February 2nd
武州公秘話
巻之三 - Hard to guess how much I’ve read as this first section is real long, but probably around 1/10 of the way through.
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但し、此の縁談が
Ahhh I love your snake so far! I’ve never tried crochet so my opinion isn’t worth anything, but it looks like you’re doing a good job so far!! It’s cute hehe
I’m glad baby snake was brave enough to make an appearance 
On the last day of January I finished another manga!! ヤンキー君と科学ごはん vol 4
I don’t think it’s my #1 favorite, but I do enjoy this series!! I feel like I would enjoy it more if it was heavier towards the character writing side of things, than the science side. Which, it is a manga about the science of cooking, so I’m not slighting it for that, just my preference I think ;))
As for my month of January, it both went better and worse than I was expecting! (Mostly better)
My January Wrap-Up
Looking at my goals for this year, I:
-Already fully completed one goal (a video game in Japanese)
-Am ahead on my manga goal! (7/52!!!)
-And a little behind on my novel goal 
I killed it with the manga in January!! And am hoping I can keep that momentum. I read 3 extra manga more than I needed to! 
Ah, I’m also keeping up my goal so far to read a Yellow Magazine+ article each week!
But I will admit, I have been struggling with novels I have not been reading my novel every day. Right now I just reallly want to finish the one I’m reading, and then try to diagnose the problem. I want to be able to read novels more often, but I’m not sure what I’m struggling with!! I wonder if maybe it’s a combo of I’m not currently reading something I enjoy (it’s also digital and I think I prefer physical), and I think I’m enjoying manga more right now. Manga is easier so maybe novels just feel more intimidating or more of a chore?? (Even though I’ve read novels before, and when I sit down to read it’s actually not that hard). I’m not quite sure! But I think I’m going to put a firm goal on February to finish my current novel!! (Which I only have like 50 pages left in anyway 
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みんな、2月も互いに頑張りましょうね！
With only 50 pages left, I’m sure you can do it, but if you’re really not enjoying it,DNF is always an option….congrats on the manga boom!
二月二日
- Finished 絶叫学級 9
- Read コンビニ人間 (19%)
February 2nd 
自動販売機に生まれ変わった 第一巻 - 16 pages (18% → 24%)
Bit of a slow one today, had to prioritise self care as it was a hard day. I’m feeling much more recharged now though, so should be able to focus more tomorrow 
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That is a very good point… I have a hard time DNFing books in English, and even more so in Japanese 
haha
But you made me think of a new idea. If I don’t finish it by February (which is more than doable), I will DNF it 
わかるわかる！Actually, this is me too, but some very respectable (as in they read lots of books) WK members occasionally DNF so I’m beginning to think I should allow myself this option too.
ひぐらしのなく頃に 第一話 鬼隠し編 上
(Reread) Section 14. 3290~4171 / 4171 | 12 lookups.
Section 15. 0~1017 / 1017 | 42 lookups.
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2月2日
After million years I returned to 香君! I already forgot many names =/ But at least I still remember the overall plot.
| Book | Progress | Time | Total time | |
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香君 西から来た少女 - Vol 3 | 0% → 7.6% | 49m | 0h49m |
2月2日(月)
薬屋のひとりごと5 LN
81.13% → 83.38%
I always ask… How do you keep track of the percentage guys?
yea I’m happy my appetite has increased, I can read for alot longer than before and you too it seems you are reading more too
After trying a manga club (ギャルと恐竜) on here I decided to switch approach and try to read something different. Last year I studied on みんなの日本語初級 I, so today I started the related book to have something familiar to read. It was a great feeling because I realize I can understand even words I either don’t know or remember.
I realize once more I have mixed feelings with Furigana since I lean towards them rather than the kanji itself, but still it would be impossible to read everything without lol
WK L:17 
3/2/2026 
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Reading: よつばと！② & しろくまカフェ① 
p25/15
Yotsuba 2 is good. It’s a bit hard to understand some of the colloquial teasing-ish kid to kid expressions. But if I “pretend” I can understand, my brain seems to carry on just fine using context. Shirokuma Cafe continues to be ridiculous and hilarious. Totally my style of humour!
2月03日 | : 13 manga vols, 1 LN
毎日優しい朝日新聞 - 33日連続く
- Read about a certain species of tree now blooming in Kyoto-fu. (ロウバイ or wintersweet, apparently - i’ve never heard of it before)
| ? | Title | Type | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
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逆転裁判２ | Game |  Case 2/5 |
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税金で買った本１ | Lvl 25 manga | 26% → 100% COMPLETE |
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好きな子がめがねを忘れた 11 | Lvl 18 manga | 0% → 22% |
- Another big block of 逆転裁判２ case 2, neeeeearly at court… Spoke to a bunch of witnesses… lots of vocab to ingest.
- Finished 税金本1, a pretty good read, but tossing up whether to continue it immediately or not… I got a little bored in the middle, but the first chapter and last chapter of the volume were more compelling. Either way, I’m not going to drop it - just a question of priority.
- Starting メガネ忘れた11, nearly finished with the series. Should be able to knock this out today.
Ah, this is one of my series I’m currently reading!! I like it 
But I can understand getting bored part way through. I like it best when it blends the characters and story with the long explanations about books. I don’t know, sometimes I think it loses that balance a little, especially if you just want to get past the long explanations or side emphasis on the books. (Or maybe if my Japanese was a little better it would be faster to get through those sections)
I also kind of feel that way about another series I’m reading about cooking science. But maybe you didn’t feel exactly the same about 税金本 though haha
Haha, I was going to comment that I was just reading another Yankee Does Unexpected Thing manga!
I think the main reason was there was a bit of a difficult explanation about how to search for readings of rarely-encountered kanji (or an author’s name?) that took a while for me to parse and I was like, uhh, I’m not sure what’s going on here. That followed another (what felt like a) one-shot episode with the kid who had a hoarder family that I found kind of interesting, but was also like, what’s the relation to the main cast? There really wasn’t a ‘hook’ beyond the premise. (For instance, another hobby manga I love, Sweetness and Lightning, pulls all of the threads together in one go because cooking as a group activity relates to all three main cast members on an emotional level; this kinda just felt like it’s only really about Yankee-kun right now). Thankfully the last chapter seems to have swung it around a bit by trying to intro more backstory for him.
Anyway, I’ll definitely be back to it eventually, just not sure if I’ll keep it on my permanent rotation or not - it’s a little difficult for me to read casually, and it’s not quite passing my ‘expend effort’ threshold. Maybe as you say when I get a little more skilled.
I was talking about this on the discord recently, but this is sort of how I approach Kansai-ben (Kansai-accented Japanese)… if I try and work out what people are saying my brain freezes up, but if I can just sound it out in my head magically it becomes understandable dialogue somehow - like the shape of the meaning falls into my head without me having to actually know the precise grammar (or even words sometimes)