I didn’t assume that you’re planning to read Genji Monogatari as your first book, you know!
I can relate to that
Unfortunately, I never heard about it (or its anime version), but it’s always interesting to hear what works made people obsessed in the past, especially when said people are finally feeling ready to conquer said works
I wonder why its only a loose adaptation, as in why and what they decided to change. I educated myself using wikipedia, and now I know that’s a sports (swimming) genre, which seems straightforward enough, so now I’m wondering what didn’t work as anime according to the anime creators. I hope you’ll tell me when you’ll finally read it
Truer words have never been spoken <3
Your post made me think, I should rewatch the anime now that I have some knowledge of Japanese xD I mean, my listening skill is still terrible but…sounds like an excellent candidate for listening practice
:o when you get so deep into something that you forget that there are people who don’t know the thing
Uh oh you got me started on Free! lol
I know one thing that’s majorly different between the light novel(s) and the anime is the age of the characters - the anime starts with everyone in high school (and follows them into university), but the light novel is them in elementary school (and then middle school, in the second volume). So it works as sort of a prequel to the anime - events from their elementary school days are brought up in the anime, and I think one of the Free! movies is based on the events of the second light novel I actually haven’t seen the movies yet though…they came out after I finished school, during the period when work stress killed everything I ever loved :x I should watch them when I finish the books . The anime starting in high school versus elementary school sort of makes sense to me for…marketing reasons, if nothing else? I personally adore the series for the character relationships/growth, but also cute swimming boys are cute The stakes and issues they deal with in high school vs. elementary school would also be on a different/higher level, I would assume, so maybe they felt like the high school age would make for more interesting watching for the target audience? Not sure, it will be interesting what other differences there are, and whether the light novel “feels” different to the anime
But for me personally everything mainstream being in highschool is boring, so I think starting from elementary school sounds more fun And like you said, being able to see character’s growth also sounds more exciting
Progress August 23-27
I honestly promised myself I’m not starting any new things for now, but this manga series looked so nice (it’s about old lady, 75 years old, getting into yaoi) and it’s only 5 volumes
Just finished reading volume 14 of Yotsuba. Nice variety of chapters, the Tokyo trip is also the last thing I had a good memory of reading before. Introduction of Koharuko and she’s also really nice to Yotsuba, going out her way to show her how big the world is (through a fancy lunch buffet).
Got one more volume left to read and then there’s nothing left anymore.
Oh, so glad you liked it
Actually when I was adding it I was thinking - “I wonder what are the chances that someone would ever be inspired by anything I’m adding to my bookmeter. Probably very low, everyone has their own backlog and it’s not even like I’m providing any reviews or anything!”
So it makes me extra happy, thanks for letting me know
Finished ふらいんぐうぃっち manga volume 2 today. It’s my 10th manga volume I finished since this thread started. I still don’t understand everything when reading manga but I understand more and more every day.
September 1st is hours away I’m going to count it as an official start to the challenge for myself, and start reading everyday again!
Anyone else doing the September 1st start comfortable with setting up the next thread? (I love the way @Redglare set it up, and have no confidence in my ability recreate it even similarly)
Thought I would give a final update. I’ve been reading for three months without skipping a day since the challenge.
For my goal I wanted to read a chapter every day, which I managed to do. Some days were definitely easier than other days, so I think there’s still room for improvement there. I made a lot of headway into my backlog of manga. Finished reading through Polar Bear Café and I’m currently reading volume 15 of Yotsuba. This amounts to 13 volumes of manga I read. Outside of that I also started playing Skyward Sword in Japanese, but on a more leisure pace.
For the next challenge I’ll try to see if I can read more per day and probably gonna use what I have been hoarding on kindle as well. First I’ll catch up on Yotsuba and Polar Bear Café todays special.
I’m at work currently, but I would be happy to give it a go tonight (meaning in like…7 or 8 hours-ish), if no one else wants to do it before then! ^^
I’m in kind of a late time zone so I feel bad delaying it if there’s someone else who would want to do it haha
You’re the best!! But also 無理しないで！ 7-8 hours or so from now is plenty early for my time zone (that’d be around 9am–by which time I will have certainly not read yet ). Thank you for even offering to do it
Yayy I’ve been reading most day. I think at the very least forcing myself to read won’t do me any good. But I at least should read a page if I’m not really not feeling it.
I didn’t assume that you’re planning to read Genji Monogatari as your first book, you know!
. The anime starting in high school versus elementary school sort of makes sense to me for…marketing reasons, if nothing else? 
The stakes and issues they deal with in high school vs. elementary school would also be on a different/higher level, I would assume, so maybe they felt like the high school age would make for more interesting watching for the target audience? Not sure, it will be interesting what other differences there are, and whether the light novel “feels” different to the anime 
And like you said, being able to see character’s growth also sounds more exciting 
I’m going to count it as an official start to the challenge for myself, and start reading everyday again!
). Thank you for even offering to do it 
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