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June 27
季節を愉しむ366日
6/28

吸血鬼ドラキュラ
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桜蘭高校(おうらんこうこう)ホストクラブ1
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ジョジョの奇妙な冒険36
88 - 107

風(かぜ)の谷(たに)のナウシカ
86 - 89

Seasons had a delightful pun- 味がよいからあじ。 Aji are a tasty fish

Even though it was a long day, I was able to get a chapter of JoJo in and a bit of Nausicaa. This arc might be a bit more difficult than I originally thought. There’s a bit of economics/business talk and the phrasing/words aren’t what I expected but also the middle school character’s speech seems like it might have many(?) errors? I noticed in the anime that they show his youth/lack of language ability when he writes stuff in a notebook but doesn’t know how to write simple kanji.

Nausicaa was short but fun. I mostly stopped there in order to get good sleep (success!). I liked when the older guys in the other ship were messing around with Nausicaa’s copilot. Silly wholesome elderly characters seem to be something Miyazaki excels with.

[lucylavelle]

June 27th!

Today I read 2 and a bit more pages of コンビニ人間. I’m finding this weeks section much tougher to read than last week. I’m not sure if thats because it is harder, or whether I’m just super tired this week.

(Home Post)

[enbyboiwonder]

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◎６月２７日◎

The sportsani blog I follow on tumblr reblogged kazetsuyo art today so now I wanna read that, but also あの空はキミの中 (bought with my CDJapan points) got here today so I wanna read that… Augh! Why can’t I read faster!

• a bit of the preview for 震える天秤. I plan on reading more of it tomorrow (too tired today), bit it seems super interesting so far. This is almost certainly going on my wishlist.
• アオのハコ ch 8. I knew this chapter was gonna be great, and it was!
  The club’s pace is too slow for me, so I’m kinda considering just reading it on my own, but on the other hand, I know reading with the club will keep me consistent and mean I’ll actually finish it, whereas there’s a much greater chance that, if I read it on my own, I’ll get partway through, get distracted, and then just forget about it. Ah, what to do…
• the rest of バッテリー vol 7
• 2.43 清陰高校男子バレー部 第７〜１２話のアイキャッチとあらすじ
• 15 pages of ステージ・オブ・ザ・グラウンド, starting ch 2 and leaving off on pg 94. Things have definitely been picking up now since Tsurugi moved back toward the end of ch 1. Yukito is quite content with his peaceful, ordinary life, but Tsurugi is not having it lol and drags him unwilling back into baseball.

Some vocab of note:

虚を突く (きょをつく) [expression, カ五] to attack the enemy in their unguarded moment
覚える (おぼえる) [他一] to feel

[javerend]

６月２７日 (Home Post Link)

Read:

• アオのハコ ch 8 - incredible chapter, truly
• ロジカとラッカセイ ch 7, 8 - suffering
• コンビニ人間 pg 9 → 11 - i tried to read the whole section but kept getting distracted and then it was suddenly midnight

@enbyboiwonder

Ah, what to do…

Yeah, it’s hard too since the manga is a weekly release and hasn’t really had any breaks. It also (knock on wood) doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon, which means the club would just be about 2 years behind current release perpetually.

But, it seems like there’s been less interest in volume 2 so far, so maybe this club kinda peters out at some point. I’m still enjoying it and reading w the club, but also in the “could definitely read this much faster” boat. Maybe we revisit speed again if there’s enough interest for vol 3

One thing I’ve noticed on the wk forums is that there are a lot of book clubs for reading stuff from the beginning (just the first volume, like with the level clubs, or read 1 ch/wk forever in an offshoot club), but not a lot of clubs for stuff that’s currently being published. I guess part of that could be people prefer volumes, and fewer people are going to want to get caught entirely up on a series just to join in the current discussion. But, I think that would be a kinda cool concept: to have a club work pretty hard to catch up to a series, and then just have a group reading it weekly/biweekly as new chapters get published.

Even with something like yotsuba, which many people are caught up on, it seems like most people are waiting for the next volume to release to read it though (myself included, though I won’t say those chapters don’t tempt me), so maybe there’s just not enough people interested in the weekly style for something like that to work.

[DIO-Berry]

@javerend

means the club would just be about 2 years behind current release perpetually.

If that’s something you’re worried about, I’m planning to start a club that reads a chapter of JoJo a week starting in January. So it wouldn’t be the only club like that. The manga is still ongoing, although at a chapter per month release now.

@javerend

Even with something like yotsuba, which many people are caught up on, it seems like most people are waiting for the next volume to release to read it though (myself included, though I won’t say those chapters don’t tempt me), so maybe there’s just not enough people interested in the weekly style for something like that to work.

