Start Date: 19th March 2022
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| Start Date | Chapter |
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| Mar 19 | 21 |
| Mar 26 | 22 |
| Apr 2 | 23 |
| Apr 9 | 24 |
| Apr 16 | 25 |
| Apr 23 | 26 |
| Apr 30 | 27 |
| May 7 | 28 |
| May 14 | 29 |
| May 21 | 30 |
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I know we just had a poll on the home thread but it doesn’t feel right not to have one here…
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Probably, but I don’t entirely know when I’ll be able to get a hold of the book. Plus, I still need to go back and read volume two…
Maybe we’re savoring it since volume four is probably a long ways away, but might we consider a 2 chapter per week schedule?
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So with the majority expressing no preference and at least one person asking to stick at one chapter per day week like we did with the previous 2 volumes, can I suggest we stick at one chapter a day week? Perhaps those who are more confident readers can use the slower schedule to savour the volume as you suggest?
Wait, because most of us didn’t specify explicitly, we just jumped up to a chapter a day? 
It may seem harsh but just think what it’s going to do for your Japanese!
Umm…thanks for spotting the error. Corrected!
I didn’t expect my vote to decide the whole schedule 
I have no strong feelings for or against either option really, and I would most likely be able to keep up with 2 chapters/week, but I also quite enjoyed taking the previous volumes slowly and having a small weekly dose of weirdness.
If people is happy with 1 chapter/week, I’m happy. Just want to make sure I’m not holding everyone back.
Also, volume 3 starts with chapter 21, so I think the schedule in the OP needs to be fixed.
What does the handwritten text on page 13 say?
太陽が西から昇り
犬がニャー猫がワンと
鳴くとき
(?)ん私たちの時代が…
Ah figured it out. Leaving the comment in case others struggle (although in hindsight it wasn’t really that difficult…)
What to make of 的 in そんな腰を伸ばす的な… on page 11? 
Does it turn the whole preceding phrase into an adjective, with the noun it applies to being left unsaid?
Looks like it’s Jisho #3. Pretty sure this is the first time I’ve seen this.
Mind blown! First time I’ve seen this too.
Did anyone get what’s going on in the bottom half of page 21?
I get they’re talking about climate phenomena and エルミーニョ is probably referring to El Niño (which is apparently katakanized as エルニーニョ), but how does that sound similar to ラタトゥーユ? And is ムルミーミョ supposed to have any meaning? Or is this just a very illogical conversation? 
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This one finally actually showed up in my local Kinokuniya, so as soon as I have a chance to drop by, maybe I’ll actually join in.
They go from あつあつの夏 to さむさむの冬 to ふむふむのさゆ。
ふむふむ can mean “murmur” - this sounds a bit like ムルミーミョ, her first attempt at saying El Nino.
Still not sure about ふむふむのさゆ - maybe “murmuring hot water” (さゆ=hot water)
I couldn’t see anyone call El Nino エルミーニョ on a web search, it’s エルニーニョ in Jisho/Wikipedia. Maybe a typo? Maybe them still pronouncing it wrong?
I couldn’t make the connection to the Ratatouille phenomenon! Maybe a mispronounciation of La Nina? (that’s a bit of a stretch)
Was I the only person who didn’t spot the large mushroom growing out of Shimeji’s head the whole chapter!
Bottom of page 26
そういえばク日だったね今…
Perhaps ク is 九 - nine is an unlucky number in Japan. Perhaps a day with a 9 in it is unlucky?
I think you skipped a step-- あつあつのなつ becomes なつなつのあつ which to me seems like a goofy but comprehensible play on words. Then Majime uses the same pattern of syllable swaps to go from さむさむの冬 to ふむふむのさゆ which sounds absurd, which is why Shijima gets confused.
The joke with ムルミーミョ is that Majime starts off with a slight mispronunciation of El Niño, then Shijima corrects her (albeit a bit unconfidently, mispronouncing it slightly herself), then Majime says わかった！ And somehow manages to move to an egregious mispronunciation.
