Update: For anybody who’s interested in this book (and you should be if you know of Nisio Isin!), please feel free to read at your own pace and comment whenever you want in this thread! At this point the schedule and polls are really just for my own accountability. Kubikiri Cycle The first book in …

One reason this book will take me so long is that it keeps sending me on little tangents. Last week was the Motojiro Kajii detour, and this week I’ve decided I need to learn how to play Shogi!

Hope things have settled down a bit! This week’s nice and short. I’ve definitely gotten more comfortable with "である” grammar over the course of the book so far. I’ll admit I’ve cheated a bit by glancing at the English translation now and then to confirm my comprehension–this is a lot harder than Mura…

More interesting things I’ve learned about from this week’s reading: the origins of photography and of perspective in art, as well as the artist Gustave Courbet. I love that we’ve gotten such in depth introductions to each character. I’m not looking forward to any of them getting murdered, or being…

@softlyraining I hope all is well! We’re definitely missing you in the bookclubs but I totally understand that life gets in the way. Anyway, on to week 6. It’s really flying by. poll

I’m sorry for not responding! I finally have internet again. Things were kind of dicey with the move, but they’re finally starting to settle down. I’m impressed with how well you’ve been keeping up on the reading! I’m…very far behind. :sweat: BUT, I’m going to try and get myself going again. It migh…

Psyched to have you back! While you’ve dealt with moving I’ve actually happened upon quite a bit of free time–I injured my wrist and can’t fly for a month :cry:. I figure it’s a good time to do some extra reading and maybe a bit of a sprint through some WK levels. I’m looking forward to hearing you…

A bit late to post this week, but I’m hanging on with the reading! Not much time to write much but I will say (very minor spoilers) poll

Some random thoughts as I read: This is the first I learned of the concept of Panta Rhei I googled パーンテナ島 and every hit I got were Japanese speakers reading Kubikiri Cycle who had no idea what this line meant. I ultimately checked the translation and it was “Neverland”, which totally makes sense i…

Anyway, on to week 9! Longest so far–we’ll see how it goes. poll

First of all I have to say, On to weeks 10 and 11! poll

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A bit late this week. I’m pretty happy that I mostly managed to keep pace even with 66 pages in two weeks.

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