📚📚 Read Japanese Every Day Challenge - Fall 2024 🍁🌰🍎

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Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Day” Challenge, Fall 2024 Edition! :maple_leaf: :chestnut: :apple:

Hello! Here in Japan, we are begging for the cool breeze of fall. Other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, please enjoy your actually seasonal weather. And to folks in the Southern Hemisphere, I hope you can enjoy the leadup to your summer. To those near the equator, I hope the storms don’t hit you bad this year. Regardless of the weather, we can all enjoy a good book.

This Season's Emoji Explanation

The maple leaf is pretty standard fall fair. As for the chestnut, chestnuts have been a fall staple in Japan for ages. Nowadays you can find a lot of seasonal food revolving around them like chestnut bread, anko blended with pureed chestnuts, and even wagashi with chestnuts. One of my favorites is chestnut rice (kurigohan). Here’s an incredibly simple recipe for anyone interested. Apples are also fall fair. It’s popular to go apple picking as a fall outing in Japan. This year’s emoji are pretty simple. I hope you enjoyed this tidbit!

Where does this challenge come from?

Back in the summer of 2021, @Redglare had the great idea of a “Read Every Day” challenge, in which participants challenged themselves to read something in Japanese every day for 2 whole months. Since then and until winter 2024, @Redglare and @windupbird have hosted this challenge every season. Thanks to them, many of us have improved our Japanese and lifestyles! You might notice that I am neither a bird nor glare. I offered to take over the challenge since they’re quite busy (お疲れ様！), but of course they’re welcome to take it back at any time if they want to. I’ll do my best to keep up the encouragement!

Please help us keep this a positive, encouraging, and fun space! Please feel free to bribe encourage fellow participants with cute pet and animal photos or recipes even.

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:
Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 :beach_umbrella: :sunny:
Read every day challenge - Fall 2022 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf:
Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 :snowman_with_snow::snowflake:
Read every day challenge - Spring 2023 :cherry_blossom::tulip::blossom:
Read every day challenge - Summer 2023 :sunglasses::sunny:
Read every day challenge - Fall 2023 :scarf: :fallen_leaf: :maple_leaf:
Read every day challenge - Winter 2024 :bamboo: :snowman_with_snow: :evergreen_tree:
Read every day challenge - Spring 2024 :cherry_blossom: :dango: :seedling:
Read Japanese Every Day Challenge - Summer 2024 :beach_umbrella: :watermelon: :cricket_bat_and_ball:

While the name of the challenge is “Read Every Day,” you may have noticed that it also has a season attached. That’s because each challenge only lasts 2 months. Forever would be a long commitment. By having clear start and end dates, it becomes a much more manageable goal. At the end of the challenge, please consider what worked or didn’t work for you. Did you have fun? Then you can take a break or decide to keep going.

Also, please don’t worry about starting late or not completing the challenge! Life happens. This is an open opportunity for everyone who wants to set some reading goals. Everyone is welcome. Some participants have even started tracking their reading in other languages.

As @Redglare has said:

This is a thread for people who:
:bookmark: want to spend time reading a bunch this fall
: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:

To add onto that, this is also a thread for people who want to track or talk about their reading too. If you’d like a computer to do most of your tracking, please check out Natively.

Time frame: October 1 - November 30

Again, late starts are totally welcome! Usually people will continue posting through December and some may give some updates even later. It’s all good! 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. Personally, I usually extend my reading into the 3rd month since I find these challenges have been great at helping me reach my annual reading goals.

As @windupbird has said

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:

Need help finding something to read? Check these threads out!

The News Reading Challenge - folks typically read the easy NHK article of the day or other similar articles from various apps
The "news reading" challenge 🗞

The Immersion portion of this thread has a lot of great resources
The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List!

Reading the same book with others can be pretty motivating. It’s also easier to ask about grammar or vocab, so how about joining a book club? If you don’t want to join, you could always take it as a recommended book instead. A list of book clubs can be found here:
Master List of Book Clubs

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

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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
Ahrina October 1st :wood:
Alethe October 1st Home post
araigoshi October 1st TBD
DIO-Berry October 1st :thinking:
DrDru October 1st
hotdogsuplex Oct 1 tbd
Jaimejo Oct 1st
Kay November 4th
Lucylavelle October 1st :books: Home Post
ludric123 October 2nd
maddness Oct 1 :mushroom:
magglett October 1st
Malinkal October 2nd
MarcelSuperstar １０月 １日
Marifly October 1st
MischaWani October 1st Home post
MissCarver October 3rd
RembrandtQZulu October 1st :book: Home Post
saidahgilbert 1st October TBD/61
soggyboy October 1st tbd
sunnyrain October 1st
taiyousea October 1st :tropical_fish: Home Post
tenizey October 1st
tinckr October 1st
WeepingWeeb 1st October :yellow_heart: Home Post
wonderwitch October 10th
danyramdas October 6 st
islana October 14th
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:dress: 女装してめんどくさい事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い 1 start - 32

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Past Challenge Links
to be updated when I feel like it

I don’t know if I’ll do a lot of precise record keeping this challenge. This year’s been quite the shitshow for a variety of reasons and I feel like there’s not too much point of doing an exact record like I had done in previous years. I do want to mark off the days that I do read though so I can get a reading streak back. I love Japanese, I love Japan, and I love reading. I want to get back into things and I know having a better handle on Japanese will make it easier to keep living here too. Who knows what the future has in store but I hope it’ll work out.

