# Week 11: 人質の朗読会 **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [July 3, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-11-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A/74943 "2026-07-03T21:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NicoleIsEnough](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nicoleisenough/32/87285_2.png) [@NicoleIsEnough](https://community.wanikani.com/u/NicoleIsEnough)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-11-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A/74943/1 "2026-07-03T21:21:22Z")
[Join the Intermediate Book Club here!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/18908) [人質の朗読会 Home Thread](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/73922) ## Week 11 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/b/2/8/b288236a2ea06ddf9ec83b13c6ec501d1830ec23.png) **Start Date:** Jul 04 **Previous Part:** [Week 10](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/74857) **Next Part:** [Week 12](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/75065) ## Reading: | Week | Start Date | Chapter | End Page | Page Count | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 11 | Jul 04 | 6th Night [until 青年と出会った時の私だった] | 159 | 14 | ## Discussion Rules - Please use spoiler tags for _ **major** _ events in the current chapter(s) and _ **any** _ content in future chapters. - When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. - Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn. - To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun! :durtle: ## Participants Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (Please feel free to update your status whenever you like!) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-11-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A/74943/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![jablekanji](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jablekanji/32/706462_2.png) [@jablekanji](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jablekanji)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-11-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A/74943/2 "2026-07-04T00:24:12Z")
Very interested to see where this one goes, but it felt like the most complete ‘first half` we’ve had so far. We learn so much about the main character and how she ended up the way she did, while I feel like most nights’ first halves have left me with a haze of questions so far. I really enjoyed the last paragraphs about everyone leaving her and how she feels close to her husband by leaving no trace of herself in the present. ---
**Author:** ![Domjcw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/domjcw/32/662743_2.png) [@Domjcw](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Domjcw)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-11-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A/74943/3 "2026-07-04T14:23:59Z")
My experience so far is that it is very difficult to predict where these stories are going to go! However, if I were to hazard a guess I kind of imagine that the main character will find in this random encounter some way to reconnect with life. We certainly get a hint that the person who the narrator was at the time of meeting the spear-throwing boy is different from the person they are at the time of telling the story. I was surprised by the quite depressive turn that the story took just before our finishing point. (There is an interesting narrative structure here, that I think appears in other Ogawa stories. A surprising or unusual event is described, then the author goes back in time to describe something in the narrator’s past that explains who they are/why they behave in such and such a way. One example is the very first (and very striking) story in 寡黙なしがみだらな弔い, which features a seemingly banal episode with a woman seeking out a strawberry shortcake in a bakery, but then jumps back to describe a traumatic event in her past that explains why she wishes to buy this particular cake . ---
**Author:** ![downtimes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/downtimes/32/790700_2.png) [@downtimes](https://community.wanikani.com/u/downtimes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/week-11-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A/74943/4 "2026-07-05T10:10:11Z")
> [@jablekanji](#): > > I really enjoyed the last paragraphs about everyone leaving her and how she feels close to her husband by leaving no trace of herself in the present. I honestly feel so said for her. She has lost a lot of close people to her at such a young age and it seems she never completely recovered from it. It is strange that exactly this encounter with the spear made her show sudden interest again. I totally hope that the story is a turning point in her life where she starts to engage again more with the people around her and actually can move on a little more from all the sadness that happened to her 😭. > [@Domjcw](#): > > I kind of imagine that the main character will find in this random encounter some way to reconnect with life. We certainly get a hint that the person who the narrator was at the time of meeting the spear-throwing boy is different from the person they are at the time of telling the story. Crossing my fingers​🤞