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夜カフェ Offshoot Book Club - Volume 4

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Volume 4 Reading Schedule

Week Start Date Chapter Title Start Page Page Count
Week 1 March 4 Ch 1 8 12
Week 2 March 11 Ch 2 21 16
Week 3 March 18 Ch 3 38 15
Week 4 March 25 Ch 4 55 15
Week 5 April 1 Ch 5 71 15
Week 6 April 8 Ch 6 86 13
Week 7 April 15 Ch 7 101 15
Week 8 April 22 Ch 8 118 14
Week 9 April 29 Ch 9 133 11
Week 10 May 6 Ch 10 145 15
Week 11 May 13 Ch 11 161 14
Week 12 May 20 Ch 12 & extra pages 176 18

Hope you enjoyed your break! We’re continuing with book 4 in the 夜カフェ sequel. This thread will serve as a discussion thread for book 4.

This is an offshoot book club for 夜カフェ which we originally read with the Beginners Book Club. Please follow the links below to guide you to the other volumes in the series.

Start date of current chapter: 4th March 2023
Next time: Vol 4, Chapter 2
Volume 3: 夜カフェ 3 Discussion Thread
Volume 2: 夜カフェ Offshoot Book Club Home Thread
Volume 1: 夜カフェ 1 Home Thread

Vocabulary List

The vocab list is a community effort, so if you contribute to the list or even just point out a potential error/typo, you’re helping your fellow readers out! It goes without saying, but feel free to peruse the list to help make your reading experience easier! You’re not obligated to contribute but any help you provide is truly appreciated. :slight_smile:

Discussion Guidelines

  • Please blur / hide any major events in the current week’s pages (however early they occur), like so: [spoiler]texthere[/spoiler] result: texthere
  • If you’re reading ahead, please refrain from mentioning spoilers in future chapters. If you absolutely must comment something, be sure to add a warning (ex: potential spoiler in chapter 3) before hiding the rest of the spoiler under a spoiler tag.
  • When asking for help, please mention the page number and identify whether your book is a physical copy or ebook, and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked
  • Feel free to jump in at any point in the discussion - you’re never too late to the party!
  • Sharing your impressions and predictions of the reading are highly encouraged! It’s fun to see if the story pans out the way some of us think. Just be careful not to give away anything if you’re reading ahead. :wink:

Participation Poll

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  • I’m behind and will catch up later
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Discussion for chapter 2 starts from here!

Participation Poll - Volume 4 Chapter 2

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Well, I certainly did not expect them to be second-years already. That seems… awful sudden.

Nothing more to say about ch 1 really except that I’m glad Hanabi and Yayako aren’t suddenly buddy-buddy, though I still don’t get why Hanabi wants to be nice to her, especially when Yayako still clearly wants nothing to do with her except to torment her.

I’ll try to read ch 2 tomorrow, but no promises

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Chapter 2 spoilers

We’re getting some foreshadowing into this book’s main conflict. We meet the new characters and 1st year students, and we see Tina is already popular with them because of her appearance but also her parents. She would rather people leave the topic alone. Sounds like Tina will be the focus, and we’ll see how she can overcome her embarrassment over her parents’ scandal.

We’re starting chapter 3 from today!

Participation Poll - Volume 4 Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 spoilers

Tina officially becomes the target in this book. I like that the author decided to tackle the issue of cyber bullying since it’s really a big problem everywhere including among Japanese students.

Who knows if revealing Tina’s relationship to her infamous mother was done with ill intentions or it could be the work of a 1st year who really admires Tina but doesn’t have a lot sense.

I find it oddly suspicious that after this problem erupts, some college guy scouts Tina for a movie.

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ch 3

That’s a lot of coincidences this chapter. Well, two, but that’s still a lot for such a short time period. At least, assuming it is that someone unrelated made that tweet after the Middle Schooler Night attendants learned who Tina’s parents are, like it’s looking like, and it’s not because Saki doesn’t know when to keep her mouth shut. And then for the college student who at some point saw Tina and decided she was perfect for the lead role in the movie he was writing to come in at a time where introductions would occur and he could actually ask her…

Part of me feels like there’s no way any of this is coincidence, but also part of me feels like it probably is, though whether it’s poor writing (contrived conflict) or just because it’s for kids, I dunno. I don’t trust this author so I feel like any could be possible lmao

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We’re moving on to chapter 4! What possible dramas could be awaiting?

Participation Poll - Volume 4 Chapter 4

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I’m still behind but have nearly caught up, and expect to do so this week (possibly today).

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We’re rolling right along into chapter 5 of volume 4.

Participation Poll - Volume 4 Chapter 5

  • I’m reading along
  • I’ve already read this part
  • I’m from the future and reading way later
  • I’m behind and will catch up later
  • I’ve decided to drop the series

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