# Orange 🍊 Book Club // Finished **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [June 15, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388 "2022-06-15T13:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/1 "2022-06-15T13:41:53Z")
# Welcome to the Orange 🍊 📧 Book Club! Orange is 7\*-volume manga series about a high school student that gets a letter from her future self. 高校二年生の菜穂に届いた未来からの手紙。そこには未来の自分の後悔がつづられていた。 はたして菜穂は手紙を読み「後悔しない未来」を作ることができるのか？切ない思いが交錯するタイムパラドックスラブストーリー。(From Amazon) > **My translation with some help from jisho and such (should be roughly accurate):** > > Second year high school student Naho receives a letter from her future self. The letter is full of her future self’s regrets. Can Naho read the letter and create a future without regrets? A time paradox love story with painful/sad feelings. [Level 22 on Natively](https://learnnatively.com/book/62244b495a/) \*This series was complete at 5 volumes, but a 6th and a 7th volume were released later (the 7th in April 2022). Info from Belthazar. (Volume 1-5 of Orange each includes one chapter from 春色アストロノート (5 chapter story) at the end) ![OrangeBookCover](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/4/7/64710e5ee7211513da23e625b142378eb597482a.jpeg) ### Sample pages > **First four pages** > > ![Screen Shot 2022-06-18 at 16.23.43](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/0/8/8/088add3c6cf83261c4c2d72e9f92e04252050d62.jpeg) > > ![Screen Shot 2022-06-18 at 16.24.09](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/7/a/c/7ac9738c74241657be5825161c7adefe85928cc6.jpeg) > > ![Screen Shot 2022-06-18 at 16.24.30](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/d/7/b/d7b3b2c1a35b7798263fc477bd6b34f2f1895533.jpeg) > > ![Screen Shot 2022-06-18 at 16.24.56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/2/0/e2031fb2a4a33283671177cbdc2b33d8183dec42.jpeg) > **A dialog heavy page a few pages later** > > ![Screen Shot 2022-06-18 at 16.27.32](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/1/e/9/1e91cc84c4b7a6b10c85ee0501d7b7b49c5ea1d0.jpeg) > Note: This was probably the most dialog heavy pages I saw in the first little bit, so it doesn’t seem to be the usual amount. But there seem to be quite a bit of text on many pages. The whole first chapter is available as [a preview here](https://booklive.jp/product/index/title_id/20043462/vol_no/001). ### Where to purchase **Digital:** [[Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E9%AB%98%E9%87%8E%E8%8B%BA-ebook/dp/B00JD349L6/) (volume 1 is in KindleUnlimited) · [Bookwalker](https://bookwalker.jp/de1c6bcc41-fc00-43f3-aae8-95aa028f6a7f/) · [Kobo](https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rk/b9999a83edfb39eeb36ab4bd0cdeced9/)] **Physical:** [[Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4575843237/) · [CDJapan](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1585272)] ### Schedule > **Volume 1** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Jul 2nd | [Letter 1 - Part 1](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57590) | 5 - 31 | 27 | > | Jul 9th | [Letter 1 - Part 2](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57590/34) | 32 - 56 | 25 | > | Jul 16th | [Letter 2](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57742) | 57 - 100 | 44 | > | Jul 23rd | [Letter 3](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57836) | 101 - 146 | 46 | > | Jul 30th | [Letter 4](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57940) | 147 - 188 | 42 | > **Volume 2** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Aug 13th | [Letter 5](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58138) | 5 - 51 | 47 | > | Aug 20th | [Letter 6](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58248) | 53 - 84 | 32 | > | Aug 27th | [Letter 7](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58311) | 87 - 129 | 43 | > | Sep 3rd | [Letter 8](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58405) | 131 - 172 | 42 | > **Volume 3** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Sep 17th | [Letter 9](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58609) | 5 - 50 | 46 | > | Sep 24th | [Letter 10](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58692) | 53 - 88 | 36 | > | Oct 1st | [Letter 11](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58780) | 91 - 128 | 38 | > | Oct 8th | [Letter 12](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/58861) | 131 - 162 | 32 | > **Volume 4** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Oct 22nd | [Letter 13](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59016) | 5 - 46 | 42 | > | Oct 29th | [Letter 14](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59101) | 49 - 86 | 38 | > | Nov 5th | [Letter 15](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59182) | 89 - 115 | 27 | > | Nov 12th | [Letter 16](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59252) | 117 - 149 | 33 | > | Nov 19th | [Letter 17](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59314) | 151 - 174 | 24 | > **Volume 5** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Dec 3rd | [Letter 18](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59547) | 5 - 40 | 36 | > | Dec 10th | [Letter 19](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59672) | 43 - 85 | 43 | > | Dec 17th | [Letter 20](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59741) | 87 - 119 | 33 | > | Dec 24th | [Letter 21](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59837) | 120 - 157 | 38 | > | Dec 31st | [Last Letter](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/59919)\* | 159 - 210 | 52 | > > \*the title name could potentially be considered a very tiny spoiler > **Volume 6** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Jan 21st | [未来](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60231) | 6 - 61 | 56 | > | Jan 28th | [須和弘人 #1](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60320) | 63 - 122 | 60 | > | Feb 4th | [須和弘人 #2](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60425) | 125 - 155 | 31 | > | Feb 11th | [須和弘人 #3 + 大切な人](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60505) | 157 - 189 + 192-193 | 35 | > **Volume 7** > > | Start