鋼の錬金術師 🦾 Book Club (Offshoot) [reading Volume 2]

Welcome to the 鋼の錬金術師 offshoot book club!

The Intermediate Manga Club read through volume one of 鋼の錬金術師.

This offshoot reading club is to continue reading this ongoing series together, through scheduled reading.

Story summary

Japanese

兄・エドワード・エルリック、弟・アルフォンス。2人の若き天才錬金術師は、幼いころ、病気で失った母を甦らせるため禁断の人体錬成を試みる。しかしその代償はあまりにも高すぎた…。錬成は失敗、エドワードはみずからの左足と、ただ一人の肉親・アルフォンスを失ってしまう。かけがえのない弟をこの世に呼び戻すため、エドワードは自身の右腕を代価とすることで、弟の魂を錬成し、鎧に定着させることに成功。そして兄弟は、すべてを取り戻すための長い旅に出る…。

English

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies…the legendary Philosopher’s Stone.

Where can I buy it?

Where to buy

Amazon JP
Amazon Kindle JP
BookWalker

Discussion Threads

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I think you forgot to put the link to volume two in this thread

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Right you are! Should be fixed

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It’s the last week of volume 2! How are we feeling?

  • I would rather continue on my own
  • I want a one week break before starting vol 3
  • I want a longer break before starting vol 3
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I kinda want to continue but also this isn’t easy and I’m reaching critical book club levels with all the off-shoots.

Also while a decent number of people still read along on volume 2, there hasn’t been whole a lot of discussion in the club recently.

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I got behind because I hadn’t realised that the club had start until @simias reminded me in the home thread. I am yet to start volume 2, but I intend to catch up and keep reading.

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Likewise I got behind from real life stuff but plan on catching up and participating in the threads when I’m up to date :saluting_face:

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We could have a one month break if people still want to continue together but need time to catch up. With so many book clubs around, a longer break would benefit me too :sweat_smile:
We could also turn this into an informal book club… one thread for each volume, but without a schedule. People can comment on the volume or chapters whenever they want.

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I’d be fine with any of the options. While I do want to continue reading, I’m also involved in a lot of book clubs simultaneously, and I noticed that I tend to not really participate in discussion when this is the case. I wouldn’t mind taking a longer break or reading in an informal schedule, or just continuing on my own if people just decide to drop it

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I have a suspicion that the longer the break the bigger the amount of clubs people pick up meantime :sweat_smile:
I’d like to continue on a schedule and have no preference on pace.
Maybe we should slow down to let people catch up and breathe a little. We have cliffhangers at the end of chapters anyway.

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I’d have nothing against that, but I personally read one chapter at a time. So if we only read a portion of a chapter in a given week, I would either read ahead or read that part next week to have the full chapter, meaning I am technically behind :thinking:

Would anyone benefit from a slower pace? I have not considered that an option so far, but maybe someone wants to discuss it.

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Personally while it does take me a while to read even just one chapter, I’m happy with one a week since its an easier cutoff point. I’d say one or two week break might be nice for catching up without it being too long?

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Yeah, I am only behind cause I started late. One chapter a week was fine for me.

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We are done with volume 2!! :partying_face:

We have the same amount of people that want a one week break as we have for a longer break. I’ll say we continue on the 26th of October, so we have a 2 week break. That should give people enough time to catch up :+1:

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Thread for Volume 3 is up! As always, let me know if something is missing

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