📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2023 😎☀

[iterimpius]

Hello!!! long time no update again… i’ve managed to read most days, with a few exceptions, which surprisingly, I noticed, happened to be on my off days, bc I would either be too busy catching up with chores and housework, or binge-watching chinese drama
Finished vol.1 of at some point too…

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vocab

新米 しんまい =new rice; first rice crop of the year
新嘗祭 にいなめさい= ceremonial offering of newly-harvested rice to the deities by the emperor wiki link
砂糖黍 サトウキビ= sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
玉蜀黍とうもろこし=corn (Zea mays), maize
出荷 しゅっか =shipping; shipment
解禁 かいきん=lifting a ban; raising an embargo
甘味料 かんみりょう=sweetener
馬鈴薯ばれいしょ= potato
珍味ちんみ= delicacy;
酸味さんみ=sourness; acidity
乙な味乙な味=1. strange taste 2. spicy taste

bonus: 成语 of the day
骄阳似火 jiao1 yang2 si4 huo3= the sun shines fiercely; scorching sun

[Zakarius]

Seaside Reading

August 8th
新書太閣記 progress: 66.24% // Volume VIII: 20.27%

The start of the month always seems to go by so fast.

Words the Tide Washed Ashore

蝉時雨「せみしぐれ」ー Outburst of cicadas singing

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 - 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」
津田 元嘉「つだ もとよし」(also known as: 九郎次「くろうじ」)
長谷川 与次「はせがわ よじ」
関 成重「せき なりしげ」
赤座 永兼「あかざ ながかね」(also known as: 七郎右衛門「しちろうえもん」)

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」

Akechi Clan
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)

Military Commanders
斎藤 利三「さいとう としみつ」

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

Unaffiliated
海北 友松「かいほう ゆうしょう」- Painter

Volume VII: 1582 - 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

Military Commanders
浅野 長政「あさの ながまさ」
木下 重堅「きのした しげかた」
堀 秀政「ほり ひでまさ」(also known as: 久太郎「きゅうたろう」)
山内 一豊「やまうち かずとよ」
菅屋 長頼「すがや ながより」
長谷川 秀一「はせがわ ひでかず」
堀 秀政「ほり ひでまさ」
中川 清秀「なかがわ きよひで」
高山 右近「たかやま うこん」
塩川 長満「しおかわ ながみつ」
村井 貞勝「むらい さだかつ」
弥助「やすけ」
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」)
猪子 兵助「いのこ ひょうすけ」
福富 秀勝「ふくずみ ひでかつ」(also known as: 平左衛門「へいざえもん」)
毛利 良勝「もうり よしかつ」

明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」
Akechi’s Vassals
四王天 政孝「しおうてん まさたか」
藤田 行政「ふじた ゆきまさ」
並河 易家「なびか やすいえ」
森 成利「もり なりとし」
小河 愛平「おがわ あいへい」
金森 長則「かなもり ながのり」
下方 貞清「しもかた さだきよ」

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」/ 秀吉「ひでよし」- Toyotomi Hideyoshi / Kinoshita Tōkichirō
– 羽柴 秀勝「はしば ひでかつ」- Adoptive son (4th son of Oda Nobunaga)
– 羽柴 小一郎「はしば こいちろう」- Half-brother

Hideyoshi’s Followers
宇喜多 秀家「うきた ひでいえ」
福島 正則「ふくしま まさのり」
黒田 孝高「くろだ よしたか」(also known as: 官兵衛「かんべえ」)
蜂須賀 正勝「はちすか まさかつ」(also known as: 小六「ころく」)
一柳 直末「ひとつやなぎ なおすえ」(also known as: 市助「いちすけ」)
藤堂 高虎「とうどう たかとら」
大谷 吉継「おおたに よしつぐ」
仙石 秀久「せんごく ひでひさ」(also known as: 権兵衛「ごんべえ」)
生駒 正信「いこま まさのぶ」
宇喜多 秀家「うきた ひでいえ」
吉田 長利「よしだ ながとし」
堀尾 吉晴「ほりお よしはる」
蜂須賀 家政「はちすか いえまさ」
黒田 長政「くろだ ながまさ」

