Welcome to the āFlesh&Bloodā Reading Club!
This is a BL series by ę¾å²”ćŖć¤ć about a boy who time-travels back to the time of pirates! Despite the series being labelled as BL, it starts off very lightly on that topic and rather dives into English and Spanish history of the time as well as famous pirate and non-pirate figures.
See also: FLESH & BLOOD | L31 | Natively | The book-reading community for Japanese language learners
This series has spawned some interest recently in the Read Every Day Challenge, and so I thought we might as well have our own thread to keep track of who is interested in reading, and maybe to also discuss the books.
This turned out to be more popular than I expected (yay ) so Iāve decided to go with one thread per volume to avoid too much confusion:
Interest Poll
- Yay, Iām in!
- Keep me in the loop, but I wonāt promise anything.
- Iām good, thank you.
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Volumes Read
- Iāve finished Volume 1
- Iāve finished Volume 2
- Iāve finished Volume 3
- Iāve finished Volume 4
- Iāve finished Volume 5
- Iāve finished Volume 6
- Iāve finished Volume 7
- Iāve finished Volume 8
- Iāve finished Volume 9
- Iāve finished Volume 10
0 voters
Discussion Rules
Discussing anything is fine, be it about language questions, about the contents or about real historic events! Please state clearly which volume and chapter youāre referring to, and please hide spoilers. Also, donāt forget the forum etiquette, of course.
Buying the Books
If youāre planning to buy the books on Bookwalker or Amazon and if youāre outside of Japan, you will need a VPN to buy them. Afterwards, you can download them to the app without the need for a VPN. I think you cannot read them in the browser without VPN, though. Please see the individual threads for direct links to the volumes.
Historical Figures and Events
The book mentions a lot of real (as far as we know ) historical figures and events. Here is a list of Wikipedia articles on them:
(Please be aware that if you want to go in 100% blind, this list will contain some spoilers for you)
Historical Figures, Events and Places
Please help sort them roughly in order of appearance
Land's End - Wikipedia
Plymouth - Wikipedia
Francis Drake - Wikipedia
Buckland Abbey - Wikipedia
Battle of Lepanto - Wikipedia (they used a very different name for this in the book - please add it here if you encounter it)
Elizabeth I - Wikipedia
Mary, Queen of Scots - Wikipedia
Philip II of Spain - Wikipedia