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Welcome to the 癒し系 Book Club’s first pick! :smiling_face:

General Information

Summary - Japanese

とある町に、ひっそりとたたずむ一軒の甘味処。熊と鮭が営むこのお店は、夜だけしか営業していません。
提供するのは温かいお茶と、甘いもの一品だけ。今夜も、疲れて泣きたい人々がこの店に迷い込みます。

夢をあきらめた夜、
愛する人を想う夜、
自分のことが嫌いになった夜。
―そんな夜は、この店で涙を流してもいいんだよ。

主人公たちが知らない、もうひとつの視点から綴った描き下ろし52Pに加え、11のお菓子レシピがついています。

Summary - English

A sweet shop tucked away in a town. This store, run by a bear and a salmon, is only open at night.
All they serve is hot tea and a sweet dish. Tonight, too, people who are tired and want to cry wander into this store.

The night they gave up on their dreams,
The night they think of their loved ones,
A night when you hate yourself.
-On those nights, it’s okay to shed a tear in this store.

In addition to 52 pages of newly illustrated stories from another point of view, unknown to the main characters, 11 recipes for sweets are included.[/details]

:exclamation: A free version of the book is available which doesn’t include the recipes or extra side stories.

Reading Schedule

We’ll all read the main chapters, and those who have access to the full version have the option to read the extra content every week if they want to. :slightly_smiling_face:

Week Date Chapters (free version) Chapters (full version) Extras
Week 1 Feb 26 1, 2, 3, 7 prologue & all three 第一夜 chapters 第一夜 additional stories
Week 2 Mar 4 6, 4, 5 all three 第二夜 chapters 第二夜 additional stories
Week 3 Mar 11 8, 9 first two 第三夜 chapters first two 第三夜 additional stories
Week 4 Mar 18 10, 11 last two 第三夜 chapters last two 第三夜 additional stories & epilogue
Chapter titles
Part Full version Free version
プロローグ 第１話 プロローグ
第一夜 会社を辞めたOLさんといちご大福 第２話 会社を辞めたOLさんといちご大福
落ち込んだ新人さんが干し柿を拾う話 第３話 落ち込んだ新人さんが干し柿を拾う話
夫を亡くした奥さんと梅酒ゼリー 第７話 夫を亡くした奥さんと梅酒ゼリー
3x Another Story
第二夜 私だけのパフェ 第６話 私だけのパフェ
ギャルとばあちゃんとマフィン 第４話 ギャルとばあちゃんとマフィン
がっちゃんのココアクッキー 第５話 がっちゃんのココアクッキー
3x Another Story
第三夜 心配性なお母さんとバナナケーキ 第８話 心配性なお母さんとバナナケーキ
緑のライオンと栗きんとんのパイ 第９話 緑のライオンと栗きんとんのパイ
３人の青春とプリン 第10話 ３人の青春とプリン
夕暮れのチーズケーキ 第11話 夕暮れのチーズケーキ
4x Another Story
エピローグ

Discussion Guidelines

  • Spoilers should always be hidden using spoiler blur.
  • When discussing a specific section, please mention where you are in the book, ideally by chapter so people reading different versions have a clear point of reference.
  • Feel free to read ahead if it’s exciting, but please refrain from spoiling ahead of the appropriate week.
  • If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That’s a welcome part of the discussion too, and other readers will be happy to help.

Polls

Will you be reading along with us?
  • Yes! :heart_eyes:
  • Maybe… :thinking:
  • No, just here for the discussion :popcorn:
0 voters
Which version will you be reading?
  • Physical book
  • Ebook
0 voters
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When would you like to start reading?
  • February 26
  • March 4
  • March 11
  • March 18
  • Later
0 voters

Reading Schedule

Here’s the table of contents:

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It’s split into three parts, and further divided into chapters (with recipes) with some extras at the end of each part.

Part Chapter Page No. pages
Prologue 3 3
1 1 9 6
2 15 8
3 23 8
Extras 31 20
2 4 51 8
5 59 10
6 69 12
Extras 81 18
3 7 99 10
8 109 14
9 123 12
10 135 12
Extras 147 25
Epilogue 172 3

Here’s a rough estimate of the time it would take to read based on different numbers of pages per week:

Pages Weeks
20 9
30 6
40 5
50 4
How many pages would you like to read per week?
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
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The start date of Feb 26 (next week) is leading the poll at the moment; if you haven’t voted for when to start reading yet, please scroll up to the poll and vote for your choice. :slightly_smiling_face:

I’ve been looking at how to split up the reading schedule, and since there’s a free version of the manga online I thought I’d try to accommodate both those reading the free version and those reading the full version.

The number of pages for those reading the full version are a little high compared to what has been voted for… But for those only reading the main content, it’s a little low. :sweat_smile:

Week Chapters Pages Extras Total
Pages
1 1-3 22 prologue &
additional stories		 45
2 4-6 30 additional stories 48
3 7-8 24 additional stories 36
4 9-10 24 additional stories
& epilogue		 37

We could all read the main content, and those who have the full version can read the extra content if they want to. How does that sound? Happy to hear suggestions if anyone has better ideas! :grin:

Which version are you planning to read?
  • Free version (main chapters only)
  • Full version (including extras)
0 voters
Would you be happy with the proposed reading schedule?
  • Yes
  • No (comment below)
0 voters
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It’s the final week! :slightly_smiling_face:

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