so we’re just reading the first one sixth of it. This promises to be an eventful month :smiley:

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Here’s the thread for the second section of the 三月 chapter:

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This is my third comment in a row again. Can someone else add a comment before I have to post next week’s thread?

After last week’s huge cliffhanger, it’s finally time for the next thread!

Please note that this time we are reading up to a normal blank line in the text (without a :fleur_de_lis: symbol) because I couldn’t find a fleur-de-lis at an appropriate place.

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Didn’t know you’re such a talkative person :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Here’s the thread for week 24! Again, we’re reading up to a normal blank line (without a :fleur_de_lis: symbol), so watch out for that :slightly_smiling_face:

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