And we’re off!
Week 1 - Prologue and the start of Chapter 1
I’ll try to post Friday evening UK time so the new post is up for the weekend wherever you are.
Come along and join in!
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Week 2 - Chapter 1 (first part)
This week:
tension, confusion and a mysterious person in Izumi’s apartment
And an unexpected arrival at the school gate…
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Week 3 - more of Chapter 1
This week:
The mysterious Mayumi offers an explanation of sorts, and a toast to the new Oyabun!
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Week 4 - Chapter 1 continues
This week:
Izumi makes a decision
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Week 5 - Chapter 1 - section 4
This week:
The 刑事さん seems to suspect something; also Izumi’s first meeting as 親分 doesn’t go as expected
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Week 6 and the end of Chapter 1
This week:
Izumi finally meets Hamaguchi and things don’t go quite as planned.
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Week 7: part 1 of Chapter 2
This week:
Izumi has a difficult conversation with the headteacher, the 刑事san returns, and an unpleasant homecoming …
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How are you all liking the book now that you’re done the first chapter?
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It’s fun so far. More difficult than I was anticipating, too, due to a lot of unfamiliar vocabulary (for me, at least!). The plot’s still working up steam but the build up has lots of entertaining moments, especially at the end of part 1. Like 殺人犯, there’s also a large cast and it’s a bit hard to remember who everyone is!
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さすが、pretty similar in level to 殺人犯になれる. Pretty light, but fun.
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I’ve been enjoying it a lot. I thought it would be harder then 殺人犯になれる due to the density of text, but it’s actually quite similar in difficulty and I’m not having a lot of trouble reading it. I think the narration style also makes it easier to follow, since even though there are a lot of characters, they feel a bit more fleshed out compared to the previous book for me.
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Week 8! Part 2 of Chapter 2
This week:
The 刑事san reveals his suspicions, Izumi has trouble sleeping, and Kenji is defnitly not drunnk
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Week 9. Chapter 2 Part 3+
This week:
Tense scenes in Izumi’s apartment. Will Shuhei or the others get there in time?
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Week 10! Last part of chapter 2
This week:
[edit - this time with link!]
High stress in the Medakagumi headquarters as Izumi is missing, and then Kenji returns…
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Thanks! I don’t see a link to the weekly post to follow, is that coming up still (totally ok if you are busy, no rush) or did you forget to link it?
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oops! thanks
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Heads up - next week’s reading will take us to the half way mark in the book. So at the current pace we will take 22 weeks to finish - finishing around middle of July. Hopefully everyone is still enjoying the book and managing to keep up?
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I’m enjoying the book and I like the current pace. I like that it’s enough to usually cover a whole sub-chapter every week or two but not so fast it makes it impossible for me to follow my increasing number of other book clubs.
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Did fall one week behind, but that’s more to do with my conflicting activities and less to do with the pace of the book.
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Week 11 - this takes us to the half-way point!
First section of Chapter 3
Izumi goes alone to visit another Yakuza clan who might be behind recent trouble. Tomo has a clever plan, but things don’t go quite as he had intended.
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