ひらやすみ・Hirayasumi Book Club Volume 5! 🏠

Welcome to the thread for Vol 5 of the ひらやすみ Offshoot Book Club!

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Schedule

Week Date Chapters
1 July 3rd 36日目 + 37日目
2 July 10th 38日目 + 39日目
3 July 17th 40日目 + 41日目
4 July 24th 42日目 + 43日目
5 July 31st 44日目

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Will you be reading volume 5 with us?

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  • Yes, but I might start late
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P.S. Most of this post was stolen from past contributors. Thank you all who have built up this club over the years <3

Week 1: 36日目 + 37日目
The start of volume 5! It feels like things are really taking off - hopefully there’s some good stuff in store for us this volume.

As a small note on scheduling, there was discussion about how best to structure the chapter splits - I took a small peek and didn’t see any two parter chapters in this volume, and the chapters all appear to be around 20 pages, give or take a few. As such, I’ve kept the schedule the same for this one, but it’s just a framework for discussion! If you feel like taking it a bit slower, or blowing through all 3 final chapters in one go and taking a week off before volume 6, go right ahead! Happy reading!

Excited to discuss!
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  • I’m reading along!
  • I’ve already read this part
  • I’m reading this after the book club has finished
  • I’m still reading but I haven’t reached this section yet
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I’m a tad behind, but hopefully I’ll get to this over the weekend.

Week 2: 38日目 + 39日目
Got a bit swept up in my own life and forgot to update this week- just too much going on. Happy reading!

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I did read chapters 36 and 37 over the weekend, but didn’t care for them much, mostly because they focused on my least favorite character.

Chapter 38 was better (I like Tachibana at least), but I do want that plotline to drop so she can be with Hiroto instead.

By the way @jablekanji, in the week two post you put chapters 37/38 instead of 38/39.

Ah, thanks for the heads up - just fixed it… that’s the second time I’ve done that :persevering_face:

While I’m not a huge fan of hideki, i still quite enjoyed 36 + 37. I like seeing more of his and hiroto’s backstory, makes their relationship today feel more understandable/real. Plus the ending was nice.