I think part of it is a scarcity issue. People may not like to read digitally or can’t use a vpn. Or if they want the physical copy, it’s prohibitively expensive to buy weekly instead of just when the vol comes out.

[javerend]

@DIO-Berry

If that’s something you’re worried about, I’m planning to start a club that reads a chapter of JoJo a week starting in January. So it wouldn’t be the only club like that. The manga is still ongoing, although at a chapter per month release now.

Oh that’s gonna be behind like forever forever (sign me up, though )

Yeah. I wouldn’t say i’m worried worried about it, since obviously plenty of clubs have found success reading like this. It’s just something that I’ve come to enjoy a lot with my english reading/watching communities that I haven’t quite seen reflected in anything here. Like, reading and talking about Blue Box, Nagatoro, Komi, One Piece, etc with my friends as those chapters come out has been a ton of fun. Especially with anime, watching episodes directly together with people and then getting to go on twitter and see the firestorm of memes and discussion has become a huge part of why I enjoy reading/watching stuff (shout out 水星の魔女, which is currently making up about 70% of my twitter feed in both english and jp).

@DIO-Berry

it’s prohibitively expensive to buy weekly

Yeah, this is definitely true. The main uh.. “resources” that people use to read a high volume of currently running stuff in english definitely fall into the gray area at best, and for some of these series I honestly am not even sure where they even get raws? Like the english fan translation for komi is a week ahead of the official digital japanese release somehow?

Some series are definitely better than others, most of the current stuff I read in jp is on pocket shonen magazine’s site, which is usually fairly reasonable with prices as long as you can deal with their annoying web viewer (I think most are like 40 or 50pts per chapter, and points are technically 1.1pt : 1円)

[fallynleaf]

@javerend

But, I think that would be a kinda cool concept: to have a club work pretty hard to catch up to a series, and then just have a group reading it weekly/biweekly as new chapters get published.

The pro wrestling thread is probably the most “current content” focused “club”, haha, though that’s largely due to the nature of pro wrestling, which makes the current stuff always way more exciting. We occasionally read/watch old stuff in there, usually on our own time and not as a group, but the vast majority of the discussion ranges from very current to stuff that happened within the last several months.

With manga, I unfortunately tend to get frustrated reading it chapter by chapter because individual chapters can feel so short, though I suppose maybe the extra work it takes to read something in Japanese could make me feel less inclined to want to binge-read…

I’d say it might be worth just going for it and starting a club and seeing who shows up! There are probably other folks who’d be interested but who never considered it before, or who never publicly voiced a desire for one so it never happened until someone organized it.

[DIO-Berry]

@javerend

Oh that’s gonna be behind like forever forever

Nah, just a twenty year commitment . For me at least if I run it the whole time. People are welcome to pop in and out as they please of course though

@javerend

sign me up, though

I feel like I should start keeping an actual list of people to @ since probably 5 people have already said they’re in…. In any case though, 2024/1/1 Monday is the date to watch! It’ll be either here (unless they nuke the forums or kick me for criticism) or Natively’s forums if I can’t post here.

I’m working on making comprehension questions to help people get a better grip on the Japanese that doesn’t translate well in the subs/dubs/scans

@javerend

Yeah. I wouldn’t say i’m worried worried about it, since obviously plenty of clubs have found success reading like this. It’s just something that I’ve come to enjoy a lot with my english reading/watching communities that I haven’t quite seen reflected in anything here. Like, reading and talking about Blue Box, Nagatoro, Komi, One Piece, etc with my friends as those chapters come out has been a ton of fun. Especially with anime, watching episodes directly together with people and then getting to go on twitter and see the firestorm of memes and discussion has become a huge part of why I enjoy reading/watching stuff (shout out 水星の魔女, which is currently making up about 70% of my twitter feed in both english and jp).

That is such a mood. I used to be part of my college’s anime club and it was really great being able to watch and talk with each other. With my other friends, we tend to binge and go brain dead from all the binging lol.

How is 水星の魔女? I keep forgetting to check out more Gundam. I’ve only seen the original movie trilogy.

@javerend

gray area at best

I don’t think any of those places count as gray

@javerend

for some of these series I honestly am not even sure where they even get raws? Like the english fan translation for komi is a week ahead of the official digital japanese release somehow?

There was a big One Piece bust a few years ago. Essentially, someone in the production process sells or posts the leaks (I believe it was selling to Chinese publishers in OP’s case) and then they get distributed from there.

