📚📚 Read every day challenge - Spring 2022 🌸 🌱

Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Single Day” Challenge, Spring Edition! :cherry_blossom: :seedling:

It’s springtime - a time of blossoming trees and new growth :seedling: Doesn’t that seem like a great time to grow your Japanese reading skills as well? If you’re looking for a way to help your reading abilities bloom, the spring Read Every Day challenge might be just the challenge you’re looking for. 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 back again for Round 4 :sunglasses: :sparkles: Can’t believe we’ve been doing this for almost a full year already :o

Every challenge thread has its own special flavor, but the one thing they always have in common is being positive, encouraging, and fun! Oh, and also cute manga. Those are pretty much always here, too. I’ve been personally making sure of it :joy:

Archive of Past Challenge Threads

Read every day challenge - Summer 2021 :beach_umbrella::beach_umbrella: [the OG thread :dark_sunglasses:]
Read every day challenge - Fall 2021 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf::raccoon: [the Tanuki thread :raccoon:]
Read every day challenge - Winter 2022 :snowman_with_snow::snowflake: […the one with lots of VNs, first-ever novel finishers, and Spiderman memes? :joy:]

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 spring
: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: April 1 - May 31

This is the “official” recommended time frame, but late starters are absolutely welcome! This thread will be up and running until the end of June, 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


Would you like to participate?
  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Not sure
  • No

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Sonny the Durtanuki says, let’s get reading! (Our lovable mascot, created by @Axazel)

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Participants

Feel free to add your username to the list!
Note: please try to keep this alphabetical

Username Date Joined Days Completed
2OC3aOdKgwSGlxfz 1 Apr 2022 5
Arxl 1 Apr 2022 3
AryaBolton 2 Apr 2022 0
athenarama 1 Apr 2022 53
Axazel 1 Apr 2022 59
basilsauce 1 Apr 2022 0
BapBap 18 Apr 2022 1
Beyond_Sleepy 1 Apr 2022 18
borutosdad 1 Apr 2022 30
Cruciarius 1 Apr 2022 0
daikirai 3 Apr 2022 18
Daisoujou 1 Apr 2022 every day
DIO-Berry 1 Apr 2022 :thinking:
downtimes 1 Apr 2022 44
dunlewy 1 April 2022
eefara 1 Apr 2022 7
enbyboiwonder 1 Apr 2022 every day
eoame 1 Apr 2022 14
fallynleaf 1 Apr 2022 61
fustian_garb 1 Apr 2022 0
Gorbit99 1 Apr 2022 39
Greti33 1 Apr 2022 26?
GrumpyPanda 1 Apr 2022 0
Hantsuki 1 Apr 2022 1
Hubbit200 18 Apr 2022 13
japonskirose 20 Apr 2022 0
KateTriesAgain 1 Apr 2022 3
liveunderwater 1 Apr 2022 61
lucylavelle 1 Apr 2022 every day
Mae 1 Apr 2022 16
Magillou 1 Apr 2022 36
meagstudies 1 Apr 2022 47
milkymatcha 2 May 2022 1
MissDagger 1 Apr 2022 every day - 2
Mokke 26 Apr 2022 4
natarin 1 Apr 2022 61
NeedleworkTimelines 1 Apr 2022 0
NihongoLearner19 1 Apr 2022 0
Nishi790 1 Apr 2022 8
omk3 1 Apr 2022 61
Phryne 1 Apr 2022 every day
pocketcat 1 Apr 2022 0
polv 2 Apr 2022 :thinking:
potatonaught 1 Apr 2022 every day
PumpkinWolf 1 Apr 2022 every day
Pyororon 1 Apr 2022 55
Redglare 1 Apr 2022 61
Reni613 1 Apr 2022 44
rikaiwisdom 1 Apr 2022 51
saidahgilbert 1 Apr 2022 59
Sailnir 1 Apr 2022 0
saraqael 2 Apr 2022 never stopping
Scylie 1 Apr 2022 0
softlyraining 1 Apr 2022 14
Steakbaby 11 Apr 2022 1
sumsum 1 Apr 2022 0
suzzieX 27.04.2022 33
sycamore 1 Apr 2022 9
TheGabbys 2 Apr 2022 8
Thud 1 Apr 2022 61 + 30
VegaSky 9 Apr 2022 0
wangqiwen 1 Apr 2022 21
wiersm 1 Apr 2022 60
windupbird 1 Apr 2022 56
Xtian 1 Apr 2022 0
Yuru 1 Apr 2022 24
yuskanji 1 Apr 2022 61
Zakarius 1 Apr 2022 61 + 30

