# 🔆 光の帝国 👑 - Home Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [June 28, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883 "2026-06-28T23:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/1 "2026-06-28T23:07:00Z")
[Join the Advanced Book Club here!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/44685) ## Welcome to 🔆 光の帝国 👑 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/b/7/c/b7ca08c9690f60c67e07a88c63b6db7cf0f103c1.jpeg) ### What’s this book about? Fantasy and connected short stories ✨ ## Where to buy [BookWalker](https://bookwalker.jp/de54bd36a2-814a-4c1f-aaba-99a9a4e3eb37/) | [Amazon.co.jp](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/408774292X/ref=nosim?tag=natively0d-22) ## Discussion Threads and Reading Schedule We will start reading on August 8th, 2026. Page counts are estimates from a digital edition. Please reference the stopping points as chapters did not work as good break points. > We aim to read fast books at 30-50 pages per week and hard books at ~15 pages per week 光の帝国 is considered a ‘fast’ book and so I aimed to have most weeks complete a short story. The exception to this is the second to last story which was too long and shares a portion with the final story which is quite short. ~~For reference, the “iPad page (approx)” listed below - with my current text size I have 292 total pages which is more than the 272 in the 単行本 and the 288 in the 文庫本 and the highest total weeks tied at 43 pages on my ipad and the lowest at 27 (the first week).~~ pm215 kindly looked up the bunko pages for us so those are now in the table. | Week | Start Date | Chapter | Percentage | 文庫 pages | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 1 | Aug 8 | all of 大きな引き出し | 11% | 9-36 | | Week 2 | Aug 15 | all of 二つの茶碗 and 達磨山への道 | 26% | 37-78 | | Week 3 | Aug 22 | all of オセロ・ゲーム and 手紙 | 40% | 79-118 | | Week 4 | Aug 29 | all of 光の帝国 | 53% | 119-152 | | Week 5 | Sept 5 | all of 歴史の時間 and 草取り | 67% | 153-192 | | Week 6 | Sept 12 | read until sentence ending in _５分間を」ちょうだい。_ | 82% | 193-233 | | Week 7 | Sept 19 | finish 黒い塔 and 国道を降りて | 96% | 233-272 | ## Discussion Rules - Please use spoiler tags for _ **major** _ events in the current chapter(s) and _ **any** _ content in future chapters. - When asking for help, please mention things like chapter, page number, part of audio track, etc. Mentioning what version of the book you are reading may also help people locate the section - Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn. - To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun! ## Member List Are you planning to read 🔆 光の帝国 👑 with the book club? _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/1))_ If so, which version will you be reading? _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![downtimes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/downtimes/32/790700_2.png) [@downtimes](https://community.wanikani.com/u/downtimes)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/2 "2026-06-29T05:16:35Z")
Looking forward to this one. Seems really interesting. When shopping for buy options I realized the series has 3 books. I don’t know if the others are also short stories or not but I find it an interesting way to tell a long story with short stories. I know it is a common style in Japanese I just don’t have much experience with it yet. Looking forward to see if the stories are more connected than in 人質. I expect we’ll follow a new person with ability in each of the stories at the moment 😊. ---
**Author:** ![NicoleIsEnough](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nicoleisenough/32/87285_2.png) [@NicoleIsEnough](https://community.wanikani.com/u/NicoleIsEnough)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/3 "2026-06-29T13:37:04Z")
The schedule looks perfect to me, thanks! It’s always amazing when an author writes in such a “regular” fashion. ---
**Author:** ![pm215](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pm215/32/510099_2.png) [@pm215](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pm215)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/4 "2026-07-03T16:05:19Z")
Here are the paperback pages from my 集英社文庫 edition: | Week | pages | | --- | --- | | 1 | 9-36 | | 2 | 37-78 | | 3 | 79-118 | | 4 | 119-152 | | 5 | 153-192 | | 6 | 193-233 | | 7 | 233-273 | > [@NicoleIsEnough](#): > > It’s always amazing when an author writes in such a “regular” fashion. I wonder sometimes if this happens because an author is writing for serialisation and the magazine or newspaper has a strict page count each month. But peeking at the publishing info and the afterword it seems like that’s not the case here (and the author even says they originally intended one or two of the stories to be full novel length!) ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/5 "2026-07-03T21:01:11Z")
Thank you! I updated the schedule with these page numbers ---
**Author:** ![Belerith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belerith/32/518237_2.png) [@Belerith](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belerith)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/6 "2026-07-29T18:22:24Z")
I’ll try to join in for this book club! My track record with schedules hasn’t been great these past few years but I’ll do my best. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/7 "2026-08-08T13:27:24Z")
[Week 1 is here!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-week-1/75321) 🔆 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/8 "2026-08-15T00:22:00Z")
[Week 2 is here!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-week-2/75402) 🎥 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/9 "2026-08-21T21:20:01Z")
[Week 3 is here!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-week-3/75493) 👞 🩸 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/10 "2026-08-28T13:58:43Z")
[Week 4 is here](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-week-4/75559)! 🍓 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/11 "2026-09-05T00:49:46Z")
[Week five is open](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-week-5/75624) 🔥 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/12 "2026-09-11T22:34:13Z")
[Week six is open](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-week-6/75703) 🌧 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcat/32/422463_2.png) [@pocketcat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-home-thread/74883/13 "2026-09-18T21:15:46Z")
[The final week is upon us!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD-final-week/75791) 🏁