文豪ストレイドッグス わん! (Bungou Stray Dogs Wan!) - Home Thread (Now Reading: Volume 3)

[Aislin]

This is Bungou Stray Dogs comedy manga spin-off Wan! reading club.
Everyone’s welcome, but knowledge of the main series is required to enjoy the spin-off.
(Bungou Stray Dogs itself is not comedy manga. Wikipedia lists it as action/mystery/supernatural.)

Here are some free sample chapters.

Schedule for Volume 1 (2020)

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Week	Goal	Start Date
Week #1	Chapters 1-3	August 31st
Week #2	Chapters 4-6	September 7th
Week #3	Chapters 7-9	September 14th
Week #4	Chapters 10-12	September 21st
Week #5	Chapters 13-15	September 28th
Week #6	Chapters 16-18	October 5th
Week #7	Chapters 19-21	October 12th

Schedule for Volume 2 (2020)

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Week	Goal	Start Date
Week #1	Chapters 22-23	November 2nd
Week #2	Chapters 24-25	November 9th
Week #3	Chapters 26-28	November 16th
Week #4	Chapters 29-31	November 23rd
Week #5	Chapters 32-34	November 30th
Week #6	Chapters 35-37	December 7th
Week #7	Chapters 38-40	December 14th

Schedule for Volume 3 (2021)

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Week	Goal	Start Date
Week #1	Chapters 41-43	January 4th
Week #2	Chapters 44-46	January 11th
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

Where to buy

Bookwalker digital
Amazon digital
Amazon paper
CDJapan paper

If you don’t like any of the options above, here is topic about other reading resources.

First version of the first post for archival purposes

I wanted to check if anybody would be interested in doing Bungou Stray Dogs bookclub.

I’m willing to do any option - main manga series, Wan! manga series or novels.
Wan! is probably the easiest, because it’s just a collection of gags, but it also requires one to already be invested in the series.

There were also some polls here, but they lost their formatting after I’ve hidden them.

[Naphthalene]

Do you mind adding some details or a synopsis for those of us who know nothing about this series?

Not that I would join, I’m already drowning in book clubs possibly because I put way too much time in making random topics.

[Aislin]

Haha, I realize I should do it, but I was secretly hoping nobody will ask for it, because I’m so hopeless at advertising things that I like & to make matters worse, it’s such a strange series. So I was hopeful I’ll just attract people who already heard about it & are interested.

It’s not like Harry Potter or One Piece bookclubs have a synopis…

But, yeah, since you called me out, I guess I’ll have to try to do my best.

Edit: Added.

[DollyDaydream]

I don’t really need another book club but… it is Bungou Stray Dogs though…and I’m so tempted

[Aislin]

We can always start later, there’s no rush!

Btw, now I’m wondering how many people should join for a bookclub to make sense. Any suggestions?

[Omun]

No real suggestions, but you can also look at the main thread of different book clubs. There are often some polls to gauge interest before the start, and then compare it with the most recent thread, which often also have polls about who is reading along / lagging behind / has given up on the book.

It’ll give you an idea about how many people might signal interest, versus the amount of people that tends to stick with the club over a longer time.

[Phryne]

@Aislin

Btw, now I’m wondering how many people should join for a bookclub to make sense. Any suggestions?

For what it’s worth, I read volume 1 of Shin Chan with just two other people and I enjoyed it

[DollyDaydream]

@Omun and @nienque beat me to it but yes there’s no real set number for any of the clubs. One of the book clubs I’m in is the わんわん探偵団 book club.

Just for comparison here’s how many people voted they’d like to take part in the book.

This is how many people started reading the book in week 1.

We’re now into week 15 of the book club and this is the most recent participation poll at the time of me writing this post.

I’d leave the poll open for a bit and see how many other people vote and decide from there what you want to do.

Although nienque has shown you don’t need an awful lot of people to enjoy reading together.

[Aislin]

In nienque case, there were still 7 people who said they are reading along initially.

I’m aware of the high dropout rates - in Kiki’s bookclub case, there were:

• Initial poll: 155 people
• Week 1: 77 people who are reading along
• Week 4 (now): 26 people who are reading along

And it’s not like everyone’s active anyway.

