古見さんは、コミュ症です。 😱 (Beginner Book Club) ・ Finished

I’m sure it will be challenging, but it you make use of the crowdsourced vocab sheet, ask plenty of questions and use the Netflix series to fill in the gaps, I’m sure you will get very far :grin:

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Everyone’s level is shown in the little numbered badge on their profile picture (although some people hide it and some people might have reset to an earlier level at some point).

Welcome to the book clubs and have fun reading!

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Interest on read-aloud sessions on the WK discord?

  • I’d be interested in a weekly session!
  • I might join every once in a while.
  • No, never.

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:star:scheduling polls!:star:

avaliable days:

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday

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avaliability for sunday, 3/12:

  • 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z2023-03-12T07:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-12T07:00:00Z2023-03-12T10:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-12T10:00:00Z2023-03-12T13:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-12T13:00:00Z2023-03-12T16:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-12T16:00:00Z2023-03-12T19:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-12T19:00:00Z2023-03-12T22:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-12T22:00:00Z2023-03-13T01:00:00Z
  • 2023-03-13T01:00:00Z2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

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:star2: read-aloud sessions are now being set up!! refer to the above post for time scheduling, and join the discord at Japanese Book Club if you haven’t already, would love to have you :star2:

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For anyone who’s considering jumping in but remains undecided, you can browse through the first five volumes for free through March 15th (Japan time):

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The Beginner Book Club is currently holding a vote on what to read next. If you are interested in reading the next book as well head over there to vote

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Note: Before this Komi-san club started I hadn’t read any of the manga, and only watched the first episode of the anime.

For fun, I re-watched the first episode of the anime after reading the relevant chapters, and then preceded to watch one or two episodes more (also chapters I’d read), and while the anime is done well, I think the story works better in manga format. I wonder if that is because of how faithful the anime is to the manga, or just the story in general works better as a manga. Or just my preference in this case.

I just thought that was a kinda fun observation. I might still keep watching each anime episodes as I’ve finished the manga chapter(s) it covers, but so far I feel like the manga reading experience is superior. ^^

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I was able to catch the first few episodes of the anime adaptation of それでも歩は寄せてくる and came to the same conclusion. Except there, I felt they left out the best material and mashed the remainder together. (It can’t be easy adapting eight-page chapters into 24-minute episodes.)

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Last week! :star_struck: :partying_face:

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Oof. I still haven’t managed to get caught up since getting back from my trip. I haven’t even managed to get caught up on the non-book-club threads (though I have gotten the list of threads down from 250 to just 100).

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Wow, can’t believe it’s week 10 (and last week!) already. It sure was a nice ride though!

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