📚📚 Read every day challenge - Spring 2023 🌸🌷🌼

[natarin]

April 1 Home Post

Pretty good start to the challenge today! I started looking into next week’s potential Zero Escape reading, and also read some more BU$TAFELLOWS which has continued to be wild but now I must go to bed, tragically

[omk3]

@pocketcat

you could probably speed it up to 1.2x or so until you get to a point you’d like to slow down and savor.

Solid advice, thanks! While I was grumbling to myself that she sure took her time and left way too long pauses for effect, it somehow never occurred to me to try and speed up. It’s going much better now (and she sounds much less timid, finally!).

[softlyraining]

softlyraining’s blossoming book stack

April 1st

NANA 1 (21% → 32%)

First day of the challenge!

NANA was one of the first manga I ever read at a probably-too-young age. Diving into it again has been interesting so far. In general, I feel like I’m more judgmental of the characters: I recall being somewhat judgy, but I think my judgments now are more critical. For example, we meet Main Character A Nana Komatsu as her “boyfriend” dumps her. I know I thought it was weird that she dated an older man (29) while she was in high school, but reading it now has me going, "Oh, this is a man who needs to be taken to the authorities PRONTO. While Nana does have a tendency to crush on older men, she’s a) still in high school (and therefore a child in my eyes) and b) is kind of a naive character, so I don’t really have a problem with how she acts or views things.

I kind of like that I get to read this more critically. It gives me the chance to reevaluate these characters, which is fun for me.

[WaniTsunami]

2023年4月1日
寝る前に1時間ぐらいFFVIIをプレイしました。最近何か漢字がないでも読めるので嬉しい。いよいよ私の一番好きなゲームがプレイすることが出来ます！その結果にワンピースのゴールが変わりました。予想すると多分4月末ぐらい辞めるそうに見える。それで今回はシンプル・イズ・ベストだろうと思いました。

[queenofthegods]

I felt the same thing rereading Fruits Basket! When I first read at age 12 or so I thought the age gap of Toru’s parents was a little weird and Toru’s dad is portrayed as such a huge hero but rereading it he just feels like a huge predator

[hanpt2]

４月２日 • Home Post

Looks like I’m gonna be first again… am I the only southern hemisphere participant?

Today I read: More チェンソーマン following from yesterday’s chapter. I got through another chapter (plus 1/2) before I got too tired; today’s content was much more text heavy so there were quite a few grammar points I had to spend time reading up on. I’ll definitely need to come back to these tomorrow, since they’re coming up a lot and I don’t have a solid grasp of them yet.

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Grammar to review tomorrow:

• Conditionals 「ば、と、たら、なら」
  → Specifically 〜なければ・〜なきゃ
• いけない （事が）
• より (my current nemesis)

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@taiyousea I’m so glad you’re having success with naruto! It must feel so good to be able to get into flow with a piece of media you love. Have you noticed any difference in nuance or how you’re perceiving the characters now that you’re reading it in japanese?

[MissDagger]

@hanpt2

Looks like I’m gonna be first again… am I the only southern hemisphere participant?

I’m assuming you meant something about having an early time zone? (Like Australia, New Zealand? Or Japan, Korea, etc. if northern hemisphere.)

As for time zone, it is only just past noon where I live in Sweden, so yeah, I’m not updating for a while. :3

We do have at least one person living in Japan doing the challenge, but some people update the day after. Which might be the case here, or they’re not updating until later tonight (since it is only about 7:30 pm there I think).

[pyororon]

4月1日

Read: 准教授・高槻彰良の推察2 (15% → 25%)
Today I finished the first case this volume. This time they were investigating a locker at an elementary school that has allegedly became haunted after some kids played Kokkuri-san after school. I had an easier time reading this chapter since I’ve seen this case before in the drama adaption, for some reason it was in the first episode of the drama even though it’s not until the second volume of the novel.

[hanpt2]

Yes I am! I’m in New Zealand so it’s evening on the 2nd of April right now. What time do you usually do your reading & subsequent updates?

@MissDagger

some people update the day after.

Oh, yeah that makes sense :') I assumed everyone would update immediately after they finish reading, like I have been.

[MissDagger]

@hanpt2

What time do you usually do your reading & subsequent updates?

My reading time is not very consistent at all, and especially since I’m tracking a couple of different types of reading and they tend to happen at different times of the day… I either update before I get off the computer for the night if I’ve already hit all the types of reading I want to do, otherwise I typically update the next day. (Unless I didn’t end up reading in Japanese, then I usually won’t update until I do.)

