# 🐈 Home Thread for 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 ✨ **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [May 4, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164 "2025-05-04T01:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CatDQ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/catdq/32/670_2.png) [@CatDQ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/CatDQ)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/42 "2025-06-02T23:16:34Z")
Random question but does the book get easier after the first page or so? I know some books the first few pages are a bit of a struggle then things get a bit easier (I expect vocab to evolve in difficulty depending on what’s being spoken about). I kinda want to read this but the first page took me ages and even then I was only really half understanding it if at all 😅 ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/43 "2025-06-02T23:17:51Z")
The first few pages are harder than once you get to dialogue, but there are some descriptions later on that are more difficult again. L29 feels pretty accurate to me so far, fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![CatDQ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/catdq/32/670_2.png) [@CatDQ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/CatDQ)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/44 "2025-06-02T23:19:55Z")
Thanks, I might see if I can battle through the first few pages and see how I get on then. I really want to read it 😂 ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/45 "2025-06-02T23:26:24Z")
Yeah join us! And def ask any questions you have. I’m also finding it a bit of a challenge compared to other beginner LN picks but it’s a good challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/46 "2025-06-02T23:35:58Z")
I feel like pretty much _every_ book gets easier once you read a certain amount of pages because you get used to the setting, the vocab and the grammar. So if you want to read it: Give it a few more pages. But yeah, this _is_ hard. Literally the only reason I can read it at all at my level of experience is because of digital dictionary lookups, digitally added furigana and the ease of copying fragments into ChatGPT to get a better understanding of the structure. ---
**Author:** ![CatDQ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/catdq/32/670_2.png) [@CatDQ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/CatDQ)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/47 "2025-06-02T23:43:15Z")
Lack of furigana is a killer for me unless I know the kanji and can guess the meaning of the word. I’m working on that though. It’s a physical copy I have. Tried looking for a vocab deck on JPDB or such but there doesn’t seem to be anything yet which just means it will take me longer to read if I can stick with it. The small excerpts I’ve seen in quotes on here have been easy enough for me to read though I know that’s just the tip of the iceberg. ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/48 "2025-06-02T23:46:08Z")
> [@CatDQ](#): > > It’s a physical copy I have. Yeah, I know. You’re definitely braver than me! (Especially because my kanji knowledge is as extensive and deep as a puddle on the street. In a dry country. In summer.) ---
**Author:** ![soggyboy](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/soggyboy/32/4090_2.png) [@soggyboy](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/soggyboy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/49 "2025-06-03T00:03:25Z")
> [@CatDQ](#): > > Lack of furigana is a killer for me unless I know the kanji and can guess the meaning of the word. I’m working on that though. It’s a physical copy I have. I recommend this tool: > **[KanKan: kanji-component-aware online Japanese dictionary](https://community.wanikani.com/t/kankan-kanji-component-aware-online-japanese-dictionary/66718?u=soggyboy)** > > Hello all, I made a web page where you can look up words using fragments of kanji: I read a lot of Japanese where I can’t easily look things up automatically, such as paper books or retro videogames. I often find myself wanting to look stuff... You can search words using radicals, but you don’t need _every_ radical in a kanji like the jisho radical search. So if I see 陽射し in a book I can search like this: ![IMG_0386](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/6/b6721f6edd84357115d2ba2dc6b4cf376ad38e62.jpeg) And it comes up. ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/50 "2025-06-03T00:38:45Z")
Also recommended if (like me) you don’t know your radicals well: [https://jotoba.de](https://jotoba.de)’s radical search that allows you to search for kanjis that are made of radicals of kanjis you know. E.g. let’s say I’m searching for 峠. I see 下 in there. No idea what radicals 下 is made of though (it’s an example, don’t be hard on my hypothetical self!), so I go… ![grafik](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/d/5d5e0fa81408a008be254baebd56a227e773a73e.png) ![firefox_2025-06-03 02.36.50.225](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/8/a8a695ecc60ce5096db8568dab1cdc43e946531e.png) ![firefox_2025-06-03 02.37.07.062](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/1/f173abf44fbd1fa6dacede33f7b486ed962d5549.png) ![firefox_2025-06-03 02.37.14.237](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/1263d6ab1d07f4ec0640e345a76b7a1474a54a2e.png) ![firefox_2025-06-03 02.37.22.819](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/6/26c6e69510616ed0baf7fc83b5aa877a53a5105a.png) ---