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@Mods Could you please make the participants post a wiki? It’s the one this comment is a reply to.

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How is summer over already :sob:
Always glad to see a new challenge thread though! As always, thanks for organising @DIO-Berry :slight_smile:

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What I'm reading 
  • Teasing Master Takagi-san

  • Orange Light Novel

  • Shadows House

  • Witch Hat Atelier

  • Ruri Dragon

  • Frieren

  • Full Metal Alchemist

  • Cardcaptor Sakura

  • Dungeon Meshi

  • The Promised Neverland
Progress Report
October
  • October 1st
    • Shadows House - Chapter 188 - p.21-36
  • October 2nd
    • Shadows House - Chapter 189 - p.37-52
  • October 3rd
    • The Promised Neverland - Start of Chapter 1 - p.1-24
  • October 4th
    • The Promised Neverland - End of Chapter 1 - p.25-58
  • October 5th
    • Ruri Dragon - Chapter 8 - p.25-44
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Chapter 175 - p.51-68
  • October 6th
    • Witch Hat Atelier - Chapter 23 - p.153-192 Volume 4 complete! :tada:
  • October 7th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 190 - p.53-70
  • October 8th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 191 - p.71-85
    • Full Metal Alchemist - Start of Chapter 8 - p.137-143
  • October 9th
    • Full Metal Alchemist - End of Chapter 8 - p.144-182 Volume 2 complete! :tada:
  • October 10th
    • Dungeon Meshi - Chapter 3 - p.65-88
  • October 11th
    • Ruri Dragon - Chapter 9 - p.45-64
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Chapter 176 - p.69-84
  • October 12th
    • Dungeon Meshi - Chapter 4 - p.89-112
  • October 13th
    • Cardcaptor Sakura - Chapter 2 - p.51-90
    • Shadows House - Chapter 192 - p.86-102
  • October 14th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 193 - p.103-119
  • October 15th
    • Frieren - Chapter 18 - p.1-20
  • October 16th
    • Witch Hat Atelier - Chapter 24 - p.1-36
  • October 17th
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san - Chapter 177-178 - p.85-116
  • October 18th
    • Frieren - Chapter 19 - p.21-38
    • Ruri Dragon - Chapter 10 - p.65-86
  • October 19th
    • Ruri Dragon - Chapter 11 - p.87-106
  • October 20th
    • Witch Hat Atelier - Chapter 25 - p.37-66
  • October 21st
    • Shadows House - Chapter 194 - p.120-136
  • October 22nd
    • Shadows House - Chapter 195 - p.137-152
  • October 23rd
    • Dungeon Meshi - Chapter 5 - p.113-136
  • October 24th
    • The Promised Neverland - Chapter 2 - p.59-86
    • Frieren - Chapter 20 - p.39-56
  • October 25th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 196 - p.153-168
  • October 26th
    • Shadows House - Chapter 197 - p.169-201 Volume 18 complete! :tada:
  • October 27th
    • Dungeon Meshi - Chapter 6 - p.137-160
  • October 28th
    • Orange Light Novel - Volume 2, End of Chapter 6 - p.183-193
  • October 29th
    • Witch Hat Atelier - Chapter 26 - p.67-86
  • October 30th-31st
    • Orange Light Novel - Volume 2, Start of Chapter 7 - p.194-200
November
December

Nothing Yet!

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:maple_leaf::mushroom::fallen_leaf:

taiyousea’s home post

:round_pushpin: study log :bookmark: natively :pencil2: book bingo

I took a break from x-every-day challenges for the summer months and now I’m extra ready to dive back in for fall. I’ve more or less been reading every day regardless of joining a challenge, but we’re getting down into the final months of the year with this one! I have seven book bingo categories still open and only three months to fill them… time to get reading :raised_hands:


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Currently Reading Type Status
:cherry_blossom: カードキャプターさくら Manga 68%
:mag: 名探偵コナン Manga 64%
:superhero: 僕のヒーローアカデミア Manga 36%
:spades: 黒執事 Manga 21%
:shinto_shrine: すずめの戸締り Novel 6%
:books: 本好きの下剋上 Novel 4%
:tada: Completed :tada: Type Date
:woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン Manga Nov. 8