So it varies a lot of me. I also want to get back to the habit of reading before bed and then I’ll definitely start updating next day most of the time.

[Greti33]

Greti’s home post

Time to start fresh with a new challenge! I am very happy with the progress I made in the winter challenge, so I hope I can keep that up :3 Maybe I could even try read two books per month instead of one? I’ll see how much spare time I can find.

The plan for now is to quickly finish reading the little bit of １Ｑ８４ Book 1 後編 that I’ve got left, and then join the ABC to read 四畳半神話大系. I’ll add other books as I go.

			Apr
月	火	水	木	金	土	日
					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
月	火	水	木	金	土	日
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	31

Reading list

Completed

• １Ｑ８４ Book 1 後編 [book club]
• 夢十夜 [book club]

Reading

• 四畳半神話大系 [book club]

Previous challenges

Read every day challenge - Winter 2023

[polv]

@hanpt2

Yes I am! I’m in New Zealand so it’s evening on the 2nd of April right now. What time do you usually do your reading & subsequent updates?

I sum up at night, around 10pm or later, so that’s how I try to remember or try not to forget vocabularies, sometimes from other than reading. Even so, I often post 1 day before other people.

Reading manga isn’t very heavy on me, so might try to read a chapter at night, even if I somehow didn’t do things during the day. (Listening is more prioritized and more regular. Novels / LN are relatively heavy. Games are occasion-dependent.)

New Zealand is pretty far east, but I assume a lot of people posted from US, probably western US. That’s far west, so it’s almost 1 day later. (Mine is not so far east, behind Japan by 2 hours.)

[nyxqueenofshadows]

2nd april

home post

some more granblue fantasy, probably would have done more but had to have an ibs-related lie down (better now). also read a short fan-made visual novel that was pretty cute, was maybe half an hour total? which helped me learn when to use 全ルート

[Cathm2]

@hanpt2

am I the only southern hemisphere participant?

I’m usually in Australia, but currently on holiday so posting much later.

[ekuroe]

2 Apr

世界から猫が消えたなら 29% - 30%

It’s been very hard to fit reading time in while I’m in Bali, but I managed one page today.

@Cathm2

@hanpt2

am I the only southern hemisphere participant?

I’m usually in Australia, but currently on holiday so posting much later.

And here’s another Aussie currently overseas

[Kikikois]

home post
４月２日
unfortunately, it just so happens that I was out of town all day yesterday with no chance to read. soo technically my read-every-day challenge starts today!

today’s reading
ルリドラゴン pages 67-76

notes: I’m reading this with the ABBC, and man this week’s section was tough. getting close to halfway through the volume though!

[Zakarius]

The Reading Meadow

April 2nd
新書太閣記 progress: 25.15% // Volume III: 82.45%

Only time for a short read today, thankfully the chapter was short too, good timing book.

Words found in a tree stump

None today, empty stump

Character Name List

Probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened

Volume I: 1535 - 1555

日吉「ひよし」- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nicknames: 猿「さる」/ 針売り「はりうり」
Name serving Nobunaga: 木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」

Family
木下弥右衛門「きのした やえもん」- Father
– – 乙若「おとわか」- Old friend (serves under 織田)
筑阿弥「ちくあみ」ー Step-father
大政所「おおまんどころ」// also お奈加「おなか」ー Mother
おつみ - Older sister
小竹「こちく」- Baby brother
加藤清正「かとう きよまさ」// also 弾正「だんじょう」- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
– Married to: おえつ (sister of お奈加)

Friends & Acquaintances
仁王「におう」- Big kid friend
於福「おふく」(Nickname - full name: 福太郎「ふくたろ」) // 楊景福「ようけいふく」(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
– 五郎大夫 「ごろ だゆう」// 祥瑞「しょうずい」(Chinese name) - Father
– 梨琴「りきん」- Mother
捨次郎「すてじろう」- Previous servant to 五郎, later the adoptive father of 於福, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi

Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀小六「はちすか ころく」(also 正勝 「まさかつ」) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
– 七内「なない」- Younger brother
– Married to 松波「まつなみ」
– – 亀一「かめいち」- Son

Retainers:
稲田大炊助「いなだ おおいのすけ]
青山新七「あおやま しんしち」
長井半之丞「ながい はんのじょう」
松原内匠「まつばら たくみ」

Others:
国吉「くによし」- Gunsmith/blacksmith
渡辺天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
難波内記「なんば ないき」- Spy disguised as a Komuso
仁田彦十「にった ひこじゅう」- Subordinate

(蜂須賀正利「はちすか まさとし」- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)

