Day 29 Progress:
お隣の天使様 四冊 - 11.24% → 15.30%
Holy shit man I’m so exhausted I can’t type any more than this. I got some reading done today but at what cost??
Word of the Day: 根掘り葉掘り - inquisitively, pryingly, thoroughly, persistently. Digging up both root and leaf is a single but effective metaphor for this phrase.
I read the rest of the shield hero chapter, new Berserk chapter, first chapter of Cells at Work. Feel pretty read tf out now xD
December 7 & 8
No progress with the novel, played too much Dwarf Fortress. I didn’t read anything on the 7th but then at least read both remaining volumes of Ponkotsu Ponko on the 8th to make up for it.
As I previously said a very wholesome and fun manga. If anyone needs a cute light read then check it out! 
I’ll resume reading novel and generally more again today. I just need to decide what manga I’ll read next but I’ve no idea yet. 
Dec 9
かがみの孤城 83% → 87% (page 411)
Finished off 十一月 and am now a few pages into 十二月. Fitting that the book ends in December too, lol.
Dec 9, Fri of Week 11 of Fall 2022 
Some heroes wear a cape.
Godhand muscleman; and nurses and doctor-in-charge co-operate anyway.
SFX
Phrases
Forgotten ones
20221209 - 吾輩は狸である progress: 91.49% 
They just keep talking.
Japanese found under the leaves
餞別「せんべつ」ー Farewell gift
Yeah, the three volumes that make up this book do feel quite distinct. I think he had the formula down by volume two, volume three seems to drift a bit and volume one he still seems to be testing want he wants to do with this.
This last chapter though (so far) feels like he wanted to write something else, other than the recurring characters it feels pretty detached and meandering.
頑張って！ 
Oh for sure! I’m not toooo worried about these being too difficult to follow at my level (especially ones with the benefit of a book club), more just looking for a way to get my eyes used to reading more dense text without panicking a bit 
Ah! I forgot about 魔女の宅急便 and 時をかける少女, I’ve seen movies of both of them and enjoyed them quite a bit (pacing issues in the later aside). I think I’d also added the 小川未明 collection to my wish-list after reading one here. I will check out the rest of these, though, thank you!
9/12 3 pages おばちゃんたちのいるところ, 6 pages 夜カフェ, 6 pages Spy Family
Started tomorrow’s reading for Spy Family, otherwise trying to catch up with the other two.
December 9th
Card Captor Sakura volume 2 or Aria: the masterpiece volume 2 – progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 208 of Aria: the masterpiece volume 2.
Today: Read up to page 230, finished chapter 16.
Coincidentally, I experienced this winter’s first snow today too, huh. 
All in all a cozy chapter and quite fitting for the winter season. The following two pages in particular were memorable for me…in more ways than one.
What a calm and entrancing scene, watching Akari, Alicia and president Aria being surrounded by all thos-- hEY, liSTEn!! HeY, LIstEn! HEy, lISteN!! HEY LISTEN!!
me: 
Shut up, Navi!
Good grief, while the panel was pleasant to look at, I immediately heard Navi’s annoying voice x30 in my mind because those winter bugs basically look like her when floating around.
Word or expression of the day:
温々 - (ぬくぬく) - snugly, cosily; warmly
Honourable mention(s):
玄米茶 - ( げんまいちゃ) - tea (with roasted rice)
お洒落 - (おしゃれ) - smartly dressed, stylish, fashion-conscious
December 9th (Home Post Link)
Read:
(…not crazy on the EVs, but the other one is tempting, especially with how fuel efficient they are…)Finished ch 22 in the hotel room at like 1am now is sleep time
NHK
専門家「せんもんか」ー expert, specialist
賞「しょう」ー prize, award
軽自動車「けいじどうしゃ」ー light vehicle, kei car
激しく「はげしく」ー violent, extreme (here, of 競争）
ホリミヤ
浮気「うわき」ー affair, infidelity
誤解 「ごかい」ー misunderstanding
理不尽「りふじん」ー unreasonable, outrageous
December 9th!
