No problem! Haha, that’s okay - I just asked for a reminder in case I forgot; I’m pretty amazed I remembered 
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Oh boy, I was so excited to start reading this, then I had an absolutely crazy month and I just finished the first chapter. Well, at least I understood much more than when I tried with Kiki.
Wish me luck catching up I guess?
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頑張って！
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Hi! I’m just starting this book (better late than never, right?!) and have a question about the styling of the word “ずんぐりむっくり” on p6 - are the dashes beside the characters used for emphasis? Sorry if this has already been answered, I couldn’t find anything here.
Thanks!
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Yep, it’s emphasis.
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One more question from me (still on page 6)… in the last sentence on this page, is it Kazuko who feels bad for what she is thinking about Kazuo and Gorō’s appearance? I don’t think it’s written in first person but it is from her perspective / she is the inferred subject - Is this correct? Thanks in advance
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I’m not too sure what page you’re talking about since my pages are different but I think you’re talking about
吾朗は胸をそらしていった。まっかにふくらんだ顔のため、しょっちゅうりきんでいるように見える。
In that case, Kazuko isn’t there. It’s only Gorou and Kazuo in the bathroom
EDIT:
ぼんやりのようにも見えるし…
that would make more sense for page 6… The description of Kazuo is a general, characteristic description, so not from anyone’s point of view
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in the line "よしやまくんというのは、やさしくてかわいいけど、すこし母性愛かたなんじゃないか？
when yoshiyama-kun is called 母性愛過多, what does it mean?
that she’s had an excess of maternal love, and is therefore spoilt? or that she acts too motherly towards the students?
im quite late to this thread, starting the book now 
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It would be closer to your second guess. He says that right after she told the two of them to go wash their hands, something a mother is more likely to tell her kids than a student to tell her classmates.
Don’t worry, it’s never too late to ask questions on the past chapters 
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Also starting late. Read the first 2 chapters, then thought I might as well check this thread. Very useful, thanks everyone! 
Gonna reread the 1st chapter now to see if there’s any questions left! (I don’t think there are, but 
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How are you progressing @ekadish? Are you keeping to the same schedule as the club did with 1 chapter per week?
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I read till chapter 7 in a couple of days but then lost steam. now back on it! fightin!
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