レベル7 Informal Reading Club
This was mentioned here and on the WK forums quite some time ago and we’re finally kicking off. The Natively entry is here: レベル7 (セブン) | L30??
レベル7 is a book by 宮部みゆき who is a very prolific mystery author whose work I’ve so far interacted with tends to focus on Japanese societal issues and messy, often hidden interpersonal relationships. Many of her works have been made into TV shows and movies.
This particular book is only available as a physical copy (no ebook) and runs over 600 pages long.
Anyone is welcome to join! I will make this post a wiki so that people can add character name readings as well as any unusual place names if needed.
Because this is expected to be a very small club it will just be this one thread.
Schedule
This is a long book. We can check in a few weeks along and see if we want to speed up or keep the course. Luckily while there are only a handful of chapters in the book, the sections are numbered and don’t reset by chapter. From those I came up with this schedule (overlapping page numbers are where section cuts share a page):
Sections are inclusive
Week 1 - Feb 27: pg 7 - 35 \ 28 pages
- プロローグ - 2
Week 2 - Mar 6 36 - 68 \ 32 pages
- 3 - 5
Week 3 - Mar 13 68 - 109 \ 41 pages
- 6 - 8
Week 4 - Mar 20 109 - 148 \ 39 pages
- 9 - 11
Week 5 - Mar 27 148 - 180 \ 32 pages
- 12 - 14
Week 6 - Apr 3 180 - 212 \ 32 pages
- 15 - 17
Week 7 - Apr 10 212 - 242 \ 30 pages
- 18 - 20
Week 8 - Apr 17 243 - 286 \ 43 pages
- 21 - 23
Week 9 - Apr 24 286 - 330 \ 44 pages
- 24 - 26
Week 10 - May 1 331 - 360 \ 29 pages
- 27 - 29
Week 11 - May 8 360 - 398 \ 38 pages
- 30 - 33
Week 12 - May 15 398 - 427 \ 29 pages
- 34 - 36
Week 13 - May 22 428 - 479 \ 51 pages
- 37 - 38
Week 14 - May 29 479 - 521 \ 42 pages
- 39 - 42
Week 15 - Jun 5 521 - 553 \ 32 pages
- 43 - 48
Week 16 - Jun 12 553 - 581 \ 28 pages
- 49 - 51
Week 17 - Jun 19 582 - 622 \ 40 pages
- 52 - 54
Week 18 - Jun 26 622 - 657 \ 35 pages
- 55 - end
Character list
Add character names and readings here. Feel free to add notes about character relationships (ex: 田中太郎さんの娘) but if they’re spoilery please blur them
三枝隆男ーさえぐさ・たかお;sec 8: 関係ない男
真行寺悦子ーしんぎょうじ・えつこ;ゆかりの母
ゆかり;悦子の娘
貝原好子ーかいばら・よしこ;
みさおーsec 5 spoiler:9日に行方不明になった好子の娘。17歳。
井出俊之ーいで・としゆき;悦子の亡くなった夫
一色松次郎ーいっしき・まつじろう;ネバーランドの責任者