骨ドラゴンのマナ娘 / The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter - BBC Book Club - Home Thread

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An abandoned girl finds her way to a dragon’s lair, and becomes raised as his daughter. Later, the girl finds she has magical aptitude and finds her way back to human civilization, under the watchful gaze of her bone dragon guardian.

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Where to purchase

Physical: Amazon JP | CD Japan

Digital: Bookwalker | Kindle

Schedule

Week Chapters Start Date Page #s Total Pages Pages with Text
1 1p1 Jan 17 3 - 20 18 13
2 1p2 Jan 24 21 - 36 16 16
3 2p1 Jan 31 39 - 52 13 12
4 2p2 Feb 7 53 - 70 18 16
5 3p1 Feb 14 71 - 82 11 11
6 3p2 Feb 21 83 - 100 18 18
7 4 Feb 28 101 - 130 29 27
8 5 Mar 7 131 - 161 30 25
9 6 Mar 14 162 - 200 38 31

Vocabulary

TBD

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Discussion Guidelines

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Proper Nouns

Pending

Page Numbers

The only page numbers to appear in this book are in the table of contents on page 1. If you’re reading on bookwalker, the page numbers are offset by 2 (i.e. page 5 on bookwalker is page 3 in reality) due to including the cover pages in bookwalker’s count. Each weekly thread will include the final panel for help in finding the stopping point.

Membership

Will you be reading with us?
  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Maybe
  • No
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Which version will you be reading?
  • eBook
  • Paperback
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Reserved post if needed

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So the chapter page numbers are:

Chapter Start Page End Page
1 3 38
2 39 70
3 71 100
4 101 130
5 131 161
6 162 200

I think chapter 1 is the hardest chapter, since the main character is a very small child in it and speaks in entirely kana for chapter 1. She grows out of it by chapter 2 however.

So I’m going to offer three schedules to vote on:

Fast Schedule

Week Chapters Start Date Page #s Total Pages Pages with Text
1 1p1 Jan 17 3 - 20 18 13
2 1p2 Jan 24 21 - 36 16 16
3 2 Jan 31 39 - 70 31 28
4 3 Feb 7 71 - 100 29 29
5 4 Feb 14 101 - 130 29 27
6 5 Feb 21 131 - 161 30 25
7 6 Feb 28 162 - 200 38 31

Medium Schedule

Week Chapters Start Date Page #s Total Pages Pages with Text
1 1p1 Jan 17 3 - 20 18 13
2 1p2 Jan 24 21 - 36 16 16
3 2p1 Jan 31 39 - 52 13 12
4 2p2 Feb 7 53 - 70 18 16
5 3p1 Feb 14 71 - 82 11 11
6 3p2 Feb 21 83 - 100 18 18
7 4 Feb 28 101 - 130 29 27
8 5 Mar 7 131 - 161 30 25
9 6 Mar 14 162 - 200 38 31

Slow Schedule

Week Chapters Start Date Page #s Total Pages Pages with Text
1 1p1 Jan 17 3 - 20 18 13
2 1p2 Jan 24 21 - 36 16 16
3 2p1 Jan 31 37 - 52 13 12
4 2p2 Feb 7 53 - 70 18 16
5 3p1 Feb 14 71 - 82 11 11
6 3p2 Feb 21 83 - 100 18 18
7 4p1 Feb 28 101 - 115 14 13
8 4p2 Mar 7 116 - 130 15 14
9 5p1 Mar 14 131 - 146 15 14
10 5p2 Mar 21 147 - 161 15 11
11 6p1 Mar 28 162 - 180 19 15
12 6p2 Apr 4 181 - 200 20 16
  • Fast (7 weeks)
  • Medium (9 weeks)
  • Slow (12 weeks)
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I tried to make the breaks line up to sensible points in the story, except for chapter 5 where there’s no clean break.

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Also known as Reverse Yotsuba Syndrome

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The cover was so adorable that I accidentally binged the whole volume in 1 sitting, but I’ll try to also check in for weekly discussion when the club officially starts.

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I’ll be joining this one :slight_smile: It looks soo cute and seems to have decent art :slight_smile: It sits right at the level, where it’s a bit harder to read, but still managable (thanks furigana!).

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Looks like a win for the medium schedule in the schedule poll so that’s what we’ll go with

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I haven’t joined a book club in a long time, but I think I’ll go for this one. The manga looks cute and I wanted to join a book club for my bingo this year. :3

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