# 📚📚 Read Japanese Every Day Challenge - Summer 2026 ⛰ 🌊 **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [June 15, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711 "2026-06-15T13:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![Midnightblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/midnightblue/32/783799_2.png) [@Midnightblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Midnightblue)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/661 "2026-07-30T18:54:22Z")
🌊 [Home post](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/45) **July 30** | Title | Type | Time | Progress | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ☕ [木曜日にはココアを](https://learnnatively.com/book/2f20d58780/) | Novel | 69 min | 94/164p. → 113/164p. | ---
**Author:** ![Steven2673626](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/steven2673626/32/787571_2.png) [@Steven2673626](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Steven2673626)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/662 "2026-07-30T19:03:58Z")
31/7/26 WK L:28 ⚡31 📖: ジャム屋さん、第17話 Daily reading done ✅ I keep waiting for this story to have some kind of tragedy happen… can’t it just be a happy slice of life story? I don’t need drama 🫠 someone on this forum said this story made them cry. I hope it’s tears of joy from a description of particularly delicious jam… > [@DIO-Berry](#): > > home ownership doesn’t grant you a visa Don’t worry. Such minor details as residency and visas can all be sorted out 🤣 especially when one has advanced level Japanese! ---
**Author:** ![Kami\_Neko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kami_neko/32/812544_2.png) [@Kami\_Neko](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kami_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/663 "2026-07-30T19:13:19Z")
> [@Zakarius](#): > > WaniKani retirement village :durtle_noice: Durtles all the way eh ? 😉 ### July 27 to July 30th Update 🙂‍↕️ I have been going all in with Song lyrics reading as I discovered that…they aren’t as hard to read as I initially thought them to be. I have been recognizing many of the Wk and bunpro vocabs while reading the lyrics and it has been such a pleasure 😊 Read N5 bunpro reading practice passages in vertical for _practice_ 🙂 still not easy… Have been listening to some of the japanese classics from 2000 and before and thier lyrics are readable BUT there have been some unusual readings which are written in () after the vocab 🤔 a mystery really… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/c/6/d/c6d14c6154520b44a1f028bd0738b35b3ef6ab6c.jpeg) Manga (tadoku actually) talking about manga ?! 😳 Read [彼氏](https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/8777/)[かれし](https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/8777/)**[がほしい！](https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/8777/),** Noice 👍 and its Weekly ~~Readathon~~ reading soon so…Prepare ! 🫡 ---
**Author:** ![Steven2673626](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/steven2673626/32/787571_2.png) [@Steven2673626](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Steven2673626)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/664 "2026-07-30T19:26:02Z")
I also read ジャム屋さん、第18&19話 > [@Zakarius](#): > > WaniKani retirement village 🤣 hilarious mental image. A quaint village of non-Japanese people from around the world, where every single object has a label on it with kanji + furigana, and people have a circled number on their yukata indicating their current WK level ---
**Author:** ![enbyboiwonder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/enbyboiwonder/32/651773_2.png) [@enbyboiwonder](https://community.wanikani.com/u/enbyboiwonder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/665 "2026-07-30T19:38:13Z")
♢７月２９日♢ Read: ・ドラクエ幻の大地 Quest 32~34 Played: ・ドラクエⅨ「星空の守り人」 (239:05 ⇒ 240:02) …I accidentally cast Evac instead of Midheal which is right below it right before I was going to fight the grotto boss. Ay. I’m comforting myself with the thought that the map I would have gotten most likely wouldn’t have contained Excalipurr anyway. In any case, I didn’t feel like going through 16 floors again, so I saved & quit and wasted the day playing the DQB2 demo on Steam. The controls aren’t as bad as I was expecting, so I probably will get it when it goes on sale. Although Steam does have JP listed, but I have no clue how to change the language. ---
**Author:** ![rurakojayn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rurakojayn/32/717716_2.png) [@rurakojayn](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rurakojayn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/666 "2026-07-30T20:18:06Z")
7月30日 🪵[home post](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/355) \color{#faebf9}\textbf{book}: 天は赤い河のほとり 2 [L24](https://learnnatively.com/book/954bf970a3/) \color{#faebf9}\textbf{pages}: 75 (115-189) FINISHED \color{#faebf9}\textbf{book}: 天は赤い河のほとり 3 [L24](https://learnnatively.com/book/7/) \color{#faebf9}\textbf{pages}: 4 ---
