📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 🏖 ☀

Today I just read the next story in ボッコちゃん What do you do if a deep hole in the ground opens. Of course you throw all your trash inside. The people in this story thought that would be a great idea. But it ended badly for them.

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August 21st!

Today I read Chapter 3 of Yoru Cafe Volume 2. It was a shorter chapter than usual at around 7 pages long, which made it much more readable for me than usual :slight_smile:

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Home post :bookmark: Aug 21st :sunny:

・ 夜が明けたら、いちばんに君に会いにいく 下

I finished the other half of book… I’m not crying, you’re crying :face_holding_back_tears:

Seems like I’m the first one to add it on bookmeter? o:
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I read the previews for プライドにキス, which I saw recced on tumblr, and 花咲く恋がふってくる by the same mangaka, as well as ディノサン: Dinosaurs Sanctuary, which was advertised on a paper included inside one of the volumes of 極主夫道 that I got yesterday. Also finally 異刻メモワール, which has been open on my tablet for ages.

Tired again today (though it was mostly because I made the bad decision of of getting an iced chai, which I then had to down within the span of like 5 min so it wouldn’t get too watered down to be edible. So sleepy…), so I only read ch 59-61 of HQ. Only 1 more left this vol, augh

I realized today that aside from using 僕, Tsukishima also uses 君, rather than お前 like all the other guys thus far (actually, I think Take-chan uses 君 too?). Even though it’s somewhat surprising, it does fit him… (Though, 僕 and 君 are on the same level of politeness, aren’t they? So looking back, him using 君 isn’t surprising except in the way that discovering that he uses 僕 was surprising, if that makes sense.)

loooool I forgot it was this match where Kageyama tries to compliment Tsukki and says “knife” instead of “nice.” Though here it’s more like “nuff;” I’ll have to pay attention to the audio next time I watch the anime, since I’m pretty sure the subs say “knife.”

(actually good lighting for once because I took it in the car)

Also, it’s sad that Tsukki doesn’t know how to react to people caring about him or complimenting him, but at the same time it’s hilarious watching him flounder lmao (like with Suga in an earlier chapter? Good stuff). Anyway, I adore him. (Kageyama, too.)

Some vocab of note:

のっぽ [noun] tall, lanky person; beanpole
弱みを握る (よわみをにぎる) [expression, ラ五] to have something on (someone)
一概に (いちがいに) [adverb] unconditionally; as a rule
根性論 (こんじょうろん) [noun] belief that where there’s will, there’s a way
怪童 (かいどう) [noun] unusually large or strong youth
段違い (だんちがい) [noun, の-adj., な-adj.] wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; a world apart; far better
即席 (そくせき) [noun, の-adj.] extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
欲求不満 (よっきゅうふまん) [四字熟語, noun] frustration

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I didn’t read the past two days, just too busy for honestly much of anything. Call it an accomplishment I didn’t sleep in my outdoor clothes.

Today I was also busy, but have done a chapter each of 火車 and 天使の傷跡. I’m still not really enjoying 火車 and enjoying 天使の傷跡 quite a bit despite all the random kanji-for-words-I-typically-see-in-hiragana I’m looking up. Today brings me 悪戯 ( いたずら) and 折角 (せっかく). Or maybe I’m enjoying it more for that. Unsure.
火車 I’m just not that interested in the case to be honest. I realized a chapter or two ago this book is probably directly related to the phrase 火の車 which I’ve head before. I don’t know enough about the term 火車 in particular to know if it carries the same connotations at a glace for a native Japanese speaker. In any case I’m hoping it gets a bit deeper/grittier soon because it’s 500 some pages and I’m not really loving it. :grimacing:

Week 3 of the book club for 十角館の殺人 opened and I’ll need to get the reading done for it. Probably tomorrow, not sure I have much more energy tonight and if I do I’ll probably just indulge myself with another chapter of 天使の傷跡.

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Alright, a bit better today! Although I was still naughty and played Steins;Gate instead of doing any of my book club things, rip :joy: I’m enjoying it though, I finished the prologue and I’m very intrigued :eyes: Hopefully life stuff will settle soon, I’m just back in town for the new semester so I’m a bit scattered figuring out new routines :laughing: I’ll get there though! I’ve got lots of fun stuff to read :grin:

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:spiral_calendar: Day 52: August 21st :desert_island: :beach_umbrella:

👧 からかい上手の(元)高木さん Volume 6 (10% ➨ 17%)

We’re still in summer, right?

Small reading day as I spent half the day trying to get SSL set up on two separate servers. (Neither was successful. :frowning:)

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Thank you for the group accountability, I’ve had a few nights when I was really tempted to say heck with it, but I sat down to read anyway. No more gaps in the calendar! :laughing:

Made it to the last chapter of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle vol 1. (Which is much easier to read than the info-dump in chapter 4.) Our three dimension-travelers are checking out the city and arguing over what aリンゴ :apple: is supposed to look like.

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Back to work today, I’ve managed another 5 pages of よつばと! which brings to p190. Should get to the end of the chapter this week, and maybe finish Vol1 by the end of the month.

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Finished Kindaichi vol 4 over the weekend. I vaguely recall this one from the anime as well. Just as tragic as previous cases. The trick itself is quite simple, but still a good read. I did struggle a bit with reading this series as it is quite wordy and I would take a long time reading, that said it appeals to me so that makes it easier to continue reading. I feel like I learned a lot of mystery/detective terms and there’s quite a broad range of topics in it. Out of volumes for now and I like to keep reading different things, so I’ll keep this in mind and move on to finally starting Zenitendo vol 3 tonight.