Mori Clan
毛利 輝元「もうり てるもと」ー Head of the Mori clan

Military Commanders
清水 宗治「しみず むねはる」(also known as: 長左衛門「ちょうざえもん」)
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」
上原 元将「うえはら もとすけ」

Fujiwara Hokke Clan
Military Commanders
上原 元将「うえはら もとすけ」

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

Military Commanders
穴山 信君「あなやま のぶただ」
酒井 忠次「さかい ただつぐ」
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
諏訪 頼忠「すわ よりただ」
本多 忠勝「ほんだ ただかつ」

Takeda Clan
Military Commanders
荒木 氏綱「あらき うじつな」

Unaffiliated
里村 紹巴「さとむら じょうは」- Renga poet

Volume VIII: 1582 - 15??
(1582 is eternal)

Hideyoshi and his Followers
木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」(also known as: 秀吉「ひでよし」) - Kinoshita Tōkichirō (Hideyoshi)
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
– 羽柴 秀勝「はしば ひでかつ」- Adoptive son (4th son of Oda Nobunaga)

Followers/Military Commanders
長谷川 宗仁「はせがわ そうにん」
堀 秀政「ほり ひでまさ」
石田 三成「いしだ みつなり」
黒田 孝高「くろだ よしたか」(also known as: 官兵衛「かんべえ」)
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」)
浅野 長政「あさの ながまさ」- also Hideyoshi’s brother-in-law
堀尾 吉晴「ほりお よしはる」
杉原 家次「すぎはら いえつぐ」(also known as: 七郎左衛門「しちろうざえもん」)
吉田 長利「よしだ ながとし」
小出 秀政「こいで ひでまさ」

Mōri Clan
安国寺 恵瓊「あんこくじ えけい」- Military Monk

Military Commanders
清水 宗治「しみず むねはる」
吉川 元春「きっかわ もとはる」
小早川 隆景「こばやかわ たかかげ」
– 末近 信賀「せちか のぶよし」- Vassal
上原 元将「うえはら もとすけ」
宇喜多 忠家「うきた ただいえ」
吉川 広家「きっかわ ひろいえ」

Amago Clan
Military Commanders
亀井 茲矩「かめい これのり」

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• ホリミヤ １７巻 - someone in the book club thread shared a picture of their new complete set, which included a 17th volume. The series “ended” at 16, so this was a shock to me, but apparently they are doing some kinda random extra chapters like the second season of the anime is doing! So, of course, I dropped everything to go read it They are all new to me, and I really just devoured this volume. So nice to see these nerds again, I’ll take any and every excuse. this volume, especially the first chapter, i think is probably the hardest reading level the series has been, but the rest felt not too out of line.
• aDoBJG とか、時

re:text dense manga

I tried out this freebie on bookwalker a few days ago because it was slice of life and about birds, and the summary reminded me of something like my side of the mountain. Loved that book when I was a kid, but was immediately shut down by pages like this lol

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• よつばと！
  Finished volume 14! Only one left
  There was some food talk and I had to look up what もんじゃ is. Looks delicious

Have a joke from Yotsuba (chapter 95)

きょうりゅうのめのまえをうさぎがとおりましたがたべられませんでした
なぜでしょうか！

きょうりゅうはもうぜつめつしていないからでした！

• ISLAND / アイランド (VN)
  Got the standard VN setup to work on my PC (Textractor + Clipboard Inserter + Texthooker), thanks so much to @Daisoujou and @AzusaChan for the help.
  It’s an amazing setup! If anyone is hesitating on trying VNs because of the language skill, don’t!
  With that setup I can just Yomichan anything I want, and since the sentences are directly in my clipboard, can also directly paste in DeepL if the sentence doesn’t make sense to me.
  So I’ll give a go at reading my first VN in Japanese
  Very funny how slow I am at reading compared to the regulars posting here.
  I’ve read 1k characters in 20 minutes (for my defense, this is the start of the game so there were a few poetic descriptions of the surroundings, only a bit of easy dialog).
  Basically spent the whole time looking at this beach:
  
  
  
  I was laughing at my slowliness each time I could hear the background music loop restarting But I’m having fun and feeling proud of reading (and without furigana too) and understanding most of it.

[Daisoujou]

@Akashelia

Very funny how slow I am at reading compared to the regulars posting here.
I’ve read 1k characters in 20 minutes (for my defense, this is the start of the game so there were a few poetic descriptions of the surroundings, only a bit of easy dialog).