Date | Chapter | Page Numbers | Page Count | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | Feb 18th | [萩田朔](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60587) | 5 - 16 | 12 | > | Feb 18th | [茅野貴子](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60587) | 17 -34 | 18 | > | Feb 25th | [村坂あずさ](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60681) | 35 - 56 | 22 | > | Feb 25th | [須和弘人](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60681) | 57 - 78 | 22 | > | Mar 4th | [成瀬翔 #1](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60778) | 79 - 108 | 30 | > | Mar 11th | [成瀬翔 #2](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60853) | 109 - 138 | 30 | > | Mar 18th | [成瀬翔 #3](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/60945) | 139 - 175 | 37 | > | Mar 25th | [Orange x 夢みる太陽](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/61021) | 177 - 208 | 32 | ### Vocabulary > **[Orange Vocabulary](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wfLZ5MO0nyojR1OX3yYo-T8agK_BhGSAGcytFHwlG50/edit?usp=sharing)** > > This Sheet is private _Please read the guidelines on the first page before adding any words._ ### Trigger Warnings I’ll put the trigger warnings under the detail tag below. Checking them gives spoilers for the story. (Might seem obvious, but I thought I should add that.) The main one already shows up within the first couple of chapters, so minor spoiler from a story perspective. > **Trigger warnings** > > Suicide > Emotional abuse of parent-on-child ### Spoiler Courtesy Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent ネタバレ. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one. 1. Any potential spoiler for the current week’s reading need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category. 2. Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon). 3. Any information from later in the book than the current week’s reading (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) need to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as such. ### Membership _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/1))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/1))_ If you participate, don’t forget to set this thread to **Watching** in order to be notified when weekly threads get posted! ---
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/2 "2022-06-15T13:42:06Z")
So we have a few different things to decide. 1. When to start 2. How to read, aka weekly schedule or more rough volume reading 3. Weekly threads or volume threads (probably depends on #2) There are 34 chapters over 7 volumes, ca 30-50 pages each. (The extra pages in volume 1-5 is one chapter of 春色アストロノート in each.) All volumes also have an あとがき. _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/2))_ The examples for the poll below are not binding, instead we will decide more specifically after we know which option we want to go with (weekly/volume/no schedule). It will depend on the Japanese level and time of the participants how quickly we will read the material if we pick weekly/volume. _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/2))_ ---
**Author:** ![Hantsuki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hantsuki/32/373917_2.png) [@Hantsuki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Hantsuki)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/3 "2022-06-15T13:50:10Z")
I’ve seen the anime, and I believe I have the 1st and maybe 2nd and 3rd volumes of the manga. I’d be interested in reading at some point even if I’m absolutely late to the party. Happy to hear about the new volume anyway! One potential trigger and a spoiler if you want to go into the manga completely blind: suicide. ---
**Author:** ![ChristopherFritz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/christopherfritz/32/33825_2.png) [@ChristopherFritz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ChristopherFritz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/4 "2022-06-15T13:51:12Z")
> [@Book9](#): > > I do not know of any trigger warnings that might be needed. Does the struggle between buying the volumes separately or combined count? This is going to sound like a totally arbitrary, self-made problem, but buying them separately means that other story is spread throughout the volumes rather than all compiled together. But buying the compilation puts everything in one massive folder. (Either way, my need for organization in my backup copies will be my downfall. I’ve been struggling off and on for a year whether to go through my backup copies of Saint Tail and separate out the unrelated one-off stories into their own folders…) ((If someone was looking for an example of “first world problems”…)) ---
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/5 "2022-06-15T13:56:40Z")
Obs! Have patience with me, first book club I’m setting up, so might not get it right the first time. 😃 Obligatory tags for people who’ve shown interest: @MaraVos @lucylavelle and ChristopherFritz (who was too quick to need the tag XD) ---
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/6 "2022-06-15T14:00:08Z")
Post #2 set up with polls for when to start reading and how to read together. If the polls are not good, let me know and I’ll make new ones. xD @Hantsuki For the trigger warning, do you have a guess at how late of a spoiler it is? So I can potentially provide a bit more information for those wanting to avoid spoilers (obviously you haven’t read the manga, so maybe you don’t know at all and that is fine, but I thought I’d ask). ^^ ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/7 "2022-06-15T14:02:00Z")
> [@Book9](#): > > \*This series was complete at 6 volumes (as far as I’ve been told/read), but a 7th volume was released in April 2022. Aye, I saw that on the Japanese new book shelves at my local Kinokuniya the other week. Wonder if they’re gonna release that in English too, or whether they consider it done and dusted. Though it might be more accurate to say that it was complete at five volumes, and then they added a sixth. And now they’ve added a seventh… > [@Book9](#): > > I do not know of any trigger warnings that might be needed. Please let me know if there are any (please put them in spoilers). Suicide. Plus possibly a bit of emotional abuse of parent-on-child. Been a while since I read it, though, and I only read it in English. ---
