📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 🏖 ☀

Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Single Day” Challenge, Summer 2022 Edition! :beach_umbrella: :sunny:

Summer time! :sunglasses: A perfect time to sit outside and enjoy the weather with a good book. …Or you could be like me and hermit yourself away in an air conditioned room because humidity is the worst and bugs are icky. :laughing: Either way, summer is a great time to start developing a reading habit! If you missed the previous Read Every Day challenges, feel free to jump in on this one! We would love to have more people join in on the fun and experience the magic of the challenge :sparkles:

A little history behind this challenge: last summer, @Redglare had the awesome idea of doing a “Read Every Day” challenge, where we challenged ourselves to read something in Japanese every day for 2 whole months - we liked this challenge so much that we decided to make it a recurring thing! :grin: With the start of this challenge, we will have officially been doing these challenges for one full year! Happy birthday, Read Every Day Challenge :birthday: :heart:

Every challenge thread has its own special flavor, but the one thing they always have in common is being positive, encouraging, and fun! Oh, and also cute manga. Those are pretty much always here, too. I’ve got some good ones this time :eyes:

Archive of Past Challenge Threads

Read every day challenge - Summer 2021 :beach_umbrella::beach_umbrella:
Read every day challenge - Fall 2021 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf::raccoon:
Read every day challenge - Winter 2022 :snowman_with_snow::snowflake:
Read every day challenge - Spring 2022 :cherry_blossom: :seedling:

Why is this challenge so special, or what makes it unique? Well, we think it’s a combination of the short/limited time frame, the habit-focused (versus output-focused) approach to the goal of “reading more,” and the general atmosphere of camaraderie and community spirit that’s been present in each challenge thread thus far ^^ I can say from personal experience that these challenges have helped me read way more than I would have otherwise, and many people (including myself) have noticed significant growth in reading speed and/or stamina while participating in the challenges.

Whether you are an expert reader already or a new reader just starting out, everyone is welcome to participate in this challenge! To quote @Redglare:

This is a thread for people who:

:bookmark: want to spend time reading a bunch this summer
:bookmark: want to improve their reading speed and comprehension
:bookmark: want to hold themselves accountable and have a place to document their progress
:bookmark: simply want to join in on the challenge of reading every day for two or so months :books: :books:

Time frame: July 1 - August 31

This is the “official” recommended time frame, but late starters are absolutely welcome! This thread will be up and running until the end of September, so you can start and finish your personal challenge at any point during that time, and shorten or lengthen the challenge to the time period that works best for you.

Your reading materials can be whatever you want, be it manga, light novels, books, visual novels, magazines, graded readers, satori reader, Japanese webpages/blogs, or Japanese games - you name it, anything goes as long as it is something in Japanese :jp: :durtle_the_explorer: “Reading” can be interpreted creatively, if that helps keep you motivated - for example, some people have counted reading Japanese subtitles as reading some days. In general, we are a pretty flexible and forgiving bunch :wink:


Threads worth checking out

I recommend checking out The News Reading Challenge thread if you’d like to read news articles every day, but you are of course welcome to post about it in this thread too if you’d like to.
The "news reading" challenge 🗞


If you don’t know where to find reading material I recommend checking out the Immersion/Reading section of the following thread:
The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List!


There’s also quite a few book clubs here on the forum, some of them have vocab lists which can make for an easier reading experience. A list of book clubs can be found here:
Master List of Book Clubs


Would you like to participate?
  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Not sure
  • No

0 voters

Sonny the Durtanuki says, let’s get reading! (Our lovable mascot, created by @Axazel)

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Participants

Feel free to add your username to the list!
Note: please try to keep this alphabetical