And in Re Zero bookclub there are 4 people who stayed even after 1 year.

Okay, so let me rephrase my question then. People who voted yes. Do you want to do a small bookclub.
Also, this series is rather intermediate level and for me it’s a challenge. So I won’t be able to help with harder questions, rather it would be me who needs help. I can read it, because I tried already, but there are parts which I’m unsure of.
I was gonna read it anyway on my own, so for me personally even one more person along for a ride is a bonus.

I also think we have to decide if we are going with bonus materials - novels & Wan! or with the main manga, because I guess different people would join then. Looking at the pool, it seems that novels are winning, although not everyone voted.

I think I personally prefer Wan! or novels because it’s a shorter goal and more manageable, so I changed my vote.

Can I ask everyone to tell me a bit about their expectations? Do you know the series already? What is the most interesting bit for you to explore?

[DollyDaydream]

Yeah, the amount of comments can depend on how comfortable people are with the book, I know if I have no issues understanding I might just make the odd comment about something to do with plot etc.

As for reading material I don’t really mind which we read, although the main manga or Wan being illustrated would help give more context if there are parts that are harder to understand, you don’t get that with novels.

I know the series fairly well, I’ve watched all three seasons of the anime and the film.

[anon54313967]

I’m interested because I love the show, I just don’t know if I’m good enough for it.

[Aislin]

@DollyDaydream

As for reading material I don’t really mind which we read, although the main manga or Wan being illustrated would help give more context if there are parts that are harder to understand, you don’t get that with novels.

On the other hand, with novels you can get an ebook and super quick words check
And I’ve been disoriented so many times by (different) mangas when character started to talk about their life philosophy or about action plan that I don’t trust them anymore as being easier beings because of visual cues

But. Wan! is easier overall, because like I said, it’s just collection of gags, some 4 panels, some not, but all short. And @ ObolioJ here said he’s interested, but he’s not sure about his skills.

Here https://web-ace.jp/youngaceup/contents/1000002/episode/ are some free sample chapters.

This one is a good example of both overall difficulty and general mood:

It’s not the end of the ministory, it’s continued here https://web-ace.jp/youngaceup/contents/1000002/episode/46/ I just didn’t want to clutter WK with too many images.

ObolioJ, what do you think?

[Aislin]

Okay, so.
There are some more people who voted in the poll, but they are silent. And, um, I have a feeling that people who are silent now won’t get any more talkative later.
And ObolioJ got lost somewhere, too.

Right now I think that only you, @ DollyDaydream, aren’t ignoring me.

Like I said before, if nobody’s interested, I may as well just do it on my own but I don’t want to abandon you. So I’ll let you decide.
Let’s say we go with Wan! because I still think it’s the best starting point if we’re both familiar with the series already. Do you want to do it just with the two of us? If so, when would you like to start?

And if you decide to take care of your other book(club)s for now after all, I’m totally fine with it. x)

[anon54313967]

@Aislin

And ObolioJ got lost somewhere, too.

I’m not ignoring you! I’m definitely interested, so I’m just waiting to see what seems to be the consensus opinion on what will be read.

[icefang97]

@anon54313967

I’m just waiting to see what seems to be the consensus opinion on what will be read.

same as above

[Aislin]

@anon54313967

I’m just waiting to see what seems to be the consensus opinion on what will be read.

But if everybody’s waiting for consensus opinion, then there is no consensus opinion!

And I specifically asked you if Wan! is fine, especially since in the poll you voted for main series.
See? Here!

@Aislin

ObolioJ, what do you think?

And

@icefang97

same as above

you, my dear, get a special treatment, because you’re an inspiration for all this mess, so I was gonna @ you anyway if it goes as public reading.

[icefang97]

@Aislin

you, my dear, get a special treatment, because you’re an inspiration for all this mess

My mom was right I am special

[anon54313967]

@Aislin

And I specifically asked you if Wan! is fine, especially since in the poll you voted for main series.

Let’s do it.

[noetune]

I’d like to join too! Even if there’s only a few of us reading it I think it’d be fun. From what I’ve seen in the thread you guys have settled on wan right?

[DollyDaydream]

If everyone else is good with it I’m happy reading Wan