Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Single Day” Challenge, Fall 2023 Edition! :scarf::fallen_leaf::maple_leaf: The days are getting longer, and the weather’s getting colder - fall is here! (Or :sparkles:autumn :sparkles:, if you’re feeling fancy :face_with_monocle:) Time to grab yourself a pumpkin spice latte (or other drink of choice - I prefer hot apple cider, personally) and settle in for some cozy fall reading :relieved::coffee: 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: in the summer of 2021, @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: This is sort of a special challenge thread for me, because I started hosting these challenges in Fall 2021 - that means I’ve officially been hosting this challenge for 2 years straight :sweat_smile: Time sure does fly lol It’s 'cause we’re having fun, right? :wink: 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 and cute animals involved - pet pictures are welcomed :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: Read every day challenge - Fall 2022 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf: Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 :snowman_with_snow::snowflake: Read every day challenge - Spring 2023 :cherry_blossom::tulip::blossom: Read every day challenge - Summer 2023 :sunglasses::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 If you’d like to read news articles every day, you may want to check out the The News Reading Challenge thread (but you are of course welcome to post about it in this thread too :slight_smile:). 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]

[image] javerend: I thought maybe this was some expression that wasn’t coming up when i was searching, but minori is just a huge weirdo making literal pudding in a bucket. I mentioned this in my log, but it’s why I’m beginning to find that while I love absurdist comedies in english/when they’ve got eng subs, trying to parse them in Japanese is like adding an entirely additional layer of difficulty on top of the one that’s already there. If I ever actually wanted to try and read it, 絶望先生 is probably going to be a whole new layer of hell.

:bookmark: Home post // Oct 12 + 13 :maple_leaf: ・薬師と魔王(下) (61% → 100%) ・薬師と魔王２ (0% → 14%) During the past two days I finished volume 2 of the first book. I really like the character dynamic :ok_hand: As for the language, the main characters are speaking politely to each other and I find that very pleasant to read. There are also characters using the pronouns 汝 (なんじ, you) and 某 (それがし, I). The latter kept tripping me up because in hiragana it wasn’t always easy to tell – I often mistook it for それ + が + し-something. The female lead is a certified mad scientist. “Mad” as in super passionate and is somehow able to do crazy science stuff in the setting of middle age Europe. Vol 2 spoiler: Seems like author first published this book during the pandemic in 2020 on Syosetsuka ni narou. 【書籍化・コミカライズ】最強魔王様は病弱だった！～溺愛された地味薬師の異世界医療改革～

:maple_leaf::jack_o_lantern: Home post :snowflake: :droplet: 10月11日 (水) :rice_ball: コンビニ人間 (2 pages) +2 aDoBJG dictionary entries, 4 pages of Somatome, 3 pages of Tobira 10月12日 (木) :rice_ball: コンビニ人間 (2 pages) :older_woman:t2: あん (6 pages - postscript) :books: 本好き (10 pages, finished chapter 11) +2 aDoBJG dictionary entries, 2 pages of Somatome, 2 pages of Tobira 10月13日 (金) :cherry_blossom: 桜蘭 (4 pages) :books: 本好き (5 pages) +2 aDoBJG dictionary entries It’s interesting to see how I get more reading done on certain days compared to others. Sometimes, it’s already getting late when I realise I haven’t really read anything, only studied grammar and done some listening practice. Other days I just have more time or opportunities (eg. on a commute) to read. I’m a bit late on a few of my book clubs now, but that’s expected since I wanted to focus more on grammar.

:bat::bat: I felt very down the last few days but still got at least some reading in every day Horimiya W8 chapter 5 of ちいさな森のオオカミちゃん and I watched the whole Loki series with Japaneses subs which… I wanna count as reading because it’s kinda literally what you do with subs and I guess I wanna cut myself some slack because really doing anything has been hard the last few days… :sweat:

[image] Redglare: I get the impression that also is a technology in the public consciousness more in Japan than it is in, say, the UK (certainly under that acronym). I’ve seen it turn up in random doujinshi as the technobabble excuse for the scenario the author wanted to draw, for example. Probably the fact the research was done in Japan and Yamanaka got the Nobel Prize for it meant there was massive press coverage at the time?

14th october home post light weekend read, some more kurohyou 2 (which has a lot less cutscene than 1 so far) and bits and pieces elsewhere. [image] fallynleaf: It is not :smiling_face_with_tear: that’s unfortunate :frowning: i also didn’t think to check the relevant thread, oops, thanks for explaining! [image] fallynleaf: If all else fails, there’s this tool , and for this!

9/10 2 pages 本好きの下剋上 10/10 9 pages ホリミヤ (read week 7) 11/10 3 pages Spy Family, 3 pages 本好きの下剋上 12/10 2 pages 本好きの下剋上 13/10 2 pages 本好きの下剋上 Busy week at work and have been really tired so struggling to read more than a few pages. I’m off tomorrow so hoping I can catch up a little. But I’m also throwing myself into some other language study (German and Arrernte) so it’s quite likely my Japanese will suffer a bit.

Home Post I read a lot of my novel this week for some reason. I suppose it’s because I’m playing a lot of Baldur’s Gate lately and just wanna read in bed after that. (Kindle is easier for lookups than manga while in bed for me.) I’ve been awful about doing my jlpt reading practice. Oh well. On another note, manga from amazon japan seems to be not delivering to the US anymore?? Hopefully ti’ll go back to normal, but I was preparing for my monthly order and suddenly everything on my wishlist is not available :face_exhaling: Thinking about trying out one of those proxy services like zenmarket if it’s still like that in a few days. Very frustrating. １０月７日 Kanzen Master N2 Reading (1 reading) １０月８日私の幸せの結婚 ->22% １０月９日東京リベンジャーズ 18 Ch 153 私の幸せの結婚 ->24% １０月１０日私の幸せの結婚 ->27% １０月１１日私の幸せの結婚 ->28% １０月１２日私の幸せの結婚 ->29% １０月１３日私の幸せの結婚 ->30%

You can also check out CDJapan. They don’t have as big a selection as Amazon, but their packaging is better (I have never once gotten a damaged book from them), they have a better point system and regular coupons/promotions, and they’ve got multiple shipping options (sometimes DHL is cheaper and sometimes FedEx is. They used to have cheaper, slower options, but they got suspended at the beginning of the pandemic and seem to be gone for good now, unfortunately)

Ah yes! I should check them out. Thanks. I looked at them a long time ago but amazon was cheaper at the time and I kinda forgot they exist. :laughing:

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nyxqueenofshadows October 14, 2023, 11:03am 271

14th october

home post

light weekend read, some more kurohyou 2 (which has a lot less cutscene than 1 so far) and bits and pieces elsewhere.

that’s unfortunate i also didn’t think to check the relevant thread, oops, thanks for explaining!

and for this!

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