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:tiger2: :books: The Tanuki Beach Resort: Date 20220822 :beach_umbrella: :raccoon:

吾輩は狸である progress: 7.95% :bell:

Wagahai-cat talks with his calico friend who has a brand new collar with a bell

:beach_umbrella: Japanese found in the sand :beach_umbrella:

Meowords

剣突「けんつく」ー Scolding; telling off (also: 剣突く)
恍惚「こうこつ」ー Ecstasy; rapture
「たるき」ー Rafter; porch (also: 垂木)
欣羨「きんせん」ー Extreme jealousy
咽喉「いんこう」ー Throat
「むべ」ー Truly; indeed

Forms
孔 = 穴「あな」(Hole)

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Week 8
:confetti_ball: 8 6 % :confetti_ball:

8月21日

  • Final Fantasy XIV

Couldn’t post yesterday and I haven’t done anything today yet but I’m updating just to separate weeks. I finally couldn’t read on Saturday but we keep going :sunglasses: .

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Aside from my regular P3P update. I reread Berserk Volume 8 and the first few pages of 青ブタ Ch1 part 3 (after reading Berserk I didn’t care to read 34 pages of a light novel). Pretty active day.

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Managed to squeeze in p. 85-104 of よつば& before running off to my first class of the semester.

Some new things:

どんまい (ドンマイ) it’s ok
ごろごろ rumbling, rolling
ずんずん rapidly
一仕事 (ひとしごと) difficult task
拭く (ふく) to wipe, to dry
さて well; now; then
ひげ beard
ぷるぷる trembling, shivering, bouncing
怒る (おこる) to get angry
ごしごし scrubbing hard
きえる to go away, to come off

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Home post :bookmark: Aug 22nd :beach_umbrella:

・ 本好きの下剋上 10 (34% → 43%)

Not much to report. Reading Honzuki feels slow compared to other nyoomier stuff.

The sky was pretty today.

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August 22nd!

I read the first chapter of Volume 8 of Teasing Master Takagi-san today, starting a new volume always feels fun, though the stack of in-progress books on my desk is getting precariously high again :sweat_smile:

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Week 9

8月22日

  • Final Fantasy XIV
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August 22 :blossom: Home Post

Back to school time, I tried to get some reading in between classes but had a pretty killer headache so rip :laughing: I got one whole page of 十角館の殺人 in though! I’ll catch up to the club one day lmao.

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:spiral_calendar: Day 53: August 22nd :crab: :beach_umbrella:

👧 からかい上手の(元)高木さん Volume 6 (17% ➨ 24%)

We’re still in summer, right?

🦸‍♂️ SUPERMAN vs飯 スーパーマンのひとり飯 Volume 1 (0% ➨ 20%)

I wasn’t planning on starting any new series, but some DC comics came up as free (through September 5th) and I wanted to check them out. First up is…Superman vs 飯.

I’ve been having trouble with remembering 編集(へんしゅう), but it looks like maybe Perry White will help me out.

This is the first time I’ve seen this expression, 「お(なか)(むし)」.

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I’m going with item 3 on this list…

Clark encounters Lois on his way out and invites her to lunch with him. She turns him down, as she’s heading to France for a story. Clark narrates about how previously he’d be down for a while when this happens, but now he’s super at peace.

He changes to Superman and flies off to Japan because there’s a yakitori chain restaurant he’s been meaning to try.

And thanks to Japan’s newfound cosplay culture, even Superman doesn’t have to feel out of place wearing his costume.

Why yes, I am good at reading katakana.

Lessons so far:

  1. Superman uses (ぼく).

  2. Steppenwolf speaks in katakana and likes to attack supermarket parking lots. (Had to check with a friend on who this is, as I don’t know very many Superman villains.)

As an origin story of sorts, Superman saved a man in a toriyaki food truck during Steppenwolf’s attack, and the vendor gave Superman some toriyaki as thanks. Superman totally loved it, and that started his quest to eat Japanese food.

I normally avoid “food manga” (as I’m not much of a food person), but as something of a comedic take on Superman, I’m enjoying this so far.

If this were a random high school girl having a meal, this would be the most boring manga ever for me. The power of Superman. (But let’s see how I feel after a few chapters.)

Somehow the chapter took me an hour to read when it’s only 30 pages. I didn’t even realize so much time passed by!

If these and the other two DC comics are free for 14 days, and the chapter counts are Superman: 7 chapters, Batman: 1 chapter + start of chapter 2, and Joker: likewise 1 chapter + start of chapter 2, it looks like I have plenty of time to get through them all.

I intended to get to this week’s second chapter of Shadows House today, but that was before I saw Superman is free for two weeks…


This is why I recently decided to avoid starting any new series until I finish a couple.

(Then I just started a new series today…)

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100+% match? I didn’t think something like that was possible lol. This ain’t the first time I’ve seen it though, although it is the first time the top 3 were all over 100% rather than just the first.

In any case, I finished HQ vol 7 today, my 50th completed Japanese-language book! After that, I read よつばと! vol 3 and 5, and then ch 63-66 of HQ vol 8. This also means that today I’ve reached an average books read per day this month of more than 1! (16 JP manga + 7 ENG manga = 23)

The grammar point in the first line of the second speech bubble is one I learned on BP earlier today! I’m sure I coulda figured it out on my own, once I figured out しゅう meant week (although, I only figured that out once I recognized the grammar lol), but it’s always cool seeing things you’ve just “officially” learned come up.

Some vocab of note:

意思疎通 (いしそつう) [四字熟語, noun] (coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
線香花火 (せんこうはなび) [四字熟語, noun] toy fireworks; sparklers
太っ腹 (ふとっぱら) [noun, な-adj., の-adj.] generous; magnanimous; big-hearted
あきもせず [expression, adverb] untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
遠浅 (とおあさ) [noun, な-adj.] shoal; wide, shallow beach

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