Saito Clan
((questionable) Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Head of the Saito clan
– 斎藤義龍「さいとう よしたつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Son

明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - serves under Dosan
– 又市「またいち」- Underling / foot soldier

堀田 道空「ほった どうくう」- Chief retainer
弥平治光春「やへいじ みつはら」- Retainer (cousin to Jyubei)
– 明智光安「あけち みつやす」- Father
春日丹後「かすが たんご」- Military commander

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda clan (Married to the daughter of Saito Dosan)
– 卯月「うづき」- Nobunaga’s faithful, old horse
– 織田信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father and previous leader of the Oda clan
– – 織田与三郎「おだ よさぶろう」- Younger brother
– – 織田信行「おだ のぶかつ」(Other name: 信成「のぶなり」) - Son (half-brother to Nobunaga (different mother))

Retainers (Under Nobuhide rule):
平手 政秀「ひらて まさひで」
– 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」(nickname: 五郎左「ごろうざ」) - First son
– 監物「けんもつ」- Second son
– 甚左衛門「じんざえもん」- Third son
– 雨宮勘解由「あめみや かげゆ」- Servant
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」(common name: 新五郎「しんごろ」/ nickname: 佐渡「さどう」) (served under Nobunaga too)
– 美作守「みまさかのかみ」- Younger brother
青山 信昌「あおやま のぶまさ」(common name: 与三右衛門「よそうえもん」)
内藤 勝介「ないとう しょうすけ / かつすけ」

Retainers (Under Nobunaga rule):
柴田勝家「しばた かついえ」(Nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)

Others:
市川大介「いちかわ だいすけ」- Archery master/instructor
平田三位「ひらた さんみ」- Master of military strategy
浅野又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Military commander
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
がんまく - Former worker/servant, friend of Hideyoshi

Shiba Clan
斯波義統「しば よしむね」- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
– 斯波義銀「しば よしかね」- Son

Imagawa Clan
今川義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo

Retainers:
松下之綱「まつした ゆきつな」(common name: 加兵衛「かへい」)
飯尾豊前「いのお ぶぜん」
多賀能八郎「たがのう はしろう」(nickname: 能八「のうはち」)

Takeda Clan
太郎義信「たけだ よしのぶ」- Commander
(Married to the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto to tie the clans)

Non-affiliated
上泉 信綱「かみいずみ のぶつな」(also: 上泉 伊勢守「かみいずみ いせのかみ」) - Founder of the 新陰流「しんかげりゅう」school of Kenjutsu
– 疋田小伯「ひきた しょうはく」- Disciple
– 神後五六郎「かんご ごろくろう」- Disciple

塚原 卜伝「つかはら ぼくでん」- Kensei; legendary swordsman

Historical People

• 阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)

• 白楽天「はく きょい」ー Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: 白楽天「はく らくてん」in Japan. (Late 700s)

• 道元「どうげん」(or 道元禅師「どうげん ぜんじ」ー Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as 栄西禅師「えいさい ぜんじ」) (Early / mid 1200s)

• 空海「くうかい」ー The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: 弘法大師「こうぼう だいし」born as: 佐伯 眞魚「さえき の まお」(late 700s / early 800s)

• 源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)

• 平 重盛「たいら の しげもり」ー Military commander and court noble, claimed to be an ancestor of Oda Nobunaga (Mid-1100s)

• 桓武（天皇）「かんむ（てんのう）」ー 50th Emperor of Japan, claimed to be an ancestor of Taira no Shigemori, thus ancestor to Oda Nobunaga (Mid-Late 700s)

Volume II: 1555 - 1562

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Head of the Oda clan
– 織田 信広「おだ のぶひろ」- Older brother
– 織田 信行「おだ のぶゆき」(also: 信勝「のぶかつ」) - Younger brother
– 織田 お市「おだ おいち」- Younger sister

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi (Married to Nene)
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

Military Commanders
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」
– こひ - Wife
– 寧子「ねね」- Oldest Daughter (Married to Hideyoshi)
– おや屋「おやや」- Youngest Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(Common name: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」
佐久間 盛重「さくま もりしげ」(also know as: 大学「だいがく」)
山口 守孝「やまぐち もりたか」(also known as: 海老丞「えびのじょう」)
柘植 友顕「つげ ともあき」(also known as: 玄蕃「げんば」)
梶川 一秀「かじかわ かずひで」
佐久間 信辰「さくま のぶとき」
佐々 政次「さっさ まさつぐ」
岩室 重休「いわむろ しげやす」
簗田 政綱「やなだ まさつな」(also known as: 弥二右衛門「やじえもん」)
毛利 良勝「もうり よしかつ」
中川 重政「なかがわ しげまさ」