You’ll notice that many of us like to use pretty calendars to track our progress in “home posts” as well - if you’d like to have a pretty calendar of your own, feel free to use this template! ^^

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I’m all in! Can’t wait, thanks once again for hosting this. It was annoying to find my homepost at times in the past when it was hundreds down, so I’m excited to be claiming a top spot too haha.

What I’m planning: I’m partway through the visual novel Summer Pockets (2 routes finished, working my way through a 3rd currently) and will be trying to read and mine from that every day. It’s probably long enough with my reading speed that I’ll be doing it for the whole challenge, but we’ll see. I’ve been setting sort of a soft goal of 5000 characters per day, so I’m thinking of making my own sort of double tracker for any reading vs hitting that goal, or something like that.

Along the way I’ve usually had a secondary reading material to slot in when I have a little time, but this thread went up literally about an hour after I finished my current book, Otsuichi’s Zoo 2. So I’ll have to pick something else if I want to do that. Perhaps Goth, as one more Otsuichi book? Stay tuned to find out, I guess!

Also, thanks for being such a welcoming, nice community, to everyone involved in the last challenge.

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Great to see a spring version up and thanks for continuing the challenge again! My goal is essentially the same as the winter version - just make sure I read every day, which might be a little more challenging this time around because work will be finally starting up in the next week or two.

I’ll be focusing on the two books from Beginner Book Club (now reading) and the Intermediate Book Club (coming up). If I read any manga in between, that’s fine. But ideally, I’d like to use this challenge to make sure I’m reading a little bit every day for each book. I should have no problem completing 夜カフェ, but I’d like to at least get halfway through 佐賀のがばいおばあちゃん by the end of the challenge, and maybe complete a manga or two in between.

@windupbird Thanks for the calendars and for making the thread!

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Oh gosh dingity dang it, every single challenge I think - I should put calendar templates in the opening post, and then I never flippin’ do it :upside_down_face:

Calendar Templates!
To use, reply to this post, click the “quote whole post” button (little speech bubble), and copy/paste the part below into whatever post you desire:

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I bookmarked mine to make it easy to find. :smiley:

I shamelessly copied my calendar from last time as well and hope I adjusted the days correctly:

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I said at the end of the last challenge I would be reading about business and politics to shore up my vocab there. That was a (unintentional) lie. I will probably just be reading articles again and maybe giving rambles about whatever else I’m reading. :upside_down_face:

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Meow, meow. No specific objectives, just trying to keep reading steadily, mostly manga with a few light novels in between. And book clubs.

Totals:

Total manga pages read: 4306
Total Light Novel pages read: 181
Total time spent reading: 6309 minutes (105 hours)

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I’m excited to join another one of these! I didn’t think the last one I tried was making much of a difference in my daily reading habits, but then I immediately started slacking as soon as February ended, so I guess it was more motivating than I thought :sweat_smile:.

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= Japanese
= Japanese and Spanish

This time, I’m going to try to read in Spanish every single day as well! I have a pretty easy YA book, Wonder (La lección de August) by R. J. Palacio, which I just checked out of the library. It’s written with a fair amount of first person present tense, with very everyday vocabulary and very short chapters, so it shouldn’t be too hard for me to read at least a few pages every day.

As far as Japanese goes, my main priority is translating the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling recaps (and other post-match comments and press conferences and other stuff). This kept me so busy in March, I ended up falling pretty far behind with the 大海原と大海原 volume 3 book club :sweat_smile:.

So that’s my other goal! I would love to catch up more on the book club. I don’t think it’s possible for me to finish the book in time, but I can hopefully at least make up some ground.

I typically post about my reading in my study log and the pro wrestling thread and not here, though these challenge threads are far more popular than either of those, haha!