@javerend

Some series are definitely better than others, most of the current stuff I read in jp is on pocket shonen magazine’s site, which is usually fairly reasonable with prices as long as you can deal with their annoying web viewer (I think most are like 40 or 50pts per chapter, and points are technically 1.1pt : 1円)

Ah, don’t they have an app too? I’m under the impression that it lets people read something like a chapter a day. Pixiv might also be worth checking out if you want more material. There are a number of series being considered for physical publishing that are free until they get popular enough. That’s how おじさまと猫 got published. Then there’s bookwalker and similar websites that have free previews or time limited digital copies. I don’t use them too much though since I’m trying to read through my book collection and I still have 200+ vols to go lol

[Zakarius]

The Reading Meadow

June 28th
新書太閣記 progress: 52.92% // Volume VI: 84.04%

Today’s Bonus Colours

紺こん - Dark/Deep Blue

褐色かちいろ - Pounded (Indigo-Leaf) Colour / Victory Colour
(Very dark blue, darker than 紺 but not as dark as 黒橡. Can also be read: かちんいろ.

The name comes from 搗 which refers to the pounding of indigo leaves into a dye. かちいろ can be written as 搗色 or 褐色, but it could also be written as 勝色, ‘Victory Colour’, because of this the colour started to become associated with warlords in historic tales. All three can also be read as かつ.

Nowadays 褐色 is also the name of another colour, a dark brown, but that’s read as: かっしょく. Though in modern writing 褐色 is much more likely to refer to this dark brown colour than the dark blue colour.)

Words found in a tree stump

強襲「きょうしゅう」ー Assault; violent attack

Forms
茫然 ＝ 呆然「ぼうぜん」(Dumbfounded; overcome with surprise)

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 - 1570

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

Miyoshi Clan
十河 存保「そごう まさやす」- Military Commander

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
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- 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
千利休「せんのりきゅう」- Ultimate tea master
曽呂利 新左衛門「そうり しんざえもん」(also know as: 杉本「すぎもと」) ー Scabbard maker

Volume IV: 1570 - 1574

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」(Nickname: 魔王「まおう」）- Leader of the Oda Clan
– お市「おいち」- Younger sister

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

Military Commanders
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(also known as: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
蜂屋 頼隆「はちや よりたか」(also known as: 兵庫「ひょうご」)
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
坂井 政尚「さかい まさひさ」(also known as: 右近「うこん」)
竹中 重矩 「たけなか しげのり」(also known as: 久作「きゅうさく」) - Younger brother to 重治
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also known as: 半兵衛「はんべい」) - Older brother to 重矩
蜂須賀 正勝「はちすか まさかつ」(also known as: 小六「ころく」& 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)
堀尾 吉晴「ほりいお よしはる」(also known as: 茂助「もすけ」)
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」
氏家 直元「うじいえ なおもと」(also known as: ト全「ぼくぜん」)
安藤 守就「あんどう もりなり」
武井 夕庵「たけい せきあん」
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)

Children (of the Lords/Samurai etc.)
加藤 清正「かとう きよまさ」
福島 正則「ふくしま まさのり」
森 成利「もり なりとし」(also known as: 蘭丸「らんまる」)

Tokugawa Clan
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」- Leader of the Tokugawa clan

Military Commanders
榊原 康政「さかきばら やすまさ」
大久保 忠世「おおくぼ ただよ」
本多 忠勝「ほんだ ただかつ」(also known as: 平八郎「へいはちろう」)
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
鳥居 忠広「とりい ただひろ」
高木 広正「たかぎ ひろまさ」

Attendants
野中 重政「のなか しげまさ」

Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Leader of the Takeda clan

Military Commanders
穴山 信君「あなやま のぶただ」(also known as: 梅雪「ばいさつ」)
仁科 盛信「にしな もりのぶ」 (5th son of Takeda Shingen)
山県 昌景「やまがた まさかげ」
内藤 昌豊「ないとう まさとよ」
小幡 信定「おばた のぶさだ」
小山田 虎満「おやまだ とらみつ」
馬場 信春「ばば のぶはる」(also known as: 信房「のぶふさ」)

Azai Clan
浅井 長政「あざい ながまさ」- Leader of the Azai clan
– お市の方「おいちのかた」- Wife (Nobunaga’s younger sister)
– 茶々「ちゃちゃ」- 1st daughter
– お初「おはつ」- 2nd daughter
– 万寿丸「まんじゅまる」- 1st son (heir to the Azai clan)

Military Commanders
大野木 秀俊「おおのぎ ひでとし」
樋口 直房「ひぐち なおふさ」
磯野 員昌「いその かずまさ」(also known as: 丹波「たんば」)
遠藤 直経「えんどう なおつね」(also known as: 喜左衛門「きざえもん」)
藤掛 永勝「ふじかけ ながかつ」(also known as: 三河守「みかわのかみ」)

Rokkaku Clan
六角 義賢「ろっかく よしかた」(also known as: 承禎「じょうてい」) - Leader of the Rokkaku clan

Asakura Clan
朝倉 景健「あさくら かげたけ」- Military Commander

Sassa Clan
佐々 成政「さっさ なりまさ」- Military Commander

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利 義昭「あしかが よしあき」ー 15th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate

Military Commanders
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」
細川 藤孝「ほそかわ ふじたか」
和田 惟政「わだ これまさ」

Volume V: 1574 - 1579

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」(Nickname: 魔王「まおう」）- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信忠「おだ のぶただ」- 1st Son

弥助 ／ 弥介「やすけ」- (African Born) Retainer & weapon bearer for Nobunaga.

