An acquaintance was considering purchasing a second-hand house in Tokyo. It seemed to be an ordinary house with an open and bright interior, but there was a “mysterious space” in the floor plan. When he showed the floor plan to an architect he knew, he was told that there was “something strange” about the house here and there. What is the truth behind the mysterious floor plan? Who is the former resident who suddenly disappeared?
The start date hasn’t been 100% decided yet. It’s the first Saturday after soggyboy gets their physical copy.
Week
Date
Chapter
End phrase
Pages
Page count
1
16 May
行き先のない廊下
ここからなんです。
7-21
15
2
23 May
行き先のない廊下
end of chapter
22-44
23
3
30 May
闇を育む家
いやでもその光景をイメージしてしまう。
45-59
15
4
6 Jun
闇を育む家
end of chapter
59-76
17
5
13 Jun
林の中の水車小屋
end of chapter
77-95
18
6
20 Jun
ネズミ捕りの家
気持ちになりました。
96-106
11
7
27 Jun
ネズミ捕りの家
end of chapter
106-120
15
8
4 Jul
そこにあった自己物件
こんな場所にあるのは変だ。
120-139
20
9
11 Jul
そこにあった自己物件
end of chapter
140-156
18
10
18 Jul
再生の館
end of chapter
157-180
23
11
25 Jul
おじさんの家
end of chapter
181-192
11
12
1 Aug
部屋を繋ぐ糸電話
end of chapter
193-218
25
13
8 Aug
殺人現場へ向こう足音
end of chapter
219-240
21
14
15 Aug
逃げられないアパート
end of chapter
241-260
19
15
22 Aug
一度だけ現れた部屋
入間 はい。
261-276
16
16
29 Aug
一度だけ現れた部屋
end of chapter
276-296
20
17
5 Sep
栗原の推理
教団は暴利を貪れたわけです。
296-317
20
18
12 Sep
栗原の推理
flowchart for 資料＃8
317-335
19
19
19 Sep
栗原の推理
本質が見えてきましたね。
336-357
21
20
26 Sep
栗原の推理
紅葉滝れなおしましょう。
358-374
17
21
3 Oct
栗原の推理
圧迫されてしまったことを。
374-390
17
22
10 Oct
栗原の推理
flowchart for 資料＃4
390-404
15
23
17 Oct
栗原の推理
わけじゃないと思います。
405-424
15
24
24 Oct
栗原の推理
end of chapter
424-447
24
Vocabulary
Coming soon
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I had a look at the previous book. That one contained 25605 words (give or take) and was read in 10 weeks. This one contains 52493 words (give or take), so I think it makes sense to aim for ~20 weeks, which would mean splitting chapters in half, as @simias suggested.
I’ve also had a look at character counts per chapter. That seemed to me to be the best way, because some chapters may have more images than others, so page numbers may be skewed.
Based on the total character count and the 20ish weeks, we would end up with ~6500 characters a week, which might look something like this? I thought the 9k+ chapters might be too big to do in one go, but on the other hand I also don’t like splitting chapters
So please chime in! Would you rather read a bit faster and split fewer chapters? Or would you rather not have too many outlier weeks even if that means taking a bit longer?
Oh, and another thing to discuss: would it be helpful if I generated a vocab list or do we prefer to compile our own? I’d use the ichiran segmentation tool (as seen at ichi.moe), so there would be the occasional erroneous parsing, and it would contain ALL possible meanings for each word, not the most fitting one. But it does save a bunch of manual work, so it has its upsides.
Really excited to start this! The current schedule of splitting chapters in half to have around 20 pages a week would be fine for me, I prefer taking a bit longer but being able to follow comfortably without rushing too much.
Since each chapter is its own standalone story, splitting chapters in half also gives the opportunity to theorize a bit before we get the resolution the week after.
I added a schedule to the main post based on the input so far (1 vote for a slightly slower pace). Thanks @Buruberimiruku for the breakpoints and page numbers in the last chapter. Do you think you could find the page numbers for the other chapters I broke up? I marked them with ?? in the schedule.
I figured we could start a week from now? @soggyboy, do you think that’ll work for you or would two weeks be better?
I’m also thinking I might not make a separate discussion thread each week, cause that kinda feels like overkill for a club with 6-7 members. I think we could have the discussion in here instead?
I don’t mind waiting a couple weeks more, I have enough other clubs to keep me busy in the meantime.
No opinion on the threads either, I think some people object to having one thread because they find them confusing if people read at different paces but I don’t really mind it myself.
I think one thread is fine, it’s a bit sad to have a book club where every week just has like 2 replies As long as everyone marks where they are in the book when they’re commenting it’s usually ok in my experience.
I decided to purchase on Bookwalker and join, since it’s 45% coinback until May 7. The book is a little expensive though (one single boook already has coinback), but not some high level and not fast pace (IBC) could make it worth. Continuing the series, is that I would know what to expect. As long as the pace isn’t ABC, it’s probably ok for me.
I don’t mind when even it starts. Separated threads, or not, is also whatever. Chapters are disjointed anyway, while also short threads are indeed lonely.
Yes I can take a look and find the page numbers and get back to you. I can start whenever is best for the group. I may start off a bit behind but I don’t mind catching up.
That’s good for me. I wouldn’t be able to join before next week anyway, because I got too much real life, plus I still need to decide if I want to start reading this or finished some of the stuff I left off half-finished in January first. I’ll decide when the first thread goes up.
The official start date is the Saturday after @soggyboy gets their physical copy So you’ve got at least a few more days, maybe even two weeks, who knows!
I updated the title so it’s a bit clearer we haven’t start yet.
The start date hasn’t been 100% decided yet. It’s the first Saturday after soggyboy gets their physical copy.
Don’t know exactly when they’ll arrive though.
are indeed lonely.
