The long nights have broken! The sun is finally working on its return! 
A stretch of equal day and night (in both hemispheres!) is promised. And the Spring Equinox brings the return of the 24-hour Readathon 
There’s no better opportunity to do a little spring cleaning of your shelves and bring out any books, manga, visual novels, news articles, non-fiction, and more to join in on a special day with the community. If you can read, you can participate! 
How it works: On Saturday the 21st, whenever it begins and ends in your local timezone, read as much in Japanese as you can! The day before or after are also acceptable if scheduling conflicts arise for you. While reading, keep track of your progress in a way that makes sense for your materials: pages or characters, along with the time spent reading them – when you’re finished, report your final numbers in the community “results” reply below and we’ll tally our collective amount together to see what we were able to accomplish.
There is no expectation for the amount you read, or the difficulty, and anyone is welcome to join!
Participation:
Set your goals, make a post if you’d like to
Read during your 24 hours
Add your results to the community tally
Set your goals: Are there any books you’d like to start/complete? How many pages do you think you’ll read before time is up? You can challenge yourself to go above and beyond, or simply try to squeeze in a few pages to boost the community numbers. There is a list of participants and links below, add yours if you make a post, too!
Choose your Readathon time: Will you be reading day-of? Need to defer to the day before or after? Throughout your 24-hour period, post updates with your progress. Let us know when you finish something, reach a milestone, or simply can’t read another word without your brain melting. (Snack photos always welcome! 
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Add your results: When your 24 hours come to a close, show off your final numbers! Compare them to your goals: did you exceed your expectations, or were you too ambitious with your plans? Did you finish anything that was mind-blowingly good? Did you catch up to a book club you were behind in?
Add your final numbers to the “Results” post in the next reply below. It will be opened to the community at the start of the event – don’t forget to add your time and pages before it closes again!
FAQ
Do I need to read for 24 full hours?
No, this challenge takes place over a 24-hour period, but you are only expected to read for the span of time that you’re able during that period. Some of us may make it a personal challenge to read for as long within those 24 hours as is humanly possible, but even 1 hour of reading is an admirable feat!
Can I combine my time from the day before and after, too?
No, the addition of multiple days allows flexibility for those who want to participate but would otherwise be inconvenienced by a strict date. Please do not add reading stats that did not occur during your 24-hour reading period.
Do the books need to be in Japanese?
Yes, this challenge is meant to encourage us to read more Japanese. If you read other language books, please do not count them in the overall tally.
Am I required to post updates?
No, updates are simply a fun way for us to create a community event, but they are not necessary for participation.
Goals:
After each Readathon event, I like to add the results together in different ways to see how our reading has grown! The primary leaderboard is the average of everyone’s efforts: average time, pages, and characters. Using averages benefits readathons that have fewer participants and therefore lower raw numbers, as well as celebrates our community’s efforts as one group accomplishment. We are reading together, after all! The previous average then becomes one of many goals to beat in our next event 
While the event is taking place, when averages can’t yet be calculated, we also try to beat the raw numbers from previous readathons. For example, if we finished 1000 pages together in the last event, can we get 1001 next time? If we totaled 10 hours before, can we make it to 10 hours and 1 minute? I always like to say that the numbers are just an added bonus to having fun and reading together, but I can’t stop myself from watching the Results post with bated breath
New Goals:
- Previous Year (
Spring '25): 164 hours, 8.2k pages, 161.8k charas - Previous Event (
Winter '25): 295 hours, 11k pages, 817.7k charas
And here are the per-reader averages from the three top-ranking events:
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Event | Avg. Time | Avg. Pages | Avg. Charas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Winter '24 |
6:10:00 | 210 | 11.4k |
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Winter '25 |
5:40:00 | 213 | 15.7k |
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Summer '25 |
5:21:00 | 247 | 3.2k |
| ?? | Spring '26 |
There are currently no Spring events on the leaderboard 
But we’ve grown a lot in a year, improving our skills and joining in with many new readers. Will this be the first time a 
Spring Readathon 
makes its mark?
All Results
Chronological raw numbers and thread links:
| Event | Finishers | Time | Pages | Charas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer '24 |
16 | 43:50:00 | 2574 | 56.5k |
 Autumn '24 |
33 | 160:42:00 | 6426 | 405.3k |
| Winter '24 |
22 | 137:26:00 | 4632 | 252.3k |
| Spring '25 |
32 | 164:29:00 | 8204 | 161.8k |
 Summer '25 |
47 | 251:50:00 | 11607 | 151.6k |
| Autumn '25 |
40 | 213:11:00 | 7396 | 555.4k |
| Winter '25 |
52 | 295:25:00 | 11076 | 817.7k |
Per-reader averages from all events:
|
Event | Avg. Time | Avg. Pages | Avg. Charas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Winter '24 |
6:10:00 | 210 | 11.4k |
|
Winter '25 |
5:40:00 | 213 | 15.7k |
|
Summer '25 |
5:21:00 | 247 | 3.2k |
| Autumn '25 |
5:20:00 | 185 | 13.9k | |
| Spring '25 |
5:08:00 | 256 | 5.0k | |
| Autumn '24 |
4:50:00 | 193 | 12.0k | |
| Summer '24 |
2:40:00 | 156 | 3.5k |
Can we do it? 
Let’s read!
- I will participate!
- I will try to participate
- I’ll wait for the Summer Solstice
- I actually can’t read in any language, including this one
New Addition
If you have participated in previous readathon events and would like to see how your results compare over time, check out this script by @GolyBidoof 
I check the numbers a few times per day to make sure the many results add up to the total at the bottom. If you don’t want to add your results for fear of breaking the table, please don’t hesitate to ping me (
Realize in past readathons I broke my results tables out by manga/shousetu…didn’t this time and meh can’t be bothered to do it with these… manga is the top 4 lines / shousetu is the bottom 4 lines… good enough 
peeled and cut up a korean pear for me!
That’s some immense work on previous read-a-thon days! 
ふかぼく５
Manga
Chapter 23-28
1-194 (194p)
0h50m
Chapter 1-5?
1h30m
ゆるキャン１２
