📚📚 Read Japanese Every Day Challenge - Spring 2025 🐍🐸

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:seedling: Budojunkie’s Home Post :seedling:

Study Log

:snake: 四月 :cherry_blossom:
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:hibiscus: 五月 :frog:
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:books: 六月 :blossom:
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April & May stats/thoughts
June - Challenge complete!

Plan & Goals

This is my first time participating in a forum challenge, but I think it’s the perfect one since I really want to making reading in Japanese a daily habit. If I have learned anything from my YouTube binging and forum lurking, it’s that regular reading is key to serious language progress!

My main goal is simply to make reading a daily habit, so I am going to be fairly chill about how much I do and what level of difficulty. Right now, I am planning to continue reading よつばと! on the days I just need to read something without doing loads of look ups or trying to understand every single thing. I read 1-4 prior to the start of the reading challenge so I will be starting with 5.

My challenge book is コーヒーが冷たいうちに, which I also already started but only got a few pages in. This is my first attempt at reading a “real” book, so I have no idea how long it’ll take me to finish. If I do get through the whole thing during this challenge, that would be very cool, but it’s not a goal.

I’m also going to try start reading some NHK Easy articles as I don’t want to neglect non-fiction and getting to a level of being able to read local news somewhat fluently would be really helpful.

Books
:books: Title Type Status
:newspaper: NHK Easy News :chart_increasing:
:coffee: コーヒーが冷めないうちに Book :hourglass_not_done:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!5 Manga :white_check_mark:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!6 Manga :white_check_mark:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!7 Manga :white_check_mark:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!8 Manga :white_check_mark:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!9 Manga :white_check_mark:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!10 Manga :white_check_mark:
:four_leaf_clover: よつばと!11 Manga :white_check_mark:
*・゜゚・*:.。..。.:*・feralfuton・*:.。. .。.:*・゜゚・*
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Plans and Goals

I read every day for the winter challenge. A daily chapter of チーズスイートホーム、completed ドラえもん with the book club, and started working on 10分で読めるこわい話。Also read the occasional article from 和タのC when I had the time.

For this challenge, I’m going to step it up by reading 2 daily chapters of チーズスイートホーム。They’re pretty short and there’s not a lot of text to get through, so hopefully I can finish the whole series during this challenge.

Past Challenges

:snowman: Winter 2025

:latin_cross: Apr :kite:
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06 07 08 09 10 11 12
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:hibiscus: May :blossom:
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:male_sign: Jun :cherries:
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Previous challenges

Fall 2021
Winter 2022
Spring 2022
Summer 2022
Fall 2022
Winter 2023
Spring 2023
Summer 2023
Fall 2023
Winter 2024
Spring 2024
Summer 2024
Fall 2024
Winter 2025

生徒会役員共 1 (つづく)
せいとかいやくいんども

生徒会役員共 1 (つづく)
#14
1st April

Read pgs. 135-137.

2nd April

Read pgs. 138-140.

3rd April

Read pgs. 141-144. End of #14.

#15
4th April

Read pgs. 145-147.

5th April

Read pgs. 148-149.

6th April

Read pgs. 150-156. End of volume 1.

俺様ティーチャー 1
おれさま

俺様ティーチャー 1
第1話
7th April

Read pgs. 1-8.

8th April

Read pgs. 9-13.

9th April

Read pgs. 14-16.

10th April

Read pgs. 17-20.

11th April

Read pgs. 21-29.

12th April

Read pgs. 30-38.

13th April

Read pgs. 39-43.

14th April

Read pgs. 44-48. End of 第1話。

第2話
15th April

Read pgs. 49-52.

16th April

Read pgs. 53-56.

17th April

Read pgs. 57-61.

18th April

Read pgs. 62-69.

19th April

Read pgs. 70-73.

20th April

Read pgs. 74-80.

21st April

Read pgs. 81-88. End of 第2話。

第3話
22nd April

Read pgs. 89-95.

23rd April

Read pgs. 96-100.

24th April

Read pgs. 101-104.

25th April

Read pgs. 105-113.

26th April

Read pgs. 114-120. End of 第3話。

第4話
27th April

Read pgs. 121-128.

28th April

Read pgs. 129-133.

29th April

Read pgs. 134-136.

30th April

Read pgs. 137-141.

1st May

Read pgs. 142-150. End of 第4話。

第5話
2nd May

Read pgs. 151-155.

3rd May

Read pgs. 156-160.

4th May

Read pgs. 161-166.

5th May

Read pgs. 167-171.

