Oops, that’s what happens when I skip a whole read every day challenge thread until the end. (I’ll be around for the next one, though!)
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I can’t comment on xxxHolic because I haven’t read it, but regarding Tsubasa Chronicles I only spontaneously remember three questionable relationships in that one (maybe there’s one or two more which I forgot about).
One would be a potentially implied incestuous relationship between the vampire twins (Subaru and Kamui?).
The other one would be Seishiro’s obsession with Subaru.
And the last one is the weirdest of them all: Shaolan (=Tsubasa) being in love with Sakura (=Tsubasa). In a way he’s in love with someone who’s a younger version of his mother – while his mother, timeline-wise came after Sakura (=Tsubasa) because she’s the copy of Tsubasa…aaand my brain is about to melt again.
Other than that, I don’t remember children/teenagers being in relationships with adults in Tsubasa.
This is probably one of the main reasons why Tsubasa is my favourite CLAMP series and the only work by them that I overall like instead of having a love-hate relationship with it.
So, I’d say that you won’t really encounter unpleasant surprises of this kind if or when you decide to reread this one. 
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Dec 27 
・ 封印再度 (38% → 42%)
・ 本好きの下克上 15 (0% → 18%)
Finished week 4 of Saikawa and Moe 5 
Then I went ahead and started another volume of Honzuki 
I’m having a blast. This arc is definitely my favorite so far, no doubt.
I really want to finish at least one more book before the next year starts and at the same time test myself. I don’t think I’ve ever finished a Honzuki book within a week. という訳で、今年、最後のチャレンジなんです！ nyoom 
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Soon 
Actually I really need to do that tonight 
Idk how it’s the 27th already 
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Same. xD
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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 ^^
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This morning after updating, I played the first case in 逆転裁判. Aside from the specialized vocab, it was pretty easy, and I didn’t make any mistakes, which speaks positively for my comprehension. This is the easiest case, though. I don’t wanna say it took me almost two hours to play because it did not feel that long, but it was 2 a.m. when I finished and I don’t remember it being that long after midnight when I shut down my laptop, so uh.
This afternoon, I started playing the second case, but then got stuck on how to advance with Hoshikage’s office. Like, I can go there, but the guy’s never in, and near as I can reckon, I’ve done everything else I can everywhere else. If I can’t figure it out tomorrow, then it’ll be time to find a guide already.
I never thought about it until I started playing it this morning, but AA’s a VN, isn’t it.
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December 27
人間椅子 -
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険60
64 - 81
I was exhausted yesterday and had to be woken up to go sleep in a bed. Today’s a personal rest day, so hopefully I can make a lot more progress!
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December 27 Home Post
I keep not reading until late despite being on break, why am I like this I’ll get better!! But anyway I remembered that I hadn’t touched マミヤ in a while and I didn’t want to completely lose track of what was happening in it, so I played a bit and it’s all just as pretty as I remember. Still no real idea what’s going on, but I think that’s the nature of it really. Another one to keep in the rotation 
Oh big mood, it’s horrible for productivity 
I’m only like an hour in but as I said I’ve really enjoyed it, I’ve also heard so many rave reviews about it that it seems like a pretty safe bet if you even remotely like mysterious narrative kind of things. If nothing else there’s a demo so you can get a feel for it and see!
Welcome to the VN club 
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@Jfredel78 and I are planning to read Reading Murakami Haruki's 1Q84 (Intermediate/Advanced Book) from January. We’ve both read the first part of the first book already, so we’re starting from Book 1 part 2. Is anybody interested in joining us? (If you still need to read Book 1 part 1 I’m sure we can find a solution that works for all of us.)
(Please be aware that this is Murakami so trigger warnings apply left and right.)
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December 27 
おいしいごはんが食べられますように, 12-38%
This books is addictive! Not all that much is happening, but it makes me want to keep turning pages. 
Phew, that’s one I’ve already read in English, so I’m able to resist the temptation to join you. 
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Day 48 Progress:
お隣の天使様 五冊 - 8.24% → 10.35%
I’ve failed again, given in to debauchery… These last few days off of work have been bad for my functionality as a human being. I actually need work to like reset my sleep schedule, lmao.
Word of the Day:
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Dec 28, Wed of Extra week of Fall 2022
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SPY x FAMILY Vol.4 Ch.23 + extras (end volume)
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うたわれるもの
Maniacal laughter here too. Very ominous.
Interesting words
- さが = one’s nature. Kanji form is 性, in written in Kanji in dictionary.
- ハリボテ = something that looks good superficially. From 張りぼて, probably an overdone 彫る.
- しこたま = a whole lot of
- うんたらかんたら = yada yada
- アスレチック = an outdoor adventure playground / athletic sports
- しわがれる = to become hoarse. しわがれた声 in context, but しわがれ声 in dictionary. Kanji form is 嗄れる.
- つんのめる = to fall forward. From 突く + のめる, where the latter means to fall forward (but not pulled with force?).
- わざわざ = expressly. Kanji form is 態々.
- ほんのり = slightly. 本の is also slightly. I think of り as 里.