Glad it’s working out! Best of luck, and I’ll be very interested to hear what you think of Island! Honestly I definitely started no better than that speed, probably worse when I picked up VNs at first. If something is difficult I’m still not too much faster sometimes, haha. You’re doing great

[nyxqueenofshadows]

i feel like conan exists in its own special category

@javerend

by pages like this

at that point they may as well just write a novel the furigana is appreciated though

[snowwater]

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8月8日 (火)

aDoBJG: を (3) and (4)
Ouran, Chapter 4 (6 pages)
コンビニ人間 (2 pages)
あん (4 pages)
キノの旅 (4 pages)

Finished this week’s Ouran today. Almost done with あん as well - might just end up reading the remaining 4 pages before bed, since I’m curious to see how the story continues.

For now, I’ve finished all the physical manga I’ve bought recently, except for vol 1 of 薬屋のひとりごと, which is honestly… a little overwhelming, with all the technical and historical vocabulary. I feel like it’s not for me right now. I have two more novels apart from the (3) I am currently reading, so I’m trying to hold off from buying physical books for a bit, but who knows. For now, I’ve got kindle unlimited, and I’ve been playing around with some samples of whatever looks interesting - might start on ばらかもん, which I’ve been wanting to try in the past. But there’s also this one that really caught my eye: it’s called マダムが教えてくれたこと, and revolves around a waitress that is captivated by an older woman with a great sense of fashion. The first few pages were really lovely, and… … ok, let’s be honest, I know I’ll start reading it (I just can’t let it get in the way of the book clubs I’m in, lol)

[MissDagger]

August 8
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桜蘭高校ホスト部 by 葉鳥 ビスコ : some amount of pages

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar : some amount of entries

I didn’t count how much Ouran I read, but somewhere between 5-10 pages. Probably closer to 5. I also read some entries in the grammar dictionary. My plan right now I guess is to try and catch up with both before I have a house guest coming in for a long weekend. I know myself well enough that I don’t think I’ll be reading much of anything while they are here.

[Daisoujou]

Daisoujou's review of 硝子の塔の殺人

I did it! That’s about 15k characters today to finish the book off. Really liked it, I guess that makes this my favorite full length novel I’ve read yet in Japanese. @pocketcat recommendations always seem good. Tomorrow a new, much shorter book begins!

[rikaiwisdom]

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８月８日
Fatal Twelve (13.5k characters)

Week done, I’ll check the club tomorrow. Quick update today, I run to bed. c:

@Daisoujou

I did it! That’s about 15k characters today to finish the book off.

Haven’t had the chance today to catch the study log updates, I will check tomorrow, but that’s nice to read, congrats! Both your and @/pocketcat’s impressions kinda make me want to read it, hopefully the local Japan Foundation library I mentioned some time ago has it once they reopen.

[lucylavelle]

August 7th!

I’m travelling today and tomorrow, so I don’t have much reading time, but I squeezed in Chapter 4 of スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり

August 8th!

Chapter 5 of スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり today.

(Home Post)

[windupbird]

@omk3

I didn’t realize you meant it when you said you wanted to read it because of the cover

Honestly I wasn’t sure I was serious when I said it either I didn’t really have the intent at first but then I was like…why not. Why shouldn’t I try to read the crab book.

@omk3

I get vague animal cruelty vibes from what you wrote and I hope that’s not the case.

Well...it's not NOT that

it’s not, like, the worst example of animal cruelty that could ever exist, objectively speaking, more callous disregard than like…active intent/desire to harm, but :x He certainly doesn’t care about them suffering either, and that’s the bit that icked me out.