6th May

Read pgs. 172-174.

7th May

Read pgs. 175-180. End of 第5話。

ほっとけティーチャー
8th May

Read pgs. 181-185. End of volume 1.

Anisong kanji reading

Anisong
9th May

Read 2 songs on Spotify.

10th May

Read 1 song on Spotify.

15th June

Read 1 song on Spotify.

16th June

Read 1 song on Spotify.

生徒会役員共 2

生徒会役員共 2
Opening pages
11th May

Read pgs. 1-4.

#1
12th May

Read pgs. 5-7.

13th May

Read pgs. 8-9.

14th May

Read pgs. 10-12.

15th May

Read pgs. 13-14. End of #1.

#2
16th May

Read pgs. 15-16.

17th May

Read pgs. 17-18. End of #2.

#3
18th May

Read pgs. 19-20.

19th May

Read pgs. 21-24. End of #3.

#4
20th May

Read pgs. 25-26.

21st May

Read pgs. 27-28. End of #4.

#5
22nd May

Read pgs. 29-30.

23rd May

Read pgs. 31-34. End of #5.

#6
24th May

Read pg. 35.

25th May

Read pgs. 36-37.

26th May

Read pg. 38. End of #6.

#7
27th May

Read pgs. 39-40.

28th May

Read pg. 41.

29th May

Read pgs. 42-44. End of #7.

#8
30th May

Read pgs. 45-46.

31st May

Read pgs. 47-48. End of #8.

#9
1st June

Read pgs. 49-50.

2nd June

Read pgs. 51-54. End of #9.

#10
3rd June

Read pgs. 55-56.

4th June

Read pgs. 57-58. End of #10.

#11
5th June

Read pgs. 59-60.

6th June

Read pgs. 61-64. End of #11.

#12
7th June

Read pgs. 65-66.
Right 4-koma only.

8th June

Read pgs. 66-68. End of #12.
Left koma onwards.

#13
9th June

Read pgs. 69-74. End of #13.

#14
10th June

Read pgs. 75-78. End of #14.

#15
11th June

Read pgs. 79-84. End of #15.

#16
12th June

Read pgs. 85-88. End of #16.

#17
13th June

Read pgs. 89-90.

14th June

Read pgs. 91-94. End of #17.

#18
17th June

Read pgs. 95-96.
Right side 4 koma only.

18th June

Read pgs. 96-98. End of #18.

#19
19th June

Read pgs. 99-101.

20th June

Read pgs. 102-104. End of #19.

#20
21st June

Read pgs. 105-108. End of #20.

#21
22nd June

Read pgs. 109-114. End of #21.

#22
23rd June

Read pgs. 115-118. End of #22.

#23
24th June

Read pgs. 119-124. End of #23.

#24
25th June

Read pgs. 125-128. End of #24.

#25
26th June

Read pgs. 129-134. End of #25.

#26
26th June

Read pgs. 135-136.

27th June

Read pgs. 137-138. End of #26.

#27
27th June

Read pgs. 139-144. End of #27.

#28
28th June

Read pgs. 145-148. End of #28.

#29
29th June

Read pgs. 149-154. End of #29.

#30
30th June

Read pgs. 155-160. End of #30.
Read extra pages 161-165. End of volume 2.

durteloni’s home post

:snake:

四月
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:frog:

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Previous challenge: Spring 2024

Goal: finish the first 2 volumes of ドラゴンボール :dragon: :crystal_ball:. I’ve barely made it halfway through vol. 1 after 4 months, so that goal might be a bit of a stretch :sweat_smile:. Good luck everybody :blush:

Remun’s Reading post

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Wahoo, books!! Recently I’ve been really increasing and hammering down my listening, which has been going really well!! But I also want to keep on top of my reading, so I’m going to try to read every day. Which shouldn’t be too hard, but also if I miss a few days, it isn’t the end of the world. I won’t do daily updates, but I think I’ll update when I finish reading a book or if there’s something I feel like sharing!

Also booking a spot for my home post on this challenge. There’s going to be some novels with continuing silent witch and joining in textbook boys on the natively book club, and then it’s either going to be a mix of manga or some way to fit in non-fiction writing for the rest.

:sunflower: Pflaumentee’s Home Post :sun:

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After not being able to finish the last Challenge I really look forward to this one. There is a lot I want to read (a lot of stuff from the last challenge still, too) and hope to stick to it this time!

audball’s home post

Hey everyone! I just reset from level 60 after a (way too long) hiatus and I’m looking forward to getting back into it! Consistency is my biggest demon in life :ogre:

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Hoping to try to improve my reading skills! :smile:

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Neon’s Reading Log-Thing

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And so, she tries again.

