Join us! ハイキュー・Haikyuu! 🏐 (Beginner Book Club) - Starting December 12

Japanese Language Reading
#74

Thank you - those both look like good options! I like the idea of being able to build a plan with Windscribe, since I would really only want it for Netflix. :slight_smile:

#75

I’ve been watching anime with Japanese subs on Netflix without a VPN o: I live in Europe, so maybe its to compensate for our generally smaller selection of good shows?? XD

#76

I would’ve loved to join, but I’m not able to buy the book!
Have fun reading!

#77

You can also upload custom subtitles to Netflix if a show doesn’t have the ones you want. There are even a couple of browser extensions that let you add several subtitles at once.
(Though honestly, a VPN is probably the easier option. + has the benefit of a bigger catalog)

#78

Do we have the week 2 thread up yet?

#80

week 2 is upon us. last week before the break

#81

happy?:stuck_out_tongue: ‌‌‌‌‌

#82

Thank you so much! <3 <3 <3

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#83

Looks like the first five Haikyuu volumes are currently free for a limited amount of time on amazon and some other retailers.
(I’m not sure how the whole limited time thing works, does that mean the book will disappear from your library once the trial period is over? Or do you actually get to keep it?)
I’m assuming most people here already have the book since we already started, but maybe if someone wants to join in late they can make use of it :sweat_smile:

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#84

For the limited ones like this they will become unreadable when the time period ends. :slight_smile:

#85

Week 3 is up!

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#86

thanks, i forgot

#87

Hello ハイキュー readers!

The Beginner Book Club is now voting on what we should read after ハイキュー！

You should vote :wink:

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#88

next week is up

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#89

Hey everyone! I heavily underestimated the sheer amount of time it would take to manually enter all of the vocabulary into anki decks, but I managed to make a deck for chapter 1.1 if anyone wants to download and use it! Haikyuu Book Club Chapter 1.1 - AnkiWeb

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#90

you can export the vocab sheet to csv and then import it with anki if you don’t care about the sentence. you could even use the migaku japanese addon to add audio!

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#91

you are 1000% correct. I will give that a go!

#92

I noticed there has been quite a drop-off in engagement this past week.

Any thoughts? I for one have struggled with the teeny tiny furigana. It makes every lookup a real pain in the arse.

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#93

For me, I think it’s been a combination of the following:

  • Work, unfortunately.

  • The characters all look the same to me, and they aren’t particularly interesting enough to be distinctly identified.

  • I have no interest in the book’s subject matter, plot, dialogue, etc. I’d never seen the anime prior to the start of the club, and have only watched the first episode after reading the applicable chapters in the book. I know this is only the first book, but it’s really not grabbing my attention in any aspect.

  • I’ve been furiously making Netrunner decks in as much secret as possible for my husband’s surprise birthday today for our friends to play.

As much of a lurker as I am, I thoroughly enjoy the existence of the book club, and hopefully next week will settle down so I can catch up and contribute!

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#94

Yeah, half the time I ignore it and just use the 部首 lookup on Jisho for the kanji.

January is slow in general due to the holiday hangover. :wink:

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