looking forward to doing another one of these! it really helped me get through the most difficult parts of 蟲師
my only real goal for this one is to finish kiki’s delivery service, which i started last year (september apparently, yikes) and got burnt out at about 60% of the way through. also gonna be joining the ouran book club in may, which is exciting! i might try and make a start on 逆転検事, we’ll see.
currently reading
桜蘭高校ホスト部 - reading in detail, book club
弟の夫 vol 1 - reading in detail
granblue fantasy - working my way through events and plot atm, not doing too many look-ups. update: fate episodes galore
previously read
呪術廻戦 vol 2 - read in detail
性別「モナリザ」の君へ (vol 1) - read in detail
魔女の宅急便 - read in detail
ワニトカゲギス (vol 1) - smooth read
ワニ男爵 (vol 1) - smooth read
逆転検事 - read in detail
無抵抗主義 - read in detail
死にたがりの完全犯罪と部屋に降る七時前の雨 - read in detail, managed about 30 pages (full chapter was 45)
殺し愛 (chapters 1-3) - read in detail
メタモルフォーゼの縁側 vol 1 - read in detail
光が死んだ夏 vols 1 + 2 - read in detail
私の正しいお兄ちゃん - smooth read
ミステリーと言う勿れ - reading in detail (abandoned, switched to the drama instead)
I don’t typically include call outs in my home post so let’s add some afterwards (how have I not thought of that before ).
Thank you, @windupbird, for keeping this going for another round. And thanks to @omk3 for the calendars.
Also to @NicoleIsEnough for the regular changes I do to the calendars since a couple of challenges ago. And lastly thanks to @meagstudies for the cool table version of “what I’m reading” that I decided to steal.
It felt nice to use some spring emotes, because it really isn’t spring where I live yet. And I feel like I could really use spring coming soon, but unless things changes we going to have another big dump of snow coming this week.
I don’t personally feel like I need a separate challenge for that, I’m just adding it to this one. Just like I also have a desire to read more in English (which is my regular reading even though it is in my second language) and just add that.
From my perspective, I hope we’ll have fairly lively grammar discussions in the club threads anyway.
I might board the train once more but as usual without a calendar . Got a bit burnt out of posting in the middle of the previous one and completely disappeared at some point, needed a total break, but I think I can handle it again. Cus I miss u.
I’ve been thinking for a while about doing something like this for myself but with Imabi, like an entry a day from the beginning (never hurts to check on the basics) to the end. Not sure how effective it would be but I’m entertaining the idea regardless .
That sounds good! I did formal grammar study in the past until about 1/3 of Tobira (ish), but after that I’ve been getting all my grammar from immersion. I thought it was about time I actually read up on grammar properly again because while I am learning a lot of grammar just consuming things, I also like to understand why things are built the way they are, I feel like it gives me a bit more nuance and understanding of it as a whole.
I’m at a point where I can thankfully consult native resources at long last and a few months back I got the Japanese version of 日本語文型辞典 (Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns), it’s what I use when I encounter something I’d like to consult and it’s been great so far, but at the same time it’s not a resource I would use like an ordered guide or a textbook, so that’s why I thought Imabi would be good for that because it has a huge amount of content ordered by language knowledge. There is still a lot I don’t know and would like to learn in a more structured manner, especially in the advanced and classical sections because for some reason the content I’m interested in tends to use a fair amount of that (looking at you, fantasy RPGs and so on) .
Well, let´s try this again. Last time the year started and I went to the hospital for surgery almost immediatly which made me miss some days and as always, when I miss a day on something I want to do daily my motivation drops to rock bottom and it´s super hard to get back on track. Also failed on the part where I wanted to finish some stuff before I bought more, at least I will never have to worry about a lack of reading material.
I’ll be tackling my 読解 textbook for the JLPT N2 exam through this challenge!
It’s not very sexy reading material, but checking the box each day and sharing new words and grammar with you all here will be so much more fulfilling than doing it by my lonesome.
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Master Lists for Review
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協力を仰がねばならない
Connector words
いわゆる - so-called
もしくは - otherwise; or
おのずと - naturally
Hello everyone!! I’m so excited to be back Thank you so much for hosting @windupbird
I’m excited I won’t be the only one working on study materials. Also, mad respect to everyone coming from the winter reading challenge.
This is literally my favourite group/thread/event in all of the WK forums Everyone is always so kind, and it’s wildly encouraging to see everyone checking in each day!
Wishing you all the best of luck in getting a check in each day
Gonna join again. March has been great so far. Been doing a lot more than previously and more consistent, too. Want to keep that up at least.
Currently reading 僕が愛したすべての君へ with the book club and 水たまりで息をする which I wanted to finish by the end of march but I’ve been listening/watching a bit more so that took away some time. Hope I’ll finish within the first week of april.
Currently no manga, haven’t decided yet which one to read, but I’m kind of I’m trying to read more novels anyway so might try to focus on that more.
十分で読める伝記 に年生 (Biographies you can read in 10 minutes) (Book club)
[finished!] エジソン Thomas Edison
[finished!] マリ・キュリー Marie Curie
ベートーヴェン Beethoven
ジャム屋さん Jam Maker on Satori (how I use Satori) 森 ちいさな森のオオカミちゃん ・ The Wolf of the Small Forest (Book club) Japanisch im Sauseschritt IIIA (Japanese for busy people III), Genki handwritten correspondence (from Japanese friend) 新レインボー国語辞典 (New Rainbow Elementary Japanese Dictionary) Pages from a calendar that has a page a day Japanese なぜ？どうして？に年生 Science stories for second graders (Book club) NHK easy news
This is my first time joining any WK challenge or book club while it’s actually happening, so I’m excited! よろしく！
Methodology
Instead of going cover-to-cover on one title at a time, I’m going to read as much of whatever takes my fancy that day. My learning philosophy has always been to follow my nose, so I’m going to do that in this challenge too. Hopefully this strategy will help me stay consistent and avoid burnout!
Chainsaw Man is the only title I’m not reading in order, since I have physical copies of the manga and I enjoy being able to jump around. Other than that, I’m plodding a page at a time
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Tanuki’s Blossoming Book Fortress 
. Got a bit burnt out of posting in the middle of the previous one and completely disappeared at some point, needed a total break, but I think I can handle it again. Cus I miss u.
My Approach
My Calendar
Master Lists for Review
My History
Everyone is always so kind, and it’s wildly encouraging to see everyone checking in each day!
Mitrac’s 
[finished!] エジソン Thomas Edison
[finished!] マリ・キュリー Marie Curie
ベートーヴェン Beethoven
ジャム屋さん Jam Maker on Satori (
handwritten correspondence (from Japanese friend)
新レインボー国語辞典 (New Rainbow Elementary Japanese Dictionary)
Pages from a calendar that has a page a day Japanese
NHK easy news