The story starts with him finding this little crab on an early morning beach walk; something about it fascinates him, so he decides to bring it back to his house. He still lives with his parents, but they’re hardworking virtuous people who are heading out to work just as he’s arriving, so he has the house to himself - he himself is 20 and currently unemployed, and he doesn’t seem to have a particularly positive view of himself or society in general. Anyway, he gets home and he realizes that he needs somewhere to put this crab. So to make a place for the crab to live, he takes the fish tank in his room out to the garden and dumps it. With the fish still inside it. The rare, pretty tropical fish, which he specifically took the time to search out and acquire but which are clearly now completely neglected in their moss-covered tank because he got bored of them as soon as he got them. But thinking about them flopping around on the ground, gasping for air on the verge of death, makes him want to laugh. Like someone staring into the flame of a candle, gleefully fantasizing about the light the flames would cast as they burn through houses and people. (That is actually in there, I didn’t make that up lmao) If that doesn’t scream psychopath, I don’t really know what does

So yeah anyway, that’s about as far as I got. I just don’t know if this narrator’s POV is one that I want to keep reading from

[happyhelix]

8 August (home post)

今日「D.N.Angel」の1ページを読み返しました。

Can you just calm down, Hiwatari…

[DIO-Berry]

August 8

	Book	Pages
	Seasons	August 9
	スーパーの裏(うら)でヤニ吸(す)うふたり１	60-70
	黒コウモリと白(しろ)コウモリ	1-23 (end)

Seasons was about a lot of things. First up, happy 野球(やきゅう)の日(ひ)（8/9）. That one’s for the numbers, not history. Also did you know that alcohol has different kanji for temperatures? 冷- normal cool, 涼- 15^C, 花- 10^C, and 雪- 5^C. Dunno who or where uses this. Maybe fancy bars? Also Seasons talked about 行合(ゆきあい)の空(そら), when the clouds are wispy around this time of year.

黒コウモリと白(しろ)コウモリ is a cute tadoku reader I saw so I decided to read it instead of prefectures since it was short and cute. It was easy to understand for me, but the plot felt childish I think I prefer tadoku’s non-fiction even if this one had nice drawings.

Super I finished the reading I was behind on, but I read it right before bed, so I honestly don’t remember it well. I was going to try to read some of JoJo too, but I was exhausted. Maybe tonight will be different. I have evening plans, but if I don’t have energy, I’m cancelling them.

[enbyboiwonder]

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＊８月８日＊

• SPY×FAMILY mission 49
• アオのハコ ch 14. So cute…
• 19 pages of ガールズ・ブルー, leaving off on pg 116. “二十歳を過ぎたおばさんみたいだ” Excuse me, you’re 17, you’re not all that far off from your 20s yourself! Oba-san, indeed.
• 60 pages of 君の声は魔法, reading ch 10 and the short story epilogue thing 君の声は美味しい, finally finishing this stupid thing. I was smart and read this first today, and then it went straight into the “to sell” pile with much relish.

I dunno if it’s the worst thing I’ve ever read, but it’s certainly up there. And worse than I expected from the first couple chapters.

And now we finally learn the reason Sakuragi felt so entitled to Rin, who by all rights was a complete stranger: they met the summer they were in 2nd and 3rd grade respectively. Rin didn’t remember at all, but Sakuragi remembered him and he apparently fell in love with him back then, and so he felt that that gave him the right “have” Rin when they met again at 23/24 and used fake-dating to deter his fans as an excuse. He also hid that they’d met before from Rin. Not just “he doesn’t remember me and it never came up” —he slipped up once, and then instead of telling Rin, he quickly covered it up and changed the subject. Although he probably couldn’t tell him at that point or he’d endanger what trust he’d built up, considering how far in this was. But apparently it was actually because he’d decided he’d give up if Rin didn’t remember him before the summer was over. Uh huh. Sure. That’s not how he was written, and I’m sure that bit was just written to make it seem more romantic. And sure, not telling him might not inherently be gross or bad, but in light of all the other ways he’s manipulated Rin… I want to throttle him, he’s so gross. But oh, he’s the ~perfect, dreamy prince whom everyone wants~ and ~Rin was actually in love with him the summer of 3rd grade~ so it’s totally okay.

Oh god, and it keeps getting worse from there. I already thought my expectations were low, but apparently they still weren’t low enough. It’s like Hanafusa was challenged to see just how gross she could make this by the end. If I could rate negative stars, this would get them. Sakuragi likes making Rin’s voice go higher during sex because it makes him sound like a child and it’s cute and sexy? -retching noises- And of course when Sakuragi lifts both Rin’s legs, Rin’s position is compared to a baby getting its diaper changed. Because clearly the infantilization and pedo-adjacent shit isn’t complete without directly comparing him to a literal infant. I was just expecting him to be written like a woman like plenty of 受けs who’re described/drawn as feminine or androgynous are (and even ones who aren’t) (just write a frikkin’ m/f if that’s what you want, jesus effing christ on a pogo stick, don’t take a relationship that inherently defies gender roles and shove it into them anyway!!), but this is way worse.

