Ooh, I finished the English translation of the first volume not too long ago; besides any book-specific terminology, I bet this would be a really fun one to read in Japanese. 
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I think the strangest thing is because I used fiction as escape as a teenager when I had problems all around me, but I guess you can’t expect yourself to react in the same way each time, eh?
I think my biggest problem with it is that while it is easy to pick up a short story (and I have a lot of great anthologies and collections filled with good stories), I just don’t get quite the same experience. But I find diving into novels right now… well I just haven’t been doing it, have I? 
Well, hopefully getting some Japanese reading regularly will also help with the other reading. Here is to hoping!
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I love this! This thread came at the perfect time. For my other languages:
- I’m trying to keep up my Spanish by reading a few Spanish webtoons every day.
- For Japanese I’ll work on getting through my Tadoku Graded Readers (early levels) and the first volume of Yotsuba.
- I’m also trying to refresh my German but it’ll be some time before I can read any native language materials.
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Spring 2022 Reading Challenge
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Status: Completed
Completion: 51 / 61 days (83.6%)
Daily division
April
April 1
Final Fantasy VII
April 2
Final Fantasy VII
April 3
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April 4
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April 5
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April 6
Final Fantasy VII
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April 8
Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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May 2
Final Fantasy VII
May 3
Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
May 6
Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
May 10
Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
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Final Fantasy VII
May 16
Final Fantasy VII
May 19
Final Fantasy VII
May 20
Final Fantasy VII
May 27
Final Fantasy VII
May 29
Final Fantasy VII
May 30
Final Fantasy VII
May 31
Final Fantasy VII
June
June 1
Final Fantasy VII
June 2
Final Fantasy VII
June 5 - 7
Final Fantasy VII
June 10
Final Fantasy VII
June 11
Final Fantasy VII
Previous Challenges
2021:
- 📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2021 🏖🏖 - #46 by rikaiwisdom
- 📚📚 Read every day challenge - Fall/Autumn 2021 🍁🍂🦝 - #21 by rikaiwisdom
2022:
Thank you once more @windupbird for hosting the thread! c:
Looking forward to having fun with you all again <3 .
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I’m so excited to be back in the challenge again! This is my favourite corner of wanikani, cause all the people and books are so great here 
And my bookmeter will finally be happy 
Thank you @windupbird for organising it all!
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Yes, I’m joining too this time! I’m usually reading every day anyway, so I might as well hold myself accountable. And I really enjoy reading all the comments about what everyone is reading! (So many good tips for what to add to my list.) Good luck everyone!
What I’m going to be reading:
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かがみの孤城 (Kagami no Kojou) Book Club
(of course) - 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん 👵🏼 (Intermediate Book Club)
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ヨコハマ買い出し紀行 (Intermediate Book Club)
- 🐉🐉🐉 極主夫道 3巻 • The Way of the House Husband, Volume 3
- デスノート ・ Death Note 📓 Vol. 2
Games:
- 第2次スーパーロボット大戦OG
2nd Super Robot Wars OG (on PS3) - トライアングルストラテジー
Triangle Strategy (on Switch)
And maybe if I have time left:
- ふらいんぐうぃっち・Flying Witch (Beginner Book Club)
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Aria the Masterpiece Home Thread (Beginner Book Club / Aria Book Club)
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i’m happy to find another otome fan in here (: (my initial reason for learning my Japanese to begin with lol). I’m playing VariBari too (in English, alas) but I try to think of it as good listening practice anyway ;;
is VariBari your first otome in JP or are there others you’ve read too?
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You might think I’d do the obvious logical thing like that, but that’s too easy. Instead I found myself scrolling back up for the link in my last post every time, but I have a bug where too much scrolling seems to make this site start skipping replies, so occasionally it was a minor annoyance haha.
You know, with how much I read other visual novels, I’ve been thinking I should check out some otome some day. At this rate it’ll be a while before I could get to one, but I’m not too picky about exact content if it’s a well written work. Taking a quick tour through the higher rated ones on VNDB, so many look extremely appealing aesthetically too…
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Another challenge is waiting around the corner @Windupbird, thank you for posting~ 
I’ll be joining in TINY CHALLENGE mode this time, just like during the 
Autumn challenge 
. No crazy plans or expectations or anything (I should focus on uni and exams), so as long as I read however tiny amount and check off a box ( ) every day, I’m happy.
My plan is to finish Honzuki 9 and then read along with two book clubs: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto and Kagami no Kojou. Both are scheduled to finish around the end of May/start of June, so that’s tiptop 
Happy reading, everyone! 
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Redglare’s tiny summary post
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Tiny goals
Hopefully tiny enough. If too tiny, I’ll most likely continue my progress through the Honzuki series.
Books:
- 本好きの下剋上 book 9 (75% → 100%) Finished: April 5th 2022
Read with the book clubs:
Link to tiny updates
I like having the links to my daily updates separate from my box calendar 
April 01, 02, 03,
04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
May 01,
02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08,
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Previous summary posts
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Hey! I started learning in order to play untranslated JRPGs but these days it seems they all get translated so more niche genres like this one really have my interest.
I actually decided to play VariBari motivated by the fact that the English version was coming out. I’m getting through it reeeeally slowly but having fun so far!
Other Otome I’ve tried in Japanese are トリコリティアイズ (I’ve read 4 routes out of 9, it has pretty simple daily life vocab, taking a break from it at the moment) and アムネシア (only one route, also on the easier side, I intend to pick it back up soon-ish). VariBari feels on a higher level of difficulty but not too much, plus the MC being voiced really helps. I’m hoping to slowly crawl my way towards more difficult games…one day.
This is my weakness… I live in fear that I will pick up an extremely aesthetically pleasing game only to find out the story is boring and the characters bland.
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Hmm, I linked my home post from my name in the participants list so my options were/are to go from my latest post (which I could/can conveniently access from my study log) or from the top of the thread 
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Yeah I see people putting the links in the participant list now and did the same. Last time I either didn’t notice or forgot immediately. That whole list kinda slipped my mind. I don’t think I updated my days.
We’re only going to discover more and more ways to find me missing the obvious and doing something silly; I’m used to it 
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For an , you type [x], and for , you type [X] 
Also, a very easy way to steal someone else’s formatting on a post is to reply to their post, then click “quote whole post”. That’s how I got my chart in the first place, haha
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I’ve actually wanted to draw us a reading Durtle for so long now… but not just any Durtle will do! I’ve done my best to honour our original mascot, the Tanuki at the same time:
Also I love warm beverages 
Hope this makes you all smile! What would you name ‘em??
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That looks fantastic! Love it. I’m always having a coffee with my reading anyway so I feel perfectly represented, haha.
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Same! Reading (preferably near a window) with coffee is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It’s nice to be in good company 
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Oh my god I love him so much! :333 10/10 would hug him be his study buddy. Was about to comment on how racoon-like he is, only then I noticed the rest of your post.
Such a precious durtcoon 
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Hmm… Durtcoon… GASP How about he’s a Durtanuki!?! The “T” fits so naturally 
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Oh my god how did I not see that! Love it, gives it a big personality :33 Durtanuki for the win
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