Hey everyone! This is my first time running a book club, so let me know if I’m missing anything!
The first thing we need to do is set a start date. The volume comes out on Thursday, so we could start this Friday. We can also start next Friday if that’s too short notice. Or, if anyone’s planning to get a physical copy, we can start even later, although I’d need guidance on when folks expect their copies to come in.
With that said, here comes my very first poll!
EDIT: Please note I messed up the time zone considerations when choosing the day of the week below. The weekly readings start in Friday my time, so I put Friday, but the intention is to continue starting them at the same time each week as before.
When should we start reading Volume 16?
Friday April 24th
Friday May 1st
Once my physical copy arrives (I’ll provide an estimate in a reply)
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I plan to check the results on Thursday Friday to see if we are going to start on Friday Saturday.
Ah, I always start reading the next chapter in the book clubs I’m in on Fridays, so it didn’t occur to me to check which day the club actually started historically.
Looking at the previous volume threads, I see what happened. The start times are in Japan time, which for me in the US is the day before. E.g. Saturday in Japan being Friday in the US.
We can continue with the same time as previous threads. Should I create a new poll?
Judging from Qifrey’s surprise, it seems he doesn’t know there’s a tree inside him yet. It’ll be interesting to see how he figures that out. Maybe he temporarily becomes a tree like Custas.
Yes, seems we’re in for a longer flashback arc for Qifrey and Oru.
Is anyone else irked by how young Beldarut and Vinanna are portrayed in the flashback? Going by appearances, they seem to have aged 40 or more years in the meantime.
That one felt quite short. It’s interesting that they don’t have sylph shoes even though Coco and the gang do at a similar age. That would have really helped them escape from the 獅子山羊.
Maybe because they live in the 大講堂, where the shoes aren’t needed or practical due to the constrained space, compared to the girls who live out in the countryside where you need a means of travel to get anywhere.
It’s also interesting that Quifrey used 君 to refer to others even as a kid.