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Exciting! I’ve been eyeing this up the past few weeks! Will join this round for sure :grin:

I have a bunch of manga lying around (among which my pride and joy: the complete 50 volume set of the original Crayon Shinchan lol) and I am hoping to polish off a lot of them. Plus my regular book club reading of course!

EDIT: Welp! It was going well enough until corona hit. After that I spent a few weeks catching up on my SRSs and other duties. It’s quite surprising how bloody tired corona makes you, even when you don’t feel too ill otherwise.


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:white_check_mark: よつばと! vol. 2
:white_check_mark: はんだくん vol. 1
:white_check_mark: クレヨンしんちゃん vol. 5
:white_check_mark: シメジシミュレーション vol. 3
:white_check_mark: ドラゴンボールSD vol. 7
:open_book: 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん
:open_book: 消滅世界
:open_book: クレヨンしんちゃん vol. 6
:open_book: ドラゴンボールSD vol. 8

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Very excited to join this time! I have collected several manga from the Bookwalker freebies, and I also may have bought a few too many books than I could possibly find time to read (I have started and had to pause at least two), so I’m looking forward to lowering my 積ん読 pile a little (who am I kidding? I’m sure to buy/get more in the meantime). Also participating in two (soon to be three) book clubs here, but I’ll try to make this thread about reading outside of book clubs if possible.

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:cat2: :cat2: :green_book: :cat2: :cat2: :closed_book: :cat2: :orange_book: (:cat2:) :cat2:
:cat2: :cat2: :green_book: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :cat2: :orange_book: :candy:
:milk_glass: :candy: :japanese_goblin: :green_book: :milk_glass: :japanese_goblin: :milk_glass: :japanese_goblin: :milk_glass: :orange_book: :milk_glass: :japanese_goblin:
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:green_book: :milk_glass: :milk_glass: :japanese_goblin: :milk_glass: :japanese_goblin: :japanese_goblin: :milk_glass: :orange_book: :milk_glass: :milk_glass: :milk_glass:
:green_book: :milk_glass: :japanese_goblin: :milk_glass: :milk_glass: :milk_glass: :milk_glass: :orange_book: :green_book::milk_glass::closed_book:2 :milk_glass:
:milk_glass: :milk_glass: :milk_glass: :izakaya_lantern: :izakaya_lantern: (:izakaya_lantern:) :izakaya_lantern:
:izakaya_lantern: :izakaya_lantern: :green_book: :izakaya_lantern: :izakaya_lantern: :izakaya_lantern: :izakaya_lantern::japanese_goblin::closed_book:2 :izakaya_lantern:
:japanese_goblin: :derelict_house:

Index:
:cat2: - 三毛猫ホームズの推理 (completed)
:candy: - Candy and Cigarettes, vol.1 (completed)
:milk_glass: - 告白 (by 湊かなえ) (completed)
:japanese_goblin: - ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, vol.1 (completed)
:izakaya_lantern: - 夜市 (completed)
:derelict_house: - 妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常 (manga), vol.1 (completed)

:green_book: - 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん (IBC)
:orange_book: - 夜カフェ (BBC)
:closed_book: - ハピネス, vol.1 (completed) (ABBC)
:closed_book: 2 - ハピネス, vol.2 (offshoot)

June calendar
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:orange_book: :green_book: :orange_book: :roll_of_toilet_paper: :roll_of_toilet_paper: (:roll_of_toilet_paper:)
:roll_of_toilet_paper: :green_book: :roll_of_toilet_paper: :roll_of_toilet_paper: :roll_of_toilet_paper: :small_blue_diamond: :small_blue_diamond: :small_blue_diamond:
:orange_book: :small_blue_diamond: :film_strip: :closed_book:2 :film_strip: :orange_book: :roll_of_toilet_paper:
:roll_of_toilet_paper: :roll_of_toilet_paper: :small_blue_diamond: :small_blue_diamond: :small_blue_diamond: :orange_book: :closed_book:3
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Index:
:roll_of_toilet_paper: - 糞尿譚
:green_book: - 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん (IBC) (completed)
:orange_book: - 夜カフェ (BBC) (completed)
:closed_book: 2 - ハピネス, vol.2 (offshoot) (completed)
:closed_book: 3 - ハピネス, vol.3 (offshoot) (completed)
:small_blue_diamond: - random tiny read
:film_strip: - Spy X Family (IBC)


list of names in 三毛猫ホームズの推理

(thanks to pocketcat for the contributions!)

