Hmm, I own and want to read both of these, so if you do end up creating a thread/club/schedule/anything for it, count me in xD
On another note, I’m conflicted now! I didn’t want to buy more books but Kitchen sounds like something I’d really enjoy and I don’t know!!! Also it looks like there’s very little in the beginner’s club that I own, so I’ll probably have to sit that one out too, so I’m like… will I not read with anyone at all until next year???
I’m soo conflicted. Why is Japan so far away
The anime of your name is on the inflight entertainment for this JAL flight I just boarded. Sadly might take second fiddle to the obligatory samurai movie.
Hmmm, good question…
I think generally, a schedule would be good because it would keep me on track and actually encourage me to read it a bit more closely.
On the other hand just a general discussion thread would allow me to read it MUCH quicker if I actually really enjoy it.
Maybe some sort of middle ground would be good. Like, I don’t know, have threads for certain sections of the book rather than a specific time, so like the every so-many-chapters or whatever, so the discussion can be a bit more focussed (and I have a limit to read to that isn’t just the end of the book xD)
Or maybe more pages per week so it’s not quite as long (although if you ever end up falling behind, it’s super hard to catch up I guess).
Also, another thing is schedules I think work far better for bigger groups, and I’m not sure how many people we’ll have reading at somewhat the same time.
Not, sure, I’m just rambling here. Feel free to ignore xD
Ah, I noticed our club talking about it a bit in the Week 6/7 Haruhi thread. Seems like most people from Haruhi didn’t like it… Hmm…
Nice to know how easy it is, Belthazar! Is that only kanji/vocab-wise, or grammar-wise too?
I had no idea there was a 1983 movie!!! Yeah, I have the 2004-06 (or something like that) anime movie. Absolutley loved my first watch - where the DVD player screwed up and at some point RE-STARTED the movie! It was hilarious! And “all her fault” too… XD
Still good on the next watch, but I’ll never forget that first run-through with my friends… That woman with the groceries was always going to die, in that run through…
Oh! The voice actor was the actress in the new movie?! More reason to check out that take.
Hmmm… So the prequel focuses on the guy, then? If that’s the case, I definitely want to read it… Or does it focus on that woman who is like “this is normal for girls your age” in the anime, because that could be interested too. Hmm… Either way, I’m intrigued!
The anime is sort of a spiritual sequel/remake. You could say the book is about the anime protagonists aunt, but it doesn’t quite line up that way. That seems to be the intention.
I wouldn’t know - I fell behind early on and never managed to catch up.
There were films in 1983, 1997, 2002, 2006 (the anime) and 2010, and drama series (or episodes within other series) in 1972, 1985, 1994 and 2016.
Yeah, Makoto’s aunt (the art restorer) is the main character of the novel, though admittely it’s never made completely explicit. Makoto’s conversations with her directly reference several events in the novel, but yeah, you notice she never outright says “oh, I’m a time-traveller too”.
Also it looks like there’s very little in the beginner’s club that I own, so I’ll probably have to sit that one out too, so I’m like… will I not read with anyone at all until next year??? 