**Author:** ![CatDQ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/catdq/32/670_2.png) [@CatDQ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/CatDQ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/51 "2025-06-03T08:44:16Z")
> [@Legato](#): > > Yeah, I know. You’re definitely braver than me! I have very few books in ebook format for Japanese unless it’s learner material 😂 I just prefer the feel of it and it saves my eyes. That and I don’t think Amazon uk is great for selection of digital books in foreign languages at times. > [@soggyboy](#): > > I recommend this tool: Thanks, I didn’t know about that one. Been using either google to draw it then put it into DeepL, kanji look up or Takoboto apps unless I have the furigana then it’s usually just DeepL I use. > [@Legato](#): > > Also recommended if (like me) you don’t know your radicals well: [https://jotoba.de](https://jotoba.de)’s radical search that allows you to search for kanjis that are made of radicals of kanjis you know. Thanks, I didn’t know about this either. ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164/52 "2025-06-06T19:30:57Z")
> [@cat Week 3 | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 sparkles](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16657): > > Week 3 June 7 Chapter 第一話 巣立ちの儀 (part 3/3) End Percentage 13.56% End Page 46 Read until End of Chapter Next week [Week 4](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16773) Previous week [Week 2](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16531) Home Thread [黒猫ニャンゴの冒険](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16164) We’re reading this book as part of the [Beginner’s Light Novel Book Club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/5601). [[815IfqmEJHS.SL1500]](https://learnnatively.com/book/fddbfdf358/)Discussion Guidelines Please blur/hide any major events in the current week’s pages (however early they occur), like so: (that’s [spoiler]text here[/spoiler]). If you have a question about grammar, vocab, the story, … ---
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> [@cat Week 4 | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 sparkles](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16773): > > Week 4 June 14 Chapter 第二話 冒険者という生き方 (part 1/4) End Percentage 18.24% End Page 62 Read until 「そうか、そいつは良い話を聞いた。早速、明日にでも訪ねてみよう」(shortly after some tea was brewed) Next week [Week 5](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16859) Previous week [Week 3](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16657) Home Thread [黒猫ニャンゴの冒険](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16164) We’re reading this book as part of the [Beginner’s Light Novel Book Club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/5601). [[815IfqmEJHS.SL1500]](https://learnnatively.com/book/fddbfdf358/)Discussion Guidelines Please blur/hide any major events in the current week’s pages (however early they occur), like so: (that’s [spoiler]text here[/spoiler])… ---
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> [@cat Week 5 | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 sparkles](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16859): > > Week 5 June 21 Chapter 第二話 冒険者という生き方 (part 2/4) End Percentage 22.83% End Page 77 Read until まずは、ゆっくりとした速度から始めて体を慣らしていこう。 ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Next week [Week 6](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16992) Previous week [Week 4](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16773) Home Thread [黒猫ニャンゴの冒険](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16164) We’re reading this book as part of the [Beginner’s Light Novel Book Club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/5601). [[815IfqmEJHS.SL1500]](https://learnnatively.com/book/fddbfdf358/)Discussion Guidelines Please blur/hide any major events in the current week’s pages (however early they occur), like so: (that’s [spoiler]text here[/spoiler]). If you have a question about … ---
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> [@cat Week 6 | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 sparkles](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16992): > > Week 6 June 28 Chapter 第二話 冒険者という生き方 (part 3/4) End Percentage 29.01% End Page 96 Read until 強い！ ◆◆◆◆ (shortly after picture; stronger spoiler) Next week [Week 7](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/17127) Previous week [Week 5](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16859) Home Thread [黒猫ニャンゴの冒険](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16164) We’re reading this book as part of the [Beginner’s Light Novel Book Club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/5601). [[815IfqmEJHS.SL1500]](https://learnnatively.com/book/fddbfdf358/)Discussion Guidelines Please blur/hide any major events in the current week’s pages (however early they occur), like so: (that’s [spoiler]text here[/spoiler]). If you have a q… ---
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> [@cat Week 7 | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 sparkles](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/17127): > > Week 7 July 5 Chapter 第二話 冒険者という生き方 (part 4/4) End Percentage 32.99% End Page 108 Read until End of Chapter Next week [Week 8](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/17443/2) Previous week [Week 6](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16992) Home Thread [黒猫ニャンゴの冒険](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16164) We’re reading this book as part of the [Beginner’s Light Novel Book Club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/5601). [[815IfqmEJHS.SL1500]](https://learnnatively.com/book/fddbfdf358/)Discussion Guidelines Please blur/hide any major events in the current week’s pages (however early they occur), like so: (that’s [spoiler]text here[/spoiler]). If you have a question about grammar, vocab, the st… ---
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> [@cat Week 8 and following | 黒猫ニャンゴの冒険 sparkles](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/17443/2): > > Week 8 July 12 Chapter 第三話 成長を求めて (part 1/3) End Percentage 39.21% End Page 128 Read until だいぶ時間が掛かってしまった。 ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Home Thread [黒猫ニャンゴの冒険](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/x/16164)Participation Poll [poll](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-8-and-following/17443/2) [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for/16164.md?page=2)