片山義太郎 - かたやま・よしたろう the police detective and main character
片山晴美 - かたやま・はるみ the main character’s sister
栗原由美子 - くりはら・ゆみこ student, the victim in the prologue
三崎寛子 - みさき・ひろこ student, the victim’s friend who lent her the apartment
岡田 - おかだ some police colleague
三田村繁 - みたむら・しげる the superintendent
羽衣幸吉 - はごろも・こうきち the founder of the university
森崎智雄 - もりさき・としお the dean(文学部長)
大島ーおおしま the dean’s secretary
阿部俊三 - あべ・しゅんぞう the university president (学長)
吉塚雪子 - よしづか・ゆきこ student, the pale beauty
小峰 - こみね manager of the student dormitories
大中兼一 - おおなか・けんいち English literature professor
林則彦 - はやし・のりひこ police colleague, Katayama’s senpai
梨江ちゃん - りえちゃん Hayashi’s 3-year old daughter
児島光枝 - こじま・みつえ Katayama’s aunt
小柳さん - こやなぎさん aunt’s friend
今井広三ーいまい ・こうぞう construction site manager
石垣ーいしがき university guard
佐々木和美ーささき・ かずみ student, murder victim
富田和生ーとみた・かずお PE teacher
富田麻子ーとみた・まこ Tomita’s wife
林晃子ーはやし・あきこ Hayashi’s wife
柳原ーやなぎはら person in charge of Y Construction
秋吉ーあきよし Chemistry and Physics professor
金子ーかねこ university nurse
横沢幾子ーよこざわ・ いくこ single woman from the お見合い
波多野靖子ーはたの ・やすこ student, 雪子’s next door neighbour
清子ーきよこ student

list of place names in 三毛猫ホームズの推理

(shamelessly copied from basilsauce 's posts - thank you!)

東中野(ひがしなかの) where the Katayamas live
府中市(ふちゅうし) where 羽衣女子大学 is located
調布市(ちょうふし) the city next to 府中
甲州街道(こうしゅうかいどう)a major road running east/west through Tokyo
世田谷(せたがや)A nice suburban part of Tokyo, not far from the crowded Yamanote area
赤坂(あかさか)a district in the main/central area of Tokyo.

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Homebase of @daikirai Book Reading Initiative

:star: trying to get into a consistent reading routine since 2017

Engaging into action

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Inital Pledge

Hiiii~
I’m definitely joining. I’ve been trying to increase my input lately so having buddies and public obligation will help a ton.
Also, I’ve entered lots of book clubs yet fallen behind schedule in every single one of them so I have plenty of stuff to read and catch up to. I guess this will be my main objective.

Further details on a late start

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:apple: :apple: :apple: :four_leaf_clover: :four_leaf_clover: :four_leaf_clover: :love_letter:
:love_letter: :purple_heart: :ribbon: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :sparkles: :love_letter:
:purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart:

Currently reading:

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不可解なぼくのすべてを
情勢:第2巻まで完全
My first big boy read without furigana. There are only 5 volumes, so I’m extra motivated to read it all since the end is nigh even though I just started. Really into the book so far. Some more thorough impressions

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夜カフェ
A BOOK, well it’s a 青い鳥文庫の説明 аt that nonetheless still lotsa scary text. It’s fun to scan through yet it is so high above my level that I’m mostly skipping stuff.

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デスノート
Really demanding manga that coincidentally also has a mockingly small typefont, the smallest out of all of my books. Going through the first volume agonizingly slowly, definitely above my skill level so I’m in increased insufficient comprehension tolerance™ mode. Dropped it for a moment.

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よつばと!
Objectively the best read I ever had. Lighthearted and incredibly fun. I can manage it without frequent dictionary lookups just by the skin of my teeth.
第1巻完了しつつ次巻が延期しております


Book clubs
Books I read on a schedule a few chapters every weekend.

