# 🐇 Home Thread for 幻獣調査員 🦇 **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Tags:** bookclub, 幻獣調査員\ **Created:** [January 17, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110 "2025-01-17T16:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/1 "2025-01-17T16:10:46Z")
Welcome to the home thread for 幻獣調査員, as part of [the LN club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/light-novel-book-club-reading-nhk-and-taking-noms/3893). ![genjuu_chousain](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/7/7a073e0414abba0cee2b7d4d11706c19dbc40ac9.jpeg) 🇯🇵 [幻獣調査員 | L33](https://learnnatively.com/book/149d008803/) > **Summary - Japanese** > > 村を襲うも人は殺さない飛竜の真意とは。老人の巻きこまれた妖精猫の裁判の行方は。鋭い吠え声が響く村で娘達を食らう獣の正体とは――。独自の生態と超自然の力を持つ生き物、幻獣。謎多き存在である彼らと人の衝突が増えたため、国家は幻獣を調査し、時には駆除をする専門家を定めた。そのひとりである調査員のフェリは「人と幻獣の共存」を胸に、世界で唯一の幻獣書を完成させるため旅を続けている。これは、人と幻獣の関わりが生む、残酷で優しい幻想幻獣譚 > **Summary - English** > > (DeepL) What is the true intention of the flying dragon that attacks the village but does not kill people? What is the course of the trial of the fairy cat that the old man is involved in? What is the true nature of the beast that devours the daughters in the village with its sharp bark? Phantom beasts, creatures with unique ecology and supernatural powers. Because of the increasing number of conflicts between these mysterious beings and people, the state has appointed specialists to investigate and sometimes exterminate them. One of these experts, researcher Feri, is on a journey to complete the world’s only book on phantoms, with “the coexistence of humans and phantoms” in mind. This is a cruel and tender fantasy tale of the relationship between man and phantom beasts. > **[Genjuu Chousain – Prebuilt decks – jpdb](https://jpdb.io/novel/15677/genjuu-chousain)** > > 6001 unique words, 1722 kanji, 6/10 difficulty **Club Schedule** | Week | Chapters (inclusive) | # of Pages | Ending sentence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Week 1](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1/14524) | 闇の王様のお話 1 - Ch. 1 (pt. 1) | 27 | それまでに、彼女には確かめなければならないことがあった。 | | [Week 2](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-2/14680) | Chapter 1 (pt. 2) | 24 | (end of ch 1) | | [Week 3](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-3/14807) | 闇の王様のお話 2 - 闇の王様のお話 3 | 18 | (end of 闇の王様のお話 3) | | [Week 4](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-4/14931) | Chapter 3 | 31 | (end of ch. 3) | | [Week 5](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-5/15074) | 闇の王様のお話 4 - Ch.4 | 14 | (end of ch. 4) | | [Week 6](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-6/15190) | 闇の王様のお話 5 - Ch. 5 | 27 | (end of ch. 5) | | [Week 7](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-7/15325) | 闇の王様のお話 6 - 闇の王様のお話 7 | 20 | (end of 闇の王様のお話 7) | | [Week 8](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-8/15451) | Ch. 7 (part 1) | 23 | 「だって、獣はかしこくて、バン・シーは泣き続けているんですもの」 | | [Week 9](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-9/15586) | Ch. 7 (part 2) | 19 | 「ーーーーなるほど、コイツが」 | | [Week 10](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-10/15702) | Ch. 7 (part 3) | 24 | (end of ch. 7) | | [Week 11](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-11/15835) | 闇の王様のお話 8 - 闇の王様のお話 9 | 24 | (end of 闇の王様のお話 9) | | [Week 12](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-12/15836) | 夏の夜の夢 | 18 | (end of 夏の夜の夢) | _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/1))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/2 "2025-01-17T16:11:44Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/2))_ ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/3 "2025-01-23T14:21:11Z")
Looks like we’re leaning pretty solidly towards starting on Feb 3! I’ll see if I can’t get a schedule poll up today or tomorrow as well. (If anyone has a physical copy, let me know!) ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/4 "2025-01-23T14:30:41Z")
~~The book seems to be less popular than Kadokawa expected, as the edition I bought end of 2023 is still the first edition from 2016. That‘s probably also the reason why there is just one follow up volume.~~ Oops wrong recollection: I bought it second hand, though it looks like I might be the first who even opened it. Nonetheless, from reading the blurb I expect the book to be just what I like. There is an image where the girl on the front page sits in a chair holding a skull in her lap, and another were she communicates with a group of cats.. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/5 "2025-01-23T14:43:22Z")
