Welcome to the ロジカとラッカセイ ・ Rojica and Rakkasei book club!
This is the main thread for reading the manga ロジカとラッカセイ ・ Rojica and Rakkasei together with the Beginner Book Club. It’s suggested that you have a solid understanding of N5 grammar and at least some of N4. If you have finished Genki 2, or have finished an Absolute Beginner Book Club and thought it went rather well, this might be at a good next step for you!
We’ll be reading together according to a weekly schedule, ask and answer questions in weekly threads, and we’ll have vocabulary and grammar sheets we’re building together to make this easier for everyone.
The vocab sheet will be especially useful since this manga doesn’t have furigana! (Although you can always use KanjiTomo on Windows 10, or other kanji recognition software - we might talk a bit more about that in this thread.)
ロジカとラッカセイ ・ Rojica and Rakkasei
Description
Rojica and Rakkasei lead a cozy countryside life, exploring their world’s whimsical, fascinating creatures. Through their scholarly friend Isaac, they learn about many bizarre artifacts and the ancient civilization that once inhabited their planet. A vinyl record and a twister mat are just some of the items with mysterious purposes!
When there is nothing else to do, Rojica and Rakkasei investigate their strange neighbors, like the secretive Shi-san, the off-putting and incoherent Mrs. Grace (who terrifies Rakkasei) and Mrs. Massu, the kind old lady from next door.
Adventures are had, new friends are made, and every day they discover something new. There are a lot of things that the two still don’t know about the place that they live in…
Trigger Warnings
- death (major spoiler)
Since that’s not really clear from the description above, and I feel like it should be clear to people who are expecting nothing more than a fun and cute story: It does have lots of lighthearted silliness and a fair portion of wholesomeness, but it also can and will get surprisingly dark in some places.
More info about the manga
- Nomination post (with preview pictures to see if you like the looks and the difficulty, and more information)
- Natively (a website that compares the difficulty of mangas and other books)
Where to buy
Physical: Amazon | CD Japan
Digital: Kindle | BookWalker | Kobo
Schedule & Discussion Thread Links
Volume 1
Week | Start Date | Chapter | Pages | No. of pages with text |
---|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | May 6 | 1 | 5-24 | 14 |
Week 2 | May 13 | 2 | 25-40 | 12 |
Week 3 | May 20 | 3 | 41-56 | 12 |
Week 4 | May 27 | 4 | 57-72 | 13 |
Week 5 | June 3 | 4 | 73-90 | 14 |
Week 6 | June 10 | 5 | 91-118 | 23 |
Week 7 | June 17 | 6 | 119-151 | 28 |
Week 8 | June 24 | 7 | 152-174 | 16 |
Week 9 | July 1 | 8 | 175-203 | 19 |
- Pages are physical page numbers (they are printed on some pages). Ebook reader pages might be off by a bit.
- Page offset on Amazon Kindle: Location - 3. E.g. location 28 is physical page 25.
- Page offset on Bookwalker: Number in bar below - 2 (left) / - 3 (right). E.g. when the bar below shows 9, the left page is physical page 7, the right one physical page 6.
- No. of pages with text is the amount of pages with more than one short sentence.
Later Volumes
- Volume 2: ロジカとラッカセイ ・ Rojica and Rakkasei 🥜 Volume 2
- Volume 3: ロジカとラッカセイ ・ Rojica and Rakkasei 🥜 Volume 3
Vocabulary Sheet
Grammar Sheet
Will you be reading with us?
- Yeah!
- Yeah, but I’ll start late
- I’m not sure yet
- I’m skipping this one
- I’ve read this before, but will join in the discussion
How will you be reading?
- Physical
- Digital
- I’m not sure yet