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三ツ星カラーズ
うんこ!
第1巻完全☆

:love_letter:
それでも歩は寄せてくる
My first manga ever. I had plans to start reading it the last summer however it never came true. Incidentally caught up to the book club during this challenge and am now on schedule.
第4巻まで完全!

Navigation bar (yes that small thingy):

:pleading_face::point_right: :point_left:

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Why not. Maybe it’ll help me improve my book a week reading so I don’t have a bunch to do on Sunday every week.

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edit: whoops, sorry for the @ :sweat_smile:

Time to sum things up!

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I’ll join the spring challenge too. I didn’t post much in the winter challenge, but I read every day. I’ve been reading every day since then too, although there was one day when it was late and I was tired so I only did a single page.

I finished ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖 volume 1, which I read using the Tsubasa Bunko version with furigana. I borrowed the light novel edition of volume 2 from the library, figuring if I wasn’t comfortable without furigana I’d just give it back. But it’s been fine, and I’m just past the halfway point now. I have a few things sitting on my shelf waiting for me to finish this.

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(Edit: my Bookmeter account )

Reading
少年H(上)
ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟

Finished
三毛猫ホームズの推理
吸血鬼はお年ごろ

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Reading Material which will probably make it into this challenge.

Basics:

  • スラムダンク
  • ハピネス
  • todai

Main Material:

  • 夜カフェ
  • 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん
  • とびら

Extended Material

  • キノの旅
  • Read Real Japanese

Links to update posts:
First week
Second week
Third week
Forth week
5+6 week
7th week

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Currently reading:

  • よつばと!vol 2
  • それでも歩は寄せてくる vol 5
  • からかい上手高木 vol 5
  • 極主夫道 vol 3
  • ハピネス vol 1
  • 夜カフェ

During the break I read three and a half volumes of からかい上手高木. Bringing me up to where the book club is at.
Still playing Animal Crossing a little everyday. Just purchased the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion pass for the additional Mario Kart tracks, which means Animal Crossing DLC as well.

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I see it’s time to jump back on the reading challenge train! With the completion of my last assignment for the term last night and only forty pages of 銭天堂 left to go, I’m nearly ready for a fresh start with a new book.

Books I’m reading this time
銭天堂 (finished 8th of April)
君ノ声 (finished 17th of April)
かがみの孤城 (6%)
世界から猫が消えたなら?(if I ever feel like finishing a shorter book)

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I’m joining!

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5月
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Currently reading:

  • 博士の愛した数式
  • 失はれる物語
  • 走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること
Progress report
April

April 1st

  • 博士の愛した数式 (5-8%)

April 2nd

  • 博士の愛した数式 (8-11%)
  • 聲の形 #5 (47-62%)

April 3rd

  • 博士の愛した数式 (11-13%)

April 4th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (13-16%)

April 5th

  • An article on yahoo.jp news - 4年のブランクを経てカムバックした「BIGBANG」、新曲「春夏秋冬」は人々に受け入れられるか?

April 6th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (16-21%)

April 7th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (21-22%)

April 8th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (22-27%)

April 9th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (27-30%)

April 10th

  • An article on toyokeizai: 「価格転嫁」ができない日本企業の語らざる本音

April 11th

  • Different articles on 生類憐みの令

April 12th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (30-34%)

April 13th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (34-36%)

April 14th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (36-41%)

April 15th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (41-43%)

April 17th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (43-45%)

April 18th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (45-46%)
  • 失はれる物語 (3 pages)

April 19th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (46-48%)

April 20th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (48-49%)
  • 失はれる物語 (5,75 pages)

April 21st

  • 失はれる物語 (1 page)

April 22nd

  • 聲の形 #5 (62-79%)

April 23rd

  • 聲の形 #5 (79-100%) :partying_face:

April 24th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (49-50%)

April 25th

  • Articles about 生類憐みの令

April 26th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (50-52%)

April 27th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (52-53%)

April 28th

  • Article about 戊辰戦争

April 30th

  • Articles about 読書量
May

May 1st

  • 失はれる物語 (5,5 pages)

May 2nd

  • 失はれる物語 (2 pages)

May 3rd

  • 博士の愛した数式 (53-54%)

May 6th

  • Article about 源氏物語

May 9th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (2 pages)