> [@mic](#): > > the edition I bought end of 2023 is still the first edition from 2016 Could you post page numbers for chapters, if it has any? ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/6 "2025-01-23T14:58:24Z")
![IMG_0562](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/1c8e48225cfab18d72c937b06bf512ab2ae68fc7.jpeg) Last chapter 夏の夜の夢 ends at page 280. After that comes a あとがき 281-282, plus image and 参考文献, the book ends on page 284. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/7 "2025-01-23T15:02:54Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/8 "2025-01-23T15:06:47Z")
There is a natural break at page 200. バン・シイの泣き声だけが長く響き続けた。 The second chapter is a bit short, but there is a natural break at page 36, that we could use: そのままひとりぼっちの飛竜に、彼女は長く寄り添い続けた。 But of course all depends on the number of pages we will choose to read per week. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/9 "2025-01-28T15:01:54Z")
Hey guys, really sorry for the reading pace poll delay. I’ve been unusually busy at work, so it’s just now I’m checking back in on things. Hoping to have the poll up today. 🤞 We will be reading Feb 3! Please vote in the participation poll if you haven’t already! ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/10 "2025-01-28T16:07:01Z")
Okay, here’s a digitization of @mic’s TOC: | Chapter | Start Page | # of Pages | | --- | --- | --- | | 闇の王様のお話 1 | 005 | 1 | | 1 | 006 | 47 | | 闇の王様のお話 2 | 053 | 4 | | 2 | 057 | 10 | | 闇の王様のお話 3 | 067 | 5 | | 3 | 072 | 32 | | 闇の王様のお話 4 | 104 | 3 | | 4 | 107 | 21 | | 闇の王様のお話 5 | 119 | 3 | | 5 | 122 | 25 | | 闇の王様のお話 6 | 147 | 4 | | 6 | 151 | 15 | | 闇の王様のお話 7 | 166 | 2 | | 7 | 168 | 69 | | 闇の王様のお話 8 | 237 | 2 | | 0 | 239 | 21 | | 闇の王様のお話 9 | 260 | 2 | | 夏の夜の夢 | 262 | 18 | _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/10))_ Depending on what our results look like, I may need your help finding good breakpoints in Chapter 1 as well @mic. ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/11 "2025-01-30T03:30:21Z")
I only have time for this book/club until the last week of March, when I will start a book of one of my reference book series one year after the previous book of the series. I will need to read it w/o reading other books at the same time to be actually comparable with previous reads in the series. So I will probably stay with the club just in February and then finish the book on myself. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/12 "2025-02-01T16:05:45Z")
Last call to get your votes in on pacing! We will be starting Monday! ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/13 "2025-02-02T21:20:38Z")
🐇 This emoji is far too cute for the cool rabbit monster in this club’s book 😅 Btw: does the electronic version also show the images of the book? ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/14 "2025-02-02T23:58:49Z")
I’m not sure yet; I’ll post if I see them! When does the first one show up in the physical book? Also, I’ll go ahead and call the pacing poll: we’ll be reading ~25 pgs/week! This leaves our schedule looking something like this: | Week | Chapters (inclusive) | # of Pages | Ending sentence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week 1 | 闇の王様のお話 1 - Ch. 1 (pt. 1) | 36 | そのままひとりぼっちの飛竜に、彼女は長く寄り添い続けた。 | | Week 2 | Chapter 1 | 15 | (end of ch 1) | | Week 3 | 闇の王様のお話 2 - 闇の王様のお話 3 | 18 | (end of 闇の王様のお話 3) | | Week 4 | Chapter 3 | 31 | (end of ch. 3) | | Week 5 | 闇の王様のお話 4 - Ch.4 | 14 | (end of ch. 4) | | Week 6 | 闇の王様のお話 5 - Ch. 5 | 27 | (end of ch. 5) | | Week 7 | 闇の王様のお話 6 - 闇の王様のお話 7 | 20 | (end of 闇の王様のお話 7) | | Week 8 | Ch. 7 (part 1) | 32 | バン・シイの泣き声だけが長く響き続けた。 | | Week 9 | Ch. 7 (part 2) | 35 | (end of ch. 7) | | Week 10 | 闇の王様のお話 8 - 闇の王様のお話 9 | 24 | (end of 闇の王様のお話 9) | | Week 11 | 夏の夜の夢 | 18 | (end of 夏の夜の夢) | If it ends up being weird reading-wise to end some weeks on the 闇の王様のお話 interludes, they’ll be pretty easy to shift forward a week. This schedule is…a bit weird with the page counts. @.