so. I’ve been reading a lot more sporadically. part of it is that i went on vacation for a few days and was exhausted when I came back. and then I had to catch up with reviews, and clean up from vacation. I did end up finishing the first volume of happiness, though.
been reading nhk articles, ABBC, and most lately tile world chronicles.
1月29日月曜日
可愛いだけじゃない式守さん vol. 1, 6 last pages of the ABBC section of the week.
We’re learning more on Izumi, the manga is gaining some depth, that’s nice.
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| 不思議駄菓子屋1 | 8% - 10% |
| また、同じ夢を見ていた | 4% - no change |
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奥日光 | 2 episodes | 61/62 | — |
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舞妓さんちのまかないさん | 2 chapters | 110/261 | — |
I’ll answer tomorrow when I’ve finished it 
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・サイレント・ウイッチ VI (5% → 17%)
I’ll have to remember to calculate percentages manually now to avoid interference from irrelevant story preview.
Anyway, we’re off to a great start. There’s a new character and it was hilarious how much he reminded me of Nijisanji’s Kanae: A super friendly extroverted soft boi young man who just wants to make friends. As a super farmer/gardener, he’ll give you a carrot as a token of friendship and goodwill 
(Kanae is not a farmer btw)
yeah that’s just suletta with a chest bind lol
January 28th!
Today I read 2 chapters of スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり - just one more chapter to finish this volume now. 
January 29th!
Chapter 155 of Shadows House today. Definitely packed an emotional punch. Going to be thinking about it for a while, I think.
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季節を愉しむ366日 L30?? | Jan 30 |
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https://learnnatively.com/book/724cbad79e/ | 105 - 124 |
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心臓に杭を打ちつけて 2 | L31 | 15 pages |
Seasons was about early cherry blossoms and how you can see some blooms in Okinawa in Jan/Feb. 
JoJo was fun. I’m noticing so much more this time when reading. For example, the passage of seasons and things Araki sensei included that didn’t make sense to me the first time, but now I read it and can see the thematic connections. Little things like weather or even small actions by characters.
I had to wait for a little bit and was able to get another chapter of Stake in. It toned down the edginess of the first volume’s finale, which is nice. Things are progressing alright in a somewhat tropey but less obnoxious way.
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I kinda forgot about tracking english reading, but I also haven’t been doing that much. Mostly just digging through stuff I’ve already read looking for quotes or answers for questions n stuff.
Read:
Both in a language and an ideology sense, i just don’t know enough about things are being referenced. Like I know some vague things about christian anarchism, and can guess off of that, but it’s really just guessing. This is even more niche reading than aozora stuff, so probably not worth adding anything to natively or trying to grade it because I would almost surely be the only person trying to use this as learning material 
Plus, a lot of the older writing on anlib is probably also on aozoraI was planning to read some manga today, I pulled out a few volumes that had bookmarks in them on the shelf to try to finish them up before the end of the month, but we’ll see if I actually get around to it
Jan. 29, 2024
Today I finished chapter 11 of my grammar textbook. Just one chapter left (and an exercise booklet in the back) and then I can start my other textbook!
I opened Bookwalker to read the next chapter of Choko- chan, but got distracted and read the 20 page sampler of Bocchi the Rock instead… Not that I understood most of it, but I was like “oh, I know someone who loves this. I wonder what it’s about…” Gets completely sidetracked from my intended task.
And then I finished it off with about 10 minutes of Ultra Sun in Japanese, but I’m too tired today to do more than that. The groundworks today was so muddy, it was like digging through fudge. (My journeyman’s words).
i think i’ve finally hit jpn overload for a bit after prodding away at this 不思議駄菓子屋 reading and getting halfway through a lookup run. though could also be just today was a weirdly busy day at work as well idk. need to rest for a while
Jan 29
I’m curious to hear what little things you noticed, if you’re open to sharing! I know I definitely wouldn’t have thought about some stuff myself, like the weather, if it weren’t for the discussion questions.
１月 ２８日、２９日 
Combo post ^^
I read quite a bit of Bleach yesterday and a little today - I’m not doing too many look-ups, mostly just soaking up the informal speech and letting context hold my hand through unknown vocab. Kubo’s art at this point in this series is a little rocky compared to where I know it will be several volumes later.
I also started マグメル at @pyororon 's suggestion for the “workplace setting” bingo category! An undersea aquarium being the setting for a workplace slice-of-life is way more appealing to me than an office setting, so I latched onto the recommendation immediately (¯▿¯) The art is so calming and I love learning the names for undersea creatures as a side effect of reading this story!
See you next time (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)
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01月29日 | Read: | Progress: |
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ふしぎ駄菓子屋 | 1 page (no lookups) | 19/148 pgs |
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The Three Musketeers [eng.] | chapter 8 | 97/704 pgs |
Only managed one page of fushigi sweet shop with no lookups before I had to stop, still feeling dead from overloading jpn studies on friday HAHA
Not fushigi sweetshop killing us both 
I’m happy I broadly understand and yomitan lookups are still easier than loads of manual lookups, but I think I’ve just hit my brain limit
So i bought like 6 volumes of Dungeon Meshi in English and tore through 5 of them in like 3 hours. It took me at least like… a month to just scan them in Japanese… oh well. At least my brain isn’t throbbing like I’ve got a psychic headache anymore.
4 more vols in JPN to ‘read’…
/edit I’m not sure if this is because it’s not my first time through, or because this is just how I read things in English, but I feel like I was appreciating the manga more in Japanese because I was forced to slow down to puzzle things out. In English I feel like I’m going through these chapters like a hot knife through butter and not getting as much out of them (besides, you know, understanding… but what good is that?)
Day 29
シークレット episodes 1-4. Probably not gonna finish all 98 episodes before my subscriptions expires on Saturday. But between this and The Neighbor, I was reminded why murder mystery, thriller, and suspense are my favorite genres to read.
I read 2 level N5 Watanoc articles.
Love the metaphors and can totally relate! Especially when reading something I’m not that interested in while something else is on my mind, I’m reading but it’s like I’m on autopilot and I find myself on a page but can’t even recall what I’ve just read the last one or two pages. 
then I have to go back a few paragraphs or pages. It’s pretty bad… Don’t know if the same happens to you.
Well done on 6 volumes of Dungeon Meshi! I already have a headache just imagining it. 
Jan 30
アフターダーク 2% - 5%
Still getting swamped by the amount of vocab I don’t know, but the language is easy so far.
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