Socially anxious bocchi and…
Wait
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…the Bocchi with the hairclip.
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Well, if anyone is interested in the Bocchi two-fer and missed the memo, the Ichidan Bocchi club started last weekend. 
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For those looking to dip their toes into intermediate level material, we’re starting an absurd short stories book club this weekend! We’re reading one story a week for the next 13 weeks. You’re welcome to join us from beginning to end or to dip in and out as your schedule allows 
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The next book club has started:
I’ve updated the club heading post to match. By our usual schedule, the next poll will be december 28th and run until january 4th, and the next club will start approximately feb 15th.
Wondering how people feel with the poll running over the xmas/new year period, should we delay it a week?
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I wouldn’t delay it (unless you’re unavailable of course), but maybe let it run for a little longer than usual.
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I’m aware the newest book club has just begun. Is there, like, a point where it’s reasonable to post a nomination for a new manga after a new book has started? Not sure if it’s too soon.
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Nominations are open as long as there are less than 20 existing nominations. Currently there are 15, so feel free to nominate.
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Nomination Post
OMORI
Natively: [Level 21]
Full Furigana: No
Summary
Sunny is a reclusive boy who has decided to move out of his hometown of Faraway, where he was born and raised, in search of a fresh start. Three days before leaving town, he is invited by his childhood friend Kel to leave home for the first time in four years, and is reunited with his former best friends, who have completely changed from before… A horrifying, dreamy, and heart-wrenching coming-of-age horror story is now available as a full-length comic book!
Availability
Physical: Amazon JP / CD Japan
Digital: Bookwalker / Kobo
Personal Opinion
Omori is based off the game of the same name created by OMOCAT. The overall tone of the story can be rather dark, but nothing adapted in this volume covers anything too grim. If you haven’t played the game either, don’t worry, this is a fine starting point. The order of some events are changed around but it never seemed to ruin the flow. I realise that the volume may have a few more pages than the guidelines state, however this manga features quite a number of sequences without any, or minimal, dialogue so it should be manageable to read it in a reasonable time considering the longer chapters. On top of that, the difficulty of the language never felt too difficult, although there is a bit of casual speech, so it should be fine for BBC.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Level of difficuly never felt too high
- Only 4 chapters
- Should be able to complete in, at most, 12 weeks.
- Likeable, interesting characters
- Can jump right in. No need to play the original game.
- A number of sequences have minimal, if not any, dialogue.
Cons
- Longer than average chapters due to it being a monthly manga.
- The art style, particularly for the characters, can be a bit hit or miss.
- No Furigana. Not sure if this is a sticking point for people.
Pictures
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Book 37 Poll
Closes January 8th, 23:59 UTC
- Omori (L21 — Manga)
- きみと雨上がりを / After the Rain With You / (L?? — Web Novel)
- 夜の名前を呼んで / Yoru no Namae wo Yonde (L22 — Manga)
- 午后のあくび / Afternoon Yawning (L26 — Illustrated Children’s Book)
- 骨ドラゴンのマナ娘 1 / The Skull Dragon’s Precious Daughter (L26 — Manga)
- 尾守つみきと奇日常。/ Tsumiki Ogami & the Strange Everyday Life. (L?? — Manga)
- 現実もたまには嘘をつく/ Real mo Tama ni wa Uso wo Tsuku (L22 — Manga)
- 月曜日の友達 / Friends on Mondays (L27 — Manga)
- ルックバック / Look Back (L21 — Manga)
- かえるくん、東京を救う / Super Frog saves Tokyo (L18?? — Short Story)
- ヤマノススメ / Encouragement of Climb (L24 — Manga)
- 雪女 / Yuki-onna (L24 — Short Story)
- 先輩がうざい後輩の話 / My Senpai is annoying (L20 — Manga)
- スキップとローファー / Skip and Loafer (L22 — Manga)
- スローループ / Slow Loop (L28 — Manga)
- マグメル深海水族館 / Deep Sea Aquarium MagMell (L24 — Manga)
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You can also browse the list on Natively. However, be aware that きみと雨上がりを (After the Rain With You) is not listed on Natively as natively does not yet support web novels.
Note that because I’m a little late with the poll, and it’s over the holiday period, I’ve extended the poll a few more days than usual, so this poll ends January 8th
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Bocchi gets another shot? 
Also, vote for the mountains! Get the tour of real places in Japan. Or the fish!
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Thanks for pointing out, I removed it.
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I will be pulling for lookback every poll until it comes out victorious 
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Btw, Omori looks great and I’ll absolutely vote for it… but only after I finally play the game. From what I read it would spoil a lot otherwise. Looking forward to reading it though at some point!
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Do you want to take a shortcut through the hidden cat world ?
See kanjis escape the book and go on adventures ?
Craft a “flower spray” that can instantly turn your bland curtains into beautiful flower prints ?
Babysit an egg for a colleague whose head is a bird cage ?
Then vote now for Afternoon yawning !
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This looks delightful!
Why is this categorized as a “children’s book”? From the previews on Amazon and the website it seems to be a manga, and sure enough the Bookwalker description calls it a ショートマンガ.
Considering that prose has had a pretty hard time winning the BBC I feel like this miscategorization might have been holding it back a bit.
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Yeah, I think it’s natively that’s classifying it like that.
Maybe @araigoshi can update that ? Pretty please ? (*‘▽’)
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I don’t think it’s possible during the vote. Probably best to remind them shortly before the next vote, since I assume they take the previous poll as a template. (E.g. my 尾守つみきと奇日常。 | L23 continues to be L?? too, although in that case there might not be a next vote anyway…)
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Nice post. Now do Yama no Susume. 
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Yeah, editing the poll clears all previous votes and after a certain point isn’t possible anymore.
I took the categories from Natively if the original poster didn’t specify in their nomination
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