Username Date Joined Days Completed
axazel 1 Jul 2022 54
BaradaMC July 27th 2022 16
Beyond_Sleepy July 1st 2022 4
bluegoldsince96 1 Aug 2022 1
chamellow 4 Jul 2022 0
Daisoujou 1 Jul 2022 All so far
delthea707 18 Jul 2022 2
DIO-Berry 1 Jul 2022 :thinking:
elbereth00 1 Jul 2022 all so far!
enbyboiwonder 1 Jul 2022 0
enjru 12 Sep 2022 3
eoame 1 Jul 2022 4
fallynleaf 1 Jul 2022 62
Furredie 19 Jul 2022 0
Greti33 1 Jul 2022 12
Hantsuki 1 July 2022 mostly
kimera 16 Jul 2022 51%
Koyona 1 Jul 2022 0
Lilyshell 22 Aug 2022 1
LoudLibrn 2 Jul 2022 0
lucylavelle 1 Jul 2022 every day
meagstudies 1 Jul 2022 every day
Memoria 1 Jul 2022 100 %
milkymatcha 1 Jul 2022 0
Mirabilia 1 Jul 2022 1
Miriah 5 Jul 2022 0
MiriahF 8 Sep 2022 1
MissDagger 1 Jul 2022 Many
[Monsuta87] 1 Jul 2022 Every day
Mrs_Diss 1 Jul 2022 all -4
natarin 1 Jul 2022 0
NihongoLearner19 1 Jul 2022 0
ng_m_kh 6 Jul 2022 16
omk3 1 Jul 2022 60
polv 1 Jul 2022
potatonaught 1 Jul 2022 0
pygospa 19 Jul 2022 2
Pyororon 1 Jul 2022 62
Redglare 1 Jul 2022 -
Reni613 1 Jul 2022 21
rikaiwisdom 1 Jul 2022 3
saidahgilbert 1 Jul 2022 62
SiLeVoL 1 Jul 2022 0
softly_raining 1 Jul 2022 58
Sydonia 1 Jul 2022 All so far
Theale 1 Jul 2022 0
Thud 2 Jul 2022 62 + 30
windupbird 1 Jul 2022 36
yuskanji 1 Jul 2022 53
Zakarius 1 Jul 2022 62 +30
ZDurendal 19 Jul 2022 -

You’ll notice that many of us like to use pretty calendars to track our progress in “home posts” as well - if you’d like to have a pretty calendar of your own, feel free to use the template in the next post! ^^

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Calendar Templates!
To use, reply to this post, click the “quote whole post” button (little speech bubble), and copy/paste the part below into whatever post you desire:

Jul
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
Aug
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
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:sunny::butterfly::palm_tree: Home post :palm_tree::butterfly::sunny:

Jul
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
Aug
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

(I’ll update and format this at some point :slight_smile:)

Post for days 1, 2, 3, and 4

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Yay! Thank you for setting up another challenge for us, @windupbird! I really appreciate the work you put into organizing these threads :durtle_love:

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MissDagger’s Home Post

:books: my bookmeter profile :books: my study log :books:

July
01 :tangerine: 02 :tangerine: 03 :tangerine:
04 :evergreen_tree: 05 :evergreen_tree: 06 :evergreen_tree: 07 :evergreen_tree: 08 :evergreen_tree: 09 :tangerine: 10 :evergreen_tree:
11 :evergreen_tree: 12 :evergreen_tree: :cake: 13 :cake: 14 :cake: :infinity: 15 :tangerine: 16 :cow2: 17 :tangerine:
18 :white_medium_square: 19 :cake: 20 :cake: 21 :cake: 22 :white_medium_square: 23 :white_medium_square: 24 :infinity:
25 :cow2: 26 :white_medium_square: 27 :tangerine: 28 :cow2: 29 :tangerine: 30 :tangerine: 31 :infinity:
Aug
01 :infinity: :cake: :cherry_blossom: 02 :cake: 03 :star2: 04 :star2: 05 :infinity: 06 :cake: 07 :cake:
08 :star2: 09 :star2: :cake: 10 :cake: 11 :star2: :cake: 12 :cake: 13 :cake: 14 :star2:
15 :tangerine: 16 :star2: 17 :star2: 18 :star2: 19 :white_medium_square: 20 :star2: 21 :star2:
22 :white_medium_square: 23 :star2: 24 :star2: :cake: 25 :white_medium_square: 26 :cake: 27 :white_medium_square: 28 :white_medium_square:
29 :white_medium_square: 30 :white_medium_square: 31 :white_medium_square:
Sept
01 :white_medium_square: 02 :cake: 03 :white_medium_square: 04 :white_medium_square:
05 :white_medium_square: 06 :white_medium_square: 07 :police_car: 08 :police_car: 09 :white_medium_square: 10 :cake: 11 :open_book:
12 :man_elf: 13 :white_medium_square: 14 :white_medium_square: 15 :white_medium_square: 16 :white_medium_square: 17 :white_medium_square: 18 :white_medium_square:
19 :white_medium_square: 20 :open_book: :cake: 21 :white_medium_square: 22 :white_medium_square: 23 :white_medium_square: 24 :white_medium_square: 25 :open_book: :dart:
26 :white_medium_square: 27 :white_medium_square: 28 :white_medium_square: 29 :white_medium_square: 30 :white_medium_square:

Reading during the Challenge
:tangerine: Orange :tangerine: -manga-
:evergreen_tree: ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ :evergreen_tree: (Hotel) -manga-
:cake: 夜カフェ :cake: (Night Café) -novel-
:infinity: ルーパーズ :infinity: (Loopers) -visual novel-
:cherry_blossom: 逆転 吉原 :cherry_blossom: (Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya) -visual novel-
:star2: Super Mario Odyssey :star2: -video game-
:open_book: 耳をすませば :open_book: (Whisper of the Heart) -manga-

:cow2: Grazing on some random manga/book/story

Books in English (during off month)
:police_car: Desperation in Death by JD Robb :police_car: -novel-
:man_elf: Hawthorn by Anthea Sharp :man_elf: - novel-
:dart: Billy Summers by Stephen King :dart: -novel-


Finished books

July
ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ1 :evergreen_tree:
ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ2 :evergreen_tree:
Orange 1 :tangerine:

August
夜カフェ1 :cake:

September
Desperation in Death (English) :police_car:
Hawthorn (English) :man_elf:


Progress Reports

I’ll break the table down by month.

Date
Book/Game
Start*
End*
Count*
:tangerine: 1
5
19
12
:tangerine: 1
20
22
3
:tangerine: 1
23
31
9
:evergreen_tree: 1
51
90
40
:evergreen_tree: 1
93
120
28
:evergreen_tree: 1
123
148
26
:evergreen_tree: 1
149
180
32
:evergreen_tree: 1
183
206
24
:tangerine: 1
32
55
24
:evergreen_tree: 2
5
58
54
:evergreen_tree: 2
61
88
28
:evergreen_tree: 2
:cake: 1
89
4
198
11
106
8
:cake: 1
12
15
4
:cake: 1
:infinity:
16
0
35
5
20
5
:tangerine: 1
59
67
8
:cow2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:tangerine: 1
68
100
33
July 18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
:cake: 1
36
44
9
:cake: 1
45
54
10
:cake: 1
55
66
12
July 22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
July 23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
:infinity:
5
11
6
July 25
:cow2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
July 26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
:tangerine: 1
101
115
15
:cow2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:tangerine: 1
115
144
30
:tangerine: 1
147
188
42
:infinity:
11
16
5
Date
Book/Game
Start*
End*
Count*
:infinity:
:cake: 1
:cherry_blossom:
16
67
n/a
17
72
n/a
1
6
n/a
:cake: 1
73
80
8
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:infinity:
17
23
6
:cake: 1
81
95
14
:cake: 1
96
97
2
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:star2:
:cake: 1
n/a
98
n/a
128
n/a
31
:cake: 1
129
141
13
:star2:
:cake: 1
n/a
142
n/a
156
n/a
15
:cake: 1
157
189
33
:cake: 2
4
7
4
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:tangerine: 2
5
23
18
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 18
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 20
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
:star2:
n/a
n/a
n/a
:star2:
:cake:
n/a
8
n/a
16
n/a
9
August 25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
:cake:
17
26
9
August 27
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 28
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
August 31
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

*Everything is pages except ルーパーズ :infinity: that is percentage


Post template

:RELEVANTEMOJI: :books: DATE :books: :RELEVANTEMOJI:
(home post)

Book :emoji: page x → x (x pages)

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:tiger2: :books: Reading Tiger, Roasting Tanuki :hot_pepper: :raccoon:

Summer time reading GO!