Retainers
佐久間 盛政「さくま もりまさ」(nickname: 玄蕃「げんば」)
森 可成「もり よしなり」(Other name: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
– 蘭丸「らんまる」- Son
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」(Common name: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)

Others
山淵 右近「やまぶち うこん」- Magistrate
– 山淵 義遠「やまぶち よしとお」- Father (Chief Vassal)
道家 清十郎「どうけ せいじゅうろう」- Wealthy farmer and lord

戸部 新左衛門「とべ しんざえもん」- Castle commander
水野 帯刀「みずの たてわき」- Castle Guard
服部 一忠「はっとり かずただ」(also called: 小平太「こへいた」) - Samurai

Maeda Clan
Military Commanders
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
– 佐脇 良之「さわき よしゆけ」(also known as: 藤八郎「とうはちろう」) - Younger brother

Saito Clan
Military Commanders
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」)
– 孫四郎「まごしろう」- Brother
– 喜平次「きへいじ」- Brother
– 斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Father

Akechi Clan
Military Commanders
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Also the adoptive father of Jyubei
– 明智 秀満「あけち ひでみつ」- Son, and retainer to Jyubei

Imagawa Clan
今川 義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo
– 今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Son, and heir to the Imagawa clan
– 太原 雪斎「たいげん せっさい」- Uncle, military advisor and monk

Military Commanders
伊丹 康直「いたみ やすなお」(also known as: 権阿弥「ごんあみ」)
庵原 忠縁「いはら ただより」(also known as: 将監「しょうげん」)
斎藤 利澄「さいとう としずみ」(also known as: 掃部介「かぶのすけ」)
関口 氏経「せきぐち うじつね」
富永 氏繁「とみなが うじしげ」(also known as: 伯耆守「ほうきのかみ」)

Others
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」(Childhood name: 竹千代「たけちよ」// Other name: 元康「もとやす」) - Retainer
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原 忠政「さかきばら ただまさ」- Vassal
– 石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」- Loyal follower
朝比奈 主計「あさひな かずえ」- Samurai
井伊 直盛「いい なおもり」- Retainer

Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Daimyo

Asakura Clan
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- Daimyo

Sakai Clan
Military Commanders
酒井 正親「さかい まさちか」(also known as: 与四郎「よしろう」)

Matsudaira Clan
Military Commanders
松平 親俊「まつだいら ちかとし」(also known as: 左馬助「さまのすけ」)
杉浦 吉貞「すぎうら よしさだ」(also known as: 八郎五郎「はちろうごろう」)

Miyoshi Clan
三好 長慶「みよし ながよし」- Head of the Miyoshi clan

Retainers
松永 弾正 久秀「まつなが だんじょう ひさひで」

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利 義輝「あしかが よしてる」- 13th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川 晴元「ほそかわ はるもと」- 34th Kanrei of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate

Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)

Volume III: 1562 - 15??
(Currently 1566)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father (previous leader of the Oda Clan)

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」(Nickname: 猿「さる」) - Hideyoshi
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
( – – 浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Father)
( – – おや屋「おやや」- Younger sister)
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant
– おつみ - Older sister

Military Commanders
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
林 秀貞「はやし ひださだ」
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」
菅屋 長頼「すがや ながより」
織田 広良「おだ ひろよし」(cousin to Nobunaga)
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(also called: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
川口 宗勝「かわぐち むねかつ」(Common name: 久助「きゅうすけ」)
日比野 六大夫「ひびの ろくだゆう」
梶田 直繁「かじた なおしげ」(also called: 隼人「はやと」)
松原 内匠「まつばら たくみ」
堀尾 吉晴「ほりお よしはる」(also called: 茂助「もすけ」)
– 堀尾 泰晴「ほりお やすはる」(also called: 吉久「よしひさ」) - Father
森 可成「もり よしなり」(also called: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
飯尾 尚清「いいのお ひさきよ」
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」
蒲生 氏郷「がもう うじさと」
荒木 村重「あらき むらしげ」

Matsudaira Clan → name change to → Tokugawa Clan
松平 元康「まつだいら もとやす」(name change: 徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」) - Leader of the Matsudaira Clan
– 竹千代「たけちよ」- Eldest son

Military Commanders
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
酒井 忠次「さかい ただつぐ」

Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀 正勝「はちすか まさかつ」(also called: 小六「ころく」// new name because it’s a new year so why not, let’s have a new name: 彦右衛門 正勝「ひこえもん まさかつ) - Leader of the Hachisuka clan
– 松波「まつなみ」- Wife
– 亀一「かめいち」- Eldest son
– 又十郎「またじゅうろう」- Cousin