**Author:** ![Redglare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/redglare/32/717152_2.png) [@Redglare](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Redglare)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/667 "2026-07-30T21:20:47Z")
🔖 July 30 Book: 本好きの下剋上 ハンネローレの貴族院五年生3 [L32](https://learnnatively.com/book/b67acbad74/) (367 pages) Progress: 78% → 79% Tiny reads continues 🥤 ---
**Author:** ![froggywhiskers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/froggywhiskers/32/810148_2.png) [@froggywhiskers](https://community.wanikani.com/u/froggywhiskers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/668 "2026-07-30T21:44:03Z")
**Day 30: 7月30日** [Home Post](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/28) 10 more pages of ふらいんぐうぃっち 2. Today I wasn’t in the mood at all but I didn’t want to break my streak so I told myself just 10 mins and ended up really enjoying myself and feeling good about how I was doing with the reading as well 🙂 There were quite a few simple sentences where I didn’t need to do look ups, or just minimal stuff, and a few grammar points cropping up that I’m starting to get my head around after repeated look ups. A good thing I’m finding with this daily reading challenge is that I’m reeeally itching to get into some proper grammar study now (I’m gonna try the Marumori free trial I’ve decided). In the level 10 email from Wanikani they even suggested that this a good point to get stuck into grammar, but I keep telling myself to not add another SRS until I’m into the review only stage of the Kaishi Anki deck so I don’t get overwhelmed. 😅 Well, tomorrow’s my last day of new words 🎉 so I don’t have to be patient for too much longer, but for now I’ll have to keep relying on my look up notes and controlling the urge haha. ---
**Author:** ![gigazol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/gigazol/32/825119_2.png) [@gigazol](https://community.wanikani.com/u/gigazol)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/669 "2026-07-31T02:02:06Z")
７月３０日 夏子の酒 1 pgs 377 – 386 / 451 ---
**Author:** ![enbyboiwonder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/enbyboiwonder/32/651773_2.png) [@enbyboiwonder](https://community.wanikani.com/u/enbyboiwonder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/670 "2026-07-31T05:05:32Z")
♢７月３０日♢ My Surugaya order got here already! I was not expecting that. Also I spent pretty much all day playing DQB2 again today even though I very much intended _not_ to do that. That game really is an easy one to lose yourself to. ・ドラクエ幻の大地 Quest 35 ---
**Author:** ![pocketcalamity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/pocketcalamity/32/762440_2.png) [@pocketcalamity](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pocketcalamity)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/671 "2026-07-31T10:26:27Z")
🌻 7月30日 ✅ 読み終わった本： 漫画4巻、読み切り0作, 連載漫画3話 🏠 [home post](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/49) || 📚 [natively](https://learnnatively.com/user/pocketcalamity/jpn/) | status | | name | natively lvl | type | pages / characters | time | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 第4話 | 😵‍💫 | [きょうはなにしよう？](https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_008653_S/episodes/KC_0086530000200011_E) | ?? | manga (連載) | 18 pages 1 chapter | 25min | | 27% | 🏃‍♀️ | [愛でたいセンセイ 2](https://learnnatively.com/book/e9f4f3b792/) | 20 | manga | 23 → 44 | 40min | Spent my lunch break doing reviews and lessons today, so didn’t get the chance to read until I got home. Luckily this evening was pretty low key so I had time to get some reading in. First I read the end of chapter reading on MaruMori, which I don’t really count in my reading stats. After every 5 grammar lessons there is a reading exercise, and I’ve been surprised at just how lengthy the N4 readings actually are. This one was a cultural article about Japanese cuisine, including a passage on 卵かけご飯 and table manners. The reading went really smoothly, and probably took me about 30 minutes or so. Then I finished chapter 4 of きょうはなにしよう？, which was excellent. The chapters are following this format of showing a current life situation of the 2 main characters, showing a flashback to some trauma from their adult working days, and showing a flashback to their friendship during their school days. I love how it develops these multiple layers of characterization that tie into the current plot so nicely. The visual storytelling continues to stun, and the relatable depiction of adult life exhaustion is just fantastic. > **do zaaaaaaaaaaaaa** > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/9/e/d/9ed9a176668f4141d0fc8af8d2f40ed379ffe6fa.jpeg) I don’t know if this will end up being romance, and frankly I don’t care because it’s just so good. Quickly rising the ranks to be a favorite series! Finally I read another chapter of 愛でたいセンセイ. We’re now entering the Okinawa school trip arc, which has been a fun change of scenery! Since today’s theme is adult exhaustion, here’s a panel of the teachers at the end of day one of the trip: > **zuuuuuuun...** > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/d/b/8/db8665b3769f843345522e18755b14f6eba20581.jpeg) Anyhow, my weekend is here and I do have some activities planned, but once again hope to get some good study/reading time in. Saturday is looking pretty open for that… > **Though it depends on the boss, really.** > > He’s super upset because the apartment treat jar is empty. > > ![Screenshot from 2026-07-31 03-20-04](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/9/c/1/9c1f783efa92e90dc2c0aaf11e16ad380806c71b.png) > **A billion replies:** > > > [@DIO-Berry](#): > > > > I know these are probably jokes, but please take care as home ownership doesn’t grant you a visa to live in Japan 🥲 > > Ha, yes, I’m fully aware of the many challenges that international living would entail, having lived abroad for a short period and having helped people here with the wild world of immigration processes. Still, fun to dream, no? > > > [@Zakarius](#): > > > > I could just get lost in the colours. > > These are all so vibrant and amazing!!! > > > [@Zakarius](#): > > > > WaniKani retirement village :durtle_noice: > > > [@Steven2673626](#): > > > > 🤣 hilarious mental image. A quaint village of non-Japanese people from around the world, where every single object has a label on it with kanji + furigana, and people have a circled number on their yukata indicating their current WK level > > Someone alert Koichi!! > > > [@froggywhiskers](#): > > > > Today I wasn’t in the mood at all but I didn’t want to break my streak so I told myself just 10 mins and ended up really enjoying myself and feeling good about how I was doing with the reading as well 🙂 > > Love this feeling!!! ---
**Author:** ![feralfuton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/feralfuton/32/726830_2.png) [@feralfuton](https://community.wanikani.com/u/feralfuton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/672 "2026-07-31T11:18:58Z")
２０２６年７月３１日(金) | 👽 | Book | Natively lvl | Pages | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 🎒 | [からかい上手の高木さん １１](https://learnnatively.com/book/1b10ae0940/) | 16 | 85 - 102 | | 🤹‍♀️ | [可愛いだけじゃない式守さん １１](https://learnnatively.com/book/79cdf32074/) | 18 | 77 - 92 | | 🤘 | [ゆびさきと恋々７](https://learnnatively.com/book/3846b422d0/) | 20 | 71 - 82 | ---
**Author:** ![Lisaveeta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/lisaveeta/32/697163_2.png) [@Lisaveeta](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Lisaveeta)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/673 "2026-07-31T12:06:02Z")
**7日31日(金)** ![IMG_0511](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/5/e/e5e5af849a0c05a26f240ed9958a912c5c3986f8.jpeg) **時をかける少女 A Novel based on the Animated Film** 22/183 _Read the original 1960s novel earlier this year - now very excited to be reading the (very different) novel based on the 2006 anime film by Mamoru Hosoda_ [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/5/3/2/53227937fd06b316d0c47a30c2c5a613bc29dd48.jpeg "THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME 4K Remaster | Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny6t6tLLhtI) ---
**Author:** ![Natsuha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/natsuha/32/489971_2.png) [@Natsuha](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Natsuha)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/674 "2026-07-31T13:02:05Z")
I forgot to post the last few days. Still doing The Masquerade Lullaby case. The case is going on and on it doesn’t feel like it will ever end. Actually it’s several cases interwined, which makes the whole thing confusing. I can’t even imagine how many hours the solution of the case will take. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerdyNova](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/thenerdynova/32/576707_2.png) [@TheNerdyNova](https://community.wanikani.com/u/TheNerdyNova)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/675 "2026-07-31T13:33:57Z")