七月
:sunny: :secret:
:frog: :rabbit2: :brain: :ring: :ant: :japanese_ogre: :zap:
:pill: :department_store: :syringe: :point_left: :milky_way: :100: :rabbit2:
:raccoon: :sweden: :station: :rock: :cookie: :fish_cake: :flying_saucer:
:japanese_castle: :onion: :black_cat: :rocket: :leaves: :star: :motorcycle:
:notes:
八月
:seedling: :lebanon: :antarctica: :open_mouth: :milky_way: :smiley_cat:
:hole: :closed_book: :cat2: :toilet: :art: :black_cat: :mouse2:
:paintbrush: :fallen_leaf: :green_book: :snowflake: :bread: :notebook: :cat:
:japanese_ogre: :bell: :black_cat: :plate_with_cutlery: :speech_balloon: :peacock: :blossom:
:writing_hand: :frog: :cloud: :evergreen_tree:
九月
:spiral_calendar: :speech_balloon: :cat2:
:chestnut: :pen: :open_book: :heavy_division_sign: :running_man: :nose: :full_moon:
:raccoon: :speech_balloon: :brain: :bangbang: :nose: :athletic_shoe: :ear:
:wind_chime: :cherry_blossom: :chair: :speech_balloon: :speech_balloon: :sun_behind_large_cloud: :zzz:
:eyes: :hourglass_flowing_sand: :sweet_potato: :pinching_hand: :dark_sunglasses: :dog2:

Unless I gain miraculous Japanese comprehension in the next few days then I’ll still be reading No Longer Human by the time this challenge starts. I’ll continue with that for this challenge and then see what I feel like reading next when I get there.

Probably something light and cute to counter-balance the oppressing gloom of No Longer Human :rofl:

Random article link because it keeps disappearing from the Japanese Wiki homepage:
おまかせ表示


I am so ready to be overcome by cute.

And thank you for setting up the thread again and for keeping these threads going! :smile_cat:

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Hey, I’m in as well! :tada:
Hopefully I can post a bit more often this time :sweat_smile:

Here is my home post: Nicole needs a thread to herself -- A Study Log of sorts - #12 by NicoleRauch

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:dagger: :wilted_flower: :fire: :star2: :green_heart: JoJo Berry Home Post :green_heart: :star2: :fire: :wilted_flower: :dagger:

:green_heart: 7月 :green_heart:
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
:star2: 8月 :star2:
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
:butterfly: 9月 :butterfly:
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

Post Mortem
Over the course of the summer, it looks like I got worse at reading, whoops


Luckily though, my overall (spring and summer) shows that I have been improving and that I recently hit a slump. I’m going to try hard to get out of this slump! I’ve felt it pretty keenly lately, so hopefully I can improve quickly.

It looks like I’ve read about 31 volumes this summer! That’s more than I thought :slight_smile: JoJo 17-28, 2 Rohan volumes and half and half of JoJo 47 and 48

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:bookmark: :books: Redglare’s home post :beach_umbrella: :sunny:

Calendar

July
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Aug
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35
Sep
Week 35
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39

:books: Bookmeter profile :books:


Stuff read
Title Type Progress Completed
Sword Art Online Progressive 1 LN 50% → 100% July 12
神経細胞 - Wikipedia → Glia cells
花嫁は元男子。 Manga 100% July 13
わたしの幸せな結婚 1 Book 100% July 17
わたしの幸せな結婚 2 Book 100% July 19
わたしの幸せな結婚 3 Book 100% July 22
詩的私的ジャック - JACK THE POETICAL PRIVATE Book 36% → 100% July 24
わたしの幸せな結婚 4 Book 100% July 28
わたしの幸せな結婚 5 Book 100% Aug 1
わたしの幸せな結婚 6 Book 100% Aug 5
夜が明けたら、いちばんに君に会いにいく 上 Book 100% Aug 20
夜が明けたら、いちばんに君に会いにいく 下 Book 100% Aug 22
本好きの下剋上 10 Book 100% Aug 31

Previous home posts

Link to daily updates

July                  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.

August
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.


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:books: :video_game: Sylph’s home thread :shallow_pan_of_food: :sunny:

Jul
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
Aug
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
Past challenges

:books: :books: :cherry_blossom: :seedling: Spring 2022
:books: :books: :snowman_with_snow::snowflake: Winter 2022
:books: :books: :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf: Autumn 2021

What I'm planning to read

Probably a bit ambitious but I have some free time coming up in August so hopefully it’ll be fine. Basically I want to make big progress on the VN I’ve been playing very slowly for several months already, read an entire book at my own pace (haven’t done that in a while), keep un with the VN reading club and read a bunch of manga:

  • Play VN バリアブルバリケード : finish at least 3 routes
  • Read ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖
  • Follow along with VN reading club for ルーパーズ :infinity:
  • Finish 10 manga volumes
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Thanks for organising again @windupbird! These challenges have been keeping me super motivated this year. :slight_smile:

Jul
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
Aug
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
Sep
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
What I'm Reading
  • Teasing Master Takagi-san
  • Mitsuboshi Colors
  • Happiness
  • Yotsuba
  • Orange
  • Shadows House
  • Yoru Cafe
Progress Report
July
  • July 1st
    • Yoru Cafe - Chapter 13 (p169-192) Volume 1 Complete :tada:
  • July 2nd
    • Happiness - Chapter 11 (p1-36)
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 3 (p39-54)
  • July 3rd
    • JLPT Test
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Part of Chapter 27 (p109-111)
  • July 4th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Part of Chapter 27 (p112-124)
    • Orange - Part of Chapter 1 (p1-32)
    • Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  • July 5th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 79 (p67-106)
  • July 6th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 80 (p107-132)
  • July 7th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 81-82 (p133-224) Volume 12 Complete :tada:
  • July 8th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 4 (p55-70)
  • July 9th
    • Happiness - Chapter 12 (p37-76)
  • July 10th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 28 (p125-146) Volume 3 Complete :tada:
    • Orange - Part of Chapter 1 (p33-56)
  • July 11th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 83 (p1-20)
  • July 12th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 84 (p21-48)
  • July 13th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 85 (p49-74)
  • July 14th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 86 (p75-114)
  • July 15th
    • Happiness - Chapter 13 (p77-114)
  • July 16th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 5 (p77-114)
  • July 17th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 1 (p1-17)
  • July 18th
    • Orange - Chapter 2 (p57-100)
  • July 19th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 87 (p115-152)
    • Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  • July 20th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 88 (p153-172)
  • July 21st
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 89-90 (p173-224) Volume 13 Complete :tada:
  • July 22nd
    • Happiness - Chapter 14 (p114-144)
  • July 23rd
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 6 (p87-102)
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 29 (p1-16)
  • July 24th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 2 (p17-29)
  • July 25th
    • Orange - Chapter 3 (p101-146)
  • July 26th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 91 (p1-20)
  • July 27th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 92 (p21-50)
  • July 28th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 93 (p51-82)
  • July 29th
    • Happiness - Chapter 15 (p144-192) Volume 3 Complete :tada:
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 7 (p103-118)
  • July 30th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 3-4 (p30-54)
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 30 (p17-30)
  • July 31st
    • Orange - Chapter 4 (p147-191) Volume 1 Complete :tada:
    • Haruiro Astronaut - Chapter 1 (p192-225)
August
  • August 1st
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 94 (p83-118)
  • August 2nd
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 95 (p119-154)
  • August 3rd
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 96 (p155-192)
  • August 4th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 97 (p193-240) Volume 14 Complete :tada:
  • August 5th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 8 (p119-136)
  • August 6th
    • Happiness - Chapter 16 (p1-42)
  • August 7th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 31 (p31-48)
  • August 8th
    • Yoru Cafe - Volume 2 - Chapter 1 (p1-26)
    • Pokemon Legends: Arceus
  • August 9th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 5-6 (p55-80)
  • August 10th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 98 (p1-24)
  • August 11th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 99 (p25-50)
  • August 12th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 7, Chapter 9 (p137-160) Volume 7 Complete :tada:
    • Happiness - Chapter 17 (p43-78)
  • August 13th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 8-9 (p81-105)
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 32 (p49-62)
  • August 14th
    • Yoru Cafe - Volume 2 - Chapter 2 (p27-34)
  • August 15th
    • Orange - Chapter 5 (p1-52)
  • August 16th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 100 (p51-100)
  • August 17th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 101 (p101-138)
  • August 18th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 102 (p139-178)
  • August 19th
    • Happiness - Chapter 18 (p79-116)
  • August 20th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 9-10 (p106-130)
  • August 21st
    • Yoru Cafe - Volume 2 - Chapter 3 (p35-40)
  • August 22nd
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 8, Chapter 1 (p1-20)
  • August 23rd
    • Orange - Chapter 6 (p53-86)
  • August 24th
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 33 (p63-82)
  • August 25th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 103 (p179-206)
  • August 26th
    • Happiness - Chapter 19 (p117-153)
  • August 27th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 11-12 (p131-160) Volume 1 Complete :tada:
  • August 28th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 8, Chapter 2 (p21-36)
  • August 29th
    • Orange - Chapter 7 (p87-130)
  • August 30th
    • Yotsuba - Chapter 104 (p207-256) Volume 15 Complete :tada:
  • August 31st
    • Mitsuboshi Colors - Chapter 34 (p83-103)
September
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:blossom: H o m e P o s t ! :blossom:

Thank you for organizing :sparkles::sunny: I’m so excited to do this challenge for real. Home post let’s go! I will likely update with more reading material as I go. Good luck, everyone!

Jul
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
Aug
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:

Summary
  • Zero Escape!!
  • AI: The Somnium Files (Just bought this on the Steam summer sale. I have no idea how hard it is but I’m up for a challenge.)
  • NHK News Easy (If all else fails)
  • 好きっていいなよ3

Done reading:

Summary
  • ピーチガール 1
  • ハピネス2
  • ハピネス3
  • 好きっていいなよ1
  • 好きっていいなよ2
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This is the first challenge I will be participating in, very excited about that! I’m still not used to posting, so it’s a bit intimidating, but worth it (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

Jul
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
Aug
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
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I will join this challenge I only missed reading one day this year.

Jul
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
Aug
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

Natively Profile

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Exipe’s home post

:books: Bookmeter profile

Jul
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
Aug
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

I start my vacation next week, and don’t start work again until mid August. So, I’ll be able to invest a ton of time into Japanese this summer!

楽しみにしています!:slight_smile:

Progress Updates
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July
7月
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
August
8月
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
September
9月
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30

Summer Reading

Summer Reading
Series Progress
ARIA
SPY×FAMILY
orange
おじさまと猫
からかい上手の(元)高木さん
からかい上手の高木さん
くノ一ツバキの胸の内
ご注文はうさぎですか?
それでも歩は寄せてくる
ちいさな森のオオカミちゃん
にじいろフォトグラフ
ふだつきのキョーコちゃん
ふらいんぐうぃっち
まじっく快斗
キラキラ100%
シャドーハウス
スーパーマリオくん
ヒビキのマホウ
ポケットモンスタースペシャル
名探偵コナン
幸色のワンルーム
怪獣のトカゲ
藤代さん系。
夜カフェ
SUPERMAN vs飯 スーパーマンのひとり飯

Each time I finish a volume, I’ll check a Progress box. Omnibus releases get two checkboxes per volume.