@ My apologies, everyone; I need to come up with a better way to poll for a schedule for books with uneven chapter breaks. The first week is unfortunately long; @mic, are there any other good page breaks you can see that more evenly split the chapter in half? If we just end up using this, week two will at least be a good deal shorter to allow folks to catch up. Pretty much the same deal with weeks 4 & 5, then 8 and 9 are both longer. @mic if I can bother you once again, would it be possible for you to glance through chapter 7 and see if there’s any obvious way to split it into three, instead of the two it currently is? It may end up being fine as-is, but I wanted to check. I’ve gone ahead and posted the first week’s chapter as well! > [@rabbit Week 1 | 幻獣調査員 bat](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1/14524): > > Welcome to the reading club for 幻獣調査員! [Home Thread](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for-week-1/14110) | [week 2](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-2/14680)Reading Schedule Week Chapters (inclusive) # of Pages Ending sentence Week 1 闇の王様のお話 1 - Ch. 1 (pt. 1) 27 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 … ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/15 "2025-02-03T06:54:37Z")
First chapter has a better break at page 27, それまでに、彼女には確かめなければならないことがあった。When I proposed page 36 I had in mind to combine the rest with chapter 2, but this is too much with the chosen schedule. First image, apart from the color images at the start, is on page 6 i.e. the start of chapter 1, then the start of chapters 3 and 5, there seems to be a pattern 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/naphthalene/32/146_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/16 "2025-02-03T07:08:08Z")
> [@mic](#): > > Btw: does the electronic version also show the images of the book? I’ve never heard of an electronic version _not_ doing that. Although, it’s possible for the electronic version to be based on an edition that has no image while another edition (e.g. the children edition) will have some. Case in point > [@mic](#): > > First image, apart from the color images at the start, is on page 6 i.e. the start of chapter 1, then the start of chapters 3 and 5, there seems to be a pattern 😉 Those are in, yes. And so does chapter 7. ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/17 "2025-02-03T07:12:48Z")
The images and the text might have different copyright conditions, as e.g. you didn’t talk about the colour images at the start, before the actual start of the book. ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/naphthalene/32/146_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/18 "2025-02-03T07:28:06Z")
> [@mic](#): > > The images and the text might have different copyright conditions I’m not a publication expert, but as long as they are the same edition, everything will be in. The only difference is that ebooks are more flexible, so some editors will tack some ads/announcements at the end. > [@mic](#): > > as e.g. you didn’t talk about the colour images at the start Well, you were explicitly excluding them, so I did not see the need to mention them (also those are typically spoilers) ---
**Author:** ![MintTea](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/minttea/32/2895_2.png) [@MintTea](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/MintTea)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/20 "2025-02-03T11:34:01Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > > [@mic](#): > > > > Btw: does the electronic version also show the images of the book? > > I’ve never heard of an electronic version _not_ doing that. Iirc the digital version of [FLESH & BLOOD 1 | L35](https://learnnatively.com/book/c37cd552a0/) didn’t have any. But I think it’s pretty rare for the images not to be included. ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/naphthalene/32/146_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110/21 "2025-02-03T11:46:09Z")
> [@MintTea](#): > > Iirc the digital version of [FLESH & BLOOD 1 | L35](https://learnnatively.com/book/c37cd552a0/) didn’t have any. The ebook from Booklive does, but now that I am checking, the description specifically mentions > ※口絵・イラスト収録あり so I guess that it used to not be the case (or that it depends on provider? Edit: no, I just checked and all the providers listed on Natively mentioned the illustrations) [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/14110.md?page=2)