Military Commanders
脇坂 安治「わきざか やすはる」(also known as: 甚内「じんない」)
稲葉 良通「いなば よしみち」(also known as: 一鉄「いてっつ」)
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(also known as: 又左衛門「またざえもん」)
福富 秀勝「ふくみず ひでかつ」(also known as: 平左衛門「ひざえもん」)
佐々 成政「さっさ なりまさ」
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(also known as: 権六「ごんろく」)
野々村 正成「ののむら まさなり」(also known as: 三十郎「さんじゅうろう」)
丹羽 長秀「にわ ながひで」(also known as: 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」)
蒲生 氏郷「がもう うじさと」
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(also known as: 信輝「のぶてる」)
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます ／ いちます」
明智 光秀「あけち みつひでえ」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
武井 夕菴「たけい せきあん」
松井 友閑「まつい ゆうかん」
山内 一豊「やまうち かずとよ」
黒田 孝高「くろど よしたか]
– 黒田 長政「くろだ ながまさ」- Son

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」(Nickname: 猿「さる」) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi / Kinoshita Tōkichirō
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
– – 木下 吉定「きのした よしさだ」- Younger brother
– 羽柴 秀勝「はしば ひでかつ」(also: 於次丸「おつぎまる」) - Adopted son (4th son of Nobunaga)
– 羽柴 秀長「はしば ひでなが」(also: 小一郎「こちろう」) - Younger brother

Hideyoshi’s Followers
蜂須賀 正勝 「はちすか まさかつ」(also known as: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)
– 小六 家政「ころく いえまさ」- Son
生駒 甚助「いこま じんすけ」
加藤 作内「かとう さくない」
増田 長盛「ました ながもり」(also known as: 仁右衛門「にえもん」)
大谷 吉継「おおたに よしつぐ」(also known as: 平馬「へいま」)
一柳 直末「ひとつやなぎ なおすえ」(also known as: 市助「いちすけ」)
木下 勘解由「きのした かげゆ」
小西 行長「こにし ゆきなが」(also known as: 弥九郎「やくろう」)
山内 一豊「やまうち かつとよ ／ かずとよ」(also known as: 猪右衛門「いえもん」)
福島 正則「ふくしま まさのり」(also known as: 市松「いちまつ」)
加藤 清正「かとう きやまさ」(also known as: 虎之助「とらのすけ」)
仙石 秀久「せんごく ひでひさ」(also known as: 権兵衛「ごんべえ」)
石田 三成「いしだ みつなり」
平野 長泰「ひらの ながやす」(also known as: 権平「ごんぺい」)
加藤 嘉明「かとう よしあきら」
糟屋 武則「かすや たけのり」
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also known as: 半兵衛「はんべい」)

Non-Military
岡部 又右衛門「おかべ またえもん」- Master carpenter

Imagawa Clan
今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Head of the Imagawa clan

Tokugawa Clan
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」- Head of the Tokugawa clan
– 松平 信康「まつだいら のぶやす」(also: 三郎「さぶろう」) - 1st Son

Military Commanders
近藤 平六「こんどう ひいろく」
石川 重政「いしかわ しげまさ」(also known as: 又四郎「またしろう」)
松平 家忠「まつだいら いえただ」
奥平 定能「おくだいら さだよし」
渡辺 守綱「わたなべ もりつな」(also known as: 半蔵「はんぞう」)
酒井 忠次「さかい ただつぐ」
本多 広孝「ほんだ ひろたか」
松平 伊忠「まつだいら これただ」
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
榊原 康政「さかきばら やすまさ」
平岩 親吉「ひらいわ ちかよし」
本多 忠勝「ほんだ ただかつ」(also known as: 平八郎「へいはちろう」)

Samurai
大賀 弥四郎「おおが やしろう」
山田 八蔵「やまだ はちぞう」
大岡 忠相「おおおか ただすけ」(also known as: 忠右衛門「ちゅうえもん」)

