Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Single Day” Challenge, Fall 2022 Edition! :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf: The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are changing…fall (or autumn if you prefer) is here! :raccoon: We all know that fall can be a busier time of year, making it harder to build or maintain that Japanese reading habit. What better way to keep your motivation up than to join this thread of lovely like-minded readers? :heart: If you missed the previous Read Every Day challenges, feel free to jump in on this one! We would love to have more people join in on the fun and experience the magic of the challenge :sparkles: A little history behind this challenge: last summer, @Redglare had the awesome idea of doing a “Read Every Day” challenge, where we challenged ourselves to read something in Japanese every day for 2 whole months - we liked this challenge so much that we decided to make it a recurring thing! :grin: Now we’re more than one year in, and the challenge is still going strong :heart: Every challenge thread has its own special flavor, but the one thing they always have in common is being positive, encouraging, and fun! There are also usually some cute manga involved :wink: Archive of Past Challenge Threads Read every day challenge - Summer 2021 :beach_umbrella::beach_umbrella: Read every day challenge - Fall 2021 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf::raccoon: Read every day challenge - Winter 2022 :snowman_with_snow::snowflake: Read every day challenge - Spring 2022 :cherry_blossom: :seedling: Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 :beach_umbrella: :sunny: Why is this challenge so special, or what makes it unique? Well, we think it’s a combination of the short/limited time frame, the habit-focused (versus output-focused) approach to the goal of “reading more,” and the general atmosphere of camaraderie and community spirit that’s been present in each challenge thread thus far ^^ I can say from personal experience that these challenges have helped me read way more than I would have otherwise, and many people (including myself) have noticed significant growth in reading speed and/or stamina while participating in the challenges. Whether you are an expert reader already or a new reader just starting out, everyone is welcome to participate in this challenge! To quote @Redglare: This is a thread for people who: :bookmark: want to spend time reading a bunch this fall :bookmark: want to improve their reading speed and comprehension :bookmark: want to hold themselves accountable and have a place to document their progress :bookmark: simply want to join in on the challenge of reading every day for two or so months :books: :books: Time frame: October 1 - November 30 This is the “official” recommended time frame, but late starters are absolutely welcome! This thread will be up and running until the end of December, so you can start and finish your personal challenge at any point during that time, and shorten or lengthen the challenge to the time period that works best for you. Your reading materials can be whatever you want, be it manga, light novels, books, visual novels, magazines, graded readers, satori reader, Japanese webpages/blogs, or Japanese games - you name it, anything goes as long as it is something in Japanese :jp: :durtle_the_explorer: “Reading” can be interpreted creatively, if that helps keep you motivated - for example, some people have counted reading Japanese subtitles as reading some days. In general, we are a pretty flexible and forgiving bunch :wink: Threads worth checking out I recommend checking out The News Reading Challenge thread if you’d like to read news articles every day, but you are of course welcome to post about it in this thread too if you’d like to. The "news reading" challenge 🗞 If you don’t know where to find reading material I recommend checking out the Immersion/Reading section of the following thread: The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List! There’s also quite a few book clubs here on the forum, some of them have vocab lists which can make for an easier reading experience. A list of book clubs can be found here: Master List of Book Clubs poll Sonny the Durtanuki says, let’s get reading! (Our lovable mascot, created by @Axazel) [4C07F27B-6A3F-4475-B3C4-6AFAD6625894]

New challenge thread is live! If you’re still continuing from the Fall challenge, feel free to keep posting updates here until the official start of the new challenge on January 1st ^^ [image] booksbooks Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 snowman_with_snowsnowflake Reading Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Single Day” Challenge, Winter 2023 Edition! snowman_with_snowsnowflake Ah, New Year’s - always a great opportunity to refresh and restart grin New year, new thread, new challenge season! sparkles If your New Year’s resolution is to read more in Japanese or work through your backlog of manga/novels, this challenge might be just the thing to get you going. If you missed the previous Read Every Day challenges, feel free to jump in on this one! We woul…

November 23 :heavy_check_mark: :maple_leaf: 秋の牢獄, 64-67% Tiny read today. Once again I left it for too late in the day, and once again I’m getting sleepy. Interesting start to the story, it looks like it will be more fantasy and maybe more horror than the other stories. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow.

