Home post // July 31 
・本好きの下剋上 19 (30.9% → 38.9%) | 16.9k characters (81 791 / 210k char.)
New characters, new plot threads 
被告人
烏滸がましい
July summary:
This month, not counting manga, I’ve read Honzuki 17, 18 and 39% of 19. That’s 381+381+0,39*403 = 919-ish pages. That’s 230 pages per week. I don’t usually count pages read per month or week, but I know that for my total yearly page and book goal, my current pace is too slow.
…Challenge accepted 
End of the first month! Looking back, my first thought is that I am a little disappointed that I didn’t read all that much most days. Then again, the last time I read this consistently was in 2022, so I’ve made big strides in reconnecting with an old hobby. I hope I can ramp up the quantity a bit in August.
I find long-form text especially challenging to keep up, but some of my most rewarding reading has been with the Profoundly Weird Book Club in the past, so I really want to get back to enjoying novels again. Perhaps non-fiction isn’t exciting enough to keep my attention for more than half an hour. Let’s hope 変な家 is as riveting as the blurb made it sound 
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しろくまカフェ | L17 | p. 100-112・8% |
1 August | Study Log
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Title | Type | Natively | Progress |
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逆転裁判1 | game | ??? | 0/5 cases [approx 1/5 through case 1]  |
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ふつうの軽音部 2 | manga | 23 | 0 → 24% |
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ダンジョン飯１０ | manga | 30 | 55% ( ) |
July 31
I read 25/31 days.
That’s 66 books and 1,191 pages.
Well, got a little depressed that one week and was hardly in the headspace to even read, and took me a while to get back into the rhythm of things.
Put a sizeable dent in the Todaku Free stories in the meantime since last I posted.
46% of Intermediate Japanese stories. ( abstract と言う everywhere…)
57% of よつばと! 2.
Ordered a set of 聲の形 and よつばと! and I’m excited for them to get here.
While I wished I’d have gone 31/31 for my first month, those 25 days of focused reading still helped anyway. It motivated me to grind WK a little more intensely. Internalized a lot of grammar structures. Found out I was a lot more prepared for reading after all.
Don’t think I’m ‘‘play Pokemon in full hiragana’’ levels of prepared, but it’s a work in progress.
Good luck to everyone in August. 
2024-08-01T02:00:00Z
@Jintor Happy belated birthday and many returns of the day!
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Club | Title | Type | Progress |
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ハリーポッタと賢者の石 | prose | 50% → 51% |
If I just read 1% a day I will get to my first goal of 75% in this challenge. The read was actually feeling pretty breezy today but kept getting interrupted by having to do my job.
The worst 
Yeah I’m feeling this currently.
27/7 10 pages とんがり帽子のアトリエ
28/7 6 pages 老女的少女ひなたちゃん
29/7 5 pages とんがり帽子のアトリエ
30/7 12 pages とんがり帽子のアトリエ (finished chapter 13), aDoIJG と言っても
31/7 8 pages ウスズミの果て, 4 pages ホリミヤ
I’m kind of keeping up with 4-5 manga, and at least a couple of my clubs are technically finished or on hiatus so I can try to catch up/not fall further behind. I’d like to start the next IBC read next week so should try to finish something before then.
August 1
| Type | Done today | Progress |
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| RF3 | 2(?) heart events | 2/5 bosses |
| クーク | Chapter 6 | 6/8 chapters |
Raven smiled at me. I love her. Marion is getting annoying, and her heart events are becoming repetitive.
July 30th
| Title | Type | Progress |
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| 史上最強の哲学入門 | Book | p166‐p180 (55%‐62%) |
| 月の影影の海 下 | Book | p181‐p247 |
July 31st
| Title | Type | Progress |
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| 史上最強の哲学入門 | Book | p180‐p210 (62%‐72%) |
| 月の影影の海 下 | Book | p247‐p267(END) |
July Stats:
Pages read: 1272
Books finished: 5 (鹿の王3, このすば7, 鹿の王4, 月の影影の海 上, 月の影影の海 下)
Total books finished since I started learning: 45
Considering my overall goal this year was to reach 50 books read in total (having read 32 by the end of last year), I’m happy that I’m easily on track for that now (and that I kept it as a relatively modest and achievable goal). 2 of the books this month had already been started previously, so really I read closer to the equivalent of 4 books (and maybe something with and 上 and 下 should just count as a single book?)