Ashigaru
鳥居 強右衛門「とりい すねえもん」）

Takeda Clan
武田 勝頼「たけだ かつより」- Head of the Takeda clan

Military Commanders
跡部 勝資「あとべ かつすけ」(also known as: 大炊「おおい」)
山県 昌景「やまがた まさかげ」
武田 信廉「たけだ のぶかど」
穴山 信君「あなやま のぶただ」
馬場 信春「ばば のぶはる」(also known as: 美濃守「みののかみ」)
真田 信綱「さなだ のぶつな」
原 昌胤「はら まさたね」(also known as: 隼人佐「はやとのすけ」)
土屋 昌次「つちや まさつぐ」
小幡 信真「おばた のぶざね」(also known as: 上総介「かずさのすけ」)
長坂 虎房「ながさか とらふさ」(also known as: 長閑「ちょうかん」)
小笠原 信嶺「おがさわら のぶみね」(also known as: 掃部「かもん」)
甘利 信康「あまり のぶやす」
小山田 信茂「おやまだ のぶしげ」
内藤 昌豊「ないとう まさとよ」
菅沼 定忠「すがぬま さだただ」

Uesugi Clan
上杉 謙信「うえすぎ けんしん」- Head of the Uesugi clan

Mori Clan
毛利 輝元「もうり てるもと」- Head of the Mori clan
安国寺 恵瓊「あんこくじ えけい」- Military monk

Military Commanders
小早川 隆景「こばやかわ たかかげ」
吉川 元春「きっかわ もとはる」
渡辺 又左衛門「わたなべ またざえもん」

Kodera Clan
小寺 政職「こでら まさもと」- Head of the Kodera clan

Military Commanders
黒田 職隆「くろだ もとたか」

Amago Clan
Military Commanders
山中 幸盛「やまなか ゆきもり」(also known as: 鹿之介「しかのすけ」)
尼子 勝久「あまご かつひさ」

Ukita Clan
宇喜多 直家「うきた たおいえ」- Head of the Ukita clan

Retainers
長船 綱直「おさふね つななお」
戸川 達安「とがわ みちやす」
岡 越前守「おか えちぜんのかみ」
花房 職秀「はなぶさ もとひで」

Jesuits
ニェッキ・ソルディ・オルガンティノ (Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino) - Italian missionary

Volume VI: 1579 - 15??
(Currently 1582)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」(Nickname: 魔王「まおう」）- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信忠「おだ のぶただ」- Eldest son
– 織田 勝長「おだ かつなが」(childhood name: 御坊丸「ごぼうまる」) - 5th son
– 森 成利「もり なりとし」(also known as: 蘭丸「らんまる」) - Attendant

Military Commanders
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
谷 衛好「たに もりよし」
浅野 長政「あさの ながまさ」(also known as: 弥兵衛「やへい」)
高山 右近「たかやま うこん」
細川 藤孝「ほそかわ ふじたか」
– 細川 忠興「ほそかわ ただおき」- Son
津田 信澄「つだ おぶずみ」
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」
丹羽 長秀「にわ ながひで」(also known as: 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」)
河尻 秀隆「かわじる ひでたか」

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」(Nickname: 猿「さる」) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi / Kinoshita Tōkichirō
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
– 豊臣 秀長「とよとみ ひでなが」(also known as 羽柴 小一郎「はしば こいちろう」) - Half-brother

Hideyoshi’s Followers
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also known as: 半兵衛「はんべい」)
– おゆう - Younger sister
– 栗原 熊太郎「くりはら くまたろう」- Servant and samurai
– 黒田 長政「くろだ ながまさ」(also known as: 松寿丸「しょうじゅまる」) - Adoptive/Rescued son
黒田 孝高「くろだ よしたか」(also known as: 官兵衛「かんべい」)
– 村田 吉次「むらた よしつぐ」(also known as: 兵助「ひょうすけ」) - Horseman / Cavalry guard
蜂須賀 正勝「はちすか まさかつ」(also known as: 小六「ころく」& 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)
– 渡辺天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Nephew
石田 三成「いしだ みつなり」
加藤 嘉明「かとう よしあきら ／ よしあき」
片桐 且元「かたぎり かつもと」
古田 重勝「ふるた しげかつ」
中川 清秀「なかがわ きよひで」(also known as: 瀬兵衛「せひょうえ」)
堀尾 吉晴「ほりお よしはる」(also known as: 茂助「もすけ」)

Kodera Clan
小寺 政職「こでら まさもと」- Head of the Kodera clan

Military Commanders
母里 友信「もり とりのぶ」(also known as: 太兵衛「たへえ」)
栗山 利安「くりやま としやす」(also known as: 善助「ぜんすけ」)
井上 之房「いのうえ ゆきふさ」(also known as: 九郎「くろう」)

Bessho Clan
Military Commanders
別所 長治「べっしょ ながはら」
後藤 基国「ごとう もとくに」
中村 忠滋「なかむら ただしげ」