:maple_leaf: :jack_o_lantern: :snowflake: :christmas_tree: November 23 :christmas_tree: :snowflake: :jack_o_lantern: :maple_leaf: Home Post Loopers :infinity: I’m back to reading this!!! So excited. Four months and 15+ wanikani levels later and I finally found space in my reading schedule to start reading again. If I was a ton quicker, I would probably reread the first 4 chapters, but… no thank you. I can survive a bit of confusion. Also super nice to see the extra levels are making a difference, even for the short scene I read today of chapter 5. Also, a lot of the vocabulary I do look up are things that showed in previous chapters, so I expected now that I will read this a bit more focused and just keep going (except for pausing for book club stuff), I can maybe remember the meanings long enough? I can sure hope so! And exciting stuff for you guys too. I have Kiro pictures as well as a book/game haul! Kiro first, right? Kitten cuteness [IMG_4623] There is a black cat inside the thingy. And yes this is normally a litter box, but it was empty at the time, so the cats played knock knock or whatever they called it. [IMG_4671] [IMG_4674] [image0000001] [IMG_4679] Sorry for the graininess but if I’d gotten closer instead of zooming the phone camera, there is no way he would have been playing as cutely anymore. I have to catch him in the act. If he sees the camera coming, he tends to stop looking as cute. Still cute, but not as cute as he can be. [IMG_4681] And my haul! [IMG_4685 copy] The books can be most easily seen on my bookmeter (my owned but not read shelf, the first five). The games are VNs, 9-nine that will be read in the VN club soon, and Hakuouki. The last one there I bought because I saw it recommended in several places on the forum. Otome, samurai, historical setting with the Shinsengumi. Sounds like a hoot. It is also super long and not something I will tackle anytime soon. Not least because I’m already reading one VN and will add two more in December. I can only hope I’ll have made a good dent in Loopers by the time the second VN club starts, maybe even finished it?!?! I can hope.

Main Post On November 23 I’ve read: First two chapters of [image] 美知子の星空美知子は、高校時代のクラス会で再会した広志と付き合うようになる。しかし、相手に合わせるうち、自分らしさを見失ったことに気づき…。 I expected to have a considerable difficulty with this book, because it’s Grade 5 – the highest on Tadoku – however, so far, it has been surprisingly easy. Would have read more, but today has been a bit busy :sweat_smile:

[image] Redglare: One more week and autumn challenge will come to an end. The muted colors in that picture are such a vibe :snowman: I’ll be sad for the challenge to end. I like reading everyone’s posts! @Book9 Kiro is so cute! :heart_eyes_cat: Today I dug into the short story at the end of 死仮面 - it’s not as bad as it had been (the start was just boring me to tears) but I’m still not that engaged in the story. I have around 20 pages left and I’m going to try to finish it today but I don’t know if I’ll have time given other things I have to do tonight. Also, @NicoleIsEnough you said to ping you when I was planning to start 半落ち and I’ve decided to start reading it in January and have drawn up a 10 week reading schedule for myself. I don’t know if it will be worth while to make an announcement post in December saying I plan to do this and people can join, and if, as it’s a longer book, I should make weekly threads or just stick to one. :person_shrugging: I’m a little unsure of the precedent since clubs I’ve been in have varied. Also I guess at this point I should say that of course anyone is welcome to join when I start, but that for fair warning the only other book by this author that I’ve read was quite difficult for me. He doesn’t hold back on the vocabulary and his writing is more flowery/literary. I put a few example sentences in my review of ロクヨン. I read a couple pages of 半落ち and it doesn’t seem quite as difficult as 64 was, but it’s worth noting I have almost a years worth of additional reading under my belt now :sweat_smile: Personal schedule Week 1 - Jan 2: 0-23; 23 pages; Start - 1.2 Week 2 - Jan 9: 23-51; 28 pages; 1.3 - 1.6 Week 3 - Jan 16: 51-79; 28 pages; 1.7- end of chapter Week 4 - Jan 23: 80-107; 27 pages; 2.0 - 2.3 Week 5 - Jan 30: 108 - 142; 34 pages; 2.4 - end of chapter Week 6 - Feb 6: 143 - 174; 31 pages; 3.0 - 3.4 Week 7 - Feb 13: 174-202; 28 pages; 3.5 - end of chapter Week 8 - Feb 20: 203-254; 51 pages; chapter 4 (entirety) Week 9 - Feb 27: 255-306; 50 pages; chapter 5 (entirety) Week 10 - Mar 6: 307-357; 50 pages; chapter 6 (entirety) Summary - Eng and JP 「妻を殺しました」。現職警察官・梶聡一郎が、アルツハイマーを患う妻を殺害し自首してきた。動機も経過も素直に明かす梶だが、殺害から自首までの2日間の行動だけは頑として語ろうとしない。梶が完全に“落ち”ないのはなぜなのか、その胸に秘めている想いとは――。日本中が震えた、ベストセラー作家の代表作。2003年このミステリーがすごい! 2002年週刊文春ミステリーベスト10 第1位 (copied from deepl) I killed my wife. Soichiro Kaji, an incumbent police officer, has turned himself in for the murder of his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Kaji is honest about his motive and the process of the murder, but he stubbornly refuses to talk about his actions during the two days between the murder and his surrender. Why has Kaji not completely “fallen off the wagon,” and what thoughts does he have in his heart? This bestselling author’s masterpiece made the whole country tremble, and was selected as one of the “Greatest Mysteries of 2003” in "This Mystery is Amazing! The best-selling author’s masterpiece, which shocks the whole country.

