🥗🎧📺 Summer 2026 edition of the Listen Every Day Challenge🎧 📺 🥗

2026年7月21日(火)

7月21日(火)

Pimsleur Level 2:10
30分

YUYUの日本語Podcast
#471 [Ver.02再録] 僕の好きな日本文化「様式美」について
53分

違国日記〜アニメ
8・ 彷徨 23分

2026/07/20
One and a half episode of グロウアップショウ

July 21

・VCR Rust - Day 4 (10h 48m) live stream
・Older zatsudan from 2020 (1h 22m) vod moved to new place

Seems like since it’s not long until the live concert, his schedule is more open so he won’t overwork himself or catch a cold. That’s why he’s able to stream so much again.

Today’s total: 12h 10m
Monthly total: 168h 52m
Yearly total: 863h 57m

I got 40 minutes of listening in today while I did chores. I let Youtube do the work on content, so two of the three videos ended up being ones I’ve listened to in the last week or so, but it was quite interesting to go back and listen to them again. I feel like I understood more the second time around!

7月22日(水)

Pimsleur Level 2:11
30分

YUYUの日本語Podcast
#472 Sayuriさんは、どうもポップコーンにハマっているようです!
21分

Sayuri Saying Podcast
#320 梅雨と雨の日の過ごし方
12分

違国日記〜アニメ
9・交わる 23分

2026年7月22日(水)

7月20日(月)ー7月22日(水)

I’ve been thinking about getting a e-reader and xteink products have been showing up quite a lot, especially since I got into traveller’s notebook recently. Japanese support doesn’t look great but I think I’d like to get used to reading more novels on my iPad mini first before looking at getting a eReader. Kobo and Kindle being the more established brand in my mind but they have their limitations from quick searches I’ve done. Xteink are small and could be fun to have but some people are saying they’re more of a companion reader that you can bring anywhere. Boox Palma is another one that has been in the radar.

Date Title Type Note Progress Duration
20/07/2026 転生したらスライムだった件 Anime Episode 23 00:20:00
21/07/2026 転生したらスライムだった件 Anime Episode 24 00:20:00
22/07/2026 吉天堂 YT 流行りの超薄型電子書籍リーダー『Xteink X4』レビュー 00:09:23

July 22

・VCR Rust - Day 5 (9h 46m) live stream

Kanae changed live stream into メン厳 mode (メンバーシップ限定) for a few hours while new Nijisanji members had their debut stream :eyes: Since I already had the stream open, I could still watch even tho I’m not member :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: It’s enough with membership on twitch, I don’t need on youtube as well.

・Old zatsudan from 2021 (38m) vod ICL surgery

The ICL (eye surgery) zatsudan: きたーーー!The super fast line at 8:42 :laughing: (Timestamped below.)

It’s the line I had to replay quite a few times when I first listened to this zatsudan. I’m relistening now because it’s one of the earliest Kanae content I’ve registered of having consumed during my participation of the listening challenge. I started watching his content around start of 2024 :eyes: It didn’t take long to become a super fan :relieved_face:

Btw, in this zatsudan he describes how it is to get eye surgery and he’s really passionate and a good story teller, it’s hilarious to listen to :laughing: I recommend!

Today’s total: 10h 24m
Monthly total: 179h 16m
Yearly total: 874h 21m

Busy day, but I managed to get some quick listening in after catching up on reviews. 10 minutes of Speaking Japanese Naturally this time around. a bit above my level, but I still felt like I could hear the individual words, even if I didn’t understand all of them.

I watched the first episode of “Until the Tshirt Dries.” It started a bit slow for my taste, but then it got a little better and even knowing what was happening, the ending had me shocked (mostly because of the way the husband conveyed the situation).

『シャツが乾くまで』の第1話を見たよ。最初はちょっとゆっくりペースで、自分の好みには合わなかったけど、その後少し良くなって、何が起こるか分かっていても、ラストにはびっくりした(主に旦那の伝え方のせいで)。

How do you listen to so much Japanese per day? I mean, I work in Japanese environment so I hear it 5 days a week and take in a lot but to intentionally listen for 10 hours?!

Currently on summer vacation! :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: I don’t have any responsibilities to take care of (kids/pets), so I end up spending most of my time in front of the computer. 夏休みが終わったら、さすがに10時間は無理ですね。

Also, it’s not like it’s 100% active listening 100% of the time. It’s more like having the TV on in the background when Kanae streams for hours on end like he often does. I use wireless headphones, super flexible for walking around in my apartment.

My screen right now:

2026年7月23日(木)

7月23日(木)

Pimsleur Level 2:12
30分

The Bite Size Japanese Podcast
#708 オーストラリアで新生活
47分

違国日記〜アニメ
10・縛る
23分

2026/07/22
The second half of グロウアップショウ episode 2

July 23

・VCR Rust - Day 6 pt 1 (2h 24m) live stream
・Shaka-san’s stream 13:30-15:00 (1h 30m) twitch channel
・Kanae/Yorumi granblue PR stream (1h 40m) stream
・Shaka-san’s stream 16:40-16:55 (15m)
・VCR Rust - Day 6 pt 2 (4h 10m) live stream

Went to Shaka’s stream while waiting for Kanae to get online again. They’re on the same team on Rust.

Today’s total: 10h
Monthly total: 189h 16m
Yearly total: 884h 21m

Rough day at work today. Didn’t want to put forth the mental effort into something more directly challenging, so instead I watched Episode 1 of ゆるキャンポ [Laid-Back Camp] for a second time, still without any subtitles (I can’t be bothered to locate the Japanese subtitles, so I’m just enjoying the art and listening intently for now). Probably didn’t even understand half the episode still, but I picked up a little more than the last pass through, so I’ll take it.

Pimsleur Level 5 Lesson 8.

Gonna have to repeat this lesson though.

7月24日(金)

違国日記〜アニメ
11・解き放つ
23分

4989 American Life Podcast
#76 落ちまくりドヨーン絶不調期間
32分

Had to skip my Pimsleur today as I had a deadline for work and had to skip my walk