[Home Post](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/9) I finished four more manga volumes since my last update! ひらやすみ Vol 5 銀の匙 Vol 10 百瀬アキラの初恋破綻中 Vol 3 きみの横顔を見ていた Vol 5 (end of the series!) Kimi no yokogao was soo good! Very well written story about 5 different characters who are all each in requited love. Highly recommend this one. My July was suuuper busy so I didn’t have much time to read at all 😔 But looking back I still read 5 manga volumes! And I’m still on track for my yearly reading goals, so I’m glad :)) ![IMG_6453](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/7/c/3/7c3528f41a8ebcc124537a866372e2aaca7ed4a1.jpeg) ![IMG_6478](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/1/2/1/1215abd226a8e6b0df18a1c1df03b55a97aae3f1.jpeg) ![IMG_6749](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/5/7/2/572d3c138fff679586676ab87fe41fb5340148a4.jpeg) ![IMG_6759](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/b/9/1/b9139a3e5209574263d7358e9f205f285ebac83f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Zakarius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zakarius/32/773695_2.png) [@Zakarius](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zakarius)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/676 "2026-07-31T13:39:57Z")
🌊 ☀ **July 31st** ☀ 🌊 **笠松紫浪 全木版画集** Read pages 80 - 89 - 1953 was a super productive year for Kasamatsu. It seems that post-WWII Kasamatsu started to do a lot of very ‘Japanese’ prints that portrayed traditions and history - like temples, shrines, old ways of working lives. If I remember from the Kawase and Yoshida artbooks they too had a shift back to reflective prints of old Japan during the post-war period. The book doesn’t really go into this much though, it just states that he started to do more traditional subject prints in the 50s. > **Artworks** > > ![箱根芦の湖](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/c/8/6/c86fce693f1423337841f86bb7d65869b079e2d4.jpeg) > _箱根芦の湖 (1953)_ > > ![箱根姥子の朝](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/d/a/d/dad99c51cb176f9c66639d13267cb5a8cfc4e8bc.jpeg) > _箱根姥子の朝 (1953)_ > > Two views of Mt. Fuji! > > ![むさし嵐山](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/5/0/e50e08749d406b78fce60db1db7c58e99b1322f0.jpeg) > _むさし嵐山 (1953)_ > > I’m not sure if these types of bridges have a proper name, but I’ve always really liked them. There’s a simple practicality to them that I just love. Unfortunately it’s not very easy finding good quality pictures of many of Kasamatsu’s works online. > > ![田うえ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/b/1/9/b1959becb7037ef304e696ec801e58f3c4a2b52a.jpeg) > _田うえ (1953)_ > > This is another one which seems very tradition-inspired, it feels reminiscent of the old ukiyo-e masters such as Hokusai and Hiroshige. **灰神楽** Read chapter 3 - This one is pretty interesting in how it deals with the killer trying to overcome their guilt and evade suspicion. * * * > **Reply Village** > > > [@Kami\_Neko](#): > > > > Durtles all the way eh ? 😉 > > :durtle_durtverted_lvl1: :durtle_durverted_lvl2: > > > [@Steven2673626](#): > > > > A quaint village of non-Japanese people from around the world, where every single object has a label on it with kanji + furigana, and people have a circled number on their yukata indicating their current WK level > > This is great 🤣 > The inner circle of the great crabigator :crabigator: > > > [@pocketcalamity](#): > > > > He’s super upset because the apartment treat jar is empty. > > The greatest catastrophe to all dog kind , how can life continue when the treat jar has run dry?? 😱 ---
**Author:** ![Ditto20](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ditto20/32/517934_2.png) [@Ditto20](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ditto20)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/677 "2026-07-31T16:01:23Z")
2026/07/30 Ten pages of 人生全部賭けても、銀の魔女に勝ちたい ---
**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/678 "2026-07-31T17:06:54Z")
[\<\< Prev](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/74711/627) [Home Post 🏡](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/74711/43) | [Week 5](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/57362/881) ### 7月30日 (木) - 国宝 (下) (43-44%) ### 7月31日 (金) - テルマエ・ロマエ 1 (0-43%) I missed a big part of fun settings when I bought the discounted series. Also I skipped one day. ---
**Author:** ![MarnieDEB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/marniedeb/32/488656_2.png) [@MarnieDEB](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MarnieDEB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/679 "2026-07-31T18:29:09Z")
I’ve been using Marumori since June and I’m really liking it - the kanji section is a nice refresher of stuff I’m learning on Wanikani, and it’s the first online grammar study tool I’ve found that really works for me. I’ll be interested to know how you find it. ---
**Author:** ![MarnieDEB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/marniedeb/32/488656_2.png) [@MarnieDEB](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MarnieDEB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711/680 "2026-07-31T18:37:01Z")
Finished Chapter 52 of よつばと today. I experienced a number of typhoons in Japan, so I found this story very resonant! And the topic of natural disasters reminded me to go check the news to see how Kumamoto is doing… [Previous page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711.md?page=33) [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711.md?page=35)