Read Chainsaw man chapter 112 yesterday, but thats about it. Wednesdays are just Chainsaw man days for reading and listening. Today I will try to finish the main story of Shield Hero and the side stories on Friday. Hopefully volume 2 comes Saturday, if not, I can just wait.

Home Post :maple_leaf: :teddy_bear: :carousel_horse: 11.23.2022 :carousel_horse: :teddy_bear: :maple_leaf: :purple_heart: Pokemon Violet Really wasn’t in the mood to play today so I just read a couple of the pokedex entries

:lady_beetle: Home :lady_beetle: November 22 人間椅子 - ジョジョの奇妙な冒険51 135 - end (189 maybe?) My use it or lose it might have been in vain. I tried to save some plants but it doesn’t look like the transfer was good for them… maybe they’ll turn around but I won’t hope for it. November 23 人間椅子 - ジョジョの奇妙な冒険52 Start - 12 I left home at 7am and didn’t get back until 10pm, so I was tired af lol. My plan tonight is to sleep

November 23 :maple_leaf: Home Post I managed a bit more reading time than yesterday but I’m still generally busy with holiday things, so just read a chapter of ブルーロック! Chaotic and fun as always :grin:

Home Post Day 14 Progress: お隣の天使様二冊 - 95.05% → 98.81% (Complete!) お隣の天使様三冊 - 0.31% → 3.06% スローループ - Chapter 7 (looks like I accidentally read two chapters yesterday. I was wondering why it took so long lol) Finally finished Volume 2 of お隣天使様 today! Compared to the first volume, it took about half as many days though it’s hard to say if it means much considering I’ve been reading a lot more. Still, it’s my second Japanese novel completed and finishing something does still feel pretty good. I was stuck in a very stupid way today… sent オフにしてあるスマホの暗い画面 to a friend and asked him what he means, and he took the time to explain the grammar. I said “no, I know that, but what does オフ mean?” It turns out I somehow managed to read オフ as オレ and was stuck on that line for minutes as a result… Word of the Day: 我流がりゅう - one’s own way or style. Feels like a very self-confident way of asserting yourself. I don’t know if it’s obvious yet but I really love the character 我. It’s one of the most normal characters ever in Chinese but in Japanese it carries this sense of pomp that I find kinda charming.

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lucylavelle November 23, 2022, 11:42pm 1398

November 23rd!

Today I read Chapter 34 of Shadows House - it had a very intriguing ending so I was tempted to read the next chapter to see what happens next, but I’m a bit unwell and tired so I decided to wait and read it at the same time as the other bookclub members next week.

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