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/8 "2022-06-15T14:08:15Z")
For the trigger warnings, do you remember how early they show up? (Please put in spoilers) ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/9 "2022-06-15T14:13:17Z")
Chapter 2 is the first overt mention, but there’s things implied in chapter 1 too. ---
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/10 "2022-06-15T14:13:53Z")
Okay, cool. Thanks a lot. 🧡 ---
**Author:** ![Hantsuki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hantsuki/32/373917_2.png) [@Hantsuki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Hantsuki)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/11 "2022-06-15T14:14:24Z")
One of the first mentions happens in episode 2 (thanks to MAL for refreshing my memory) so I’m guessing readers will probably know by the first volume? ---
**Author:** ![ChristopherFritz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/christopherfritz/32/33825_2.png) [@ChristopherFritz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ChristopherFritz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/12 "2022-06-15T14:17:56Z")
Me being someone who knows absolutely nothing about this series (seeing the the volume 1 blurb on Kobo’s listing today was my first time learning what the premise of the series is!), I’m enjoying the judicious use of pre-reading spoiler tags which I have dutifully not clicked on a single one of =D ---
**Author:** ![Sylph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/sylph/32/36171_2.png) [@Sylph](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Sylph)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/13 "2022-06-15T14:19:17Z")
Oh, hey! I’ve been very slowly reading this manga and I’m currently on volume 5 so I might finish before the club gets there but I’ll monitor this and try to contribute to the conversation anyway. Or if the other volumes are really an add-on I might pause after vol. 5 and continue with the book club if it doesn’t take too long? I guess I’ll decide later. In any case I can recommend the series as an easy(ish) and emotional read. ---
**Author:** ![Hantsuki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hantsuki/32/373917_2.png) [@Hantsuki](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Hantsuki)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/14 "2022-06-15T14:22:27Z")
Yeah, I recommend everyone to go into this series blind if they can help it. It will be very much worth it. ---
**Author:** ![ChristopherFritz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/christopherfritz/32/33825_2.png) [@ChristopherFritz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ChristopherFritz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/15 "2022-06-15T14:30:17Z")
I’m going in so blind, I’ve stopped buying oranges from the market for fear of spoilers 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/16 "2022-06-15T14:47:20Z")
If you stop eating anything orange, you’re gonna go literally blind from the beta carotene deficiency. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MaraVos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/maravos/32/443784_2.png) [@MaraVos](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MaraVos)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/17 "2022-06-15T14:55:24Z")
I can’t make any solid decisions or promises right now on account of life for some reason being in the trash compactor. But, I will definitely try to buy the first volume when I’m in NYC this weekend, and I think it would be fine to put my novel challenge on hold for now on account of the trash compactor. An easy (if emotional) manga might be just the thing… Suicide is a trigger for me, but if dealt with in a thoughtful way it will probably be fine. And reading with a group will probably help too. 🙂 So that’s why I voted for weekly/chapter-based threads. ---
**Author:** ![Book9](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/book9/32/594086_2.png) [@Book9](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Book9)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/18 "2022-06-15T15:00:20Z")
To all, please vote on when to start and how to read. [Polls in post #2](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57388/2) * * * > [@MaraVos](#): > > I can’t make any solid decisions or promises right now on account of life for some reason being in the trash compactor. 🧡 I hope it gets better asap. 🧡 ---
**Author:** ![hiukan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hiukan/32/646180_2.png) [@hiukan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/hiukan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/19 "2022-06-15T20:34:28Z")
hey Sylph not sure if you can actually help me with this so please forgive me if I’m being too presumptuous 🙈 I’m really thinking about just ordering the whole 6 book series (there’s a steep incline in price when ordering the 7 book set, that’s why ^^') but I don’t really know if I could actually manage to read it… I read Happiness with the book club (or… more… in one go on my own tbh, because I found it really very easy) and am currently reading/“translating” (just for myself) Yotsuba! which is absolutely manageable. I can see the natively level for all three books but I find it hard to judge how much of an increase in difficulty the 4 levels are… 😕 any thoughts on that, maybe…? (or anyone else for that matter ^^') ---
**Author:** ![AzusaChan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/azusachan/32/506504_2.png) [@AzusaChan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/AzusaChan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388/20 "2022-06-15T20:45:17Z")
I have been wanting to read Orange for a while now although I was thinking of the LN instead of the manga. Depending on how much time I have while the book club is running, I might just get the manga instead and read with everyone else. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/orange-book-club-finished/57388.md?page=2)