Oh oh strike 1 and we only have 2!
I agree, the info made the whole fishing experience sound pretty dangerous and difficult. Plus, it could be tough to prepare the fish in our raft?
Maybe if we don’t fish we’ll have a closer look at other things we could do like fire up a radio or something!
if we could fire up a radio we could fire up a turtle for soup also
turtle ramen? hmmmm 
don’t worry we have a little hand pump too if we need to deal with small leaks 
I’m still wondering though why we have fishing line but no rod… seems super weird …
at least a ronco (as seen on tv) something small should be there you’d think…
(yes this is a real product)
then no cuts and can get some delicious 河豚
I must have completely skipped over the no fishing rod bit I was just like YEAH FISHING and then got excited wondering about how we’d eat it with all the info page 32 was talking about, but then I read everyone else’s comments and it would indeed be hard to fish without a rod
I’ve been meaning to go back and check. I don’t remember that sticking out to me either!
Heh sticking out to you
Thanks for sticking out, because I missed it… Read 10 AFTER 31, 32… Very not used to the flow etc of this series, yet.. I’ll go slowly through the older weeks from the start at some point… Managed to get myself killed straight off the bat 
Ooh you caught up to us?
@WeepingWeeb still having pun aftershocks
No, I started where you were… Before you all finish… I’ll go back and fill gaps later. And probably die many times
That’s a genius idea! Welcome aboard 
So glad you thought of that, we should totally suggest that for future clubs
太平洋を泳ぎぬけ - Escape from the Pacific Ocean!Oh no! After the turtle repeatedly hits the bottom of the boat we hear a whooshing sound - the boat was punctured and the air escapes. But luckily the raft is double layered and the second layer autoinflates.
Well, we make ourselves comfortable, sitting on a blanket and get some fresh clothes on. What to do? We entertain the thought of fishing but it sounds like a big hassle and possibly dangerous. Maybe we should find something else …
?
See you at scene 
( also read 23, (12), 24, 36)
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I read this in a rush so I would still be able to participate this week so I’ve probably missed some vital information like last time BUT
I say yolo let’s try catch the seagull if we can’t do fishing anyway
So we’re just gonna like… catch and wring some sea bird’s neck and… pluck it and eat it raw? This sounds like a terrible idea.. there has to be something better to eat, right? Right??
I am discouraged by the fact that we didn’t get a whole section on how to dress a bird.. like, it feels like the book is just hand waving that away in a way that makes me feel like we should eat this bird…
Raw? RAW bird? A bird that lives in the ocean and eats who-knows-what? No, no, no. There has to be something better out there to eat. Maybe if we can start a fire somehow later, then we can cook and eat a bird. But eating a raw bird? Bad idea.
These are the decisions where I’m like, yes, adult skills matter 
take that children’s book. We can survive a month without food, or, at least more then a couple weeks. I say be patient.
critical ocean survival skills
Quite, and that fire…
epic
I imagine trying to catch the bird, falling in the water in the process. Meanwhile, the bird goes in the raft, we get back in the raft just before the shark comes back to eat us. The bird flaps around the raft until we wring its neck. Now we’re wet and there is bird poo all over the inside of the raft. Angry and disappointed, we start a fire in the raft to cook the bird. Raft melts. Game over
…ShanMne: Did you know that shoemakers use hammers to attach the soles? 撞木 (シュモク T-shaped wooden Buddhist bell-ringing hammer)
…かげ is shadow/silhouette, かご is basket
Somehow, my Google Translate started doing JP-JP definitions (?) and a shadow is like a デッサン… 
…デッサン (rough sketch N1, from French dessin)
…ざっと (roughly, approximately N3 Anime Top 10K)
…心にきめる (to make up one’s mind)
…トランプ (Western-style playing cards N3, Anime Top 10K")
…気を紛らわす (まぎらわす to distract WK42)
…そのうちに (before very long; sooner or later)
…飽きる (あきる to get tired of, to lose interest in; to get bored, sated N3 Anime Top 4K, News Top 13K WK56)
…参照 (さんしょう reference, consult N1 Anime Top 50K, News Top 4K “参participate14–照illuminate30”)
…目が留まる (めがとまる to have one’s eye caught/drawn by something “留detain16”)
…目を凝らす (めをこらす to strain one’s eyes, to look closely, stare at) New ShanMne: Did you know that if you strain your eyes too much, you’ll end up crossing your eyes? 目をcross* → 目をこらす = to strain your eyes
…水面 (すいめん water’s surface Anime Top 14K, News Top 3K “水water2–面face/surface16”). New ShanMne: すいめん is what you swim in, at the water’s surface.
…こわごわ (恐々 fearfully, cautiously, nervously)
…確かめる (たしかめる to make sure of, verify, confirm N3 Anime Top 3K, News Top 10K WK22)
…水かき (みずかき webbed foot)
…つい(without thinking)かまえられ(to assume a stance, ready to fight/flight 構えるWK29)
…hmmm You “catch” sea Islands? 海島を捕まえる (つかまえる to catch WK25)
I have to choose 19, because I only just finally got around to starting this…
But I understand if you all want to go to 41. No hard feelings. 
This certainly is better to hear the comments and ideas of others, rather than to simply read alone and flip around the book!
Edit later: now I’ve read everyone else’s, and people are discussing trying to catch the seabird as food! I heard that you should feel good that land is nearby if you have a seabird on your boat. So I wouldn’t try to eat it, but see where it came from/goes to… And also ewww on raw bird meat…
Yeah, I think I’m on team “how exactly are we supposed to light a fire on this boat?”. Because there’s no way it’s a good idea to eat the bird raw.
I briefly fell off the raft, but don’t worry I’m a strong swimmer and I’m back! 
Hmmmm, this is a tough one. With the way the last part of the scene is worded like ‘well if you don’t eat the bird you’ll become weak and lose all your energy…and die…’ it makes it sound like we should catch the bird. But how are we supposed to cook the bird? I think we should have caught some fish, honestly Maybe if we don’t catch the bird, we can follow it to land?
this is why im behind…i went out to save you and you didn’t need saving …whoops…
read a couple of pages and added a little to renshuu…but not quite there yet…tomorrow night hopefully
This is honestly my hope if we don’t eat it…
太平洋を泳ぎぬけ - Escape from the Pacific Ocean!Well well, we’ve had some detours! Shark sightings 
and despite that several party members went off swimming or snorkeling 
But one thing hasn’t changed - as far as we can see is water and sky 
but what hoo! A bird lands on the raft! Hunger is still setting in and we dream of wrangling the bird and somehow eating it.. somehow… the more we talk about it, the more difficult this surviving in a raft is starting to look 
Let’s sit tight, card game anyone? And please, get out of the water! Come back and join the safety of the crew 
See you at scene 
( also read 42, 51, 52 )
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