Mori Clan
Military Commanders
吉川 元春「きっかわ もとはる」
奈佐 日本之介「なさ やまとのすけ ／ にほんのすけ」

Todo Clan
藤堂 高虎「とうどう たかとら」- Leader of the Todo clan

Takeda Clan
Military Commanders
跡部 勝資「あとべ かつすけ」
仁科 盛信「にしな もりのぶ」
木曾 義昌「きそ よしまさ」

Jesuits
アレッサンドロ・ヴァリニャーノ (also known as: ヴァリニャーニ) - Italian missionary

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June 28, Wed of extra week of Spring Q2 2023

• 史記 Vol.9 李陵 (下) Ch.18-20 (end volume)

• aDoJG/Basic : もの

• Cop Craft 1 Ch.1 first half

Listen first and is the priority. Prologue was listened and read a while ago. Discussion thread is in Natively.

• うたわれるもの : 二人の白皇

Words of the day

• 憂(うれ)える = to worry about
• 興(おこ)る = to flourish (e.g. country, religion, industry)
• 讃(たた)える = to praise
• 目(め)を丸(まる)くする = to stare in wonder
• 駆(か)け巡(めぐ)る = to fly about. Somewhat like 駆(か)け回(まわ)る.
• 尾(お)ひれが付(つ)く = to become exaggerated (of rumors). 尾鰭(おひれ) is tail + fin.
• 気(き)が重(おも)い = dispirited; depressed; feeling reluctant
• 用向(ようむ)き = errand; business thing
• 負(お)い目(め) = feeling of indebtedness
• 顔見知(かおみし)り = acquaintance
• 神妙(しんみょう) = meek; docile / mysterious. First meaning in context.
• 奥歯(おくば) = molar tooth. Another word is 臼歯(きゅうし).
• 空似(そらに) = accidental resemblance
• 闊歩(かっぽ) = striding as though one owns the place. First Kanji also in 迂闊(うかつ).
• 四散(しさん) = scattering in all directions
• 鼎(かなえ) = a tripod cauldron. A type of battle formation (布陣(ふじん)) in context. Also the radical 鬲(かなえ) and a Mod.
• 万民(ばんみん) = the whole nation; all the people
• 末頼(すえたの)もしい = promising. 頼(たの)もしい to the very end (末永(すえなが)く), perhaps.
• 労咳(ろうがい) = pulmonary tuberculosis (肺結核(はいけっかく)) in traditional Chinese medicine
• 格子戸(こうしど) = grid door (e.g. of jail). Probably the only combination with コウ reading (格子(こうし)).

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@Redglare

Kanji version of すもう is usually spelt like 相撲.

摔跤 (shuāi jiāo) to trip and fall / to wrestle / wrestling (sports)

Chinese, but look like that anyway in Japanese locale. Maybe the publisher wasn’t sure whether it would render correctly?

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Read:

• コンビニ人間 pg 11 → 14, finished this week’s section. I couldn’t find the end phrase as I was skimming to highlight it, so I thought I had like way more to read than I did. But then I just kinda stumbled into it. I’m enjoying this book a lot and I want to keep going!! but I still have to catch up on other stuff too
• あん chapter 1 - lil harder than コンビニ人間, but enjoying it so far

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@fallynleaf

I’d say it might be worth just going for it and starting a club and seeing who shows up! There are probably other folks who’d be interested but who never considered it before, or who never publicly voiced a desire for one so it never happened until someone organized it.

That’s definitely an option! I’d probably want to do it with something that’s either pretty popular on its own, or has a popular recent animation, and is also fairly short to catch up with. Maybe something like Bocchi the Rock! (~70 chapters of 4コマ, natively lvl 28) or Oshi no Ko (~130 chs, natively lvl 29) would have enough pull. Like I remember kaguya doing fairly well in the IBC polls for a similar type of popular show (manga has since ended), but those both skew a little hard for most people to ready quickly enough to catch up, probably.

Personally, I’ve really been wanting to catch up and read Skip and Loafer now that that anime is over (~60 chapters, natively lvl 24, and on pocket magazine site, but only 1 new chapter per month).

@DIO-Berry

Pixiv might also be worth checking out if you want more material.

Oh yeah! I’ve looked at a couple things on Pixiv, but it gets kinda weird once things do get picked up for publishing. I noticed sometimes chapters seem to get permanently locked, which is what happened with that seal manga. I had to go buy a few random chapters on another site to read them. Some sites have the couple most recent chapters free as well, and you only need to pay if you want to read the backlog. It’s so inconsistent based on site/publisher and series; Would have to really play it by ear depending on the series

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@DIO-Berry

That is such a mood. I used to be part of my college’s anime club and it was really great being able to watch and talk with each other. With my other friends, we tend to binge and go brain dead from all the binging lol.

