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京都寺町三条のホームズ

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Summary - Japanese

京都の寺町三条商店街に、ポツリとたたずむ骨董品店『蔵』。女子高生の真城葵は、ひょんなことから、そこの店主の息子の家頭清貴と知り合い、アルバイトを始めることになる。清貴は物腰や柔らかいが恐ろしく感が鋭く、『寺町のホームズ』と呼ばれていた。葵は清貴とともに、様々な客から持ち込まれる奇妙な依頼を受けるが――エブリスタ発、人気No.1キャラミス!

Summary - English

Half a year after moving to Kyoto, high school girl Aoi Mashiro brings her late grandfather’s old scrolls to Kura, an antique store nestled in Kyoto’s Teramachi-Sanjo shopping arcade, for an appraisal. One thing leads to another, and she winds up working there part-time. The manager’s son, Kiyotaka Yagashira—nicknamed the “Holmes of Kyoto”—is uncannily perceptive, and together, they solve strange cases relating to the antiques brought to them by clients.

Club Schedule (starts 8th of July; page count overestimated from counting the same page twice in most cases)

Week Section End Approx. length Pages #pages
1 Prologue 11% 10% 4-34 31
2 Ch1; 1-2 18% 7% 35-56 22
3 Ch1; 3-4 24% 6% 56-75 20
4 Ch2; 1-5 35% 11% 76-111 36
5 Ch2; 6-9 44% 9% 111-137 27
6 Ch3; 1-2 51% 7% 138-159 22
7 Ch3; 3-4 57% 6% 159-179 21
8 Ch4; 1-4 65% 8% 180-204 25
9 Ch4; 5-6 78% 13% 204-247 44
10 Ch5; 1-2 89% 11% 248-282 35
11 Ch5; 3-5 97% 8% 282-306 25

(:point_down:By April 1, I of course mean July 8th)

Will you be reading along when the club starts on April 1?
  • Yes
  • No
  • I’ll be reading, but at my own pace
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What type of media will you be consuming the book as?
  • Physical
  • eBook
0 voters
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Oh god, it’s so hard to find proper breaks.
The prologue has no interruption until like 2 pages before the end, and runs for 10-11% of the book (depending on the interface I use to open the ebook). That’s 30+ pages :sweat_smile: Plus, there’s a solid 35+ pages section towards the end (week 9) without any clear break…

That being said, it feels on par with stuff we did before (looking at the NHKにようこそ schedule).

What do people think?

  • That’s fine
  • I have a better idea
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Additionally, I would appreciate if anyone has the actual page numbers from the physical version.

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That’s quite a while away. :sweat_smile:

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Here are the actual page numbers. The chapter length is rather variable :sweat_smile:

Chapter Page
Prologue 4 - 34
1-1 35 - 39
1-2 39 - 56
1-3 56 - 70
1-4 70 - 75
2-1 76 - 81
2-2 81 - 85
2-3 86 - 94
2-4 94 - 98
2-5 98 - 111
2-6 111 - 118
2-7 118 - 121
2-8 121 - 136
2-9 136 - 137
3-1 138 - 148
3-2 148 - 159
3-3 159 - 168
3-4 168 - 179
4-1 180 - 183
4-2 183 - 187
4-3 187 - 196
4-4 196 - 204
4-5 204 - 243
4-6 243 - 247
5-1 248 - 265
5-2 265 - 282
5-3 282 - 285
5-4 285 - 301
5-5 301 - 306
Afterword 308 - 310
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Freaking copy paste. Bah.
The proper date is above anyway.
Edit: yep, can’t edit anymore.

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Thank you! I have updated the pages.
On the one hand, I feel like it would make sense (in terms of length) to move 4-6 to the next week… but I feel it would be frustrating in terms of reading enjoyment.

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Excited to join this one! As I will be in another book club (or two) at the same time, I am happy to go with the majority on pace haha

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The next thread will have to wait until Tuesday (so, one day late), because I do not have a working computer until then :sweat_smile:

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And there we are!

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Week 3 is up!

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Week 4!

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Quick question on the book title: for the 京都寺町三条 part, is it supposed to be read like 京都・寺町・三条? 京都 is obvious enough; is 寺町 literal? “Temple town”? And 三条… What is this referring to?

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Teramachi Street - Wikipedia / Sanjō Street - Wikipedia intersection, I think.

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Ah, thank you!

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Thankfully, the author avoided giving too many details in the title despite the tendency for 京都 location names to grow very long.

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Gah, I’m traveling again without computer. I should have put up the next thread… (I thought I would be back earlier, but somehow I was off by two days in my calendar).
I’ll probably just put up a stub on the day, and edit it later.

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Well, I think I still managed it. Hopefully nothing is broken.

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New week is up!
Second week of updating by phone :sweat_smile:

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Finally on a keyboard! It is much more comfortable.
(Hopefully I didn’t let my guard down so much that I made a mistake)

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We are reaching the 2/3 of the book! Less than a month left :hushed:

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