I think the only difference between Sakura and Li here is that Kaho is Sakura’s type so she ignores all the danger signs 
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Week 5: Chap 17, Pt 1
It’s just about time for week 5, folks! (I’m posting a little early since I’ll be busy tonight!)
Check out the home post for details on the week’s reading.
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I’ve just finished Chapter 4. Another card-light chapter, and unfortunately also Kero-light.
One question:
OG Page 74
Sakura thinks “こわいっていって ちょっと いっしょに いさせてもらおう!” I think いさせて is the causative of いる, so something like “If I say I’m scared, they’ll let me stay with them for a little while”. But why the volitional form もらおう?
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Fun activity: take your English translation and try to map it back to the Japanese sentence. In this case, there is nothing for “if” in Sakura’s dialogue.
Doing this has helped me many times to catch where I’m filling in things that aren’t there in the original.
The volitional form expresses intention. Think of it like saying “I will [do]” in English.
An English translation might be “I’ll say I’m scared and ask to stay with them for a little while!”
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Thanks @ChristopherFritz for your input! I’ve definitely done the same – filling in the gaps can speed up reading but if I’m too quick I can read entirely the wrong meaning from a sentence.
I just wanted to mention, I had the last panels for week 5 and week 7 mixed up. (The page numbers were correct.) I’ve fixed that now!
This week’s reading has made me revise my thoughts on Sakura and Li’s sensing abilities: The difference between them seems to be Li has more discipline and training, so he catches things much earlier than Sakura. When Li tells Sakura to focus, she can figure things out too. That being said, Sakura refuses to even consider Kaho as a potential threat because she thinks Kaho is pretty, so no amount of goading from Li will help her notice whatever abilities Kaho might have
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Thanks, @ChristopherFritz. Not sure where I got the “if” from.
So much going on this week that I almost fell behind, but thankfully this half of the chapter felt pretty light! I’m liking this part - curious to see where it goes.