Welcome to the 老女的少女ひなたちゃん・Little Granny Girl Hinata-chan Book Club!
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This is the main thread for reading the manga along with the Absolute Beginner Book Club here on the forums. If you have a bit of experience with Japanese, but you are still easing into reading, then this would be a good place to start! If you have questions about whether or not you think you’re ready, feel free to ask them here, or in the ABBC main thread, but also please check out @ChristopherFritz’s guide for joining the Absolute beginner book club.
The scheduled read of volume 1 with the ABBC is now finished. However, the threads are still open so feel free to share your thoughts or ask questions in the weekly threads.
There’s also the offshoot club if you want to read volume 2 onwards.
Anilist
With a taste for the finer things in life, a mind chock full of knowledge and a solution for every problem, Hinata isn’t your average kindergartener. She has a secret. Hinata is actually an 88-year-old grandma, reborn into the body of a little girl with all her memories intact! She loves pickled vegetables and enjoying a nice cup of tea on the veranda while disciplining her peers with her authoritative, old-fashioned dialect. Why has she been reborn?! Find out in this cute, nostalgic comedy filled with grandma-wisdom!
View the nomination post here for some preview pages
Where to purchase
Digital: Amazon Kindle JP | Rakuten | BookWalker
Physical: Amazon JP | CD Japan | Amazon US | Honto | Kinokuniya JP
Schedule
| Week # | Date | Chapter | Page #s | Pages with Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 9th | 1 pt 1 | 3-9 | 6 |
| 2 | March 16th | 1 pt 2 | 10-15 | 6 |
| 3 | March 23rd | 1 pt 3 | 16-22 | 8 |
| 4 | March 30th | 2 pt 1 | 23-31 | 9 |
| 5 | April 6th | 2 pt 2 | 32-40 | 9 |
| 6 | April 13th | 3 pt 1 | 41-49 | 9 |
| 7 | April 20th | 3 pt 2 | 50-60 | 9 |
| 8 | April 27th | 4 | 61-78 | 17 |
| 9 | May 4th | 5 | 79-94 | 16 |
| 10 | May 11th | 6 | 95-112 | 17 |
| 11 | May 18th | 7 | 113-132 | 16 |
| 12 | May 25th | 8 | 133-150 | 17 |
| 13 | June 1st | 9 + bonus | 151-174 | 21 |
Vocabulary
Please read the guidelines on the first page before adding any words.
Live Readings
Discussion Guidelines
Spoiler Courtesy
Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent ネタバレ. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.
- Any potential spoiler for the current week’s reading need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category.
- Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon).
- Any information from later in the book than the current week’s reading (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) needs to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as coming from later sections.
Instructions for Spoiler Tags
Click the cog above the text box and use either the “Hide Details” or “Blur Spoiler” options. The text which says “This text will be hidden” should be replaced with what you are wishing to write. In the case of “Hide Details”, the section in the brackets that is labelled “Summary” can be replaced with whatever you like also (i.e, [details=”Chapter 1, Pg. 1”]).
Hide Details results in the dropdown box like below:
Example
This is an example of the “Hide Details” option.
The “Blur Spoiler” option will simply blur the text it surrounds.
This is an example of the “Blur Spoiler” option.
Posting Advice
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When asking for help, please mention the page number, and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked. As the threads get longer, it becomes more convenient to use the Search function, which is located in the upper right corner of the forum. It is the magnifying glass which is near your profile picture! The best way to search is usually to type part of the sentence you are confused about, and select “in this topic”. This will show you all posts within the current thread which has that string of text.
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Be sure to join the conversation! It’s fun, and it’s what keeps these book clubs lively! There’s no such thing as a stupid question! We are all learning here, and if the question has crossed your mind, there’s a very good chance it has crossed somebody else’s also! Asking and answering questions is a great learning opportunity for everyone involved, so never hesitate to do so!
Digital Page Numbers
Please note that page numbers as reported by software for digital copies may not line up with the page numbers of the physical book. The page numbers listed in the schedule are based on the physical copy, and should be present on the pages themselves on your digital copy every 10 or so pages. Weekly threads will include the last panel to help you find the stopping point.
For bookwalker, digital page numbers in the UI are 3 higher than physical page numbers. Other providers may vary.
Proper Nouns
| Name | Reading | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 日向 | ひなた |  |
Main character |
| 文夏 | もか |  |
Hinata’s classmate (Note, you’ll often see her name written as モカ) |
| 千春 | ちはる |  |
Hinata’s classmate |
Other characters may be added later
Resources
Just one note on Hinata’s dialogue. She’ll often end her sentences with っぺ or ぺ。This is supposed to be like an old person dialect thing, but one made up just for this book.
Membership
- Yes
- Yes, but I might start late
- Maybe
- No
- eBook
- Paperback
- Hardcover
and also the manga sounds so cute, so I’m definitely looking forward to it!
