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February 28th
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 1
23 - 47
My deadlines are approaching at work and I think I’m on time. Hopefully that means I’ll have more time for reading soon.
不可解 did get a bit better, so I’m even more hopefully now with encouragement from the folks who have already read it. I also like that it doesn’t have furigana. It feels like a more real test of my reading skills.
February 28 
Home Post
A pretty neutral day for the technical end of the challenge; I played some more Steins;Gate and made it through the wall of science terminology I was in the middle of 
some things are very consistent across spike chunsoft games haha. Back to the Future appeared yet again today, though not by name this time 
Anyway I’ll be sticking around for the next month like usual, so no big wrap-up post for now. I might do some reflection in the next couple of days if the mood strikes, but otherwise I’ll see you guys in March and/or the next challenge! 
February 28 
ユートロニカのこちら側 , 51-59%
I really wanted to finish the chapter yesterday, and have the day free for 半落ち today, but sleep is important too.
This month didn’t go as well as I hoped, but it did have its highlights. I finished 3 books, and made good progress in two others. I missed two days of reading, but I had a day when I read 72 pages, and another when I read 124, both a record for me. I read a total of 805 pages this month, which seems little next to January’s 1110, but still not bad at all.
February 28
Read 2 chapters of オレンジ for the club.
The challenge is over!! This time I happily didn’t miss any days, irl stuff not being crazy really helps in that department.
During this challenge I read ユージニア, which was a decently big book for me, I finished the 青のフラッグ manga series and followed the オレンジ club, started but dropped この本を盗む者は and I’ve been following along the BU$TAFELLOWS club which has been lots of fun. Mi goals for the near future are to keep up with the clubs I’m in (B$, Orange, IBC) and go back to reading わたしの幸せな結婚 which I stopped reading because of life getting a bit crazy.
Right now I have the energy to keep reading every day but I know from experience it’s better for me to take this month a bit less strictly even if in practice I read basically every day, so I can come back stronger in the next challenge. I’ll still be reading everyone’s updates in March since I love the motivation!
Good challenge everyone!
Wow the Winter challenge is over, what a ride!
I’m glad to report that I read a total of 16 manga volumes. 2 per week. Didn’t miss a single day and created a nice reading habit.
Looking forward to a Spring version if anyone else is up to. In any case I’ll just keep tracking my reading habit on Learn Natively and my personal Study log here in the forums, in form of Read Everyday Challenge - Spring Edition.
Pages read:
This month I read 617 pages in slightly over 60 hours, at a pace of 10.1 pages per hour.
Total: 1514 pages read, 8486 pages to go.
Unfortunately I did not read as much as I planned to in order to reach my goal of 10,000 pages, so the daily average increased to 28 pages going forward.
Finished books:
Flesh&Blood Vol. 11 (with the F&B club; finished Feb 3rd) Flesh&Blood Bonus Material for Vol. 6 (with the F&B club; finished Feb 10th) Flesh&Blood Bonus Material for Vol. 8 (with the F&B club; finished Feb 23rd)Abandoned books:
この本を盗む者は (with the ABC)Ongoing books:
夢十夜 by 夏目蒼石 (for the literature circle)
1Q84 Book 1.2 (with the 1Q84 book club) ユートロニカのこちら側 (with the Compulsive Readers club) Flesh&Blood Bonus Material for Vol. 9 (with the F&B club)
世界から猫が消えたなら (my new sauna book)Mar 1, Wed of Week 10 of Winter Q1 2023 
Extra-content pages increase. Expecting to know secrets of MC now.
To me, I made it to the Challenge everyday to make sure I make a progress in collecting vocabularies and reading sentences carefully (where I can’t yet do well with listening). Also, I need a place to write down vocabularies. Keeping vocabularies as original as much as appropriate, but meanings and interpretations are of my own.
Habit making first, I may say. I don’t really dump difficulty to this one, because not really my focus, so not a place to put too excessive energy. But I learnt a lot of vocabularies, remembering many of them too.
I thank you @windupbird for hosting this Every Day challenge as always. (1 ½ years already?) Also, @Redglare for starting the first.
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
March 1st
新書太閣記 progress: 14.37% // Volume II: 62.69% 
Congrats to everyone who participated this time, it’s been great to see how much progress everyone has made!
Hope to see you guys in the next one, until then, 頑張って my March friends
海沿い「うみぞい」ー Seashore; coast; coastland
無造作「むぞうさ」ー Easy; simple; off-hand; easy-going
Probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened 
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
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 - 15??
(currently 1561)
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
– 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」
– 寧子「ねね」- 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」
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
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)
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」)
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」) - Soldier
– 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
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」)
Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)
Well, first month went okayish until it didn’t but second month was not really good but overall still better than usual. But it’s always like that for me haha. Though I think it definitely helped me read more. I’ll try to continue pushing myself more.
I did finish Spirit Circle but still not Yoichi lol but I’m close.
46/59 days, hoping to get more in the next challenge 
Home post // March 1
・この本を盗む者は (7% → 9%)
Finished week 1 of book club (almost wrote chapter 1 but that’s not quite right).
Day 58
I finished Tsugumomo vol.6 and started Little Busters End of Refrain vol.1. The manga is harder than expected, that of course only means that I will need to get used to the difficulty. Having watched the Little Busters anime I already know the story but it’s still interesting reading the manga.
4112 pages read
Won’t have to wait long!
unholy screeching noises
THAT’S MY BIRTHDAY 
BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER
March 1st!
Today I read the next two chapters of Orange. They were both very sweet.
I’ve really going to miss this series once its over (Though I do have the light novels… so I might read those soon too!).
Does the sauna not mess up the book/electronics???
Home March 1st
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 1
48 - 58
I worked overtime and then the club met and I hadn’t finished the reading (1st 3 chapters) on time 
. It was a fun discussion though and half of the participants like me had only finished the 1st chapter. We talked for a long time.
I’m continuing the challenge without break as usual!
Though not the first time I’ve seen furigana used to show meaning rather than what was actually said—that was in parentheses too, though still “above” the text.
And then there’s this one where it’s got both:
(He says “F3,” meaning “Formation 3”)
おあつらえ向き [n., の-adj.] perfect; just right; ideal
底力 (そこぢから) [n.] hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
手負い (ておい) [n., の-adj.] wounded; injured
見かけ倒し (みかけだおし) [n., な-adj.] false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
気圧される (けおされる) [自一] to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
I decided to take a little break from book clubs (I’ll need to resume tomorrow) and read more of 花束は毒. It’s seeming more adult as I go on - when I started it felt almost like a young adult novel? I think it’s somewhere in between. Not quite YA, but just a little too tropey to feel like it’s totally out of that genre.
I’m enjoying it either way. Right now it’s getting a little dark, curious to see how far it goes.
edit: oh, also, @omk3 I keep seeing this person on Bookmeter and thinking it’s you but their read books are wrong and their bio also suggests it’s not you
古見さんは、コミュ症です。 Volume 1 (10% ➨ 26%)
