Currently Reading: Chapter 9 - ă°ăȘăł + ăăŸă
Summary
Middle school students Nishikata and Takagi sit next to each other in class. Takagi, who is in love with Nishikata, enjoys teasing him with embarrassing pranks and jokes. In response, Nishikata creates plans to get his revenge, but they always fail when she identifies his weaknesses and capitalizes on them.
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I am currently on volume 3, but I am determined to catch up with you all before this volume concludes. Itâs my most significant commitment of the year
a bit behind getting the ânextâ chapter readâŠtried last night and ran into a friend unexpectedly hadnât seen in a year⊠so many disruptionsâŠbut nowâŠthis next chapter is one of my favs of the whole seriesâŠsuper adorable!!! happy I can click âalready read it soon!â thought for sure I wasnât gonna be able toâŠ
spoiler for next week
can pull up some older vocab havenât used ⊠çæź remembered it existed but couldnât remember the kanji or the reading âŠbut now itâs refreshed right so itâs maybe it will stick
thankfully not a word I have much need for normally (which is a good thing right?
yeah found time to read chp4 todayâŠback to my 1 chapter ahead âŠ(still like this weekâs chapter more though)âŠdefinitely one of my favsâŠnow for our fearless leader to create the polll
because if I do itâŠitâs gonna get all screwed up âŠ
Iâve caught up on reading and I feel there is one more thing to do to complete my mission:
Clicking on âIâve already read it!â before you do.
Watch your back!
Congrats on catching upâŠI did notice likes growing through the various threads⊠figured you had just about made it! ăăă§ăšăăăăăŸăïŒïŒ
but watch outâŠeven if the two of us complete⊠the official teasing master will find a way to crush us both hahaha isnât that right @anon99047008
Thanks!
Reading the old posts was interesting. I felt like I had traveled back in time. Putting Takagi-san aside, I followed eagerly, wondering if you would be able to go to Japan in the end. I was very happy when I read that you did. I hope the trip was worth all the anxiety.
spent 1 monthâŠ
thanks to all the friends I have made through language learning and what notâŠhad quite the experience most tourists just donât get to experienceâŠ
wanted to go and spend time in nature/quiet places not really the cities, etcâŠbut first 2 weeks other half came along first time in Japan so ⊠did the general tourist obligatory stuffâŠ
week 1:
met up with our friend that lives in Tokyo⊠spent a few days doing so much⊠Kimonos even! (he surprised usâŠon day 1)⊠jet lag whatâs thatâŠomg I was so exhaustedâŠ
Tues of that week went to Shizuoka to visit another lang friendâŠshe was amazingâŠshe picked us up from the station with her family and drove us to several places and they took us to sawayaka for dinner⊠was one hell of a day ⊠just amazing (and since Japan had barely reopenedâŠbasically had almost everything to ourselvesâŠ)
That night continued to KyotoâŠspent some time there, Osaka and then Fri went to Himeji and then back to Toyko (yes made the railpass worthwhile - is it still a deal anymore with the price increaseâŠmaybeâŠnot sure)âŠanyway
Spent time exploring more of Tokyo with our friendâŠthe first week was very much quick tour for the other halfâŠdonât recommend trying to sneak in this much into 1 weekâŠ
week 2: flew to miyazaki to meet one of my teachers (she is the bestâŠwe even had dinner one night with her momâŠ)âŠrented a car for the week and drove 1500 kmâŠor something like thatâŠspend a few days in miyazaki⊠then went to takachihoâŠspend the night thereâŠand then stayed at a ryokan in beppuâŠ(didnât want to leave that place amazing!)âŠdid the hell tour in oita⊠great way to spend the dayâŠsounds silly but it was funâŠafter a couple of days drove back down the coast and met up with my sensei again⊠and her friendâŠspent one day exploring Aya Town ⊠you donât get that kind of experience as a normal touristâŠ
weeks 3/4âŠthen wrapping up and flew back to HND and was alone for the next 2 weeks and flew to HokkaidoâŠstarted in Sapporo. Rented a car for the two weeks drove about 2500kmâŠdrove almost the whole perimeter of Hokkaido⊠(didnât do hakkodate end but) got to really enjoy nature ⊠and since it was the end of the season and Japan had barely opened so much was so quiet and peacefulâŠgot to do a lot of nature photography ⊠drove to wakkani, shiretoko, kushiro, basically all overâŠ
yeah very short storyâŠâyadda yaddaâ over a lot but then the post would be too longâŠ
⊠makes me think I need to plan my next trip ⊠Then I remember itâs summer in Japan right nowâŠand thatâs a hard pass
Debating about Spring or Fall 2024âŠwe will seeâŠ
Tempting to go in Nov/Dec this year but shouldnât be irresponsible with money
This weekâs chapter of ć€æź”ćœăŠăČăŒă is brought to you by Bob Barker and Drew Carey (suppose this one could have been something of an age testâŠ)
