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…

[image] Book9: I think I can even beat @windupbird for delivering cuteness. Is that even possible?? :open_mouth: either way, I am prepared to become destroyed by the cute

:fallen_leaf: Day 9, 9th of October :maple_leaf: :open_book: Back to my Home Post Didn’t do much reading except for textbook work. I don’t think I’ll be able to do much of anything this week due to anxiety. Alternatively, I might just do waaaay to much so I don’t have time to worry.

Summary Post Day 9: October 9th What did I read?: 夜の名前を呼んで How much did I read?: 34 pages How long did it take me?: 38 min Finished this volume today! We went back to nice happy times for the last chapter lol. This time, we learned more about the little shadow friends who have popped up sporadically in previous chapters (I have thus far failed to mention them but they’re pretty cute little guys) This is the first page of the chapter and I’m telling you, I died, like everything about this page is so cute :sob: [2022-10-09 12.51.0822] Look at them in their little traveling cloaks :sob: And the way Rei bends down to greet them like a Disney prince making friends with the woodland creatures, I cannot This chapter was basically the little shadow friends telling Mira how much they love her and how much she means to them in an attempt to cheer her up <3 I didn’t realize they had such a history together, so that was very sweet and heartwarming. Even though she’s been called a curse by others, they see her as a total blessing. :face_holding_back_tears: [2022-10-09 12.51.592] [image] Book9: Also I am now T-8 days until the cuteness surprise I teased last challenge. I think I can even beat @windupbird for delivering cuteness :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: I am eagerly awaiting the surprise :eyes:

Home post :bookmark: Oct 9 :maple_leaf: ・本好きの下剋上 11 (37% → 39%) Today was a busy day, so just a tiny read.

@Zakarius and @windupbird, some might consider it cheating. :joy:

:house_with_garden: Home post 10月06日原神 10月07日原神 10月09日ルーパーズ Updating the last few days. Didn’t read yesterday, I needed the day off. I’ll be brief, but it’s crazy the roller coaster that learning a new language can be, sigh. Either Japanese is a complete beast sometimes, or I’ve forgotten what learning a language feels like. Sometimes you feel great, you feel like you’re making great improvements and you can understand a lot. Then all of a sudden you have days when you feel the complete opposite, nothing makes sense, you still have a ton of vocabulary to learn to understand this language comfortably, and wonder where the heck is the work of the years you’ve put into this ;-; . And what’s crazy is that these two sides can alternate all the time, very frequently :joy: . Perhaps sometimes I try to bite much more than I can chew, and sometimes it feels disheartening, but others it feels amazing. One day feeling amazing and understanding a lot; another day feeling terrible and struggling greatly, then repeat. I hope all the struggle pays off in the end :joy: . I keep learning new vocabulary and to a lesser extent new grammar, so that’s all that matters. It’s just a super long process and I’m too impatient at times. But overall I enjoy it, it just feels so uncomfortable and uncertain occasionally. I certainly don’t enjoy feeling stuck.

:lady_beetle: Home :lady_beetle: October 9 おじさまと猫()7 37 - 73 I’m trying hard to finish these final 2 volumes off. I want to have them all ready before I take them to a BOOKOFF. I’m also adding Nyankes to the vols I’m trying to read as well. For these series that I don’t plan to keep up with or continue, I’m thinking “what’s the point of having physical copies of them?” I’m also worried about when I’ll eventually need to move, so I want to make things easier on future me.

:fallen_leaf::maple_leaf: October 9 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf: home post link🏡 Today, I read part 4 of ジャックと豆の木, in which Jack hides in the castle and gets away with stealing money from the man-eating giant. I did the thing where I listened to the recording and translated what I could understand (I could understand most of it!), then I looked at the Japanese script and read it out loud, and I finally compared my translation with the official English translation. Unfortunately, I won’t have much time to read this week either. I’ll try to keep reading at least one part of a story on wasabi every day.

On October the 10th I’ve read: フェリパ – にほんごたどく涙の力 – にほんごたどく飯田くん – にほんごたどく天皇の誕生日 – にほんごたどくふしぎだな―ぼくが感じた不思議なこと – にほんごたどくふしぎだな―ぼくが感じた不思議なこと２ – にほんごたどく

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lucylavelle October 9, 2022, 9:26pm 294

October 9th!

Today I read Chapter 12 of Orange.
While this book continues to be a slightly difficult read for me, I find I’m looking up less and less vocabulary as I go and thats really encouraging.
Plus the story is just SO GOOD.

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