:books: Natively Profile :open_book:

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polv’s home post of Q3 of 2022 :sunny: (Previous: Q2 of 2022 :cherry_blossom:)

:books: My bookmeter profile

Although not with absolute confidence, I am sure that it would be appropriate to post here a little earlier than July 1. My plan is going to be weekly-based, with planning on Monday and summary on Friday. Progressing in-between will be optional, but I might tick the checkbox for reading, nonetheless.

This place will also be the main place for recording general Japanese immersion / learning within this summer.

Personally, I feel no obligation to read everyday, but for listening, I will try to listen everyday :headphones: with a significant time duration (≧30 minutes).

七月
第1週目 01 ・ 02 :memo: 03 ・
第2週目 04 :writing_hand: 05 :memo: 06 :memo: 07 ・ 08 ・ 09 ・ 10 ・
第3週目 11 ・ 12 :memo: 13 ・ 14 ・ 15 ・ 16 ・ 17 ・
第4週目 18 ・ 19 ・ 20 ・ 21 ・ 22 ・ 23 ・ 24 ・
第5週目 25 ・ 26 ・ 27 ・ 28 ・ 29 ・ 30 ・ 31 ・
八月
第6週目 01 ・ 02 ・ 03 ・ 04 ・ 05 :memo: 06 :memo: 07 ・
第7週目 08 :memo: 09 :memo: 10 ・ 11 :memo: 12 ・ 13 ・ 14 ・
第8週目 15 :memo: 16 ・ 17 ・ 18 ・ 19 ・ 20 ・ 21 :memo:
第9週目 22 ・ 23 ・ 24 ・ 25 ・ 26 ・ 27 :memo: 28 :memo:
第10週目 29 ・ 30 :memo: 31 ・
九月
第10週目 01 :memo: 02 ・ 03 :memo: 04 ・
第11週目 05 ・ 06 ・ 07 ・ 08 ・ 09 ・ 10 :memo: 11 :memo:
第12週目 12 ・ 13 ・ 14 :memo: 15 ・ 16 ・ 17 ・ 18 :memo:
第13週目 19 ・ 20 :memo: 21 ・ 22 ・ 23 ・ 24 ・ 25 :memo:
秋の初 26 ・ 27 ・ 28 ・ 29 :memo: 30 ・

What I am reading in this challenge

See more at my all-round topic.

  • Death Note Vol.3-4 (along with the book club offshoot)
  • SPY x FAMILY (along with the book club and offshoot)
  • Happiness Vol.3+ (along with the book club offshoot)
  • SHADOWS HOUSE Vol.1 (along with the book club)
  • 進撃の巨人 Vol.1+
  • ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
    • (Finished) Part 2 Vol.3+ (Monochrome)
  • HUNTER x HUNTER Vol.1-7
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:sunny: Summer Challenge here we go! :sunny:

J u l y :sunny:
:cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone:
:cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone:
:cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone:
:cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :cyclone: :crab:
:crab: :crab: :crab: :crab: :crab: :crab: :ocean:
A u g u s t :watermelon:
:crab: :crab: :crab: :crab: :crab: :books: :mag:
:heavy_minus_sign: :heavy_minus_sign: :mag: :mag: :mag: :mag: :mag:
:mag: :mag: :mag: :mag: :ocean: :ocean: :ocean:
:ocean: :ocean: :mag: :mag: :mag: :ocean: :ocean:
:mag: :mag: :mag:

Bonus September Calendar:

S e p :fallen_leaf: :maple_leaf:
:ocean: :ocean: :ocean: :ocean:
:mag: :mag: :ocean: :ocean: :ocean: :ocean: :ocean:
:mag: :mag: :mag: :mag: :heavy_minus_sign: :heavy_minus_sign: :heavy_minus_sign:
:mag: :mag: :mag: :mag: :mag: :mag: :mag:
:candle::crab: :crab: :crab: :crab: :crab:

Index:
:cyclone: - 穴 (finished)
:crab: - 化身 (2 out of 3 stories finished)
:ocean: - つぐみ (finished)
:mag: - 十角館の殺人 (nearly finished)
:candle: - 百物語 by 北村薫 (short story, finished)
:roll_of_toilet_paper: - 糞尿譚 (erm, didn’t even appear in the calendar once… :see_no_evil: )

Bonus September Mini Grammar Challenge...