My Reading Updates
Date Materials Progress
Oct 23 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 69%
:mag: 名探偵コナン 1 25%
:spades: 黒執事 1 21%
Oct 18 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 64%
Oct 16 :superhero: 僕のヒーローアカデミア 1 31%
Oct 15 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 63%
:spades: 黒執事 1 14%
Oct 13 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 58%
:cherry_blossom: カードキャプター 1 48%
Oct 12 :superhero: 僕のヒーローアカデミア 1 17%
Oct 10 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 45%
:spades: 黒執事 1 7%
Oct 9 :cherry_blossom: カードキャプター 1 36%
:mag: 名探偵コナン 1 18%
:superhero: ヒーローアカデミア 1 5%
Oct 8 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 41%
Oct 7 :mag: 名探偵コナン 1 13%
:spades: 黒執事 1 5%
Oct 4 :cherry_blossom: カードキャプター 1 31%
:woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 30%
Oct 3 :mag: 名探偵コナン 1 7%
Oct 2 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 21%
:mag: 名探偵コナン 1 6%
Oct 1 :woman_elf: 葬送のフリーレン 1 9%
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:maple_leaf::mushroom::fallen_leaf: 10月 1日

Book Natively Progress
:slight_smile: [ title ] Lv 00 % → %

↑ zoom back up to home thread

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  • Would like to but can’t^^;
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I’m on vacation in nov so I’m not sure if it’s going to be the type of vacation where i can read or the type of vacation where I’m too tired to read. Guess we’ll see

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I’ll try to add that to the draft so it can be in the next one :people_hugging:

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I hate to he the bearer of bad news but there are 30 days in November

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Hotdog's \ home \ post

:moon_cake: :scarf: :pear:

I’ll be doing a writing challenge in November and I’d like to focus on that as much as I can, so my reading challenge will be for October only. For what to read, I want to start reading some higher level manga long-term. First thing to do is catch up with とんがり帽子.

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Just popping here to wish everyone best of luck with the reading challenge! love2

As fur me, I meowstly read NHK Easy News meowadays, but I plan on expanding my reading. Reading is very impurrtant! trunky_rolling

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Good luck Trunky linkcheer I hope you become the fastest reading kitty ever!

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Reb’s Home Thread
Natively ・ Study Log

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:books: Nov :sparkler:
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Mostly I’m just working on not falling any further behind on the book clubs I’m in, but I’ve also a lot of in-progress books I might read a little of here and there. I have very deliberately made my goal “keep pace” instead of “catch up” to reduce some of the pressure I’ve been putting on myself.

Book List
Title Start End
:smile_cat: にゃんにゃん探偵団 84% 100% :sparkles:
:brick: ウスズミの果て 74%
:custard: レンタルおにいちゃん 58% 100% :sparkles:
:cold_face: 葬送のフリーレン２ 51% 100% :sparkles:
:cat2: スーと鯛ちゃん 2 48% 100% :sparkles:
:bear: 小熊のクーク 39%
:panda_face: しろくまカフェ 26%
:black_joker: カードキャプターさくら 20%
:coffee: マジで付き合う15分前 15%
:microphone: ささやくように恋を唄う 10%
:dango: 三ツ星カラーズ 10%
:video_game: くまクマ熊ベアー 4%
:x: F 落第生 4%
:wilted_flower: 薬屋のひとりごと 2%
:rabbit2: 約束のネバーランド 0%
:crossed_swords: 空の軌跡 Wk 8
:wolf: 風のたてがみ 0%
:department_store: 生き残った6人によると 0%
:bullettrain_front: ドラゴンヘッド 0%
:guitar: ぼっち・ざ・ろっく 0%

That last one’s a game, not a book, so I can’t really say the %. Instead I’m just putting what week I’m at in the club I’m running for the game.

Note to self, update this on 1st Oct to fix start column for stuff I read in the meantime.

Previous Challenges

Summer '24
|Spring '24

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Lol, I’m not sure it’s bad news, but thank you for pointing that out

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I hope you don’t mind if I borrow your calendar :bowing_man:

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I’m in of course! The spring and summer challenges were a great motivation. Not stopping now!

Not sure what I’m going to read. Probably a few VNs, maybe a couple of books and manga, we’ll see. Some days I have a lot of time and can read for hours, some days I have just a couple of minutes before bed. The main thing is to keep reading every day, even if it’s just a little bit!

Reading:
VNs:
Kirakira Monstars
The Expression Amrilato
The Fruit of Grisaia

Books
極寒の雪山を脱出せよ
本の読み方 スロー・リーディングの実践
人狼サバイバル 1 絶体絶命! 伯爵の人狼ゲーム!

Manga
ルリドラゴン vol 1
魔女が恋する5秒前

Finished:
VN:
Loopers finished October 10
Island finished October 19
Everlasting Flowers finished November 18

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my calendar OUR calendar :relieved:

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'Tis now a wiki! :face_with_monocle:

-Nick at WK

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