1st august
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Title | Type | Natively | Progress |
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江戸時代大百科 1 | kids non-fiction | high 20s? | pg 20-22 |
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ブレイブリーデフォルト | game | N/A | some journal entries and a party chat |
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one last song | eng book | N/A | pg 34-67 |
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aDoAJG | grammar | N/A | pg 149-154 |
aDoAJG entry was 一方で
this nhk article
very tired today, not done much. didn’t read any one last song yesterday either so hopefully i can get back to it today
Today: p. 116-124 of よつばと！ Vol. 4.
失恋:しつれん: heartbreak
血相: けっそう: expression, looks
血相を変える: けっそうをかえる: to change expression/colour from emotion
ありゃ: oh; I’ll be darned
振られる: ふられる: to be dumped, to be given the cold shoulder
あんだけ: to that extent
てきとう: suitable, proper
元気づける: to cheer up
いいとこ: good thing; right moment
おませ: precocious
しょんぼり: downheartedly
おこる: to get angry
(1000-word) 陈奂生上城 (Pg 14-19/41) (1000-word) 陈奂生上城 (Pg 20-25/41) (1000-word) 陈奂生上城 (Pg 25-29/41) (1000-word) 陈奂生上城 (Pg 29-36/41)8月1日 | Home post
| Title | Today | Progress |
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| LOOPERS | 5.2k | 72.0k (~56%) |
I am weak. I now have Volume 1 of FMA all Mokuro’d and ready to go.
August 1 | Home post
More Island 
today, 5000 characters. I really like the route that I’m on now. I want to get to the end so I get all the anwers, but I don’t want the VN to end!
Home post // August 1
・本好きの下剋上 19 (38.9% → 47.6%) | 18.3k characters (100 064 / 210k char.)
Read a bit last night before going to sleep. Didn’t read so much after work, chatted with new neighbor while taking a walk together. Very friendly 
| Word | Note |
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| 牽制 | |
| 能無し | |
| カンペ | カンニングペーパーの略, large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc. |
| 訝しい | |
| 口外 | 口に出して話すこと。他人に話を漏らすこと |
| 質実剛健 | 飾りけがなくまじめで，たくましく，しっかりしている |
August 1 | Home post
Read some Satori Reader stories that I’ve already read, did my ANKI DRILL and skimmed through random Young Animal issue I bought long time ago
also bought me more books that are Way Beyond My Comprehension Level: whole set of 魔女の宅急便 (this one is more or less okay but starting it will be a pain still), five volumes of GUIN SAGA (needed me more hills to climb someday), and first volume of 銀河英雄伝説 (someday…)
Also bought three volumes of FMA, hoping to try to join the club later, still above my level but Man Do I Not Care
(also how do I check my checkboxes) nevermind
July 31st!
2 pages of the Orange Light Novel
August 1st!
Another 2 pages of the Orange Light Novel
I was really pleased with myself that I’d built up enough stamina to read ~4 pages a day of this novel without it being a big struggle - so my body decided that it should punish my hubris by giving me an infection and a fever so I have the attention span of a goldfish 
BUT - 2 pages is still good. A year ago 2 pages was a struggle, so the fact that thats now my “easy” amount of reading is a sign of progress too.
Definitely need to read more consistently so hopefully I can take part in this:
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Manga | Pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 15: 27/27 pages  |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 16: 33/33 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 17: 24/24 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 18: 36/36 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 19: 44/44 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 20: 33/33 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 21: 38/38 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 22: 52/52 pages |
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オランジ/orange | ch. 23: 56/56 pages |
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Pokémon Special Scarlet & Violet arc | Vol. 1: 54% |
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鋼の錬金術師/Full Metal Alchemist | ch. 1: 53/53 pages |
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鋼の錬金術師/Full Metal Alchemist | ch. 2: 41/41 pages |
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鋼の錬金術師/Full Metal Alchemist | ch. 3: 10/41 pages |
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Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar | 121/644 pages |