Goal: read at least one entry from Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns every day.

01 - 間
02 - あえて
03 - 上がる、あくまで、あげく、上げる、あたかも、あっての
04 - あと、あとから、あとで、あとは…だけ、あまり、あらためる
05 - あるいは
06 - あるまじき…だ、あれで、あれでも、あんまり
07 - いい
08 - いう
09 - いうまでもない
10 - 以下、以外
11 - いかなる
12 - いかに
13 - いかにも、いかん
14 - いくら
15 - 以後、いささか、いざしらず

-half a month completed, challenge on hold for now -

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:beach_umbrella::sunflower: meagstudies’ summery summary post :sunflower::beach_umbrella:
← spring | autumn →

So excited for this challenge! I really got into the habit of reading (almost) every day in June, hopefully I can keep it up. 頑張って、みんな!

Also does anyone else love how the July-August calendar looks this year? It looks so nice back to back

july

august

bonus round! september

:sunflower: natively + bookmeter :sunflower:

Daily Updates

Trying something new w/ the formatting here since I don’t actually make a post every day

july

  • 01: Orange
  • 02: Orange
  • 03: 夜カフェ、極主夫道、恋人
  • 08: 極主夫道、時のオカリナ、book haul!
  • 09: PokéSpe、Orange
  • 12: 夜カフェ
  • 13: 夜カフェ、しろくまカフェ、魔女の宅急便、and looking ahead at future reading material
  • 15: シャドウハウス

august

  • 02: july recap + august goals
  • 03: 極主夫道、Orange

september

  • 15: update + 極主夫道
  • 18: 極主夫道、夜カフェ、耳をすませば、HUNTER×HUNTER
  • 28: 極主夫道、耳をすませば
  • 30: 夜カフェ、時のオカリナ、summer 2022 recap + autumn goals
What I'm Reading + Progress

Mainly going to focus on various book club books and the Himekawa Akira Zelda manga series. I might read a few Satori Reader stories as well, but I might stop reading them b/c I feel like reading actual books instead

Currently Reading

Book Type Progress Book Club?
時のオカリナ Manga 23%
夜カフェ2 Children’s Book 34% :sunny: off-shoot
HUNTERxHUNTER Manga 26% :sunny: ABBC
極主夫道8 Manga 9 :sunny: off-shoot

Finished!! :tada:

Book Type Completed Book Club? ★ rating
夜カフェ1 Children’s Book July 13 :sunny: BBC ★★★☆☆
極主夫道5 Manga July 20 :sunny: off-shoot ★★★★★
しろくまカフェ1 Manga July 21 ★★☆☆☆
極主夫道6 Manga August 28 :sunny: off-shoot ★★★★★
シャドウハウス1 Manga September 3 :sunny: BBC ★★★★★
極主夫道7 Manga September 28 :sunny: off-shoot ★★★★★
耳をすませば Manga September 28 :sunny: BBC ★★★☆☆

Dropped :pensive:

Book Type Progress Book Club? Reason
PokéSpe1 Manga 16% reading too many other things, not interested atm
ルーパーズ Visual Novel 5% :sunny: VN Club reading too many things
恋人 Satori 61% end of satori subscription
奥日光 Satori 3% end of satori subscription
魔女の宅急便1 Light Novel 6% will pick back up once I finish other books
Orange1 Manga 65% :sunny: misc would like to finish eventually but just not in the mood for right now
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