Haha sorry I didn’t see the @'s till now. Yeah, romance isn’t a focus at all and nothing even remotely explicit happens if anyone was worried about that. Honestly the anime played it up way more to the point I was kinda suprised; the books are much more focused on the details of the overarching story.
@riccyjay oho I haven’t read that work of his yet! I could always use a good laugh and will pick it up when I can thanks for mentioning it!
And no worries, I agree. Paprika as a film is a visual and auditory joy ride with a different feel from the book! One of the those cases where if I had to choose I’d rather watch
I’m really poor in the grammar department and many have already started, so I’d be lagging behind a lot haha. The price of a real book is a bit much, and I can’t really order the ebooks because I don’t know how to make an account on the cheaper sites. stupid amazon being so expensive…
We haven’t started yet – some people have gone ahead, but they really shouldn’t. We’re waiting (or at least I hope we’re waiting) for the people who have books on the way! Don’t worry about that. I do think it’ll be difficult to find a lower price than Amazon’s $3 ebook price, though.
I think even if you understand only 10% of what you’re reading, that’s enough to grasp the story. However bad you may be at Japanese, I think you’ll learn a lot trying to read through an entire book – quantity over quality, right?
Hold out 'til next time if you want – just know that there are plenty of others in the same boat.
I don’t know where you’re seeing 3$ D: I can’t even find a japanese ebook on amazon and I don’t think my knowledge is good enough to figure out ordering on amazon jp ;-;
The Kindle version is ¥302 for me, and you can read it without a Kindle too as far as I know. The Amazon UK physical 文庫本 is £5, too, which admittedly is a bit more expensive but not too bad (especially if you have Prime).
And I’m sure you could figure out ordering! 自信を持って！
Successfully created a Japanese address with Tenso, and paid through a non-Japanese credit card. Brought through Kindle / Amazon JP. I followed Sirvorn’s guide.
@Aemaeth I in addition to everyone else has been saying, I also had to use a VPN to get the ebook. I got into quite a bit of trouble with actually haha, so be careful with it. First my bank closed my card because to them it looked like I withdrew money in Pa, then 12 hours later I was in Japan buying books. Then my college saw the VPN as malicious hardware, and blocked me of their wifi. I had wipe my computer to get back on. I don’t think it’s dangerous, just be mindful where you use I suppose.
I actually have no idea…but judging from how long 6 pages have taken me…my grammar ability is pretty poor. I half-know most of the grammar so far, enough to kinda get it, but still at the point that if I want to understand everything, that means constantly looking up and properly learning/reviewing grammar points.
thanks for mentioning it!
stupid amazon being so expensive…
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