Well, if you’re like me and didn’t do as well as you liked in the Winter Challenge, it’s April now which means it’s the start of a new school year in Japan. Time for a fresh start!

Reading Goals

No idea!

April Log

Nothing exciting

May Log

May 1st: Flying Witch 1

Reb’s Home Thread

NativelyStudy Log

:school: Apr :books: :sparkles: :open_book: May :cherry_blossom:
01 02 03 04 05 06 :closed_book: 01 02 03 04
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 :green_book: 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 :blue_book: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 :orange_book: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
28 29 30 31 :flushed_face: :notebook_with_decorative_cover: 26 27 28 29 30 31

Goal is to read for ~15 minutes every day.

Book List

Because I have a million (19) things in progress (and like it that way).

* Game, not on natively, feel free to join the club. We’re in the finale!

Previous Challenges

Winter '25
Autumn '24
Summer '24
Spring '24

:cherry_blossom: Home :cherry_blossom:

Natively | Winter 2025

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Finished: One Piece Vol. 6-11

Hello! It’s my first time using the wanikani forum so I hope I’m doing this right. I’ve been wanting to continue reading japanese short stories, even if it’s just one page a day, but couldn’t keep up without some accountability, so this is great! I’ll do my best.

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i sometimes wonder if I am among the first on the international date line for this challenge… idk if we have any Pacific or NZ challengers…

4月1日 | :white_check_mark:: 1 manga vol

? Title Type Progress
:hibiscus: 薬屋のひとりごと 1 Lvl 38 novel :pause_button: 40%
:film_strip: R15+じゃダメですか? 1 Lvl 24? Manga :white_check_mark: 53% → 100% COMPLETE
  • Finished off my roulette read R15+, a slightly more interesting work than I gave it credit for, though it does have some minor issues like I think the balance between serious and chibi isn’t quite there consistently. Might follow up with it if it’s cheap.

春の読書チャレンジ1日目〜スタートします!

:newspaper: NHK NEWS WEB EASY (1 article)
:chopsticks: SR Restaurant Dialogs (Episodes 15 & 16)
:black_cat: ルドルフとイッパイアッテナ(子ども向け小説; chapter 24)

文法: 完全マスター・文法問題対策3級
Part IV (2) 条件 89.〜なら

And finished this week’s & next week’s (and therefore the whole book) assigned reading for ルックバック! やった!

Malinkal’s Home Post

:school: Apr :books: :sparkles: :open_book: May :cherry_blossom:
01 02 03 04 05 06 :closed_book: 01 02 03 04
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 :green_book: 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 :blue_book: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 :orange_book: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
28 29 30 :notebook_with_decorative_cover: 26 27 28 29 30 31

@RebBlue stealing your table because it looks the prettiest

Starting points:

Finished novels:

Finished manga:

俺物語!! 1

ホリミヤ 14-16

アオのハコ 2

名探偵コナン 5

Finished VNs:

ひぐらしのなく頃に - 鬼隠し編

Going to try to keep up with both the reading and listening challenges this spring. I took a lovely 10-day break from Japanese novels and listening and now I have lots to catch up on! Unsure how much travelling I’ll be doing when back in Japan, and whether I’ll be able to read much, so may start being consistent either in a few days, or closer to April 10th. Basically, easing back in gently over the next week or so, then time to go harder than ever.

Goals:

  • Read many novels.
  • Read a few manga.
  • Play many games. Maybe something other than Pokémon once I finish the next one I have lined up.
  • Start a visual novel(?) - maybe Umineko or Higurashi

May 25th

Malinkal - Home post

Finished 2 books today! Number 10 and 11 of challenge, I think. Both were ranging from OK to Good at points. I think 変な絵 is a better early novel to read than 変な家, and also probably just a better book in general.

This now frees up some more space to start books, with only 冷たい密室 and 乳と卵 “ongoing” (木曜日 I will get back to at some point but not for a while, probably when the book club gets further in). So I’ve started 神様の定食屋 which I keep seeing everywhere. Tomorrow I’ll probably start book 4 from the コーヒーが冷めないうちに series as well, which I keep putting off.

I will read a bit before bed tonight but only a little, and most of this evening I’ll watch stuff, so I’ll end here for now.

:blossom: Apr :blossom:
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:hyacinth: May :hyacinth:
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:cherry_blossom: Jun :cherry_blossom:
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