コンビニ人間: Week 3 Discussion

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23 January 2021

End Page (PB): 36
End Page (HB): 31
End Kindle Location: 320
End Phrase: 世界を信じている。

Welcome to Week 3! I hope the reading is starting to go more smoothly as everyone gets accustomed to the writing style.

Feel free to use past discussion for reference, but please don’t hesitate to post any questions or comments! The more we discuss the more we all learn, and the more fun it is! Also, I strongly recommend setting each week’s thread to “watching” to stay abreast of the discussion. Please try to mark any spoilers as such.

  • I’m reading along
  • I’ll catch up soon
  • I have no intention of catching up or the club has already finished, but I’m using the forums as reference

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Live Reading Sessions

The second live reading session will be 2021-01-24T03:00:00Z If you haven’t already, join the Japanese Book Club Discord. When the time comes to start, just enter the コンビニ人間 voice channel.

For the format, we will go through the entire week’s reading with each volunteer reading as much as they feel comfortable with up to about a page. Joining just to listen is completely welcome! Then we will pick a section of the reading to translate together. Last time it took us an hour and a half, but feel free to join late or leave early as your schedule allows.

Please post any questions regarding live reading session logistics in the Discord channel or on the home thread.

Vocab Sheet

Anybody should feel free to add to the vocab sheet. Read the guidelines on the first sheet- even if a word is not yet included you can use the spreadsheet as a tool to get help.

Discussion Questions

  1. What sentence/passage gave you the most difficulty? Feel free to request some help, or if you figured it out on your own break it down for the rest of us!

  2. What was your favorite new vocab word from this week’s reading?

  3. Was there any passage that you found particularly intriguing? Did it resonate with you (either positively or negatively)? Was it surprising? Offer any insight or new perspective? Was it just beautifully written?

  4. To what extent do we embody the people we surround ourselves with? Is Keiko unique in this regard?

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