Week 3: Chapters 26-28 (3 chapters) Start Date: November 16th Previous:Week 2 Next:Week 4 Home Thread:Link
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I am planning to start 3rd volume on 4th January, after the end of the year break.
In the 3rd volume, there are less chapters, but they are longer (about 10 pages). What is the speed you are comfortable with?
Please, select the speed most comfortable for you, we will adjust to the slowest person. I don’t want the situation when everyone selects slower speed for the sake of others, in case there aren’t any “others”
I’m conscious of the fact that sometimes my working week is so busy I don’t get a chance to read anything until the weekend. I’ve gone with 30 pages since I think I can manage a bit more than what we do now even with a busier week plus any other book clubs I’m in by the time we start reading volume 3.
ダラダラ= in drop,gently,slopping
入院 = Hospitalisation
While taking the examination by this guys, in drop and continue hospitalisation.???
I guess it’s something like I will do a careless job so that you will continue to come and give Dazai a job or something. Does someone have a better definition?
Chapt 27
Of course, the stories are not scary.
Chapt 28
My favorite for this week. If I have time I want to try to draw the character. I liked Dazai trying to draw Akutagawa behind Atsushi. The Akutagawa drawing a tiger cut in half and a perfect Dazai.
Btw isn’t real life Dazai a fan of Akutagawa which is the opposite of the anime? I saw that in another anime so not sure about the historical correctness of it.
あの人の診察を受け乍らダラダラと入院し続けるなど
“You’ve been receiving medical exam after medical exam with him, hospitalized time after time”
診察を受けながら - while receiving medical exams ダラダラと入院し続ける (In this case, だらだら is used as “leisurely,” like he’s just casually coming in and over and over and letting himself be hospitalized)
And then the next bubble is him saying “I’ll put an end to it once and for all!” (For the previous bubble)
Yesss I looked into it and apparently real life Dazai’s decision to attempt suicide several times was influenced by one of his favourite authors, Akutagawa, doing the same in the past. I think the decision to make it flipped so that in their “new life” he gets the total devotion of his favourite author is kind of cute
#1 Volume 7 got a release date, so we got one more volume to catch up to
#2 Dazai’s 人間失格 got nominated in the Advanced Book Club. I still don’t dare to attempt reading his works in the original, but I think it’s the appropriate thread to mention this.
(I’ll probably lurk the thread though, if they decide to chose it.)
(And I’ve recently wanted to check how one thing from it was phrased in the original and I’ve read a whole paragraph and actually understood it. )
#3 Volume 3 speed.
Taking into account the poll’s results, I propose the following schedule. If anyone sees any problem with it, please let me know in the comments!
Schedule for Volume 3
Week
Goal
Start Date
Week #1
Chapters 41-43
January 4th
Week #2
Chapters 44-46
January 11th (anime starts airing on 12th)
Week #3
Chapters 47-49
January 18th
Week #4
Chapters 50-52
January 25th
Week #5
Chapters 53-55+描き下ろし
February 1st
One Week Break
February 8th
Volume 4 Start
February 15th
And finally: Week 4: Chapters 29-31 (3 chapters) Start Date: November 23rd Previous:Week 3 Next:Week 5 Home Thread:Link
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At least there is some gender equality with weight obsession.
#30
You. Are. The. Mafia. You should be rich!
At first I was terrified that the whole chapter will be set in “old times” and that it will be difficult to read. It was a relief that it was only the first page.
That being said, I had some problems with the last page anyway.
Um, ホーム感? It seems like it should be “it feels like home”, but why weird worship party for their boss would feel that way?
Also I don’t understand this bubble. (The very last one in the chapter.)
#31
It was weird to see Chuuya taller than Dazai. It’s sad it was just Dazai’s tale
Btw! Their height difference is based on reality, too, although it’s a little adjusted (which makes sense, because the world population in general got a little taller during the last century).
According to Japanese Wikipedia, Dazai was 175cm and Chuuya was below 151.5cm (below 五尺), so Chuuya actually got a bigger boost in BSD
And I remember Dazai mentioning his height in 服装に就いて short story (another one with an autobiographical base; another comedy). As usual, I’ve only read the translation, but I remember him whining that it’s hard to get clothes when you’re soooo tall and that he stands out in a crowd.
Japanese Wikipedia backs it up, saying that Dazai’s height 当時の男性としては大柄.
大事なのはその人がしてほしいのは何かってことだよな
What that person (Akutagawa) finds important and wants from her (Higuchi) is certainly something…
大事なのは - (things) that are important
その人 - that person
してほしいのは - what they want them to do
何か - something
ってこと (ということだ, defining something)
I was sure it was a plan so that Dazai could eat more. I wasn’t that far from the truth
Chap 30
I would have had the same reaction as Akugatawa. A worship party. I didn’t know she was the highest-graded officer in that group. I was sure it was Hirotsu(the oldest). I mean he his the leader of the black lizard faction. The girl just seems like Akutagawa personal secretary to me.
Chap 31
I had the same reaction as Dazai. Why did his clothes also got bigger? I am still looking for the joke with Chuuya’s tear and the name of the lake. The nouns seem similar but not that much.
I love it when in Japanese they put kanji put with another word beside it. Like here つまらぬもの is put with the Kanji for Chuuya’s name
Does anyone here play the Bungou phone game? (Mayoi Inu I think it’s called…)
If so does anyone know if you can change it to Japanese. I’ve been playing it in English and it’s addictive but I can make this a little less time wasting if I can switch the language at least
I was playing it for a little while, but I didn’t find the option to switch languages, I think you would need either VPN for access to Japanese store or Japanese .apk file.
I’m not sure what qualifies as a gatcha game (I don’t normally play games…)
It’s fun though. You collect characters, fight with them to level them up, and beat levels that unlock scenes from the anime and special scenes specifically for the game (Like a version of the characters but they’re all students at a high school…)
There’s a lot of original art and stuff in it so I personally enjoy it.
And no, I have my phone set to Japanese and unfortunately the game is still in English ;(
You get a random prize from them. That’s the basis for the name “gatcha game”, because in video games with that model, you get random characters instead.
As for the BSD gatcha, I forgot to mention that servers for English and Japanese versions are separate. They also have different timeline for events and you wouldn’t be able to transfer your account even if you would download Japanese version from the Japanese Android/Apple store, so you would have to start from scratch.
Separate servers are probably one of the reasons for not being able to change language easily, because content isn’t the same.
I agree I also have no idea why she has so much power
It was mentioned in the anime that her power comes from Akutagawa’s power, but uh, it doesn’t make sense, because Akutagawa clearly doesn’t support her.
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