[DeepL Translation - needs review] Martial arts are deep and love is still faint. The bow and myself, that’s all there is. A new series by the author of “Bookstore Girl,” which was made into a TV drama. (Synopsis) On the eve of entering high school, Kaede Yaguchi suddenly steps into a Japanese archery dojo in a corner of a shrine. Fascinated by the dignified appearance of a boy playing the strings among the adults, she decides to join the Kyudo club there. This is a coming-of-age entertainment novel about a shy high school girl who awakens to the profound fascination of Japanese traditional archery and opens the door to a new world! The cover illustration is by animator Arai Arai. Cover illustration by animator Yojiro Arai.
(Translator: DeepL)
Content warnings if known
No clue
Schedule
If you’d like to follow a suggested schedule, it’s 1 chapter per week. Most of us will be reading at our own pace, but either way is fine.
Will you be reading along when the club starts
Yes
I’ll be reading, but at my own pace
No
I joined later on
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What type of media will you be consuming the book as?
Mine should be arriving tomorrow (purchased it a while back with a pre-order book not realising it was in the nominations til I saw it the other day). Not sure how difficult it will be for me to read so I might just take it at my own pace.
Awesome, and fair… especially since the level is estimated. I picked Other, mostly b/c schedules stress me out sometimes. So I’ll probably read ahead of the club & take notes in advance, if we go with that.
Any chance you could share the chapter pg numbers when you get yours? Kindle version only has “positions”, and no ToC. Amazon physical preview also didn’t show ToC
I’m going to read the sample from Amazon and then decide if I want to keep with the book. I’ve had a few books lately that I lost interest in pretty quickly, so this will help me both keep my club reads down and let me be noncommittal
That said, feel free to ignore any of my votes above if they cause a tie or something.
Happy to send info on the ToC once it arrives. It’s still sitting with customs atm so hoping that gets cleared and it then heads up my way over night for delivery tomorrow
There isn’t a ToC and most of the chapters start part way through a page but there is a break with the chapter number written so it’s clear enough. Page numbers for the start of each chapter are as follows:
I haven’t even seen a book like that in English (novel wise). I’m now dreading coming across chapters like that as I’ll feel like I need to just keep reading til I pass out
Re: optional schedule - it looks like all the chapters are under 30 pgs… so I’m just gonna say 1 chapter per week for optional schedule (which it sounds like most of us won’t be following anyway)
@Sataniel , @CatDQ - did either of you have preference on start date? If not, we’ll go with Oct 19
I read the first chapter. Got a bit worried on the first page, when there were a bunch of 神社 related lookups (19!), but then it mostly calmed down. There was one other page where I had 11… but otherwise 2 or 3 per page.
The 3rd person narration was throwing me for a bit, but I’m re-acclimated, I think. Also I like the general tone and flow so far. I like that the protagonist is 人見知り, but doesn’t feel like a stereotype. And the initial setup was pleasantly quick/smooth. The book’s already making me want to take up 弓道 (not likely to ever happen, but a girl can dream…)
Random question but with what you’ve read so far, do you feel it’s harder grammar wise than the 26? level or is this maybe on point?
Trying to figure out if I should make a start now while I have almost a week to get used to it or if I should focus on other things while off to get more out of the time and come back to this at my own pace