渡辺 天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
長井 半之丞「ながい はんのじょう」- Retainer

Ujiie Clan
氏家 直元「うじいえ なおもと」- Military Commander

Takeda Clan
武田 義統「たけだ よしずみ ／ よしむね」- Military Commander

Kanbe Clan
山路 弾正「やまじ だんじょう」- Military Commander

Date Clan
伊達 政宗「だて / いだて まさむね」(also know as: 独眼龍「だくがんりゅう」(one-eyed dragon) - Leader of the Date clan

Mino Province
大沢 次郎左衛門「おおさわ じろうざえもん」(nickname: 虎「とら」) - Lord of Unuma Castle
斎藤 龍興「さいとう たつおき」- Daimyo

Military Commanders
不破 光治「ふわ みつはら」(also called: 平四郎「へいしろう」)
安藤 定治「あんどう さだはる」(also called: 範俊「のりとし」)
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also called: 半兵衛「はんべえ」)
– 竹中 善左衛門「たけなか ぜんざえもん」- Subordinate

Aki Province
福島 市松「ふくしま いちまつ」- Son of Hideyoshi’s aunt

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川 藤孝「ほそかわ ふじたか」(also known as: 幽斎「ゆうさい」) - Military Commander

Unaffiliated
恵瓊「えけい」- Travelling monk
尾州 風客「びしゅう ふうきゃく」- Mountain Hermit

[javerend]

４月２日 (Home Post Link)

I got a new toy yesterday! In kind of a strange turn of events, I ended up trading a stack of pokemon cards for an in-box PSP. It should be mod-able, so I can add it to my collection of consoles for japanese games once I spend some time with it (currently have a modded wii, a homebrew 3ds, and an actual japanese ds lite). I knew there were a bunch of good jrpgs and vns on the PSP when I got it, but i was totally unprepared for the quantity of them! Easily saw a couple dozen games worth playing, and that was just of stuff I recognized. A lot of the console’s catalogue was never translated to english, so I’ll have to do some more digging at some point.

Anyway, very excited to start messing around with that. Most VNs are still too hard for me to play comfortably without a textractor setup, but eventually it will be a lot of fun! (and I mean, cmon, when was the last time you saw a PSP, let alone got a chance to trade cards for one )

Read:

• 四月は君の嘘 ch 2 - 2 chapters doesn’t feel like a lot numbers-wise, but I am about 2/3rds of the way through the first volume already so much katakana and specific domain terminology in this one

Word(s) of the Day:
演奏（えんそう）ー musical performance (+ 演奏会 ー concert, recital)
冒涜（ぼうとく）ー blasphemy
爆睡（ばくすい）ー sleeping like a log

@hanpt2

I assumed everyone would update immediately after they finish reading, like I have been.

I usually do this if I don’t think I’m going to read any more japanese that day (like today! it’s only 10am for me, but probably will probably be too busy to read more), so you’re not alone! But when I read fluctuates a lot, don’t have a super set daily schedule

[nyxqueenofshadows]

@javerend

when was the last time you saw a PSP, let alone got a chance to trade cards for one

went looking for my wii u the other day to make sure it hadn’t bricked in the years i hadn’t used it, and came across both an old psp and a ps vita that i had no idea we still had no games for either of them, but we kept the consoles, for some reason???

[Nicole216]

4月2日
Home post

スキップ·ビート! vol. 1 (p. 112 → p. 181) finished
I read the free version from bookwalker, which is only available until tomorrow (I think). So I read faster through this volume than I should have (to understand everything). Years ago I already read the first volume in english and watched the anime. So I could follow the plot. But yeah, I wished I would have had more time to actually look up vocabulary/kanji.
(And yeah, the emoji does not really fit the story, but I couldn’t think of a better one )

999 (middle of scene 3 → end of scene 3)
I finished this weeks sections/scenes. Like with Skip beat I went through it rather fast because I am not sure whether I will get the chance during weekdays to sit in front of the PC to read this VN. But contrary to Skip Beat I think I understood everything thanks to the instant look up ability of textractor and game2text(lightning). But I was not able to write down new vocabulary etc. So I am not sure how much I learned while reading it. Next weekend while reading the next scenes I want to try to write down at least a few vocabularies to really learn them afterwards. But I guess if I won’t have the time for it again, I just hope that some vocabulary will be used so often, that at some point I don’t have to look them up anymore and just learn them on the fly