Day 13 
Read: ジャックジャンヌー夏劇ー
Finished: 24 pages (story 1: just one life)
Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Finished the first (and longest I think it was like 70 pages) short story in the ジャックジャンヌ novel. Next one’s is Suzu’s story 涙かんざし, which is quite a bit shorter at 39 pages, so hopefully that one will be a bit easier to get through. I like that this book is broken up into short stories because when I read I always tend to read until the conclusion, but I don’t have the endurance or reading speed to do that in Japanese yet so its nice to have a bunch of little endings in one book.
Reading Thoughts
Came across the sentences 「努力を続けていれば、いつか同期に近づけるのだろうか。間に合うのだろうか、ユニヴェール歌劇学校生という短い時間の中で。あの華に、才能に、持たざる者が、持てる者に。」and it took me a while to figure out what was going on, I’ve never seen so many particles with nothing following them at once.
Storywise, I liked by how the end of the story Kai was able to change his way of thinking in a little bit of a more hopeful direction. It was interesting to see that this is the point of the story where he really started thinking about this before it became a much bigger issue during the winter play in the game.
New Vocab
さらなる even more; still more; further
かたや on the one hand … (and on the other …); on one side
さながら just like
はたまた or
豪快 （ごうかい）hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic; stirring
独擅場 （どくせんじょう）field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one’s monopoly
灼く （やく）to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
肩幅 （かたはば）shoulder width (breadth)
全うする （まっとうする）to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
舞踊 （ぶよう）dancing; dance
立ち居振る舞い （たちいふるまい）movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor (heard this one but never seen the kanji)
帯びる （おびる）to have a trace of; to be tinged with
殻を破る （からをやぶる）to break up and start anew; to break out of one’s shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
爽快 （そうかい）refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
息づく to live
見出す （みいだす）to find out; to discover; to notice; to detect
精悍 （せいかん）virile; tough; masculine; intense
and a happy birthday to @Beyond_Sleepy and @Daisoujou! 
and a happy late birthday to @Magillou too! 