- ばっくれ = feigning ignore. From バックレる / しらばくれる.
- 由々しき = serious; grave. In context as 由々しき事態. Similar to 由々しい.
- 大らか = composed; broad-minded / large quantity
- 麗しい = lovely
- 不届き = rude; insolent
- 吹かす = to smoke (a cigarette). Probably 吸う is OK too. (But not 吹く.)
- 蔑む = to hold in contempt = 軽蔑する
- 歩む = to walk on foot
- 見逸れる = to underestimate. In context as おみそれ.
- 引きずる = to drag along. Full Kanji form is 引き摺る.
- 持ち運ぶ = to carry along
- 恐れ入る = to be astonished
- 某～ = certain
- 普遍 = universal
- 無難 = safe (e.g. of a choice); risk-free; passable
- 相場 = reputation / speculation
- 莫迦 = Baka. Of course similar to 馬鹿.
- 庶民 = commoner
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駄犬 = a dog with no pedigree; mongrel. Opposite is 名犬.
- A homophone is 打鍵 = keystrokes (of a keyboard)
- 白髪 = white hair; gray hair
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子音 = consonants. Opposite is 母音, e.g. a, u, o.
- A homophone is 死因.
- 失血 = heavy blood loss; exsanguination
- 秘訣 = secret trick
- 秘話 = secret story
- 終結 = an end; a conclusion
- 間食 = snacks
- 保護 = taking to protection; taking to guardianship
- 長官 = director. A boss of officials. In contrast, 小官 simply means, humbly me.
- 日柄 = today’s condition (lucky? unlucky? auspicious?)
- 儀式 = rites
- 統率 = commanding
- 瓦解 = collapsing. What to be resolved from bricks (煉瓦).
- 幼少 = infancy; childhood. In context is 幼少期.
- 適宜 = appropriate; discretionary
- 拝謁 = having an audience with an emperor. Has Furigana.
- 玉座 = throne
- 樹立 = establishment; founding
- 妙齢 = young (woman). Kanji from 年齢.
- 度外視 = disregarding
- 薄情者 = insensitive person. 薄情 is being insensitive.
- 司令室 = control room. 司令 = commander / giving commands.
- 善後処置 = remedial measures. 善後 = planning for a good future.
- 全知全能 = omniscience and omnipotence
- 可もなく不可もなし = neither good nor bad
- 食い気味 = butting in. Similar to 食い込み気味.
- 造詣が深い = profoundly knowledgeable. The second Kanji is from 初詣で, but it’s probably the first time I see On’yomi.
SFX
- どたんこ = probably a thud (a hard object falls down)
- じんわり = steadily seeping out. じんわり温かい.
- ギョッと = being startled
- むんず = strongly; violently; with all one’s strength
- しんなり = soft, tenderly. From しなやか.
Kanji
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詣
- attain knowledge from a temple
- ケイ
- 造詣, 参詣
- Kun readings
- 初詣で, 詣でる
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December 28th
Card Captor Sakura volume 4 – progress report
Yesterday: Began reading volume 4, read up to page 26.
Today: Finished chapter 15, continued up to page 61.
Yesterday, I put the worst part of the chapter behind me, therefore today’s reading was much less unpleasant. I was completely blindsided by Shaolan mentioning that he has an older sister as I didn’t remember him having siblings at all. Though, I don’t think we ever get to see her in the manga, or at least I don’t remember seeing her in any way.
Word or expression of the day:
一人暮らし - (ひとりぐらし) - living by oneself, living alone
Honourable mention(s):
ヤシの実 - (やしのみ) - coconut
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December 28
おいしいごはんが食べられますように, 38-71%
I went a little crazy today and couldn’t stop reading. Can you tell that I’m enjoying this book a lot?
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I’m finally done with my 2023 reading 
Anything that won’t be finished til 2023 (ユージニア and anything I start now) will be popped into those page counts, so I’m calling it at 7382 pages.
That is…18 books? Not counting audiobooks. And 38 short stories. And 8 manga volumes (I don’t count the pages in manga since they’re so text sparse in comparison so mixing feels odd to me).
I now have 3 days to relax, read English books, maybe finish the ウテナ manga, maybe start おいしいごはん 
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There, fixed that for you
No, seriously. We are having a lot of fun over in its thread, you should really come and join us for the ! 
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Home post // Dec 28
・ 本好きの下克上 15 (18% → 33%)
Reading continues. Did some other stuff too today, mom taught me how to make homemade tomato sauce as a side dish for fried eggs, that was great.
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28/12 24 pages かみさまがまちがえる, 24 pages Orange (finished letter 20), 1 page 夜カフェ
Finished one book - I’m now down to reading 5 books or manga actively (until I start the next volume of シャドーハウス).
I was hoping to catch up with all clubs by the end of the week but doesn’t look likely. We’ll see.
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December 28th!
I read chapter 21 of Orange today. Only one chapter left of the main story now… I’m really keen to see what happens so I think I might end up reading it tomorrow instead of waiting until next week to read it with the bookclub… I haven’t quite decided yet!
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