Today I read the next chapter of Happiness, and the next chapter of Teasing Master Takagi-san.
Both were the penultimate chapters of the volume, so I’ll be finishing them both next week!
I planned to play some Pokemon today too, but the day kind of slipped away from me, and its already 10:30 somehow.
So I guess I’ll save it for tomorrow rather than trying to start while I’m already a little bit tired.
12月09日
うたわれるもの
Unrelated to reading, but surprisingly studying a couple prefectures everyday has rapidly become one of the highlights of my Japanese study that I look forward to the most. I only have half of Shikoku left and then it’s only Kyushu. Some of the flags are really cool, like Okayama’s which looks like the head of a mecha or something. I really like Shizuoka’s too.
After learning their locations I really want to learn a bit more about them, not super thoroughly yet but at least I’d like to have some partial knowledge about important cities, industries, cultural heritage, and so on. I’m not exactly sure where to learn about them in a way that doesn’t seem super daunting like straight reading Wikipedia, so if anyone has some suggestions (preferably in Japanese 
) I kindly welcome them! Or to be fair I should probably just try to read Wikipedia at this point… but damn is it daunting.
Dec 9 
・ 封印再度 (0% → 4%)
I read Saikawa & Moe vol. 5, nyehe that’s a win. Week two starts tomorrow (past midnight now, so technically later today), will try not to fall behind. I said I joined Hataraku Saibou book club, but I still haven’t started properly. I feel guilty for not keeping up to date, even Loopers book club I completely fell off in September or something ahhh. Can I handle Honzuki, S&M (nyehe) and Saibou at the same time? Let’s find out! oh, and I got a bit of studying done today too so yay! I’ll be responsible and go to sleep now 
Yay thanks! 頑張る～！ 
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December 9
人間椅子 -
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険54
161 - 192 (end)
Almost forgot to update. Fell asleep earlier than I expected. I’m hoping to read all the next volume today though
I reached last year’s stopping point in 黄金仮面 and can happily report that while I’m still missing a little bit here and there* I’m keeping up with the story and feel in no way lost! 
Very exciting. I’ll probably read more of it tonight because I’m on a roll. 江戸川乱歩 is just such a delight to read 
*it’s worth noting again that I’m reading this in paperback with an audiobook, not stopping for lookups. If I don’t know a word, whelp, embrace ambiguity and hope context sorts me out.
Might be too easy for you, but at least won’t be too hard! I imagine there are other books aimed at kids which are similar.
Today I just read 1 chapter of 君に届け, finishing vol 2.
目ざわり [noun, な-adj.] eyesore; unpleasant sight
和解 (わかい) [noun, の-adj., する verb (自)] reconciliation
Day 30 Progress:
お隣の天使様 四冊 - 15.30% → 16.75%
Extremely nominal reading day today but I’ve decided to go to bed “early” for once.
Word of the Day: 玄室 - burial chamber. Another word unrelated to my reading today but I just find it funny that a place with such mystery and gravity as ‘burial chamber’ is simply ‘mysterious room’ in Japanese. Not the most bone-chilling word for sure.
December 9 Home Post
Another day where I ended up doing other things and so didn’t start reading until late, so I just read a few pages of ブルーロック and now I’m very sleepy so I’m going to bed
December 10th
Card Captor Sakura volume 2 or Aria: the masterpiece volume 2 – progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 230, finished chapter 16.
Today: Read up to page 263, finished chapter 17.
Today’s reading session was a bit frustrating (due to a few pages worth of explanations about the hot spring, including those 9 types of hot springs) but also amusing.
I mean, based on this chapter, the front cover illustration of the 2nd volume showing Alicia may have been more accurate if she was drinking loads of beer instead of a cup of tea given how much she drank in one day.
The chapter’s highlight that made me crack up, tough, was this one panel:
I suppose all the alcohol that Alicia had drunk before caused her arm to turn into jelly or something.
Word or expression of the day:
罪悪感 - (ざいあくかん) - feelings of guilt
Honourable mention(s):
講座 - (こうざ) - course (e.g. of lectures), lectureship