May 10th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (2 pages - 54-55%)

May 11th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (55-56%)

May 12th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (56-57%)

May 14th

  • Article about 尾崎豊

May 15th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (57-58%)

May 16th

  • 失はれる物語 (3.25 pages)
June

June 26th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (58-60%)

June 27th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (60-62%)

June 28th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (62-65%)

June 29th

  • 博士の愛した数式 (just a few sentences, so still at 65%)

June 30th

  • 走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること (1-5%)

Summary post

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Can’t wait! I actually just finished the book I was reading for the last challenge so I’ll be able to start afresh on Friday

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Reading:
ぼくは明日、昨日のきみとデートする by 七月 隆文 Abandoned due to getting covid
ぼくは王さま by 寺村輝夫
こんにちはウーフ by 神沢 利子

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Count me in! The Winter challenge was so much fun. :slight_smile:
I’m going to be carrying on with my bookclub reading, and also Yotsuba.
@windupbird Thank you so much for organizing this, and for the calendars!

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02 03 04 05 06 07 08
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What I'm Reading

I’m mostly going to be reading the books from the various bookclubs I am in -

  • Teasing Master Takagi-san
  • Mitsuboshi Colors
  • Happiness
  • Yoru Cafe

As well as reading Yotsuba and playing some Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Progress report
April
  • April 1st
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san (p.117-132)
  • April 2nd
    • Yoru Cafe - Half of Chapter 2 (p.16-25)
    • Pokemon Legends Arceus
  • April 3rd
    • Happiness - Chapter 3 (p.87-128)
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 14 (p.53-66)
    • Pokemon Legends Arceus
  • April 4th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 44 (p.51-80)
  • April 5th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 45 (p.81-108)
  • April 6th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 46 (p.109-140)
  • April 7th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 47 (p.141-168)
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 1-2 (p.1-12)
    • Wondercat Kyuu-chan - Volume 1 (p.1-12)
  • April 8th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 5, Chapter 9+bonus (p.133-152) Volume 5 Complete! :tada:
  • April 9th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 15 (p.67-84)
  • April 10th
    • Yoru Cafe - Half of Chapter 2 (p.26-35)
  • April 11th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 48 (p.169-206) Volume 7 Complete! :tada:
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 3-5 (p.13-24)
  • April 12th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 49 (p.1-24)
  • April 13th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 50 (p.25-54)
  • April 14th
    • Wondercat Kyuu-chan - Volume 1 (p.13-25)
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 6 (p.25-29)
  • April 15th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 16 (p.85-98)
  • April 16th
    • Happiness - Chapter 4 (p.128-158)
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 1 (p.1-18)
  • April 17th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 3(p.36-44)
  • April 18th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 51-52 (p.54-110)
  • April 19th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 53 (p.111-138)
  • April 20th
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 7-8 (p.29-44)
  • April 21st
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 9-12 (p.45-58)
  • April 22nd
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 54 (p.138-190)
  • April 23rd
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 2 - (p.19-34)
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 4 (p.45-54)
  • April 24th
    • Mitsuboshi Colours - Chapter 17 - (p.99-112)
  • April 25th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 55 (p.191-216) Volume 8 Complete! :tada:
  • April 26th
    • Fullmetal Alchemist (p.53-58)
    • Wondercat Kyuu-chan (p.26-34)
  • April 27th
    • Fullmetal Alchemist (p.53-58)
    • Wondercat Kyuu-chan (p.34-59)
  • April 28th
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 13 (p.59-70)
  • April 29th
    • Happiness - Chapter 5 (p.159-192) Volume 1 Complete! :tada:
  • April 30th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 18 (p.113-130)
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 3 (p.35-50)
May
  • May 1st
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 5 (p.55-66)
  • May 2nd
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 56 (p.1-28)
    • Shirokuma Cafe - Chapter 14 (p.70-80)
  • May 3rd
    • Wondercat Kyuu-chan (p.59-65)
    • Your Name - Start of Chapter 1 (p.5)
  • May 4th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 57 (p.28-58)
  • May 5th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 58 (p.59-90)
  • May 6th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 59 (p.91-124)
  • May 7th
    • Wondercat Kyuu-chan (p.66-71)
  • May 8th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 6 (p.67-80)
  • May 9th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 4 (p51-66)
