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Japanese Language Reading
#107

I’ve also definitely fallen behind quite a bit.

I love Haikyuu, but not gonna lie, the digital version is kind of a pain in the ass to read sometimes with those tiny fonts and the bad quality. That can be a little demotivating. :sweat_smile:

But mostly I also just didn’t have much time lately.

I definitely still wanna read it though, I just need to catch up first (Though I already know the anime, so maybe I could just skip ahead and read the bits I’ve skipped later…).

If it’s similar for a lot of people and you guys think it would help I also wouldn’t mind an extra week or something so maybe more people can catch up.

#108

i had not considered that since the next book club has selected it’s start date.

@Radish8 can you read the few post me and @Phryne made today and say what you think? is there anything you think we should do?

#109

it’s probably worth noting that the there is a significant majority who attend the read aloud. many questions are asked there!

That’s good to know actually. I’m not really interested in the whole reading aloud thing but now I feel like I’m missing out, lol.

Do you guys ask and answer those questions out loud in the voice chat or (written down) via the chat?
I’m wondering if it’s somehow possible to easily collect the answers and make them available to everyone else in the thread…

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#110

I think they ran into this issue with the Kiki club too (long after I had already bitten the dust lol). Maybe a poll could elucidate the matter, like it did there. The problem is that it is unclear to what extent there is little discussion because people have dropped off, and to what extent it’s because there is discussion, it’s just not available here.

I will say, for me personally, this does make me think twice about joining a book club with a Discord in the future. If most of the discussion is taking place elsewhere, I might as well be reading on my own lol

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#111

Hi, I’ve taken part in all of the previous readalongs - they are really good and I would say add a lot to the book club experience for me but I wouldn’t necessarily say that they are replacing the discussion on the forum in any real way (although I would agree that the fact that folks are showing up to the readalong does show that there is still engagement)

In the readalongs we each read a character and then we take another run through the chapter and translate for that same character. In the translation section there is sometimes a bit of grammar chat/discussion if someone is stuck on a bit or needs some help - but I can’t really think of a practical way to record that discussion that wouldn’t be a lot of extra effort for those taking part.
What I have thought the discussion on the forums is good/better for is going in depth into a point and having more detailed discussion. You could really see that in the first few weeks but I agree it’s trailed off somewhat.

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#112

That’s definitely a frustration I’ve had with the discord sessions - several times now I’ve had experiences where I or somebody else has asked a question, and it’s mentioned that “oh, someone asked that in the reading session a few days ago”, and it feels like it really takes away from the forum conversation both at the time and in terms of creating a useful resource for future readers.

I’m sure it only feels like the odd question here and there to those taking part, but when the thread is limping along it’s a bit disheartening. It’s not so bad if the thread is really lively anyway.

I can absolutely see the appeal and added benefit of the reading sessions though. I don’t know how you’re running them in this club, but I imagine it would work a lot better if the reading sessions ran substantially lagging the forum threads. So read the week 2 passage only once you’re into the week 3 period, etc. That way - although questions are of course always welcome - the reading session hopefully becomes more about the reading experience and less a time to save your questions for.

In terms of engagement, are people not voting in the weekly polls? That should at least tell you whether people are still reading along.

@yukinet I’m totally happy to shift the start dates by a week if necessary at this point - we’re still a way from starting - but it would be good to check in with people first over whether they’re still reading along and could use a bit of a breather to catch up, or whether it wouldn’t make much difference. Sorry if that’s already happened and I just didn’t see :sweat_smile:

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#113

AFAIR this has never happened in the club

this is what we do, we have a one week lag.

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#114

with those point in mind. if there is a SIGNIFICANT majority who want a break, we will, otherwise we’ll continue as planned.

should we make this weeks chapter two week long?
  • yes
  • no

0 voters

#115

most answers are vocal but most read the chat so you can ask questions even if you don’t want to talk, i would oppose recording the session for the sake of privacy…

#116

I know, I was just talking about my experiences generally in commiseration with Phryne :slight_smile:

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#117

Yeah of course, I wouldn’t wanna be recorded either :joy:
I was just thinking that if it had been the case that questions are usually asked/answered via text in the chat, it wouldn’t have been too much effort to copy paste those into a forum post or something. But since they aren’t that’s obviously not an option. :sweat_smile:

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#118

We had a small talk in the read aloud, should we increase the delay between the book club and the read aloud? The idea is that a bigger lag would leave more time to people to pre read(in case they lag behind) and encourage people to use the forum more.

should we change the read aloud lag?
  • 1 week(read last weeks, normal)
  • 2 week(two weeks ago)
  • 3 week(three weeks ago)

0 voters

#119

Consider me an abstain from voting but still present and participating.
I’m happy with whatever the majority wants to do and I don’t want to skew the numbers in either direction to those that actually have an opinion

If people have thoughts about the vocab sheets and formats they want the data I can probably help out with scripting or things like that too.

My busy-ness has me needing to rush off again right now but unless things go sideways again at work ill read through the other posts and follow up later today

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#120

This might not be necessary. If there ends up being a rest week, we could do a poll here to see if people want the start date for FukaBoku to be moved as well. I imagine that matter will only really concern the people who are still reading Haikyuu, cause they will be the only ones jumping straight from one club into the next if the start date isn’t moved.

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#121

that’s decided then, @Radish8 we’ll make this weeks reading (5) a two week reading. please move the next book club if you think it’s necessary.

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#122

Thanks! I think I’ll keep the start date as is for now, just because that’s least confusing. Then let’s see how we go from here :slight_smile:

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#123

since we’re getting close to the end, would you be interested in continuing the book club as an offshoot? i’m asking early so that people who are interested have the time to buy it.

would you like to continue reading the next volumes of haikyuu! with the book club?
  • yes!
  • not sure
  • no

0 voters

#124

After a break, the new week is upon us!

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#125

the week before last is upon us

#126

I’m a bit confused about the dates, when did we jump from “start new chapter every saturday (- breaks)” to new chapter on friday and then thursday?
I mean I don’t mind either way, I’m just confused :smile:

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