君の名は - Your Name (Intermediate Book Club)

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Welcome to 君の名は - Your Name!

Where to buy

Amazon JP | Bookwalker

Note that there are two versions: the regular Kadokawa one and a Tsubasa Bunko version with furigana (green borders).

Word lists

Floflo | Koohii

Discussion Threads and Reading Schedule

We will start the book February 13th.

Week Start Date End Phrase End Page Page Count
Week 1 Feb 13th そしてたまらずに俺は叫んだ 16** 9
Week 2 Feb 20th 無関心そうに平和に凪いでいた 31 14
Week 3 Feb 27th 私は自分でも分からないのだった 43– 13
Week 4 Mar 6th ボリュームつまみを回すみたいにして再び戻ってくる 62 17
Week 5 Mar 13th 入れ替わってる!? 78** 16
Week 6 Mar 20th 俺は大樹に向かって歩いていった 92 14
Week 7 Mar 27th 俺と三葉との入れ替わりは起きなかった 106– 15
Week 8 Apr 3rd ざわざわと不吉な気配を増していく 120 13
Week 9 Apr 10th 俺は、いったい、なにをしている 129** 9
Week 10 Apr 17th 同時だった 146– 17
Week 11 Apr 24th その子、ちょっと普通じゃないんやから」 162 14
Week 12 May 1st 全力でペダルを漕ぐ 179** 17
Week 13 May 8th 「名前は、三葉!」 192** 11
Week 14 May 15th やがて、無音が降りてくる 207– 15
Week 15 May 22nd 私は口の中で繰り返す 220** 10
Week 16 May 29th 「俺、こんな場所で、なにしてたんだ」 230– 10
Week 17 June 5th ー君の、名前は、と 252, End 20
Kindle location for each week (furigana version)

Week 1: 213

Week 2: 662

Week 3: 1042

Week 4: 1461

Week 5: 1950

Week 6: 2327

Week 7: 2744

Week 8: 3148

Week 9: 3444

Week 10: 3930

Week 11: 4305

Week 12: 4798

Week 13: 5213

Week 14: 5639

Week 15: 5949

Week 16: 6239

Week 17: 6895

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 embarassing at first. All of us are here to learn.
  • To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun!

Member List

Are you planning to read 君の名は - Your Name with the book club?

  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Not sure
  • No

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If so, which version will you be reading?

  • eBook
  • Paperback

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Which format?

  • Kadokawa
  • Tsubasa Bunko (w/ furigana)

0 voters

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Here are the chapters. All start on new pages.

| Chapter | Pages | Count |
|–|–|–|–|
| 1 | 6 - 9 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 - 44 | 33 |
| 3 | 46 - 106 | 61 |
| 4 | 108 - 146 | 39 |
| 5 | 148 - 152 | 5 |
| 6 | 154 - 207 | 54 |
| 7 | 210 - 230 | 21 |
| 8 | 232 - 252 | 21 |

There seems to be plenty of breaks, which should make things easier. I’ll post a few suggestions later, aiming for about a 17 week schedule, if that sounds about right.

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That’d be 14 pages a week, slightly faster than コンビニ人間, which I reckon is fair enough.

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In the Tsubasa Bunko version, chapters 1-6 all start one page earlier, and there’s no blank pages between chapters.

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We usually aim for ~15 pages a week in the Intermediate club, so this sounds good to me. :+1:

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I hope you guys are ready to answer some questions… :no_mouth:

In all seriousness though I can’t wait to start, been loving the beginner bookclub and am curious how I’ll do in this one. Got the e-book Tsubasa Bunko ready, just waiting for my kindle to arrive.

See you in Feb!

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Definitely! :wink:

If you are unsure whether you will be able to keep up with the pace, by all means feel free to read ahead for a bit, so that you can get a feel for the text and its difficulty. Once you got used to the writing style and vocab, it should definitely get easier.

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Awesome tip, I will definately do that.

Thank you!

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I already have more book clubs than I can keep up with, but have been waiting for this and already own the book…
Ok, I’ll probably read it slower, but I’ll sorta join :rofl:

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I already have the physical tsubasa bunko version and was starting to read it just yesterday. I might try and hold off on it since it could be good to read with others :slight_smile:

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Since I failed to get more than halfway through each of two books already, I probably shouldn’t try another. But this one has furigana, and I’ve seen the movie and read the book in English.

I’m highly considering.

Here's my usual kanji breakdown.

This story has 1,492 unique kanji in it. Counting duplicates, there are 22,445 kanji total.

Anyone who’s reached WaniKani level 10 should recognize half of the overall kanji appearing in the story. (:crabigator: has been kind to us.)

Completing level 22 brings you up to the 75% mark, and level 43 is the 90% mark. Finish up level 60, and you’re at 97%!

There are 144 unique kanji in the story not covered by WaniKani. In order from most common to least common, these are:

(Note: The first, 瀧, is a character name.)

Kanji Table
Kanji Count
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One of the protagonists, in fact. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Well, sure, if you want to give it away :wink:

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On the long run, this will be too fast for me :sob:
I just stopped the time I need for one page (mostly looking up vocab…). It’s ca. 30 minutes, making at least +1h of reading a day (which will totally crash my daily schedule!)
However, I’ll do what I can :muscle:

~T :lion:

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Anyone know how the link above differs from this version of 君の名は in terms of language/dialogue, etc? The one I linked (and have) is broken into three volumes and is ~150 pages (3 chapters) per volume.

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What you linked looks like the manga version to me? This book club will read the light novel (i.e. just text, no images).

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Can’t speak for the grown-up edition, but the Tsubasa Bunko version has images. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I flipped through the first two chapters of my „regular“ edition but didn’t encounter any images. :woman_shrugging:

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Visual guide to releases

Book without furigana (being read in the book club):

Book with furigana (being read in the book club):

Manga (not being read in the book club):

Bilingual manga (get this and don’t tell anyone if you want to pretend you can easily keep up with the book club :wink: )

I know I won’t be able to keep up with intermediate speed, but if I can read through chapter one in 2021, I’ll consider it a personal accomplishment =D

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Thank you, that makes more sense now.

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