After a week of vacation 
, I’m getting back to daily reading again.
The next book I decided on is 夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口.
Honestly the main reason for picking this book was the trailer for the movie that I saw a while back, so I’m really excited to see where this goes 
Home post // March 16
・この本を盗む者は (34% → 35%)
Today was a long day.
穿鑿
= scrutiny. Latter kanji has 28 strokes 
Same reading as 詮索 = investigating. Much interesting.
Home 
March 16th
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険10
109 - 123
不可解なぼくのすべてを 2
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季節を愉しむ366日
3/17
I thought I would remember what seasons shared for today but I’ve forgotten…
Also a bit braindead from lack of sleep. I didn’t want to not read manga last night, so I changed my alarm from 6h → 5h. I’m not doing much important today at least…
edit: seasons was about clams… I don’t care for them, but apparently it’s the season for them.
March 16th!
Today I read chapter 64 of Shadow’s House.
I swear this series is more difficult to read than it was at the start! I don’t remember the first few volumes being too difficult, but recently it’s feeling like a bit of a slog to read. Very dense text, and lots of stuff to look up!
I’m still enjoying it though 
I’ve found the last 2 few chapters tricky too.
I think it’s a combination of things - lots of explanations, and in the last chapter a character who uses quite formal speech and terms I’m not familiar with.
３月１６日 (Home Post Link)
Busy busy busy day, did a bunch of spring cleaning and organizing, but i at least found homes for all the new manga volumes lmao
Read:
- 三ツ星カラーズ ch 39
Word of the Day:
必殺技 「ひっさつわざ」ー killer technique, special move
Yeah so uh I didn’t actually get that much reading done because I started watching 彼方のアストラ and got sucked into it. I ended up watching all 12 eps pretty much back to back. It’s so good.
- 12 pages of この本を盗む者は, leaving off on pg 259
- ねこ島物語
On この本を盗む者は
Okay so until now I’d thought that the town got sucked into the world of the book that was stolen, and the version that Mifuyu read didn’t actually exist, at least not there—it was a remnant left behind by the curse. After all, it was Mashiro who handed the books to her, and she only exists when the curse is in effect. She doesn’t exist in the real world.
But then when Mashiro handed her『人ぎらいの街』after Mifuyu had Haruta steal『さよならの値打ちもない』I realized that we never actually saw the title of the book when Mifuyu recovered it, except for last chapter when Haruta handed her the book he’d stolen and she actually took a look at it. This whole time, it was always that they’d get sucked into the world of a different book. I don’t know if it was just me not fully understanding, or if it really wasn’t clear until now.
So that’s my theory about why the town is still affected by the curse out the window, then. Maybe it has to do with how long Mifuyu took, and everyone’s transformation into foxes being complete? In the first two chapters, it never got that far. Well, the only way to find out is to continue reading! Augh, I wish I could read faster, or that there were more hours in the day. Or both. I’d love both.
March 16 
Home Post
Guess who was busy again today, shocker surprise 
I got some BU$TAFELLOWS in again but not a whole lot before I got too sleepy. Slow progress is still progress!
(also happy belated birthday @windupbird !! 
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Short read today.
17/3 6 pages Orange
Going into the new reading week, I’m up to date on 3 clubs, and 2 weeks behind on 2. Plus I haven’t finished the last IBC book, but only have 1,5 chapters to go.
I leave on Monday evening for a 3 week trip overseas, on a tour of Egypt and Jordan, but with a lot of travel time each way. I’m hoping I’ll catch up on the flights, but I’m unsure how I’ll go while actually on the tour.
My plan is not to stress too much about the book clubs, but keep reading small amounts when I can. Then I’ll do my best to catch up on Monday and Tuesday.
Read 4 volumes of One Punch. I wanted to read more but I only have 2 volumes left now…
I thought I was going to space it out so by the time I finished my rewatch of JJK I could go from One Punch to JJK. NOW, I am gonna have a couple days where I’m just watching JJK I guess. I do have other stuff I can read but it’s just like random. Idk.
Mar 17, Fri of Week 12 of Winter Q1 2023 
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Death Note Vol.7 Ch.55-56
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うたわれるもの
Words of the day
- ざっくり = (on-mim) roughly; approximately / easily
- ぼちぼち = (on-mim) gradually; soon; like drops = ぼつぼつ
- 新調 = making a new dress
- 矮小 = narrow (scope) / short; small (stature). ワイ appears to be dwarfish.
- 斥候 = scout; patrol. セキ is both of patrolling and ostracizing (排斥).
- 行く末 = one’s future
- 平伏 = falling prostate
- 断崖絶壁 = precipitous cliff
- 一字一句 = word-for-word
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
March 17th
新書太閣記 progress: 19.37% // Volume III: 17.74% 
Words found under the kotatsu
愈「いよいよ」ー More and more; all the more; increasingly // (also: 愈々 or 弥々)
客僧「きゃくそう」ー Monk/priest travelling as part of their training
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
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阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)
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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)
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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 - 15??