I definitely know the brain dead from binging feel lol. There’s something about spacing shows/manga out over some time frame that I think makes me appreciate them a bit more I think. Binging through some shows is fine (or necessary for longer stuff), but there’s others that I’ve really enjoyed taking my time with and talking to people about as we watched them. Going back and looking at particular shots for composition or color use, or rewinding to catch particular bits of dialogue and compare them to the subs, I love getting to see what details other people notice that I might have missed. It’s hard to get that level of detail when you’re going through like a full season in a day (not that we don’t also do that sometimes )

@DIO-Berry

I don’t think any of those places count as gray

In the legal sense? absolutely cut and dry, you are correct they aren’t even remotely close to legal. Morally? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ there’s at least some genuine discussion to be had with some sites and projects, especially those focusing on stuff that wouldn’t be popular enough to ever get a licensed translation/release, or older stuff (especially shoujo) that’s english releases are out of print and ludicrously expensive on the resale market. Like until the new fruits basket anime started and there was an english reprint, one of the most iconic shoujo series of all time would run you like $40/50 a volume in english if you wanted to read it officially (one of my friends in HS paid I think like $1200 for the full series) Or the english release of mushishi will currently run you like 70/80 per volume, if you can even find some of them

@DIO-Berry

How is 水星の魔女? I keep forgetting to check out more Gundam. I’ve only seen the original movie trilogy.

It’s been great! It’ll be interesting to take a step back after it finishes and kinda think about the big picture of whether it was “good” or not, but it’s been a super fun roller coaster to be on for the last few seasons. My gut feeling is that 26 episodes is just too short for them to fit in all of the side stuff that they clearly wanted to include, but the main through-line of the show has been incredibly strong. It takes a lot of cues from Utena and works them into a slightly more modern format that I think works very well. Animation and music have been incredible (if you are a sakuga person there are some drop dead gorgeous cuts in basically every episode). Even if it ends up not quite pulling off as much as the show wants to I think it’s been one of the most interesting anime-original shows in a long time, and definitely will be one of the main shows people recommend as an entry point into gundam.

vaguely spoilery but not plot specific spoilery note: The show spends a lot of time focusing on how stupid revenge, karma, and notions of deserving punishment are, which is honestly really refreshing. Not excusing or asking for forgiveness or doling out punishment for the bad things people have done, nor wallowing in self-pity or grief, but trying to moving forward and trying to reduce the harm done by those actions. There’s a phrase that gets repeated a lot, and for a while it feels very empty and cliche, but by the time real shit starts to go down you can tell that they are not just pretty words. It really is the spiritual heart of the show and its main character.

Also Suletta is just a perfect lil tanuki look at her. LOOK AT HER

It is basically a completely new timeline that you can jump into without having watched any other gundam though, only a few tangential connections or references to other series. Just make sure you watch the prologue first if you decide to watch it, it adds a lot of tension to what might otherwise feel like a fairly slow start to the show.

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マギ１４Part of Ch 133 (like 4 pages)
コンビニ人間 1 page

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性別「モナリザ」の君へ1 Ch 1 I really do love the bits of blue color in this one.

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性別「モナリザ」の君へ1 Ch 2

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性別「モナリザ」の君へ1 Ch 3-5
チェンソーマン Ch 134

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・薬屋のひとりごと 9 (64% → 77%)

Instead of going back home for summer vacation, I’m having family visit me instead :3 Very nice of them to travel all the way here. It’s great to see them again! Also, nothing beats mom’s homemade food

Today there was one unusual furigana word: 象徴(トレードマーク)
In this case with the meaning: “the trademark characteristic of a particular character”

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@polv

摔跤 (shuāi jiāo) to trip and fall / to wrestle / wrestling (sports)

Chinese, but look like that anyway in Japanese locale. Maybe the publisher wasn’t sure whether it would render correctly?

Thanks! Yeah, probably better safe than sorry.

[lucylavelle]

June 28th!

Today I finally finished reading this weeks assignment of コンビニ人間 for the IBC Primer club.
I only read 2 pages today, but this book is a very tough read for me, so I’m ok with it only being a small amount.

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@javerend

In the legal sense? absolutely cut and dry, you are correct they aren’t even remotely close to legal. Morally? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ there’s at least some genuine discussion to be had with some sites and projects,

My bad, I thought you only meant from a legal side, that’s on me. I totally get what you mean about morally. I think it’s really clear with video games especially as a lot of retro stuff is stuff people would gladly pay for, even at the rate of a new game, but the lack of ability to is what drives people to make illegal copies.

I totally understand. I did my undergrad thesis on piracy in the anime community at large. Essentially, if the media is available at a fair price and lacks difficult technical barriers (online workarounds, proxy shipping, etc), people would pay for it.