Normally I like* rimming (no idea why, considering I’m hella ace and don’t even really get vanilla sex), but especially in the context of what just happened to Rin earlier in the day (Tachibana, who attempted to rape him a few years ago, showing up and making another attempt) and his previous trauma, um. (And of course that Rin gets no say, Sakuragi just does it without checking to see if it’s okay. Rin’s going “no, stop, don’t” like he has been the entire freaking time—but he “doesn’t actually mean it,” so it’s okay to ignore it, but even if Sakuragi did 100% know that [which he doesn’t, and has been shown not to care anyway], how the hell is that hot? Isn’t it hotter for your partner to be saying how good it feels and/or that they want more, if they can even say anything comprehensible aside from your name at all? The hell is with this trope(?) Even if it’s not actually rape, the whole “oh don’t listen to anyone when they say ‘no,’ especially if their body’s responding to your ministrations [never mind that it’s involuntary], they never mean it” thing just encourages rape, not to mention victim-shaming—and Sakuragi just tells him that it’s okay and it definitely won’t hurt and he’ll be gentle and turn him into a puddle. But then, when has Rin ever actually gotten a say?)

*To be clear, I’m talking about reading only here. I have absolutely zero desire to engage in any sort of sexual activity myself lmao

「俺、もっとゆっくり、気持ちよくしてあげようと思ってたけど……我慢できない。ごめん、凛」Yeah, that’s a real pattern with you. That, and all your apologies sounding utterly fake and unrepentant.

[omk3]

Thank you. Yeah, that’s disturbing. I mean, the book is labeled as horror after all, so wholesomeness is not something we should expect, but I’m very leery about innocent animals being involved.

see, the candle flame metaphor didn’t bother me at all, he can have as disturbed a mind as he likes, but come on, leave the poor fishies alone.

[Cathm2]

7/8 18 pages ロジカとラッカセイ (finished chapter 10), 5 pages Spy Family, aDoBJG ものだ and もらう (1) and (2)
8/8 6 pages ロジカとラッカセイ, aDoBJG ないで

Did well on my day off on Monday, less well yesterday after a 12 hour work day (but did manage a tiny bit).

[Sylph]

August 8

Could only read a little コップクラフト (35% → 39%) today.

[frootlooper]

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Started the week slowly with just a chapter or two a day, but I’ve had more energy the past couple days. Proud of myself for pushing through though. I decided I’m gonna choose to read my easier manga this week. Even though volume 2 of 異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 ended up on a cliffhanger. Dammit.

８月１日
マギ１５Ch 146

８月２日
マギ１５Ch 147-148

８月３日
異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 2 Ch 7

８月４日
異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 2 Ch 8

８月５日
異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 2 Ch 9

８月６日
異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 2 Ch 10

８月７日
異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 2 Ch 11-12
コンビニ人間 → 21% (Week 6)

８月８日
チェンソーマン Ch 138 Misread ‘swordman’ as ‘sodaman’. Didn’t even realize my mistake at first. I was wondering who was afraid of sodas lol.
リビングの松永さん 6 Ch 21-22
コンビニ人間 ->24% (Week 7)

[nyxqueenofshadows]

9th august

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more 逆転検事(ぎゃくてんけんじ)２, one more section and then this case is over! things are starting to make a lot more sense now, very curious as to the resolution on this one. barely looked anything up too, which is affirming.

today’s nhk article was this one, and today’s fate episode was マリー’s summer one (uncomfy much?). made a 博多弁(はかたべん) cheat sheet for y5 and ended up barely using it even tho i watched maybe an hour and half, but it’s nice to have.

words that stood out:
逆転検事(ぎゃくてんけんじ)２：荒業(あらわざ) (physical labour, display of power), 自(おの)ずと (by itself, of its own accord, naturally)
龍(りゅう)が如(ごと)く：がめ煮(に) (chicken stew with taro and carrot etc.), 薬指(くすりゆび) (ring finger)