  • May 10th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 19 (p131-146) Volume 2 Complete! :tada:
  • May 11th
    • Yotsuba - Volume 60 (p125-152)
    • Pokemon Legends Arceus
  • May 12th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 61 (p153-188)
  • May 13th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 5 (p153-188)
    • Happiness - Chapter 6 (p1-36)
  • May 14th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 7 (p81-95)
  • May 15th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 19 (p1-16)
    • Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan (p72-94)
  • May 16th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 62 (p189-224) Volume 9 Complete! :tada:
    • Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan (p95-104)
  • May 17th
    • Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan (p105-128) Volume 1 Complete! :tada:
  • May 18th
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p81-100)
  • May 19th
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p101-112)
  • May 20th
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p113-117)
  • May 21st
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 6 (p83-100)
  • May 22nd
    • Mitsuboshi Colours - Chapter 21 (p17-28)
  • May 23rd
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p118-130)
  • May 24th
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p131-144)
  • May 25th
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p145-152)
  • May 26th
    • Shirokuma Cafe (p153-168) Volume 1 Complete! :tada:
  • May 27th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 7 (p101-116)
  • May 28th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 8 (p97-112)
  • May 29th
    • Happiness - Chapter 7 (p37-87)
    • Pokemon Legends Arceus
  • May 30th
    • Happiness - Chapter 7 (p37-87)
  • May 31st
    • Your Name - Part of Chapter 1 (p6)
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 63 (p1-30)
June
  • June 1st
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 64 (p31-66)
  • June 2nd
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 65 (p67-92)
  • June 3rd
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 8 (p117-132)
  • June 4th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 9 (p113-128)
  • June 5th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 23 (p47-60)
    • Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  • June 6th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 66 (p93-108)
  • June 7th
    • Your Name - Part of Chapter 1 (p7)
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 67 (p109-136)
  • June 8th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 68 (p137-172)
  • June 9th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 69 (p173-224) Volume 10 Complete! :tada:
  • June 10th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 6, Chapter 9 (p133-160) Volume 6 Complete! :tada:
  • June 11th
    • Happiness - Chapter 8 (p88-126)
  • June 12th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 10 (p129-141)
  • June 13th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 24 (p61-78)
  • June 14th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 70 (p1-24)
  • June 15th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 71 (p25-58)
  • June 16th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 72 (p59-92)
  • June 17th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 73-74 (p93-148)
  • June 18th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 11 (p141-156)
  • June 19th
    • Happiness - Chapter 9 (p126-156)
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 1 (p1-22)
  • June 20th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 25 (p79-94)
  • June 21st
    • Hana ni Arashi - Chapter 1-5 (p1-69)
    • Your Name - Part of Chapter 1 (p8)
  • June 22nd
    • Hana ni Arashi - Chapter 6-8 (p70-98)
  • June 23rd
    • Hana ni Arashi - Chapter 9 (p99-108)
  • June 24th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 2 (p23-38)
  • June 25th
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 12 (p156-168)
    • Happiness - Chapter 10 (p156-192) Volume 2 Complete! :tada:
  • June 26th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 26 (p95-108)
    • Hana ni Arashi - Chapter 10-11 (p109-146)
  • June 27th
    • Hana ni Arashi - Chapter 12 (p147-160) Volume 1 Complete! :tada:
  • June 28th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 75-76 (p149-224) Volume 11 Complete! :tada:
  • June 29th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 77 (p1-36)
  • June 30th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 77 (p37-66)
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I’m joining in again! I always love these challenges but am also always terrible at actually updating my home post so we will see how this one goes :sweat_smile:

Goals
I’m going to be moving job pretty soon & expect to be pretty busy with that so not going to go wild with the goals this time. I’m currently half way through reading すべてがfになる which I’m enjoying so I will probably read the next volumes in that series once I’m done (not sure if I can catch up to the bookclub here by the time they get to vol 4 but will see! :crossed_fingers:). Will also be playing more games and reading more manga on the side!

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Reading

:cat2:三毛猫ホームズの推理
:video_game: すべてがFになる

Finished during the challenge

ギヴン vols 1-2

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