@javerend

it’s been a super fun roller coaster to be on

I feel like enjoyment is more important than quality personally, so that’s promising

@javerend

It takes a lot of cues from Utena and works them into a slightly more modern format that I think works very well.

OH HO?!? OwO

@javerend

there are some drop dead gorgeous cuts in basically every episode

Re spoilery stuff

That sounds really satisfying. I’ve been playing video essays on the same topics lately and getting a lot out of them.

@javerend

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Catgirl!!

@javerend

It is basically a completely new timeline that you can jump into without having watched any other gundam though, only a few tangential connections or references to other series. Just make sure you watch the prologue first if you decide to watch it, it adds a lot of tension to what might otherwise feel like a fairly slow start to the show.

Sweet, thanks!

I will be checking my streaming services when I get home This has been the best endorsement for the show I’ve seen so far

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June 28
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風(かぜ)の谷(たに)のナウシカ
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Seasons was about a type of jasmine flower- 梔子(くちなし). In flower language it means to bring joy or something along those lines.

I read another chapter of JoJo. This arc feels so much shorter in the manga than in the anime, it’s pretty refreshing. There are also some little things that I can’t tell if they’re actually in the anime, but just blink and miss or not there at all. They add a nice touch and I’m glad to take the time to read them.

I could have read more last night, but I decided to get a proper amount of sleep instead. So far today I don’t regret it lol.

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@DIO-Berry

I totally understand. I did my undergrad thesis on privacy in the anime community at large. Essentially, if the media is available at a fair price and lacks difficult technical barriers (online workarounds, proxy shipping, etc), people would pay for it.

Yeah! seems like we’re coming at it from the same kind of understanding but words are just hard sometimes (also if you have any writing from that you’d be willing to share I’d love to read it it’s a topic I’ve like read some bits and pieces about, but I haven’t read a ton about it wrt anime community specifically, despite that obviously being important historically and currently)

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Joining late! Hopefully there’s gonna be a summer challenge up soon :).

June 27

• コンビニ人間 (pg0-10). First book club

• コーヒーが冷めないうちに (pg0-16). While waiting for next week’s book club to post, couldn’t stop the urge to buy yet another book Sentences are definitely a bit nuanced and taking me longer per page. Roughly 30 min of read?

• Some light novel (~10pg)

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@javerend

words are just hard sometimes

big mood lol

@javerend

also if you have any writing from that you’d be willing to share I’d love to read it it’s a topic I’ve like read some bits and pieces about, but I haven’t read a ton about it wrt anime community specifically, despite that obviously being important historically and currently

Thanks! That’s quite sweet of you. After I finished college, I ended up not publishing after I graduated because a friend made an offhand comment about something or the other and when I looked into it, it was the exact same process and reasoning for many subscription models. Tv channels, phone hacking, books, it’s all the same exact trends time and time again. The way out is a new platform with enough major players to prevent monopolies or too much cooperation. The only big difference with the past is the more international aspect, but honestly that ends up being more of a technical barrier than unique. People are either knowledgeable enough in a language to translate or they make it up/rely on resources such as dictionaries/Google Translator/etc. Since it’s just a continuation of a trend, I didn’t feel like I discovered anything and therefore I didn’t have something worth publishing.

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When I tried scanning あの空はキミの中, Bookmeter actually brought it up! No idea why I couldn’t find it literally any other way, then, even typing in the ISBN. I copy-pasted both the 10 and the 13 in turn and there was nothing? All right. Well, I’m glad I do still get to have it on there.

• 27 pages of ステージ・オブ・ザ・グラウンド, finishing ch 2 and starting ch 3, leaving off on pg 124. Oh, Yukito quite literally gets dragged back to baseball, this is great. I’m definitely enjoying this book so far.
  I’m halfway through now! I think I’m getting used to the writing, so hopefully, time and energy willing, it won’t take me too many more days to finish.
• this article on the baseball use of トンボ. I remembered seeing it in 2.43 ch 3 and seeing it could also mean “somersault,” so I was like, “Well this is when everyone’s going home or getting ready to after the 球技大会, I guess it makes sense for them to be messing around…?” and shrugged it off. Nope, they were raking the ground to level the dirt of the diamond. Although, the usual collocation is トンボをかける or トンボがけをする, but Kabei-sensei wrote トンボを転がす, so…? Maybe they were messing around with the rakes? Well, at least I’ll understand it in the context of baseball now, even if I’m still not entirely sure what Kabei-sensei was saying the 野球部員 were doing there.

Some vocab of note:

腕が鳴る (うでがなる) [expression, ラ五] to be itching to put one’s skills to use
小耳に挟む (こみみにはさむ) [expression, マ五] to happen to hear; to overhear
蚊帳の外 (かやのそと) [expression, n.] being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop
すこぶる [adv.] extremely; very much