(Currently 1562/3)
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
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」)
Matsudaira Clan
松平 元康「まつだいら もとやす」- Leader of the Matsudaira Clan
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」) - Leader of the Hachisuka clan
– 松波「まつなみ」- Wife
– 亀一「かめいち」- Eldest son
渡辺 天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
Unaffiliated
恵瓊「えけい」- Travelling monk
Mar 13-17
Home Post
13th:
14th:
15th: Nonfiction in English
16th: Short story/-ies in English
17th: BU$TAFELLOWS 
I’ve fallen off the regular reading horse quite a bit in the last two weeks (also had two missed days last week), I’ve also had loads of extra book club duties, partly because I can’t seem to stop starting new book clubs… Oops? xD
Main club duties for VN club is over for now, and who knows who’ll do it next time. Orange has next to last chapter next week!!! B$ duties might ramp up this week (and then mostly die except for posting a link every now and then) if I go ahead and post all the threads ahead of time like someone requested (polls, always there are polls xD). The Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar will start being read next Saturday (not tomorrow). And lastly, Ouran High School Host Club book club looks like it’ll start late May or late June, so nothing to do there for a while except I can put together the schedule after I close the reading pace poll after a week.
I guess I was doing 5 at the same time for a while there, and I could have waited with the Ouran one but eh, I was impatient so. 
Anyway, on to talking about my reading instead of my silliness with book clubs!
I’m rereading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, that is the nonfiction. I’m reading the fantasy anthology Heart/Hearth something or other (I think it was called), but I don’t think I’ll be buying any more anthologies edited by these editors because their taste in story don’t seem to align with mine. I basically read the opening few pages of like 3-4 stories before I got to one that actually pulled me in and all the way through. Of course, I only bought the anthology for one story, which I’ve reread multiple times already, so even just reading 1-2 more stories in the volume would be a plus, I guess.
And then I finally started Shuu’s path on Bustafellows. Already loving it. ^^
A belated happy birthday to @windupbird!!!
３月１７日 (Home Post Link)
Read:
- 三ツ星カラーズ ch 40
Word of the Day:
企む「たくらむ」ー to scheme, to plan
And we thank you for your service 
Thank you thank you for all the birthday wishes! 
March 17th!
Today I read Chapter 48 of Happiness. Only 2 chapters left now before I’ve finished the whole series!
Home
March 17th
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険10
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不可解なぼくのすべてを 2
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季節を愉しむ366日
3/18
JoJoLands
50 pages (all of chapter 2)
Today’s seasons was about the spring and fall equinoxes and some wagashi.
The new JoJo chapter has me reeling. I appreciate that it seems like we’re being given the genre pretty early. A heist story feels like something Araki hasn’t done yet, but is still interesting and exciting. Of course, he could always change the genre later, and I’m delighted to see what happens next. I feel like in this chapter we also get some hints at how “Dio” fits with Jodio. I can’t believe that Araki is actually having a character be called out on a medical level for being a psychopath. It’ll be interesting to see where that goes. Also, Rohan!!!
I almost started reading the new Crazy Diamond chapter last night, but I flipped through it and it looked like more bullshit that ignores establish canon. Although, Hol Horse in danger is fun.
Planning on hopefully finishing vol 10 of JoJo this weekend.
March 17 Home Post
Motivation has been oddly touch and go lately, but amidst my attempted productivity on other fronts I did get in some BU$TAFELLOWS! I’m enjoying Shuu’s route a lot, very intrigued to see where it goes
I’ve been bad about my book clubs and reading 花束は毒 instead. It’s a fairly slow book, but I’m hoping things will speed up soon as I’m at the half way mark. It’s neither good nor bad, just fine. I think it’d probably be an ok airplane book.
I also started reading レベル７ tonight but I’m so incredibly exhausted and can’t focus. It does appear we’re getting into the Japanese-social-issues 宮部みゆき that I’ve come to expect, though.
I got an email from CDJapan today saying that 空への助走 got a bunkobon version this month, and I knowww I don’t need it since I already have the tankōbon, just like I knowww I don’t need the tankōbon ver of the main series since I already have the bunkobon, except I really want them. Augh. And to make matters worse, CDJapan does have all 3 tankōbon of the main series in stock…
Today ended up being a kind of blah day for reading, though.
- preview of サマーサイダー. On the one hand, I’d like to read some more Kabei Yukako, but on the other hand, this one’s got a love triangle… It’s a mystery too though, and it could be interesting. It’s about 3 teens who are the last graduates of their middle school which has been closed down due to declining population and birth rates in their town, and about the mysterious death of their homeroom teacher last year which apparently has something to do with them. Well, I love her writing in 2.43, so I think I’m going to take a chance on it.
- 6 pages of この本を盗む者は, leaving off on pg 266
- ねこ島物語